The man made loop was groomed and in very good condition. Northern Lights had not been groomed although it appeared the groomers might have been heading out when I left at 9:00am. NL was hard packed glaze and challenging to get an edge. Also "washboard" on the skate deck is forming on multiple sections.

(Don Callander)

I decided to go do the lake loop about 3pm this afternoon. The first section had fresh corduroy on it (like I was the third skier on it). The rest of the lake loop wasn't quite as nice with some dirty and icy snow, but this was easy enough to ski around and the rest of the snow was nicely groomed. Then when I got to northern lights I ran into washboard (like on gravel roads) on the right side. If you stay left it wasn't as bad, but if you got into that washboard it was unpleasant. I only saw two people on the outer loop. The man made trails had a few high school skiers on them, but most of them were by the doughnut or wall. The man made snow has definitely seen some use today and had some smooth spots but wasn't icy. It was a great day to be out skiing.

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(Elizabeth Loper)

Skated the Valley-Lake-Creek-Northern Lights loop. I'd say fair overall; good in general except on the Lake and Creek trail there are some spots with slightly dirty snow and/or thinner spots. The bike trail crossing north of Mud Lake has a tiny spot with exposed blacktop. Overall, pretty enjoyable to ski on; things are avoidable and/or not much to worry about, but I'd probably use B skis if you have them. The trails closer to the chalet are in better shape. The multi-use trail looked groomed pretty well although I didn't ski it.

(Kristian Markon)

I skied Lake, Eagle, Creek, and Northern Lights. Excellent conditions on all, especially the classic-only Eagle trail. Very little debris in the tracks. Just the occasional oak leaves. No problem with good skis.

(Mark Waldoch)

The outer classic only tracks are in great shape. Skied out to the nature center and there is certainly some debris in the tracks in areas so skied in between the tracks. Where it's classic+skate the tracks are slightly worse but still very good. Just rate it for B skis since there are definitely places where there is a lot of debris and may ding up the skis a bit of you aren't really careful. So plan for 90% of the time skiing without worrying - I'd recommend classic skiing there, especially Eagle and the North part of Monarch trail. The Monarch trail along the river had a lot of debris but certainly skiable. Picture is of the north Monarch trail.

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(Nils Wahlander)

I skied the man made loop and Northern Lights. Both were recently groomed and in excellent shape. Thanks groomers.

(Don Callander)

Did the Valley Trail and abbreviated Northern Lights. Tracks were well-defined and a bit slow because of the temperature. No dirt, no rocks, but some leaf and seed litter in the tracks. Only did one lap, but glad I did despite the temp/wind.

(Steve Paladie)

Still good conditions for skate, better when freshly groomed (multiuse loop, machine snow loop), harder snow with a few bare parches otherwise but easy to ski around. Snow is fast, good for long glides.

(Bernard Cerles)

It was a beautiful, sunny, Sunday afternoon with temps in the low 20's. I skied all of the trails at Elm Creek. The snowmaking loop was perfectly groomed as per usual, firm and fast. The natural snow trails still had a little of that cold snow squeak, but were warming up nicely and were also quite fast. Coverage was great and I didn't find one bare or thin spot. There were few sections of very minor debris that was easily avoidable; just a stray leaf, here and there. Classic tracks looked deep and fast. Some trails were still a little bumpy, but only a few more feet of snow would fix that. Northern Lights was nearing perfection.

(Chris Jopp)

Fresh groom on nearly all the trails. Classic tracks set, good in most places although thin snow in some places left them less than well-formed. There's a fair amount of debris in some areas on the outer loops, Valley and NL are pretty good though. All-in-all, a fantastic morning to be out in the park!

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(Brad Johnson)