Skated all the trails including the multiuse trail. The trails were all in great condition, including the multiuse trail. A fair amount of tree debris, especially on the multiuse trail, but not so much that it caused problems. A lot of people out having fun.

(Kristian Markon)

Northern Lights: Few skiers (mobs on the downhill/terrain areas). Leaf litter and tracks are shallow in many sections. Green kick with blue under the foot worked fine. Valley Trail was wonderful, as usual. Sure a lot quieter during the week.

(Steve Paladie)

Skied man-made and northern lights at 6AM this morning (classic). Man-made snow was in great shape, deep tracks throughout and little to no debris. The tracks on the northern lights loop had not been reset - in fact had been wiped out by the groomer in many places. Skate lane was nicely laid with corduroy.

(Charlie Anderson)

Beginning about 12:30 I did several classic laps around Valley (man made snow) and a single lap around Northern Lights (natural snow). Valley tracks were excellent--solid and fast, showing minimal damage from morning use. Northern Lights tracks were disappointing, fair at best and poor is some areas, so I only did a single lap, then headed back to Valley. Northern Lights tracks were shallow and often washed out on one side, with a fair amount of debris in places, and they drifted into the brush by the picnic grounds. They apparently hadn't been retracked for several days. I keep hoping the track-setting frequency will increase to make better use of this unusually nice snowpack. In contrast, the skate deck on Northern Lights looked like it had been dragged earlier today.

(Ron Refsnider)

Man made sno loop was recently groomed for both skate and classic. The ridges on the corduroy with really hard so if the ski edge went between the ridges I went in that direction of the groove; so hence a bit squirrely for me. Northern lights fresh groomed for skate and in very nice shape. The multi-use trails were in very good shape. I removed this "debris" from the middle of the skate deck (see photo).

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(Don Callander)

Firm skate deck, classic tracks set. Most of the groom looked pretty fresh within the park, a little less fresh and more packed and tracked on the outer natural snow loops, but still fantastic skiing on a single digit day.

(Tiffany Miller)

Valley was the only one groomed, (although not the shortcut/cut off), but so nice to ski Northern Lights - very nice natural snow, good tracks still and no wind! Very peaceful. So glad I went.

(Karen Peters)

Beautiful snow on all the trails. Tracks on the man-made snow loop were deep and crisp. Natural snow trails were softer, not as set. Lake and Northern Lights tracks were very good. Creek was more chewed up, but still fine. Eagle was double tracked, but everyone seemed to be on one, leaving the other pristine (and in some areas drifted over). Very brisk winds, but full sun - a great day to get out before the deep freeze.

(Laurie Ford)

Skied classic today. I skied Lake, Eagle, Monarch, Northern lights, Creek, and of course Valley. The track in the natural snow trails was shallow on the combined trails. It was good on the classic only trails. I used a swix V20 for kick. I would not recommend that. It would be better to find something with a bit more bite. I skated the combined trails yesterday there were three small spots where dirt showing yesterday. I saw the groomer covered all but one up. Whatever you chose it will be a good ski.

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(Craig Schulz)

Beautiful morning at Elm Creek. All trails had been groomed except Northern Lights. Multi use had probably the best snow, soft and smooth, less scratchy than the man made snow loop. Lake, Creek were in great conditions too.

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(Bernard Cerles)