The segment north of Co. Rd. F was excellent except for the snowplow wake next to Hwy 96. Trail was fully groomed and dual tracked except for the Hwy 96 section and drifted over section immediately after that. I used Swix Blue which was perfect. Excellent ski despite locking my keys in the car and having to have my wife come and bail me out.

(Keith Carlson)

I was on the vandais trail. The trail hadn't been groomed since the new snow. People had been skiing on the previous tracks and it was nice though. At around 10:30 the groomer came by going south and wiped out both sets. When he did finally come back he was setting new tracks. Nice skiing after that.

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(Bruce Montgomery)

Due to high winds causing extensive leaf and needle debris and drifting, trail south of Co. Road E was in fair condition. While the track generally paralleled the machine-set track of the prior weekend, it was basically skier-set and surprisingly shallow. I used light green Rex. Assume the temperature was high single digits.

(Keith Carlson)

As of Saturday early evening: The Sucker Lake section (north of County Road F) had been groomed recently; great coverage and double tracks throughout. Beautiful place for an easy ski - particularly with kids.

(Alec Steward)

Skied the Vadnais Lake trail in the mid-afternoon from the North Parking lot down the east side of the lake. The trail had been recently groomed and was in great shape.

(Bob Galkiewicz)

They were setting the classic tracks while I was there. The tracks are a little soft because of the amount of snow. Great sking.

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(Bruce Montgomery)

I really enjoy this set of trails in the northeast metro. I started skiing at 2 pm, and it appeared that the groomer had just made a pass: there were very few footprints in the walking area, and they were very few pole plants either. Skied all of the trails both north and south of County Road F, and the tracks were in very good condition. Pole plants occasionally plunged deeply into the track, but that was less frequent the longer I skied. It has been noted in other postings, but the 400 meters of trail alongside Highway 96, especially the bridge over the open water, is covered with gritty, grimy snow plow splash: that is the one area where B skis are in order. By the time I started a second lap on the trails south of County Road F, walkers had chewed up the first 400 meters or so (to the footbridge), but it was smooth sailing after the footbridge.

(Michael Kuhne)

The trail is in decent condition, except for the section along 96 that is gritty with snow thrown from snow plows. Nice that there were a lot of skiers out this weekend, but that has washed out some areas of the double track, so it could use fresh grooming.

(Cindy Angerhofer)

The portion of the trail north of County Road F was in very good condition. Consistent dual track except by Hwy 96. It was 13 degrees and sunny. Occasional leaf litter and the portion adjacent to Hwy 96 had snow plow wake on it. Interesting how the character of that "snow" made my light green Rex ineffective until I hit the "real" snow again where it was exactly the right wax - finally.

(Keith Carlson)

Skied the sucker lake loop. Tracks were freshly set. It was beautiful. Well, except for the stretch along highway 96 but that isn't much.

(Bruce Montgomery)