We skied Piedmont this morning and huge thank you to whoever skied the track in for us! One side is skied in all the way around, the other track was partially skied in when we were there. Tracks are in pretty good shape, well formed, pole plants solid. The snow that is there is kinda a light crust over soft fluffy stuff. Definitely not as fast as yesterday. Skating would be frustrating today I think because of the crust. Could also be a good workout!

(Eve Graves)

The trails are in good shape. The track is a bit icy. Klister worked well, and others were doing well on skins and fishscales. Thank you groomers!

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(Joe Gerard)

Piedmont was like mid winter again! Rock solid tracks, intact, fast but not icy... just super duper fun! In between tracks like when one ended and the other started it was like slippery concrete and the uphills were a bit firm with little to no edge. We are not even close to spring skiing! To me, true spring skiing is when you start talking about "connectedness" and you have the fun "mature" snow as George used to say!

(Eve Graves)

Freshly groomed today. It was sunny and 26F with bright sun and blue skies when I started skiing. I hit the sweet spot with my skin skis as I had the best grip and glide of the year on a perfectly groomed track. Piedmont is a fairly short trail but keeps its snow late into the season and has great flow as well as a few exciting hills to keep things interesting. Thank you Duluth groomers for providing us with a freshly groomed trail every day this week.

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(Gene Karwoski)

Appeared to be freshly groomed just hours before I arrived in the early afternoon. Clean, solid, deep tracks and nearly untouched corduroy between. Glide on the downhills was fast enough that I ran a couple with one ski out of the track. Grip with special violet was a bit lacking on a few of the south-facing uphills in the sun. Otherwise, a nearly perfect spring ski. City of Duluth continues to do an amazing job this year. Mucho thanks.

(Joel Rosen)

When we arrived at 11:30 am, a gentleman came walking off the trail with his son carrying his skis. He said he thought he broke his shoulder, so I was prepared to ski gently, and avoid the big downhills. Trail looked freshly and expertly groomed, but with full sun and 39F degrees it was getting mushy fast. Used skin skis with a generous coating of Swix Skin care to avoid icing. Still great to get in a few more klicks before the season ends.

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(Rick Vatsaas)

Got on the trails at 11 am just after the PB finished grooming. The track was deeply set and firm. I used my skin skis and had good grip and glide. If you are lucky enough to ski these trails after they have been freshly groomed this time of the year its better then being on spring break in Florida. Thank you groomers for the great grooming this year.

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(Gene Karwoski)

Beautifully groomed sometime in the last 24 hours. Tracks were virtually pristine, although beginning to glaze up in the warm early afternoon sun. Purple kick wax did not provide enough grip for the conditions, but I didn't have anything softer with me, so I got a good upper body workout on the uphills.

(Joel Rosen)

Trails had not been groomed since the last snowfall. Skied in tracks were soft and irregular. Tracks were obliterated at times. We did not go down any of the long hills due to the lack of a dependable track. Needs grooming. Otherwise, I would avoid this trail.

(Tim Blais)

Newly groomed. Excellent classical track and skate track where allowed.

(John Sundstrom)