I skated the Lower Ironwood and Lakeside trails this evening. The skate deck is hard with enough snow on top for good edging. The classical tracks are in very good condition, especially on the outer loops. It felt like mid-January. Thank you to the groomers for excellent conditions. Get out and enjoy!

(Mike Maiers)

Windy and chilly! Trails were groomed for skating and tracked for classic this morning. The strong winds knocked down a few small branches and oak leaves on to the trail. Some drifting across the trail near the lake. Overall still in very good condition but watch out for the fresh debris on the trail. Also, be careful going across the paved trail due to truck wheel tracks!

(Eric Spieler)

Trails are in fantastic shape. All trails are groomed for skating and tracked for classic. Soft base from Wednesday's storm.
Break out your A skis!

(Eric Spieler)

I skated all but the Lower Ironwood this evening. The skate lanes are in excellent condition. The temp dropped off after sunset, resulting in slower conditions than yesterday afternoon. The classical tracks are very good overall, with a few oak leaves here and there and a couple of washouts around the sharp curves. The rising full moon cast some great shadows on the trail after the daylight faded. Thank you to the Cleary groomers!

(Mike Maiers)

Great evening ski at Cleary Lake. Trail was well packed and fun. Classic trail seemed to be well set. Little soft on the edges of the trail but overall very good. Only thin area was off the big downhill going through the swamp. Was out there after the sun went down - so a little difficult to pick out the trail - some high grasses poking through that area.

(Scott Greymont)

Classic skiing slow and lots of leaves on tracks on Tuesday night. Tracks were a bit soft.

(Mary Wierschem)

Started skiing just after the snow of the early morning and early afternoon. Classic tracks fully set. Skate deck was soft with a lot of snow to ski through. Lower Ironwood still not open. Fun to see the MSYL kids out there on real snow!

(Julie Anderson)

Nice ski at Cleary on Wednesday evening. Very good coverage for skating. Classical tracks had been set and were in very good condition. The new snow was fairly dry and abrasive, and a bit soft making for a good resistance workout. I used good skis with no problem, although did hit the hard underlying ice layer a couple times when pushing off. Conditions should get even better with the latest round of snow. Note - Lower Ironwood hadn't been opened yet, but Ironwood was open and in very good condition. Thank you to the groomers, it is great to be skiing here again!

(Mike Maiers)

The trails were groomed for skating but soft (not set yet). Many skiers were out there packing it down. Not tracked for classic. A few rocks poking out on one of the uphills (recommend B skis). The trail along the lake was covered with no rocks. It was great to be out on natural snow!

(Eric Spieler)

I wouldn't recommend skiing on the Cleary Lake trails until we get another few inches of snow. While most of the main loop is covered and groomed for skating there are plenty of bare uphill sections.

(Bob Fischer)