The skate deck has been refreshed after the melt on Thursday. It really groomed up nice. Expect solid conditions, but not icy on Saturday. The tracks looked to be in good shape and were not redone. The east field was done as well for skate only.

(Tyler Gruetzmacher)

We groomed last nights 3" of fluff on Tuesday morning. With the upcoming weather, we didn't do the fields, but the woods are in great shape.

(Tyler Gruetzmacher)

There were really good conditions for skating and striding today. The skate deck in the woods and on the school property was surprisingly firm and smooth 1/2" of skied in powder on top. It seemed to ski faster than expected, even with cold temperatures. The classic tracks over those same trails looked pristine and should be great this week. The trails in the south fields are groomed but very soft and irregular right now. It would be best to avoid them until they are groomed again. Tyler did a masterful job whipping 12-15" of new snow into shape.

(Bob Peterson)

t's a winter wonderland in the woods. Everything is groomed with tracks in the woods and the field is skate only. I would recommend skiing Saturday night as we have some serious cold coming. It will be soft, but beautiful.

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(Tyler Gruetzmacher)

Thin base, some bare spots but you can avoid those. The fields are not groomed yet, or at least not fully. There was an inch of new snow on top of the grooming, in the woods and main trail it had been packed down hard by lots of skis over it.

(Anna DeMers)

A half an inch of new snow over a nicely groomed skate deck. Trails now have good coverage. The new snow was skied in fairly well. It made for enjoyable skating with good edge control. There are no classic trails groomed yet. I am recommending B skis because prior to the new snow were a few thin areas and there was also some debris on the trail.

(Bob Peterson)

The woods and school areas were groomed on Saturday. No tracks yet, we will need more snow for tracks and to groom the fields. The new parts on the Tidd Tech worked great, setting a nice corduroy and the side wings really help with the overlap between two passes. With the cool night and warming Sunday, things should be in great condition.

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(Tyler Gruetzmacher)

The entire system was rolled this evening.  The goal of the first grooming of the year is to start building as flat and wide of a deck and that worked well with the 6" of snow we got yesterday.  No tracks yet. With dropping temps, things should firm up nicely for skiing on Thursday.  I would recommend starting out on your rock skis, definitely leave the new ones you flew to Europe to hand pick at the factory at home.  While the fields got rolled, they are going to need a fair bit more snow before being ready to ski.  It looks like we only have the east field, Jerome's, to ski on this year as the corn is still on the west one.  We can ski to it on the normal trail and it will be a nice wind block for that section. I plan to fire up the lights on Thursday night, so come on out and ski.

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(Tyler Gruetzmacher)