Once again we had a beautiful sunny evening to ski a quick 10 K after work and before supper. The trails skied nicer than they looked. Skin skis worked pretty good, as many of the tracks were glazed. Everything should be about the same on Saturday, but Sunday will be warmer so the trails will soften up.

(Sandy Aronson)

Early this morning all trails were dragged and new tracks made. With the warm/freeze cycles we've had, we saw widely varying conditions, from excellent to poor. We scratched the surface with the drag, but at many locations, the pan could not impress into the hardened base to make nice tracks. In general we'd still call them good spring conditions but without any fresh snow, we may need to end grooming operations. We just can't make them as nice as we'd like to see.

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(Arlyn Aronson)

Early this morning all trails were drug and new tracks made. We are definitely getting into spring conditions here and trails showed varying conditions from excellent to poor, because of sun exposure. In general we'd now call them good spring conditions. Seems our lake has too much ice to give us any more fresh snow. Later today we skied, and trails/tracks softened, making skiing quite good.

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(Arlyn Aronson)

Excellent spring skiing today. Some skiers even remembered to wear green! Awesome glide and grip with skin skis. Since it was warm today but will freeze tonight, the groomers are going to drag and reset tracks Sunday morning. Trails should hold up well all week.

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(Sandy Aronson)

Wow! The excellent skiing goes on and on. It's even better now with daylight savings time. The photos say it all: perfectly groomed trails in the bright sunshine, after 6 PM! It's too bad the weekend will be warmer but looks like next week will still be great for skiing in the Keweenaw.

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(Sandy Aronson)

Absolutely awesome skiing! The weather man said we'd only get a skiff of snow overnight, but turns out we got 3-4 inches and it groomed up great. Super glide and great grip, bright sun, light breeze, 20 degrees....The best of February in March!

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(Sandy Aronson)

We encountered the groomer on the trail, he apologized(!) that he wouldn't be able to groom the whole system today. It looked like he got the big loop and probably points south done. Loop 10 had 2 inches of fluff on a groomed and tracked base. All pleasant and fun. Over several hours we saw only 1 group of 4 skiers, 1 solo skier, and 1 biker.

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(Jan Axelson)

Great day skiing Maasto Hiihto-Churning Rapids for the first time. Lovely classic only trails in a beautiful gorge and forest with bonus views of the Portage Canal and Lake Superior from the observation deck. Excellent grooming, and good kick with VR40 on the dusting of fresh snow.

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(Sue Schroeder)

Early this morning, all trails were drug and new tracks made and we are largely back to excellent conditions. Exception is ironically, at the chalet where it's more exposed to sun and wind. As soon as you get into the woods, its excellent again. For our phat members, trails will be firm.

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(Arlyn Aronson)

Spring conditions have been excellent at Maasto. On Saturday I was able to ski from mid to late morning while glide was still zippy; skin skis were the bomb. The ski club's annual Glide N Gorge was in the afternoon, which I've included photos of. Today we didn't ski until this afternoon so the trails were softer and slower but still in great shape. Grooming will resume this week after it snows again.

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(Sandy Aronson)