The bit of man-made snow loop I was on seemed perfect. Went to the outer trails - there is still a good base on all the bridges, which are often the first areas to melt. Lake trail had shallow tracks, with some ice around noon, but they were softening up an hour later. Some challenging parts. Eagle was very icy - I turned back there. Creek was better. Northern Lights was recently groomed, with excellent tracks, and just a couple of mushy spots. A beautiful day to be out.

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(Laurie Ford)

Very good skiing on the multi purpose trail this morning. Must have been groomed early this morning. There are just a few spots that were slightly icy but the vast majority was perfect. The man made snow trails were excellent as usual!

(Bill Stuber)

Skied man made snow loop around 9:30 am. Perfect grooming, hard snow under a nice corduroy fine cover. Fast trail, not icy. Classic looked good also.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Excellent conditions on the snowmaking loop and Northern Lights from 2 p.m. at 34 degrees F until 4 p.m. at 38 degrees--even a bit icy still on Northern Lights. After that I ventured onto the natural trails, which were also very good, though at 5 p.m. at 40 degrees I hit a wall. Was it the snow breaking down or had I worn myself out? To find out, I returned to the shaded portions of Northern Lights where, much to my surprise, I met the groomer! I didn't think they'd groom at 40 degrees, but whatever--following the Pisten Bully gave me a second wind! It might have been my last ski of the season, so I wished I didn't need to get home. Thanks to all the groomers at all the wonderful ski venues this season. It's been great!

(Lois Braun)

Nice afternoon ski at Elm Creek. Skied most of the natural snow trails, as well as the man-made snow loop. A surprising mix of conditions -- everything from icy, to crusty fast to soft and some really slow sections. Most of it was very good conditions though, and the slow or really icy sections were very scattered. Good snow depth still, good skis just fine. Strong wind made a few sections "less fun" but otherwise a very nice outing.

(Bruce Adelsman)

Perfect day at Elm Creek. Skied Valley, Multiuse, Lake and Northern Light ca 9:00 am. All freshly groomed including Multiuse. Fast hard snow, very few icy spot, good grip overall and fast conditions, almost nobody on the trails.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Wonderful ski on Northern Lights - out of the wind, so no debris or wind blown tracks - nicely groomed deep tracks. Skate deck was very good also. Valley trail was windy and blown in in some places. Thank you groomers.

(Karen Peters)

Amazing midwinter conditions on all the natural ski trails! It has been years since I skied on the Creek and Lake trails and forgot how beautiful and quiet it is out in the prairie! I also skied on the multi-purpose outer trail and it was great for skate skiing!

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(Kim Rudd, Endurance Adventures)

Skied Valley and Northern lights around 9:30 am. Valley had perfect grooming as usual, NL very good grooming a little more usage. Classic tracks had been reset. Snow faster than yesterday, incredible conditions for mid March.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Classic skied most trails. Valley and Northern Lights track is very good. Creek and Lake track is good. Eagle and Monarch track is OK. Overall great spring skiing.

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(Mark Skinner)