Skated the Island-Timber-Prairie "loop", noting that the groomers had done their usual fine work to make most of the deck good, also dumping snow on a bare spot on one of the first downhills, and on the connection to the Island Trail, that loop having dirt showing through on all the usual places, including the sharp left curve at its north end, which I found sort of treacherous at speed. The rest of this 8.7 km loop has good coverage, except the very start, the short downhill starting the Timber Trail, and maybe a few of the shorter hills. In summary, Island Trail probably rock skis, the rest probably B skis.

(Richard Swenson)

You could use your good skis but perhaps an errant pebble... Baker is great, the entire loop! Groomers have it ready for tomorrows fun ski/race 8:30am!

(Jan Guenther, Gear West)

Groomers at Baker are doing an awesome job of covering over the brown spots from Wednesday's thaw and keeping the natural snow in great condition. Much better trail conditions today than what we had on Thursday. It's not the perfect glacial skate deck we've become used to with man-made trails, but great conditions for natural snow.

(Dallas Johnson)

We did the Island trail which had a few dangerous spots at 12:30pm today, then Hill trail and Fairway trail. Skate skiing was still in OK condition but classic will likely be closed later this afternoon. When we arrived, skate conditions were good and classic were Poor. There was also a .7k section near the clubhouse that was closed. We skied French last week and feel that they had a better base so far this season.

(Holly Bayer)

Most segments were quite nice. While there were some areas with debris or dirt patches, they were easily avoidable. If you are on good skis, I would recommend extra caution on the island loop.

(Chris Wakefield)

Really nice skiing, can use good skis. A couple of places where you might pay attention to some slim snow areas but so much fun after such a long hiatus - It's so good we are holding the Snowflake/Ingalami 11k there on Sunday 18th.

(Jan Guenther, Gear West)

Very nice conditions for skate skiing at Baker today. There's good snow coverage everywhere and the few bad spots can be easily avoided. I did every trail there except for Evergreen. I would say you can use good skis if you normally use good skis at Baker, there are some sticks that you have to keep an eye out for but other than that it is good. Very good grooming. I forgot how nice that trail is. Hi-ya hi-ya hi-ya.

(Nick Raisanen)

Really fun to ski at Baker Park again. Conditions were awesome. Everything I skied on was just groomed. My wife Marilyn skied classic about the same time and said the classic tracks were very good.

(Greg Franzen)

Enjoyed great conditions at Baker on Monday afternoon. Just a few hard crusty spots where trail crosses the cart paths along the 10th fairway of the golf course or the wind has blown the snow away. 99% of the trails were ideal. Tom in the chalet was very friendly and is looking for more skiers to come out and take advantage of the great conditions.

(Mike Maiers)

I skijored the multi-use trail at Baker today and was rather disappointed. Three River's website said it had been groomed but it sure didn't feel like it. The northbound side of the loop was pretty good but the southbound side was very icy. And at the south end of the loop a renegade snowmobiler used the trail as a shortcut to Katrina lake.

(Sue Logan)