The trails are a bit rough from the rain and wind over the weekend. With the forecast of rain over the next 3 days, trails will not be groomed today. Today will be our last day for ski rental. See you next winter!

(Andie Harveaux)

The trails were blown over and hard to find. I really need trails so gave up after 20 minutes. Too much wind to keep them open.

(Pamela Koser)

Absolutely fantastic, it is like taking a trip to the U.P.. Great grooming for both classic and skate, minimal drifting. It is best to go lightly on pole and kick as there is a lot of powder under the groomed surface, again just like the U.P.

(Steve Williams)

The trails in the woods, such as the south trails and behind the tower, are groomed for both classical and skate skiing. Trails around the prairies have been drifting quickly and we will be working on grooming them.

(Andie Harveaux)

There is plenty of snow on the trails. Classical tracks are present on all trails. Skate trails have not been groomed in over 3 days so the skiing is slower but still manageable.

(Dan Kosel)

90% of the trails have been groomed for classical skiing. We are working on getting skate ski tracks in but it is slow going with all the drifting. Some drifts are bigger near the prairie.

(Kelly Bahl)

After this weekend's blizzard, there is no lack of snow. As of this update, trails have significant drifts and are not packed or tracked. Grooming will commence once snow clearing operations are complete around the interpretive center. Because of the challenging snow conditions, I expect few trails to get packed today. Grooming will continue tomorrow with 100% of trails open (packed and tracked) hopefully within days.

(Maria Anderson)

All trails on the south end have been packed and tracked except for the Pine Loop, which will be groomed tomorrow. A loop has been packed and tracked in the north trails through the West Prairie, around the tower, and back. Grooming will continue in the north trails tomorrow, around the Prairie Garden Loop. The trails out to the Big Bluestem Loop (via the Headwaters Loop) are in rough shape due to buckthorn removal in progress--deep ruts and wood chips (grooming may not be possible in that area).

(Maria Anderson)

Trails have not been groomed since the weekend's snow, due to our snowmobile being out of commission, but where skiers have made their own tracks, the south trails are pretty skiable anyway. We're hoping to have the snowmobile fixed by midweek. A few sections of trail in the far southwest corner of the Nature Center (near the interstate off-ramp and 21st St) are temporarily closed while crews work on buckthorn removal.

(Maria Anderson)

The north trails (around the prairie out in the open) have drifted in pretty bad. Had a skier come in and mention that if you are not careful you could break a ski in some of the conditions. The southern trails in the woods seem to be holding up ok. Be careful of drifts but the trails are open for skiing. Will not be until the middle of the week before we have a working snowmobile for grooming again.

(Kelly Bahl)