What a joy. One of the great things about Woodland- beside some of the best trails around- is that the groomer reports are always accurate. Trails were smooth and fun. The new snow on top was silky. The only reason for the B ski rating was a scrape down to the bike path on the last stretch to the parking lot.

(Steve Casey)

5/8" dusting of new snow on top of the newly flattened trail should make for some fine skiing. We will ski this in until the next screening run on Friday evening. Enjoy!

(Dave Anderson, Elk River Nordic Ski Club)

Eagle 17 just reported in that he and sidekick Pixy Dust just finished their evening grooming run with the light screens for your Wednesday skiing pleasure. Expect good conditions on most of the trails. Enjoy!

(Dave Anderson, Elk River Nordic Ski Club)

Fabulous fresh snow conditions. So nice to get out on these trails again. Fresh soft cold snow still had rilling marks from rolling this past weekend. Just beware of other trail users of four legged kind. They seem to be very friendly and enjoying the trails also.

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(Dean Kleinhans)

Three new inches. Refuge Guy and Rookie BR were out with the rollers this evening. The grade and flatter trails are rolled and ready to go. They ran the sleds without rollers on the outer loop to lay own a bonding layer on the slick spots. Lumber Jack and Ancient One are going to make an early morning run on the outer loop with the rollers and join the tree cutting crew after that. Wrong Way should expect decent conditions for her morning ski. Enjoy!

(Dave Anderson, Elk River Nordic Ski Club)

Intermediate to expert skiers only conditions. Although trails 99 % covered, only about 60 % were with loose snow allowing good edge control. Only a few uphills that were hard ice (Peeper Hollow) and any trail sections that are exposed to sun are more ice than snow, but the trails on grass and North Mickey connectors are really pretty good. Want to use caution to avoid hitting deer as much as anything regarding the icy conditions. Saw two herds of 6 to 10 deer again running around the ski trails. The only really strange sight today was Sunday afternoon with only one car in the lot at Woodlands, my car.

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(Dean Kleinhans)

The groomers made a run this morning to try and soften up the trail. Conditions are getting very thin and icy in spots. Coming off the X on Bull Snake Run and coming off Maple Hill are icy use caution. Also several of the uphill climbs have ice. I would recommend rock skis. The conditions may not improve until we get more snow.

(Rob Bullis)

A little more than one new inch freshly rolled compliments of Shear-Pin and Ancient One. You will find a few wind blown spots, especially on Stony Rollers, some small drifts, a couple of small bare spots on the Prairie Loop and about 9.8km of decent skiing on the outer 10km loop. Enjoy!

(Dave Anderson, Elk River Nordic Ski Club)

Conditions deteriotated since meltdown began, but not severely. Still coverage adequate to go around all loops, just need to be cautions for a few brown spots. Skating surface was getting icy, although still possible to control speed on downhills. The classic tracks were wonderful to double pole in, very glazed. I found the outing for an hour very worthwhile, although it would really be great to get a few more inches of fresh snow to allow groomers to make a run.

(Dean Kleinhans)

Was out at 7:30 this morning the trails are still holding up but getting thinner. Couple of icy spots one coming down Bull Snake Run and the other was coming off the top of Maple Hill. Take care on the paved trails and enjoy the ride.

(Rob Bullis)