Good coverage, a little soft but hey it's real snow! The groomers were out in force making for beautiful conditions for both skate and classic. We had planned to ski mostly on the Birkie trail but veered off onto this trail system because it looked so good, and, we're glad we did.

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(Genevieve Johnson)

We received 3 plus inches on new snow yesterday. The main loop was groomed for skate and classic today with a major improvement in the trails. The skate lane is much more level with very few leaves showing and the classic tracks are firm and deep except under a few pine trees. There is very little debris on the trail and the few dirt spots are easily avoided. The conditions are approaching the best they can be. Good skis are fine, but pay attention to the few thin areas. The Tony Wise was combed out for skating and the Classic trail has older tracks.

(Irv Berlin)

Skied the Classic Trail late this afternoon. Solid track on most of the trail, and the remainder was well skied in by others by the time we came by. Some exposed leaf litter and dirt, but easily avoidable. Have to duck in places under the snowy branches! Still looks like a fairytale up here in the north woods.

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(Mitchell Campbell)

Thanks to four members of the grooming crew who spent virtually all the daylight hours working on the trails, the trails are open and skiable. We received 4 to 5 inches of new snow after it quit raining yesterday. The crew rolled the trails and unburdened and cut limbs that were laden with snow in the morning and in the after noon combed out the skate lane and set tracks. The trails have good coverage with a few leaves peeking through under pines and the tracks varying from very good to a little shallow. The skate lane was still soft at 4pm and had been cut up in some areas by skiers. It is also uneven in some places. The tracks vary from very good to fair, are mostly full depth but are also soft on the edges. Setting up overnight should improve all the trails. Expect to duck a few limbs if you are classic skiing. The classic only trail has been skied in but not groomed.

(Irv Berlin)

While I was in the neighborhood I drove over to the North End trail head to see what progress they've made. The main skate trails have been rolled but not groomed. You could probably ski on them if you really wanted to but I'd consider waiting until they can get at it with the grooming equipment.

(Andy Schwartz)

I skied at the Birkie start area (man-made) Sunday morning and it was very nicely groomed. There was a total of 2k open. This consisted of about a 1k loop with three short out and backs scattered around it that added up to the 2k if you skied everything each time around. There was only one tiny bare patch (about 2 feet long) that I saw over the whole area. For the snow that they had it was in great shape. Bonus, music playing over the loudspeakers!

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

We skied the entire North End trails C loop and it was very good skiing. We were cautious going down the bigger hills but we had no problems. Glide was good and the snow was not melting. Along the way we played pick up sticks and we rolled some of the more offensive rocks out of the way. Two days left until fire arms season.

(Dan Murphy)

Temperature at Seeley was about 5 degrees this morning. We bundled up, and skied the A loop and it was pretty good rock skiing. About a half dozen people had been out before us so we were able to continue the Norwegian grooming. Snow cover was about 5-6 inches.

(Dan Murphy)