Rolled, groomed and set tracks on Cedar, Brownie and the land segments earlier in the day Saturday. Deck and tracks are still a bit soft but the skiing is wonderful. Crew will likely roll and groom again Sunday after the snow. Isles and Maka Ska remain ungroomed until we can get through the channels.

(Brian Crotteau)

Rolling yesterday and grooming today and the trail is still soft. Great coverage on all trails. We are still not grooming the Isles and Calhoun due to the open water issue in Kenilworth channel. Conditions are great, go ski.

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(Peter Leugers)

Several different members of the volunteer grooming crew rolled multiple passes around Cedar Lake, the land trails around Cedar as well as Brownie. The snow is deep, beautiful and setting up well. The plan is to come back Thursday to groom and set tracks. We are not able to roll or groom the channel between Isles and Cedar, Isles, the channel between Isles and Maka Ska or Maka Ska itself due to open water, thin ice and water flowage in the channels. Other than that, these lakes trails and rest of the Loppet trails are going to be fantastic skiing!

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(Brian Crotteau)

Rolled Cedar Lake and the Cedar Lake trail spur this afternoon. Even after rolling it, the trail is really soft. Yes, you could go out on touring skis but skate or narrow classic skis are going to be hard. Grooming plans: Another volunteer will roll a second time this evening and a third volunteer will finally groom tomorrow morning after the snow as set up a bit. It is possible it will still be a bit soft - there was a lot of fluffy snow out there.
Note: We were told not to groom the channel to Lake of the Isles from Cedar due to thin ice in parts of the channel. Because this is the only way to get toward Isles from where groomer is stored, we cannot groom Isles currently.

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(Eric Leugers)

Very good conditions throughout (one small hole on Isles to Cedar channel that is easy to ski around.) Thank you groomers. People seemed to be skiing in all directions but that seemed to be working fine.

(R. T. Rybak)

Cedar and Isles groomed this morning for skate and classic. Skied after grooming and everything was generally in good condition, although some minor drifting was taking place in open areas. The trail on Cedar is pretty firm. Since grooming only resumed yesterday, the channel and Isles are a little softer, but still good.

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(Brian Milavitz)

Isles and Cedar groomed this morning with double classic tracks and skate deck in between. Great snow conditions. Tracks set through Kenilworth channel. Stick to tracks. Thin ice marked. One open hole at entry to channel from Cedar.

(Jim McCarthy)

Groomed Cedar and Brownie after all the wind and it is quite nice. Tracks are beautiful on both lakes and we have groomed up on land on the west side of Cedar. Still open water in the channel so we have not ventured into Isles or Calhoun.

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(Peter Leugers)

Cedar Lake was groomed today. Skate lane is soft. Track was set. One short area on the west side where the trail goes up on land is quite rough due to a plow having trashed the area. Will need some shoveling and more grooming. Still not safe to take a snowmobile through the channel so Isles was not done.

(Michael Gotzsche)

Went out at 9pm for a night ski to find Cedar, Isles, and Bde Maka Ska (Calhoun) still not groomed. Some people set a few classic tracks but overall tough double poling. Channel had good coverage and ice seemed fine by the couple of thin ice signs. Wouldn't go out their until groomed. Snow depth generally 9-12" it seemed on the ice.

(Clayton Keim)