Conditions: Skate, excellent. Classic, excellent.
Everything I skied today was excellent and freshly groomed. It is always great to ski on that fresh Michigan snow. There were smiles on lots of skier faces. Can't wait to go back here again!

(Larry Dobberstein)

Conditions: Nearly perfect! Deep tracks and a firm deck made for great skiing even with cold temps.
Classic skied all day and had good glide even though temps were in the low single temps. ABR certainly has excellent mid winter conditions. Grooming here is outstanding. Lots of snow!

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(Ron Fabrizius)

Conditions: Superbly groomed everywhere, with a couple cm fresh fast snow on top.
Had a perfect day of skate skiing out to Hautenen Highlands, Coyote Canyon, Windy Ridge, then back. Bard's Bump, Blueberry Bluffs, River Trail, Memory Lane, Sulo's loop, then back. Perfectly groomed 26 km, could not be better!

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(Steve Smith)

Conditions: Excellent. Snowing everyday and excellent grooming. The Bully has been out and on the trails.
Skied classic today, had a blast, and the skate deck looked even better.

(David Harkness)

We groomed 68 km again this morning and had some great classic skiing. Clydesdales started tonight and we all enjoyed the trails. Clydesdales meet every Wednesday night at 4 PM and ski and socialize afterwards. You must be over 200 pounds and a male to participate. (special age and height adjustments are made).

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Conditions: Mid-winter conditions are bringing out the recreational skiers. We regroomed and retracked 65 km of trails this morning after the new snow last night.
This 5 year old is enjoying a few of the 65 km of trails retracked this morning.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Conditions: Excellent. Bring the A skis.
Skied the classic only trails the day after skating for Sisu fest. After a slower snow start than usual, the trails at ABR have great coverage... Skate or classic.

(Sue Schroeder)

Conditions: Trail conditions were great for the SISU start. Snow was falling all day and skiers were making the best of it.
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make it happen and the chiefs who organized such a smooth event.

(Deborah Leonard)

We had a good course for the SISU this morning. A few bumps into town but all the trail was well covered for racing and firm. We regroomed all the trails again this afternoon and this evening and will be 100% for day skiers in the morning at 9 AM.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We received about 3 inches of heavy wet snow today and an inch or 2 of drier snow last night. Groomers were out at 6 AM and had the entire trail system regroomed by 9 AM. As the temps rose the last groomed trails were being groomed at 33 degrees. Earlier trails groomed had an inch or so of snow on top. After coffee break we headed into town on the SISU trail, temps were in the mid 30's, tricky grooming but we groomed. It will be very firm, the SISU Trail had 8 passes today and it is starting to really level out. We plan to regroom at 4 AM with a team of 6-7 groomers, we may be grooming fresh powder into the base or on top of the base. We may be regrooming the base from today....Conditions may vary on the SISU course due to the timing of grooming from today and from Sat morning. Good Luck to SISU Racers! Classic only trails were all regroomed today including Windy Ridge. they will be regroomed in the morning as needed and are open except a portion of Jack Pine; Skate Trails will be open at noon.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)