Regroomed the upper Arb Monday night. Overall system is in very good conditions. There is one trail section on the Northside of the Arb that is very poor. There are also a couple of icy spots which will take a couple more passes with the teeth down to break up. We will try to get out again tomorrow night after the warm up and have the system ready for the weekend.

(Tom Bisel)

I skied the lower arb trail along the river this morning from the parking lot near campus to the iron bridge parking lot and back. Excellent snow throughout. The trail has been packed and has skier-made tracks; not professional but quite functional. The snow is beautiful.

(Tim Vick)

Great coverage, but as is typical at Carlton, lots of foot traffic leaving a lot of footprints. A nice track set was visible, and the skate lane soft, but not slow. Quick feet to keep from sinking in and don't pole too hard. And at about 5:30pm, I had the whole place to myself.

(Rich Bailey)

The Carleton Upper Arb is groomed for skating and classical. All trail segments are open and in excellent shape. The trail set up great last night.
The lower Arboretum is still ungroomed. With the amount of snow we received(16") our equipment is maxed out. The plan will be to get the lower packed in the next day or so and then try to set a track for the weekend.

(Tom Bisel)

The southern half of the Upper Arb is surprisingly great! There is one spot on the field behind the Rec Center that you might want to walk A skis around, but otherwise it's all good.

(Will Schroeer)

Skied the Lower Arb starting at the West Gym parking lot. Was just rolled. Skier-set classic tracks are pretty good still. Saw maybe 1 rock the whole time, otherwise great snow depth and nice grooming. Perfect!

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(Will Schroeer)

Really nice night out there today. The trails were groomed last Friday, and that set up pretty well (although I hit a lot of rocks then), today there was probably another 3+ inches on top of that base, and I hit far fewer rocks. Should set up into a really nice base once that is groomed in.

(Nate Porath)

Skied approximately five miles in the Lower Arb this afternoon. Trails have been rolled, but still too little snow for classical tracks to have been set. Quite a few footprints from runners/walkers and base is thin, but overall coverage is good and no bare patches where I skied. Just a few leaves and branches here and there.

(Robert Coleman)

Trails are rolled and skiable, mostly o.k., but there are short sections with gravel coming through. I was careful in those spots and did not get any scratches on my skis, but I would not use my good skis.

(David Folland)

Skied most of the Lower Arb. A lot of the trails have just enough snow to ski, either in the raised middle of the path, or to the outside, but then I'd be going downhill and it would be rock city. I picked up a fair number of new scratches. But: if you stay only on the trail along the river, you should be fine.

(Will Schroeer)