Conditions: Excellent. Tracks were firm and deep.
Pristine grooming once again at ABR. The snow here will last for weeks, those venturing out for next weekend's Taste and Tour won't be disappointed.

(Judy Archibald)

Conditions: Classic, excellent.
The classic track was in excellent condition except for a very few wind blown areas that were out in the open. Unbelievable snow depth here. The trail maps are getting lower and lower to look at. What a great problem to have!

(Larry Dobberstein)

Two inches yesterday, we groomed 65 km and set fresh tracks, 3 inches last night and today we groomed another 50 km of trail this morning. The ski conditions are "winter wonderland" with snow hanging on the trees. We will be back out in the early morning regrooming. No ice or debris...just cold dry powder!

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Conditions: Excellent grooming for skate and classic with 4-6 inches of fresh snow.
The skate deck was firm and in great shape. The classic tracks were firm and set well. The last snowfall was still hanging on the pine boughs and the volume of snow made for a deep quiet in the woods.

(Patrick Bryan)

Conditions: Excellent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday a little windblown, but today, the trails were in pristine condition.
A wonderful long weekend at ABR. Cold but so beautiful! And in the woods one didn't notice the wind. Thanks Eric and Angela!

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(Jenneke Oosterhoff)

Just coming from re-grooming tonight with the Pisten Bully. The winds and snow have stopped so we made good progress tonight on the Sunday grooming routine, I groomed up about 20 km tonight and we will have a full crew heading out grooming the other 50 km in the early morning hours. We groomed 62 km this morning during the storm and finished around 9 AM. As it continued to storm we sent out a groomer to groom for another shift until the snow stopped this afternoon. Skiing was reported to be very good in the woods, just a bit windy in the stadium area and a few open areas.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Conditions: We received about 4-5 inches of lake effect snow during the day today, the groomers were out from 11 to 3 to knock the new snow for the skaters. A full crew will be out buffing out all 70 km for the morning and resetting tracks.
Starting this Saturday, all of the Fischer Race Demo skis are going on sale $500-$550 Fischer Carbonlites and Speedmax with bindings! They are in like new condition.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Just coming in from checking the trails. They are looking good and firm. We received about 4 inches of new snow last night and we had a team of 5 groomers out this morning grooming 70 km complete with new tracks. We will regroom in the morning again if it snows.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We received about 2 inches of snow last night and we had a crew out regrooming 65 km this morning. All trails were regroomed by 9 AM and the snow continued. We sent another team of groomers out at 1 PM to reset tracks and regroom skate lanes until 3:30 PM. It is snowing again tonight .....and yes, of course we will be back out in the early morning hours.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Conditions: Skiing was perfect today, fresh cordoroy, clean tracks (except a few leaves here and there).
Just coming from grooming with the Pisten Bully. The trails are grooming up perfect and skiing Sunday AM should be excellent. the single tracks will be regroomed early morning as well we have a crew coming in early Sunday.
Note: I apologies if some skiers are offended by us checking ski tickets. We have had a reason to check tickets and we hired a ticket checker. Please purchase your day pass before skiing... and display your ticket on your jacket, pants, ski pole, water bottle, or hat. We spend a lot of time and money on timely: grooming 70 km daily, maintaining/plowing parking lots, cleaning and stocking indoor heated flush toilet restrooms (3) and outdoor porta potties (6), providing wax stations (4) in a heated area, staffing a full service desk, monitoring self service concessions... and we pay insurance and taxes on our private ski area. We really want to collect our posted fees from all the skiers that use our facility (before they ski). We have enjoyed providing a safe and quality ski experience for skiers for the last 19 years. Thank you for paying to play here!

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)