Skied the man-made 2.5K loop. Classic tracks were excellent. Some people were skiing Northern Lights trail which was packed but no tracks set.
Parking lot was full due to the sledding hill opening. However, ski trails had just average traffic. Good kick with my blue wax, not icy.

(Earl Stabenow)

I strided on the Northern Lights and Valley. No track on NL but good snow conditions for striding or skating. No dirt seen and good coverage on NL so good skis probably okay. The Valley was in excellent shape with few skiers at about 11 a.m.

(Mark Basiletti)

Classic on the Valley had a bit of loose snow and not the deepest tracks, but decent kick with grip tape despite the misty drizzle. Skating on Northern Lights was great! While I'd recommend B skis, I did not see any dirt or gravel, even on the climbs. In fact, NL had better glide than Valley! Very nicely groomed although tracks were almost non-existent.

(Pete Thurmes)

Beautiful snowfall and classic tracks with fresh snow made for great kick and glide. Lots of people enjoying Elm creek park with skiing and snow boarding. Trails were active, but not crowded. Some traffic on natural snow trails, but trails were not groomed.

(Earl Stabenow)

The natural snow trails were good. Loose snow and just enough to cover the trail and bridges. Still some ice crusted snow on the sides of Lake and Creek Trail but Northern Lights was pretty good. My adult son did his first freestyle skiing ever and the conditions were great. He only fell a couple times in 12K of skiing. Way to go Elm Creek.

(Michael Darger)

I skied the whole man-made loop. The snow was hard packed and icy in spots. These conditions made it hard to grip the snow at times. It was very windy and cold. They were out grooming Northern lights but there isn't quite enough snow out there to ski it.

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(Elizabeth Loper)

Windy, hard-pack granular conditions. Skating was fine, classic looked icy but people were doing it. Windy.

(Katharine Woodman-Maynard)

Skied the man made loop. Races in the morning, but cleared out by 10:30am. Tracks were a little icy, but we got adequate kick with waxless and skin tech skis. Making snow in the tubing area.

(Earl Stabenow)

The whole man-made loop is still open, but after yesterdays warmth and then the freeze today the trails are very icy. It was very hard to get any grip on the skate deck. The tracks were very icy and fast. You could double pole from the chalet past ski school, and almost all the way to the Bottineau house. I also didn't do the doughnut due to icy conditions. At 9am there were about 10 other skiers out and some decided it wasn't worth skiing.

(Elizabeth Loper)

The whole man-made snow loop is open. There were spots that were icy and spots were their was nice snow. I don't know the condition of the doughnut. The skating was difficult as an in experienced skier. The snow was not slushy despite warm temps. There was one team and a few families out about 12 when we were there.

(Elizabeth Loper)