I skated the outer loop on the east side. This included brown, green, yellow and orange. The conditions were better than I expected and it was really nice to be out. I definitely got some scratches on my B skies from the hills and some bare spots. Couldn't really glide on any of the hills but had fun getting my ski legs back. I also skated the red loop on the west side of the road, I wouldn't recommend skiing this until we get more snow. It was really uneven and had much more bare spots than the east side. It was a great night of skiing!

(Beth Hedlund)

80% skiing, 20% walking mostly on uphill sections, lots of break throughs and debris, slow but nice to be out.

(Lloyd Vasilakes)

It was great to ski on the "east side of the Metro." All trails were rolled and open, but the conditions are thin snow...rock skis needed. The trails were mowed and the park is ready...some more snow would make for great skiing!

(Bruce Manske)

Skate skied brown and parts of green and orange trail this afternoon. It seems all the trails have been rolled.The snow coverage is minimum with lots of bare spots coming through but all avoidable. Suggest skate ski (B skis) as my wife had very hard time with classic (no wax yoko skis).

(Amir gharach)

Skied the fresh powder on Sunday morning. No grooming yet, but the coverage was pretty good. My skis hit rocks on a few wind-swept and wooded areas, but it was awesome to be able to ski on natural snow!

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(Ted Haland)

Classic skied Lake Elmo Friday night. I skied most of the lit trails. Thin coverage but actually nice rock ski conditions. The ground was still warm enough to cause some icing, but the snow was powdery. I think by Saturday it should be fine. Priorities once established, must be maintained:- ).

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(Ray Johnston)