As of 11:00 this morning all the trails have been groomed. About 20% of the trails have tracks set, but the groomer was setting more as I left. The skating is firm, even and smooth. The tracks are 99% firm with occasional stretches where the outside ski track collapses under the kick.

(Mark Blaskey)

The groomer made a few passes on about 20% of the trails. The rest are ungroomed. No tracks set. The skating is medium soft, sinking in only an inch or two.

(Mark Blaskey)

The parking lot is not accessible. No grooming has been done. Some hardy soul classic skied a loop near the road.

(Mark Blaskey)

As of noon Saturday no new grooming had been done. About 1-2" of new snow on all the trails. The tracks were mostly filled in.

(Mark Blaskey)

Fresh grooming today but not on all the trails. The skating deck is a bit uneven and it seems the groomer must have been dragging something as there are shallow longitudinal ruts in the middle of the deck. The edges of the deck are most often a bit soft. Excellent, firm tracks were set, but only on about 25% of the trails have tracks. No tracks on any hills.

(Mark Blaskey)

Not all of the trails have been groomed. The hills have not been groomed. No tracks have been set. The skating deck ranges from medium firm to soft and varies a lot across the trail: the center is the firmest with the edges being soft and poles going way in.

(Mark Blaskey)

A morning of racing helped compact the skating deck, but the firmness still varies across the deck from soft on the edges to a firm and sometimes a bit humped in the middle. The lower trails are especially humped and soft. Tracks have been set on most of the trails, but not on any hills.

(Mark Blaskey)

Groomed this morning. Trails are firm and in good shape for tomorrow's race. Some new track was set.

(Frank Lowry)

Set expectations a bit high today. Upper part was nicely groomed by 2pm, but I had the wrong wax on my skate skis. Lower part not recently groomed. Reminds me of a downhill ski trip out West. Going up a chair lift with this obviously good skier who said, "I wish they would stop dumbing down all these runs. I like natural snow." If you're one of those snobs, you'll love the lower part!

(Bob Swanson)

The usual hills were not tracked. A little soft and punchy in the tracks. That's what I get for being first to ski them. It was pretty close to Nirvana.

Photos:

(Karen Possley)