With the few inches of snow in the last couple of days we are approaching mid-winter conditions. Groomed this evening and conditions look like they will be very good to excellent. Tracks are well formed and with temperatures below zero tonight they should firm up nicely. Tomorrow should be a great day to be out.

(Bob Turnquist)

Leveled trails this morning and groomed this afternoon after 4+ inches of snow yesterday. Nice well formed tracks. After tonight's cold temps the tracks should be hard. Conditions will be very good or better. Thin spots appear to be largely gone. The only visible exception I noted is one spot on the trail leading to the "big hill".

(Bob Turnquist)

Tracks set last night firmed up nicely with 0 degree temps last night. Skied the West Side trails. Conditions are very good. In a few places the tracks are not perfect and there still a handful of thin spots in the tracks, all just a few inches long so they are easy to avoid. If you are careful it would be fine to use your best skis, otherwise use good but not your best skis.

(Bob Turnquist)

With the few inches of snow we have gotten lately and with favorable weather conditions I was able to groom the trails tonight. Since it is difficult to see the results at night, I would rate the conditions as very good. In the areas where the trail is double tracked I was able to see the first pass and the tracks looked great. I will check out the areas that were a little thin tomorrow and report. I think good skis should be fine, but to be safe I specified B skis.

(Bob Turnquist)

Groomed late Thursday afternoon. Conditions are very good. Tracks are full depth except for a few places on the Sylvania loop where the show is a bit thin and a few leaves and a bit of grass are visible in the bottom of the track. 99+% of the trails are in great shape. With snow on the trees it is beautiful on the trail.

(Bob Turnquist)

All trails were groomed this evening. Conditions are good or better. The majority of the trail is in very good to excellent condition but there are a few places where there is not quite enough snow so that the condition could be rated higher. 99% of the tracks are full depth but in a few areas grass or leaves are visible. The trails are all on Forest Service roads so there are a few rough spots largely due to vehicles driving through wet areas during late fall. Considering we have only gotten snow in the last week and the snow was very low moisture there is great early season skiing. I dragged the trails to get the air out of the snow and to level the trail 3 times prior to grooming today and set a rudimentary track with a light weight tracking sled and found skiing to be great the last few days.

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(Bob Turnquist)