Skied classical 10 a.m. 27 degrees on Cedar, Summit, Biwabik Spur, Oslo, Bronze and Gold trails in perfect, crystalline new tracks. Grip was fantastic with hard kick wax. Skate skied Silver and Northern lights trails after 11:30 a.m.. Very good glide with a mixed bag of conditions. A little icy glaze, south face hill melting and dry, cool snow in the shaded areas. Much better than Tuesday's skate between 2:00 and 4:00! Timing is the key with the wonderful warmer weather.

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(Tim Salo)

20+ inches of new snow last week, three feet of powder and at least one foot base. Unbelievably great conditions! Skied the Silver, Northern Lights, Summit, Biwabik Spur, Bronze and Gold trails and found them all to be flat, firm, perfect corduroy deck and tracks a day after yet another 8" storm. Finally, the cold, dry, slow grit is gone and Spring skiing is finally here!

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(Tim Salo)

Giants Ridge has received 24" of new snow since February 18th! Our groomers have been working tirelessly rolling, grooming, and setting track on the trails. Everything except Wynne Creek and Laurentian have been Pisten Bully groomed. Trails are on the softer side, but they will only get better as we continue to groom with the PB. Conditions should be great for the Pepsi Challenge this weekend! Get out and enjoy these incredible conditions!

(Benji Neff)

Lots of snow here. Only bronze, summit, and northern lights tracked. Deep snow still on gold and cedar at top of mountain. It's a pity that the Ridge isn't taking advantage of the great snow on more trails.

(Tony Pellegrini)

All of cedar was freshly groomed. Parts of gold, summit, and bronze were fresh. Silver had icy hills initially, but the farther out kilometers were worth the early discomfort. Laurentian trail had a lot of debris on the surface. Thank you groomers.

(Tyler Henkels)

Skated the Silver, Laurentian, Wynne Creek and Summit Trails perfectly timed to enjoy the speed created by 27 degree, warming temperatures under bright, sunny skies! Most of the trails were recently groomed with flat smooth, firm corduroy and tracks. Actually had the opportunity to put down first tracks of the day on the Wynne Creek Trail without regard to the numerous fresh wolf tracks. All trails are in great condition, so get out and ski!

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(Tim Salo)

Skied the Northern Lights, Laurentian, and Wynne Creek in about one inch of new snow with 20-30 MPH winds grip was absolutely fantastic on the fine grained, 15degree, snow without tracks. When approaching the Summit trail from the Wynne Creek, a light appeared which was not one of the random LED lights hanging from the trees. The groomer set a new track all the way up the Summit trail leading to a perfect trek to the top. Gold trail was still snow covered but very controllable. Trails should be in the best condition of the season with the 2-3" that fell last night. All trails are groomed including the South Oslo.

(Tim Salo)

Trails are in very good condition 19 degrees light snow, skied the summit and bronze and part of the northern lights trail couldn't ask for anything better!

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(Allen Knoll)

We have incredible conditions at Giants Ridge right now! We have reported 9" of new snow in the last 7 days, which has given us a great base. All of our trails are open and are being groomed about every other day on our rotating schedule. Come on out and enjoy the best conditions of the season!

(Benji Neff)

While there is not as much snow as in the past, all the trails I skied were in good to very good condition. Classical on gold and cedar was best followed by summit. Bronze was good but not as good as the others. Skating deck looked very good tracks were set a little shallow because of the thin base with a few scattered sticks and dirt. No fear of damaging skis.

(John Jereczek)