The trail was packed, leveled, and tracked today. Things should set up nicely with low temperatures so conditions should be very good. Since we have to use equipment that does not have a track lifter in these heavy snow conditions, you will find some areas tracked where they usually are not and some areas where there are no tracks where there normally would be. Not a big deal but slightly different than normal. I would like to give a big thanks to Steve Chandler for packing the trails and to Tom Wheeler for clearing out the parking lot today as he has done all year.

(Bob Turnquist)

Groomed the trails late Friday afternoon to break up the glaze in the tracks and level out clumps of snow that fell from tree branches. Conditions should be very good Saturday. During the warmup over the next few days the trail is likely to be icy while temperatures are below freezing. In my experience, in weather conditions like those upcoming, waiting a few hours after the temperature gets above freezing will give the best conditions. Be aware there is some tree litter on the trails,.

(Bob Turnquist)

Groomed the trails this afternoon to cover up some of the tree litter and clumps of snow that fell off the trees.  The squirrels have been busy cutting Hemlock branches so while the litter is reduced it is not gone; however, the clumps are gone.  The tracks look good for the most part considering how hard the base is. There will be moonlight ski on Saturday evening, February 4th.  Meet at 7:00 pm at the parking Lot on Duck Lake Road.  Skiing by 7:10 pm.

(Bob Turnquist)

Groomed the trails early this evening. With the small amounts of snow we received the last few days the trail groomed up nicely. If appearance means anything, conditions should be as good as they can get. Full deep tracks everywhere and no tree litter.

(Bob Turnquist)

After a visit to Pioneer Creek trails, we strided part of the east loop here, since it appeared to have been groomed this morning. It was a fun single-track trail through mixed hardwoods and gently rolling hills. A solid track made for a fun ski experience. We hope to return to ski the other trails here in the near future.

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(Darren Blankenship)

Groomed the East Side Trails this morning and the West Side Trails late this afternoon. With the new snow tracks are deep and very little tree litter is visible. The trails were slightly soft but should freeze up nicely overnight. Conditions should be very good or better. With the fresh snow it is beautiful on the trails.

(Bob Turnquist)

Beautiful trails today. Bob does a great job. The East side was tracked, the west side was groomed. Thanks Bob.

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(Ricky Plomin)

Trails are in good shape and seemed to be recently groomed. The tracks were a bit icy which I think is unavoidable with the weather the last few days but definitely fast because of it.

(Eric Roden)

I groomed the trails late this afternoon. Conditions should be excellent, very much like mid-winter conditions. Tracks are deep and well formed and the litter from the warmup last week is covered up. Get out there and ski. Who knows what conditions will be like in the future with the crazy weather we have had this year. Moonlight ski Saturday evening, meet at the parking lot at 7 pm.

(Bob Turnquist)

With yesterday's warm temperature the snow on the evergreens fell off the branches and onto the trail where it froze last night and today. The tracks also iced up so I groomed this evening. The trail was quite hard but I was able to smooth out the clumps from the evergreens and set new tracks that would not be icy. The tracks don't look as nice as when we have new snow but for the most part they are full depth and should be fine for skiing. Conditions should be good to very good. I would like to ask skiers to please report people who are walking on the trail to the F&G club. Happy New Year to all.

(Bob Turnquist)