Skijored the multi-use trail at Cleary. It was in a lot better shape than I expected after the recent warm weather. There few a few spots that didn't have enough snow to cover the ice but most of the trail was in good shape. It's been rolled but did not have classic tracks set.

(Sue Logan)

The skate lane (of all trails) at Cleary has been groomed and is in decent shape. It's still a little rutted and not super flat and uniform across the width, but the surface is very skiable; it's easy to get an edge. The track has not been touched since the thaw and is quite icy throughout.

(Dan Steger)

Actually, I did start skating, and after about 50 feet, realized I couldn't handle icy, rutted, etc. (see earlier reports, which unfortunately I did not). It pays to call ahead! I then drove up to Hyland, even calling ahead to be sure it had been groomed, which of course it had. My appreciation of the snow-making loops has increased.

(Richard Swenson)

The Cleary trails were not groomed today and the supervisor told me they won't be until Sunday morning. Apparently the groomers made an attempt that was unsuccessful. I skied and found the skate deck is deeply rutted and frozen - basically unskiable. The track is very icy also. Not sure why it was impossible to till this but that was their determination.

(Dan Steger)

Stop two was to try cleary lake. Ran into the groomer. He stated they only had two inches of base left. They are hoping to groom Sunday morning. Trails were hard with deep skate ruts.

(Scott Greymont)

Freshly groomed course at 9 AM. Still soft snow where smaller baskets will go through snow. Slow snow with the 40F temps this morning. Tree debris on trails due to the windy conditions this morning.

(Eric Spieler)

Excellent skate and classic. Good place to go to get out of the wind and have quiet. Lots of flats to work on v2 and open field. Fast and well packed.

(Scott Engstrom)

Skijored the multi-use trail at Cleary. It's been rolled but no classic tracks set. It's still a little soft but it's in fantastic shape.

(Sue Logan)

This was a fun ski tonight on both the lit and moon lit trails. Just enough light to go off the lights. Trail is in great shape no fear of using the good skis. Poles went through the snow easily but the skis were well supported.

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(Scott Greymont)

Skating was slow: I got that sinking feeling on each loop, despite the fact that it seemed like I was the first or second one after the groomer most of the time. I do hope I can make this "complaint" again and again in the future. Anyway, once that base firms up... Oh, and Cleary was quite pretty.

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(Richard Swenson)