Trail conditions were amazing! I circled the Lit trail twice and had a blast! I may encourage everyone to come out and enjoy the trail.

(Jim Cloutier)

Skate skied Creek, Lake, Northern Lights, and Valley. Great snow on all, kudos to the groomers! A few corners were a little fluffy, but nowhere was thin. Also had the trails to myself at 4pm; will be back soon!

(David Uber)

Skied the Lake Trail, Northern Lights and finished on the Valley Trail. Natural snow trails had adequate snow coverage with tracks set for classic as nearly perfect but with some wash outs on corners and some shallow tracks. Overall it was a great ski with that beautiful fresh snow. Of course the Valley man made snow trail had excellent groomed tracks.

(Earl Stabenow)

Classic skied Valley and Northern Lights. All good except the steep hill on Northern Lights - tracks shallow or not there. Very enjoyable and enjoyed seeing the deer.

(Karen Peters)

I classic skied Creek, Eagle, Monarch and Northern Lights. Creek and Northern Lights have one set of tracks in fair condition, mainly they are washed out in places. Eagle and Monarch have two tracks set and are in good condition with only the sharp turns at the bottom of hills washed out. I would use my good skis but not my brand-new-with-zero-scratches skis yet.

(Tom Harris)

I skated literally everything, including the multi-use trail, which only really needed a "quick comb"--otherwise, everything else had been dragged, but it looks like they are leaving the classic lane alone on Creek/Lake to preserve it as long as possible (but it looked newer on Northern Lights); groomers did a great job. I say good skis for skating based on coverage and lack of debris. That said, there are a couple dirty spots on the outer trails (Creek, mainly), but they are very avoidable, and no wash-outs yet. The trails have been holding up amazingly these last couple days of warm.

(Andrea Ochmann)

Man-made snow trails were quick and well maintained. Natural trails were 95% good cover with some ground/leaves/rock visible.

(Eric Andersen)

We skied Valley, Lake, Eagle, Creek, Northern Lights. All were in very good to excellent condition for classic with good set tracks. A few small areas with more leaves, but mostly very clean. More snow than we expected on the natural snow trails. No bare or icy spots. No rocks.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Skied the Eagle trail (classic), very good condition and coverage. The track was good but with some corners skied out by the time I got there (lunch hour), but very doable and enjoyable.

(Karen Peters)

I skated Valley and classic skied Northern Lights. Valley deck and tracks were in good shape, though some areas were collecting a fair amount of debris (leaves and sticks). NL deck looked okay, classic tracks were hit-or-miss and seemed a little soft. I also noted my pole tips often hit very solid, so it'd be nice if Mother Nature would bring us a little more snow!

(Brad Johnson)