Manmade Star and Willow Loops were in great shape. Good skis. Classic tracks looks good. B Skis for Lake Loop. There were leaves, some sticks and a couple spots where the asphalt was visible. The snowguns were on towards Frogtown and the Piston Bully was moving. Hopefully, Frogtown will be open soon.

(Taylor Forsyth)

Manufactured Snow Trails - Star and Willow Creek are packed, tracked and in Good Condition. Manufactured Snow Trails that are Closed: Boulder Ridge, Scenic Foothills, and Frog Town. Natural Snow Trails: Lake, Oak Knob, Hill, (North/Nature Center trails are a 2 away to/from Willow creek) are packed and in Fair Condition. Natural Snow Trail: Nature Center is packed and in Poor Condition.
Nordic High School Races: Tuesday, Dec. 4, Wednesday, December 5 and Thursday, December 6; 3:30-5:30 PM.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Natural snow trails in decent for now. There is grass and dirt starting to poke up and patches of leaves on the trail in some spots. The nature center spur by the lake is looking pretty rough because it was pretty wind blown. I would ski the hill with the lake trail as the last section of the lake trail has the worst rough patches and leaves. We will not be out grooming the natural trails until it snows again. Snowmaking will resume on the man-made trails tonight when the temps drop.

(Iain McCrory)

Yeeeeessss...great to be out for first ski of the year! Lots of folks out but not super bad congestion on the 2 loops. Soft conditions today, especially on uphills. New snow needs to set up a bit. The next loop looked ready to open any day now -- they have lots of snow back there. A little surprise, there was ample debris in the form of small sticks on the surface in many spots. I brought my good skis (new grind...why wouldn't I?) and wish I didn't. Not a big deal but I would bring my B skis until we get a little more snow to cover them up. Regardless, it felt great to slide the sticks again. Just gotta lose the newborn calf legs.

(Taylor Kearns)

Open: Manufactured Snow Trails: Star and Willow Creek (1.8K) are packed and tracked. Natural Snow Trails: Lake, Oak Knob, Hill, and Nature Center are packed, not tracked in Fair Condition. Trails Closed: Manufactured Snow Trails -Boulder Ridge, Scenic Foothills, and Frog Town.
Nordic High School Races: Tuesday, Dec. 4, Wednesday, December 5 and Thursday, December 6 3:30-5:30 PM.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

All the natural snow trails are in decent condition after packing the new snow from last night. A few bare/soft patches on some of the trails. Watch out for a couple ruts on the hill trail and oak knob. Only star loop and part of willow are open for man-made trails so the natural trails cannot be accessed from the start of frogtown. Also we have not made enough snow yet to build proper ramps to the lake trail from star loop. The start of the north trail could be accessed from the first intersection on our service road.

(Iain McCrory)

Star and Willow Creek 1.8K Trails are packed and Tracked and in good condition. Trails Closed: Manufactured Snow Trails -Boulder Ridge, Scenic Foothills, North, Frog Town, Oak Knob, Lake, Hill/ All Natural Snow Trails: Lake, Oak Knob, Hill, North, Nature Center. Ski trails are open daily 5:00 AM - 10:00 PM. Lights are on 5:00 AM to sunrise and sunset to 10:00 PM. Avoid the lines and buy your daily or annual pass online. Nordic High School Races: Tuesday, Dec. 4 - Thursday, Dec. 6; 3:30- 5:30 pm.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

As mentioned, the first 2 loops are open and groomed beautifully. If you were thinking that there is a grace period before passes are being checked, not so! Bring your ski pass. The really good news is that the next several loops are full of snow and opening can't be far behind.

(Jamie Peters)

They opened the trails that were promised. For those of us who use miles instead of km each loop is one mile. Great snow, great morning for a ski. Both classical and skate was groomed.

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(Scott Greymont)

Hyland XC Ski Area will be opening 2 loops (1.8 K) at 5am - 10 pm Friday, Nov. 30! Visitor Center will be open 9am - 5pm Friday; 8am - 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. Rentals will be available. Lights will be on.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)