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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
2022-2023 season
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-01-22 15:00:14
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Skated Multi-purpose, Creek, Lake, and man made snow. All were in excellent shape. Deck was fairly firm with a little loose snow on top.
(John Leaf)
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Saturday, January 21, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-01-21 13:55:09
Firsthand: Freestyle [
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The multi-use trail was in great shape late this morning for skating. A couple bike tracks and sled dog tracks but otherwise very good!
(BrIan Tifft)
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Friday, January 20, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-01-20 21:33:22
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Snow was a weird soft and cold texture, which made for somewhat slow skiing. Trails were packed and tracked, not freshly groomed, but it had been groomed somewhat recently. Classic tracks were sort of set, but not in great condition in several areas since the snow is pretty soft. Still good trail and good snow to be out on.
(Tiffany Miller)
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Friday, January 20, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-01-20 10:29:50
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Between 8:30 & 9:30 I skated Valley & Northern Lights, and ventured out on the return leg of Lake, going as far as Goose Lake. Valley was near-perfect as usual. N. Lights appeared freshly dragged, and was a bit soft, but nice for skating. Classic tracks have been completely erased by the dragging everywhere on N. Lights. Lake Trail was freshly dragged & great for skating, tho' a bit soft, with very fresh, but shallow classic tracks. It seemed odd for the freshly-set classic tracks to end where Lake joined N. Lights, despite N. Lights appearing freshly dragged.
(Ron Refsnider)
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Night
posted: 2023-01-18 11:39:04
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Skied the man-made trails at Elm Creek. The snow was definitely a bit slushy but completely skiable and the downhills were fast. Classic tracks appeared to be decent shape on most of the course.
(Hannah Weissman)
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Evening
posted: 2023-01-18 07:43:09
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Stuck to the man-made loop Tuesday night. Rutted, slushy, but fast and fun to ski. Groomer was heading out to the Northern lights loop about 8:30 - I don't understand this as it was not below freezing yet.
(Charlie Anderson)
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-01-17 13:57:08
Firsthand: Both [ Trails Open: All, ]
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I did a short--very short--skate before I switched over to classic. They had groomed everything, but... *squish squish*. The weather makes it what it is. Despite not having great (or hardly any) wax on my skins, let alone skin treatment, the tracks on the manufactured loop were pretty good--faster than the skate lane. Ventured out to N Lights because I saw set track, and was surprised they were in very good shape. I say B skis, because the wet may not be the best for people's best classic skis. Probably OK if skating, though. Not a lot of debris or burn through yet, surprisingly. Just beware that, if classic-ing the natural snow, the melt down is making it so that your pole plants (predominantly right arm) sometimes go rather deep--so watch your force. It even happened a couple times with my left pole plants.
(Andrea Potyondy-Smith)
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Monday, January 16, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-01-16 14:12:12
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Caught the Valley classic trail just after noon before rain and it was great, neither slush nor ice. Took a peek at Northern Lights - not sure if groomed, seemed a little slippery. But had a fun ski, and well worth coming out. Thanks groomers.
(Karen Peteres)
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Sunday, January 15, 2023
Morning
posted: 2023-01-15 14:10:12
Firsthand: Classic [
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Did the northern bit - Monarch and the multiuser trail. Morning conditions were good, with good firm tracks on Monarch, but by noon the snow was getting soft in the sunny areas. The multiuse surface was a little choppy, but very skiable. Some skate skiers and skijourers were out, seemed to have no problems.
(Laurie Ford)
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Saturday, January 14, 2023
Afternoon
posted: 2023-01-14 17:11:21
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Parked at the beach lot (very full at the main lots), and skied the outer loop, snowmaking loop, and Northern Lights. Generally very good conditions. The natural snow trails were a little rutted but very skiable (always hard to compare against the artificial snow), had plenty of coverage and wasn't icy. Downhills were just fine, good control and smooth. Surprised to run into three groups of walkers out on the outer loop, haven't had that happen before. Lots of skiers out, including kids classes, but never crowded.
(Bruce Adelsman)
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