We ventured out on this bright, sunny and crisp day and decided to do Z trail. It was full of suprises and challenges and the scenery was gorgeous with all the snow on the big pines and Hemlocks. The trail conditions were near perfect.

(Mary Kramer Rabine)

Trails were in excellent shape. Several inches of lake effect snow overnight with more during the day. Groomers were out early going over the entire system twice.

(John Gierke)

The great base we had going into this warm-up has held up well. 40 and rain this afternoon but cold temps coming tonight with some fresh snow so we will be out grooming in the morning. Our trails should get back to great shape for the weekend.

(Dan Rabine)

Fantastic day of skiing in the UP! Grooming was excellent - both tracks and skate deck. Tons of snow - you can see at least 12 inches covering all the branches on the trees.

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(David Peterson)

Lake effect snow continues today. We've gotten in the neighborhood of 6 inches last night and today with snow bands still coming across our area this afternoon. We our keeping up on it though and lots of folks still coming out to enjoy the beauty of this winter wonderland.

(Dan Rabine)

We groomed all of the skate lanes this morning. This snow is very cold so skating is slow. I skied all of D and G classical after grooming duties and it was very, very good. Classic tracks were skied in from yesterday and plenty fast. Downhills and climbs are in excellent shape as well.

(Dan Rabine)

Been getting nice amounts of lake effect snow the last couple of days and have been able to keep the entire trail system rolled and tracked. Classic tracks have been excellent. Skate lanes have been a touch soft as the new snow falls daily. We will be Ginzu grooming skate lanes in the morning.

(Dan Rabine)

Groomers had snow overnight and then more in the morning. Full sun in afternoon with a good crowd skiing and snowshoeing. Classic tracks were in great shape. We stayed for New Year's Eve pot luck. Skied after in moonlight with no headlamps. Fairly awesome.

(John Gierke)

Great coverage, but the skate lane was a bit soft and slow with the fresh snow. Can use race skis.

(Adam Almquist)

Three inches of of cold snow fell overnight. We rolled and set track on all loops today. Lots of happy skiers out braving the frigid temperatures were rewarded with some fast tracks and sunshine. As always the Lodge was open and the woodstove was cranked up.

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(Dan Rabine)