All loops were cut, groomed and/or tracked today. With the little bit of fresh snow last night, the trails are still a little chunky but in good condition. The thin spots from Monday appeared to be covered up nicely again.

(Joe Kraetke)

All loops were cut, groomed and/or tracked. The trails overall are in good condition. The recent warm temps made a few thin spots on the classic loops. The trails are a little chunky but still have good tracks.

(Joe Kraetke)

All the terrain we skied has good coverage, no thin spots at all. In certain sections, there were at time lots of pine needles and other debris in the tracks...presumably from the high winds the day prior. The tracks were also icy because of the warm-up days earlier. Bottom line: definitely worth skiing and another several inches of new snow wouldn't hurt.

(Jason Schultz)

Conditions were excellent on a perfect winter day--20 degrees and lots of snow still clinging to the trees made for a great ski. Deep, solid classical tracks and firm skating deck. Most skiers appear to be doing classical, as the skate loop looked almost untouched since it was groomed.

(Dave Henning)

All trails were packed this morning following the heavy snowfall from last night. After the packing was done, all trails were groomed and/or tracked for both classic and skate skiing. . No more thin spots! trails might be just a little soft but they are now in excellent condition.

(Joe Kraetke)

The snow was just a little chunky but still put down a pretty good track. All loops have been tracked and/or groomed. Overall the trails are in good condition but there are still some thin spots in the heavy pine areas.

(Joe Kraetke)

The entire McNaughton Trail system was in very good condition this morning. There is good two track classic track on all classic only loops and one can (and I did) use (my) classic skis to circumnavigate McNaughton Lake on the skate only loop. There may be one or two avoidable rocks in the classic tracks under the tall Hemlock forest canopy where there is less snowflake through fall during snow falls. In those same places and in the heavy Pine Forest areas there can be a fair amount of needle and cone debris in the groomed down snow. Despite these qualifications, I used classic skis that I race and enjoyed a very good hour and a half of skiing in beautiful snow laden forest. McNaughton is a popular trail and it is receiving moderately heavy use at this time. I saw only one other car in the parking lot off North Highway 17 as I left following my ski.

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(Mark Nienstaedt)

All loops today have been tracked and groomed. With the exception of only a couple thinner spots, the trails are in great condition. The base is almost level now. The lower spots are filling in nicely for an even surface. With a few more inches of snow, the trails will be in excellent condition.

(Joe Kraetke)

Overall, with the recent snow, the trails are in good condition. There are a few spot where the trail is still a little thin in the heavy pine areas. All loops have been tracked and groomed. The trails might be a little soft yet from yesterdays warm temps. There was a lot of moisture in the snow. Should tighten up very nicely for the weekend.

(Joe Kraetke)

All loops have been tracked and/or groomed. The skater's loop and classic loops do have a fair amount of thin spots with some dirt/rocks peaking through. Most of the trails are in fair to good condition. Overall the trails are in fair to good condition.

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(Joe Kraetke)