Freshly groomed, relatively firm, good speed. Skied all the loops, a little debris and leaves, overall excellent coverage. This trail system is a wonderful and challenging alternative to Murphy.

(Scott Stanley)

Well groomed for skate with nice corduroy. A little soft and oddly sloped in a few areas but the outer trail (about 5.5 km) was 95% excellent. The classic tracks looked good. One small infraction from a dog-walker and his/her dog.

(Julie Anderson)

While there is plenty of snow on the trails it hasn't been groomed in a while. There were 2 of us on the trail and we made the only ski tracks. There were other tracks made it snow shoes and sneakers. Classic tracks are not really set.

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(Scott Greymont)

Hardpack base with 2 - 3 inches of fresh snow on top. Did not run into any ice anywhere. Not freshly groomed but skier tracked with full coverage. Lightly used. Very sheltered and wooded so would be a good option for a cold and windy Super Bowl day ski.

(Dave Gardner)

Awful conditions. Quite treacherous...and to top it off all the dog walkers have left a lot of droppings.

(Bob Pacieznik)

Skied one loop this morning and quit due to dangerous and icy conditions. Between the ruts, walkers footprints, ice and uneven grooming, skiing was functionally not possible. I would not recommend this trail today.

(Charlie Puttonen)

I'm assuming the trail is open all the way around. I went to terrace oaks this morning to ski a different trail - I felt it was unskatable - hard and icy with no edging. The pathway down to the trail was equally dangerous - lots of ice on the path.

(Scott Greymont)

Skied Terrace Oaks under the moonlight, and conditions (aside from the ever-present walker damage) were good. Trail is still soft, and curiously, tracks were set on only a very small portion of the loop. Forest was beautiful under a mantle of fresh snow, so good to have a real dumping of snow to get the trails open. Now if those hikers would only heed the big, brand-new sign imploring them to stay off the groomed trails...

(Jaime McCarthy)

Overall good conditions, but some caveats that highlight the weaknesses of Terrace Oaks. Great skiing on windy days, sort of like a mini Woodland Hills. The two drawbacks today were the hikers who have put some big dents in the snow, and some gravel on the uphills. Several years ago gravel was put on most of the uphills to stop erosion; unfortunately they used limestone with sharp edges instead of crushed limestone or a rounded granite type stone. I have scraped my skis previously there. The other weakness is the infrequent and inconsistent grooming, and no notifications by the city of the grooming. That all being said it is a close-in suburb gem that is my go to on the south side when it is windy...all in the woods and a well marked 5 km loop with lots of twists and turns and hills.

(Scott Engstrom)

I really enjoyed skiing at Terrace Oaks. Overall the skiing was really nice. There is a fair amount of churned up frozen ground near the tops of the hills but you can easily avoid. Plenty of people and pets have have also churned up the trails.

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(Paul Nigon)