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Some of the best ski trails in the metro area. Fantastic night skiing on their lighted trails! New in 2003, a 2.5K man-made snow loop.Trail Reports
2021-2022 season
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-15 19:38:19
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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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)
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Saturday, January 15, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-15 18:00:22
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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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)
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Saturday, January 15, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-15 16:11:12
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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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)
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Saturday, January 15, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-15 15:43:44
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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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)
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-12 17:07:29
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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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)
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Night
posted: 2022-01-12 13:11:31
Firsthand: Freestyle [
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Man-made snow trails were quick and well maintained. Natural trails were 95% good cover with some ground/leaves/rock visible.
(Eric Andersen)
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Saturday, January 8, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-08 23:13:26
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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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.
(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)
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Saturday, January 8, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-08 20:17:57
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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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)
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Saturday, January 8, 2022
Evening
posted: 2022-01-08 19:33:58
Firsthand: Both [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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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)
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Thursday, January 6, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-01-06 15:58:50
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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I guess if you want to avoid the crowds at Elm Creek you just need to wait for double digits below zero weather. It was -11F when I left the parking lot this morning. I didn't see one skier until I'd done all the classic tracked trails. All the natural snow trails are groomed and have classic tracks. All skating lanes were regroomed since yesterday, but only the snow-making trails and Northern Lights have regroomed classic tracks. The "Dark Side" trails are soft and slow, but it's wonderful to finally have tracks to ski on there. Northern Lights and the snow-making trails had wonderful, hard-set tracks, with surprisingly good glide. I got a lot of satisfaction from striding up the tracks on the Wall with my green kick wax. Excellent ski conditions - If you want solitude at Elm Creek, now's the time to go there.
(Ken Tobacman)
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