Whole 5K manmade continues to be in good shape. The tiny bit of fresh snow has provided some cohesion and has slowed the snow down just a bit. Quite pleasant out there with very little sugar when I was out mid-morning. Get it while it's good, who knows what things will look like after this weekend. Pic courtesy of Jake Adicoff as he flew back to Sun Valley.

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(Mitchell Campbell)

At 3:30 pm start, it was forecast to be 18 degrees, there was a NNE wind and trail was in fair to good condition. After Monday and yesterday's warm temperatures, it should have bee no surprise that the trail had froze into either near boilerplate or corduroy. It was difficult for me to get bite at first - I've always had trouble with that with the skis I used - got better but still had trouble with missing bite occasionally and my skis slipping out from under me. Given conditions I skipped Boulder because I didn't want to hold a snowplow all the way down. A plus was the first Scenic inbound climb was easier given the absence of sugar.

(Keith Carlson)

Trails were groomed. There's not much loose snow left on top of the icy base. There were exposed areas of the icy base. Fast downhills with just enough traction on the uphills to have some fun. Thanks again to the grooming and snow making crew for literally making winter happen this year.

(Jon Pohlman)

Skate skied a few laps on the snowmaking loops between 10:45 am and 11:15 am. Mostly soft and slushy and slow, except for a few stretches that were in the shade and were a little more firm and fast. A few areas of puddles on ice near Jan's place. The snow is getting pretty gray in some areas so the melting will probably accelerate. The Boulder Ridge climb wasn't too bad. The Boulder Ridge descent was quite soft and slushy and slow. No ice there. Beautiful day for skiing!

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Yikes, the full beautiful sun and warm wind is wreaking havoc at Hyland. Snow has really slowed down and is very soft. The Willow climb is pretty rough and outbound Frogtown is as bad as I've seen it. Boulder downhill was really easy as the slow snow keeps the speeds down. The made snow trail is still 100% intact and skiable thanks to all of the work of the amazing Hyland crew.

(Joe Dolan)

My final ski for the year. The skate deck was firm and a bit crusty seemed like it was great for skaters. The classic track in areas was remarkable but in many areas it was just skiing on ice tracks. There are some areas with dirt ground into the snow. Great season for what it was. Thanks Hyland crew.

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(Scott Greymont)

Surprisingly good considering how warm and sunny it was. Areas that were in the sun were soft to slushy. But not too deep. Areas that had been in the shade for the past hour or more were generally firm and fast. This was between 5 PM and 6 PM. I skate skied all of the snowmaking trails. Boulder Ridge climb was in good shape. Boulder Hill descent was a bit slushy and furrowed, but not as bad as I expected.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

The trail condition is one of the best this season. Almost no sugar on climbs and no bare spots. Very fast condition overall. It got slower as it got closer to the noon time. Good skis should be no problem at all. Only manmade loop is open but even the boulder climb was in great condition.

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(Amir Gh)

At my 10:00 am start, I was baffled why it was so empty until I remembered later in the day that a lot of people would have left for the Birkie. It was around 34 degrees with a stiff NNW wind, overcast and the snowmaking loop was in fair to very good condition. The fair parts were the first left-hand outbound turn of Frog Town where snert and wood chips had bled-thru (similar snert bleed-thru just before the turn to the Boulder climb) and ice across a large portion of the width of the trail on the last Willow climb and the Willow inbound downhill. The very good part was it was still fast. I came within a.1 mph my fastest lap of the year. Note they were putting up tents and signage for the shuttle for tomorrow's Winterfest as I left for those unaware of the event and the likely crowd.

(Keith Carlson)

At my 10:20 am start, it was 44 degrees according to trailhead thermometer, sunny and the trail was in good condition. The more sun-exposed portions of the trail was wet corn. Less sun-exposed or shaded portions of the trail was drier corn or sugar. The corn only got annoyingly deep on the top half of the first Scenic inbound climb. By staying to the middle, the Boulder downhill was no problem. It was a really light crowd by my 10:20 start.

(Keith Carlson)