Today may have been the last decent day of Nordic skiing at Forest Springs; forecasts of rain and above-freezing temps tonight may take a toll on the trails. The snow depth is still plentiful, but the south-facing hills have developed several bare ground spots, requiring careful skiing in those areas. " B" skis recommended. I used my only pair of skate skis; dodged the bare spots and the ski bases looked fine afterwards. If you want to enjoy the trails a couple more times, I would recommend staying off the Skidder trail since there is a pretty major bare ground spot at the bottom of a big hill.

(Scott Everson)

Excellent for skating this morning. A bit icy on the south-facing hills but not out of control. Classic tracks are firm and very fast. Get out and enjoy a couple more days of great skiing!

(Scott Everson)

I groomed all 18km this morning, skate and classic lanes. Beautiful, mid winter conditions. Skate lanes are excellent, tracks are mostly excellent but there are some shallow track segments.

(Scott Everson)

After a heavy, 7" new snow, I rolled trails this morning. Plan is to go back out and groom (for skate and classic) the 18k. This is the deepest snow pack this winter and I expect it will groom beautifully.

(Scott Everson)

The new 3" snow was too wet too groom so I rolled/packed all 18k this morning. The plan is for Norm to groom the trail Friday morning so it should be great for the weekend.

(Scott Everson)

I did a little post-Birkie skiing, classical, about 10km this morning. Beautiful tracks but the snow is very soft and slow. Dog tracks in the skate lane are everywhere. I'll regroom skate lanes Tuesday morning, then probably wait for more snow before another groom.

(Scott Everson)

Groomed all of the loops today. The 1" of new, moist snow was "just what the doctor ordered"; just enough to cover everything up and set nice tracks and corduroy. I met a couple of really happy skate skiers out there!

(Scott Everson)

I groomed/scarified the skate lanes this morning to make the hard-packed trails safe and ski-able again. Classic tracks are solid but somewhat icy (blue klister conditions) and some stretches have oak leaves in the tracks. The next groom will be after we get some snow.

(Scott Everson)

After skating the Rib Lake system on Saturday afternoon I tackled the hillier sections of the Forest Springs trail system. Although the skate lane was a bit crunchy after the warm-up on Thursday, nowhere was it scary-icy, not even on the steep down hills of Rollercoaster, Skidder or Jammer. Rollercoaster is so much fun because of one steep downhill followed quickly by an uphill you can get up entirely on momentum from the down, followed by yet another plunge that throws your heart into your throat, just like a rollercoaster. Scott groomed the skate lane again on Sunday morning, which was enticing as we went by on the classic tracks. Thanks Scott!

(Lois Braun)

I groomed the skate lanes this morning; they were hard-packed and a bit beat up after a lot of use (by the local school 8th grade class) yesterday. Now I'll go out and ski. Everything is in excellent shape, including the tracks.

(Scott Everson)