Conditions: Slushy but smooth.
It sure is true that snowflake gets a little more snow than the rest of the city on that ridge. They have the deepest base in town and no bare spots. They just groomed the 5k before I arrived but it still skied the same as the 10k, slushy but good enough glide. I have swix hf8 on my skis and that is surely helping.

(Jason Mozol)

Conditions: Just groomed, soft snow on the skate lane. Excellent classic tracks.
Looking at next week's forecast spurred me out the door to get in one of the last skis at Snowflake before it warms up and the bulldozers move in to make room for a school, a track and all the parking that goes with it. Not sure how it will all pan out. I have invested so much time, energy and love into Snowflake, it is really sad to see it come to this point.

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(Dave Johnson)

Superb! Both skate and classic groomed last night... It's fast and fabulous! Still some corduroy on the skate lanes and tracks are solid. One of my nicest ski days of the season - go today!

(Lisa Graham)

Conditions: Superb for skate.
Fresh grooming with some light ice mixed into the new snow (~2+ inches) means fast, great edge and oh so smooth. Early conditions were the best I have skied on the 5K this year. The 10 K was great as well but groomed a bit more narrow in places and the left side of the deck was softer and slower (no complaints though- it was very nice). The classic track was solid and fast on the downhills. It felt like mid winter out there today, what a treat this late in the year. Is this the last weekend we can enjoy our beloved Snowflake as we have known it prior to the school construction? Maybe. Conditions may deteriorate quickly this week so enjoy it while you can. Thanks John, for the great grooming all year. It has been so consistently great.

(Tom Heinitz)

Conditions: Firm, fast, and fun.
Skate lane was very good throughout. Perhaps a bit overskied on the 5k, but that's just being fussy. Classic tracks were inconsistent on the 10k but looked well-defined on the 5k. John said he'll groom after tomorrow's snow. Should be excellent for the weekend.

(Fritz Anderson)

Conditions: Speedy! Fresh grooming today.
Skated both trails late afternoon and it was the fastest conditions of the year. MIx of the new snow and granulated transformed snow and small ice chunks. The skate deck was flat and mostly even with a great edge. the 10 K was in better shape but 5K was great too. Great coverage and base that should survive warm up. Very fun ski tonight. Get out and enjoy while its this good. Thanks again Snowflake. Hopefully they will groom until its gone.

(Tom Heinitz)

Conditions: Great. The Ginzu groomer tilled up the new powder and mixed it in with the boiler plate ice underneath. Fast and fun.
Thanks John+John!

(Eric Chandler)

Conditions: Hard base with some snow on top. Some frozen ski ruts, but not bad.
Hard, icy base (a hard fall I took confirmed that suspicion) but with enough snow on top for a pretty good ski on the 5k loop. As a beginner skate skier, I found it to be enjoyable and quite skiable. No first-hand knowledge of the 10k loop, but the little I saw of it looked similar.

(Matthew Daly)

Conditions: Fresh corduroy, no bare spots, A skis for now.
5k was superb! Fantastic skiing, thanks, groomers!

(Jon Swenson Tellekson)

Conditions: very good for skate, fresh grooming.
Skated all trails late afternoon. New snow (~2") was groomed in today and the skate deck was in great condition. The new snow was relatively humid/warm so not so fast but left over pure fluoro from the Birkie made it seem so. Some ridging in on the downhills from some snowplowing in the new snow but overall the conditions were very very good. The classic tracks were a bit more shallow than usual, likely due the recent thaw and then new snow but seemed fairly fast on the downhills. The base is quite deep so should have some good skiing in the weeks to come. Thanks again Snowflake crew.

(Tom Heinitz)