Kudos to the groomers at Elm! I was not excited about skiing this morning, but they turned the rock salt-like substrate into a great, solid fast track. I used Guru 39 and it kicked great! Surprising, hardly anybody out this morning.

(Stan Hokanson)

I found the tracks in good shape for the 1.5 km that is open. Kick was pretty good on the up hills with the skin skis. A sign at the Bottineau House trail access says "open not groomed" but they defenitely were groomed. Thank you groomers. A moderate number of skiers out at 9:30 a.m.

(Mark Basiletti)

Only the south half of the Valley trail is open. Park by the Bottineau house for best access. Tracks were surprisingly solid except by the closed practice area. There are a few icy patches on the south donut and bypass where I had no grip with skins and had to get out of tracks. Skate deck was somewhat soft. B skis due to dirt and leaf litter on the trail.

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(Mark Oswood)

Deck was firm, great conditions. The groomers have done a great job leveling off the deck and cleaning trail. The south loop is all that is open.

(Mark Lambert)

I skied the back loop this morning from the practice area to whale tail and back. It was icy but could still get an edge. I commend the groomers.

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(Mark Lambert)

Unskiable, hard packed like cement. Heard later that unable to groom due to lack of snow depth in some areas.

(Larry Myers)

Trails are in rough shape and ended up talking with a grooming supervisor. From the practice area to the donut, it's too thin for the PistenBully and the smaller groomers can't break up the ice. It's solid, dirty ice. From the practice area to the whale tail and back, they were able to get the PistenBully out and break it up. It's firm, fast, ground up ice to ski on.

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(Ben Dubay)

Not great. Need structure. Lots of structure. Low lying spots pooling water but most of trail skiable with respectable glide.

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(Brian Johnston)

Sad trails but skiable, especially if you stick to south of the practice area. Puddle at bottom of hill by chalet. Need some colder temps.

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(Ben Fuller)

Just a drive by. Nobody skiing. Some standing water on the trail and in the practice area. We had about 0.1 to 0.2 inches of rain in Maple Grove this morning.

(Mark Lahtinen)