I classic skied the A, B, C, D, G and Z loops. Excellent skiing. Full coverage on the trails. Tracks are well formed and deep. Downhills are firm and fast but not icy. A lot of fun. Skaters are smiling too. With warmer temperatures, the snow softens somewhat in the afternoon but hardens nicely overnight. Should be great skiing for a while.

(Greg Konieczny)

Very nice skiing conditions at Valley Spur this morning. Skating is excellent while the classic tracks are holding up well but are hard and fast until it starts to warm a bit. We are in a freeze/thaw cycle but the low angle of the sun and cold overnight temps are keeping the trails virtually unscathed.

(Dan Rabine)

Received just a light dusting of snow overnight that freshened up the classic tracks. All trails except for H are now open. Packed, dragged and set tracks on last section of G, I and Z this morning. Z is still pretty rough but G and I are pretty good. Starting to sound like a broken record but we need some fresh snow!

(Dan Rabine)

Trails are in really nice condition right now. These warmer days have had little impact on them. The high quality snow we have gotten and cold overnight temps are helping. Classic tracks are holding their shape very well but are becoming glazed from normal use. Skate lanes are excellent. Groomed skate lanes on some interior loops and both big downhills coming into the lodge this morning.

(Dan Rabine)

Trails are shaping up nice. Groomed all skate lanes this morning, some twice. We now have around 85% of the system groomed. Bay Nordics were there early again today training and enjoying the fresh grooming. So nice to see these young skiers out participating in this great sport.

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(Dan Rabine)

Overall conditions are quite good. Classic tracks are 90% excellent with the other 10% thin in some of the low spots. They skied fast today with Blue Extra. Skate lanes are mostly very good to excellent with some low spots where the groomer track shows through due to the truck ruts on the trails. The logging operations from the USFS timber sale have done some damage and it takes a fair amount of snow and grooms the whip it into shape. Very good, typical early season conditions.

(Dan Rabine)

Finish groomed A,B,C,D,G,X,Y and W today. The trails are starting to shape up nicely with most sections in excellent shape for classic and skate. The first turn on B at the bottom of the hill from the lodge is still rough with no track. Double pole through there is the best bet and the rest is pretty good. Lots of happy skiers out there today with great trails and lots of sunshine.

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(Dan Rabine)

Groomed A,C,D,G,X,Y and W this morning. Also opened up B and set track on that. We are getting snow today so will be grooming everything in the morning. It will be a while before we can get through Worels Woods on H. Will try to get Z open in the next couple of days as well. We are just now getting enough base to start using the Big Ginzu for finish grooming and that will flatten things out nicely. Lodge is now open for the season.

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(Dan Rabine)

Opened up C,Y,W and most of G loop today. Will set track on those tomorrow. The base on these loops is not as deep as loops that have been groomed so would still recommend rock skis. Please remember to use caution when skiing hilly sections in the early season when the terrain is still uneven. We have lots of snow and a pretty good base so the skiing is quite good and getting better everyday.

(Dan Rabine)

Wet heavy snow, 4-5" on Sunday. Dan re-groomed on Monday, so classic tracks were very good yesterday and today. More trails will be opened each day.

(John Gierke)