The manmade snow was great as always and back to fast conditions after slowing down after the last snow. I skated and hopped in the tracks sometimes to double pole. After hard wax over the weekend it would be back to klister or no-wax skis again. They had blocked off the trails to the Lake and Creek as they hadn't groomed them yet and I'd guess they were quite icy. There was a large group of school kids out there particularly around the chalet area although I think they ventured out to the Northern Lights as some were talking about the Elevator Shaft (Cowabunga downhill). Hope they made it.

(Mark Lahtinen)

Skied only Valley man made snow loop around 9:30 am. With the rain the day before, the snow has harden making it much faster without being icy thanks to excellent grooming. All was very enjoyable.

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(Bernard Cerles)

I classic skied the Lake and North Loop trails. Lake was well groomed and snow was mostly firm without being icy making for really pleasant skiing. North Loop didn't seem to have been groomed today. It was missing classic tracks in some spots and the skate deck had a lot of ski marks making some parts a little more challenging and the steep downhill was bumpier than usual but overall still enjoyable.

(Lexie Thorpe)

Skied Valley, Creek, NL on the way back. Snow is compacting hence easier skiing. Valley was perfectly groomed as usual. Wanted to turn on Multiuse which had not been groomed and looked tedious. Creek was good, NL had not been groomed today so more ski marks all over but not bad. More people on downhill than on XC trails!

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(Bernard Cerles)

Skied Valley, Lake and Northern light around 9:30 am, all were groomed including Creek but not multi use. Snow was soft especially on Lake so more work compared to pre- storm. Should be perfect in a few days!

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(Bernard Cerles)

An inch of snow makes a big difference. With the holiday, the main parking lot was full, but mostly for the downhill area. Xc trails were not crowded. Parked at the beach lot. There are decent user-made tracks to Northern Lights. NL tracks were so so-so. The base seemed to have washed out on the right side in some areas, resulting in slippage. But the snow was sticky enough to make climbing hills easy. The man-made loop was very good.

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(Laurie Ford)

Skied man made snow loop this morning around 9:30. Half an inch of fresh snow made it slower than yesterday but all very good.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Did Monarch from the nature center (the main park entrance was very crowded, with the parking lot full, though there was space in the beach area parking lot.) The most hair-raising part was getting from the NC parking lot down the ice floe to the trail start. The trail was groomed and they had done a good job chopping up the ice. Some sections (nearer the nature center) had shallow tracks, and some short stretches were down to a single track. Some ice, but mostly not too bad. Tried the turnoff to Creek, but that hadn't been groomed recently and was pretty much all ice, so I turned back. The long loop on Monarch had better tracks than nearer the nature center. From what I saw of the multi-use trail, it was a mixed bag. Some bad ice near the crossing of the nature center road, seemed Ok near the Monarch intersections. Monarch was very lightly used - more deer tracks than pole sticks, and I had it to myself in late morning.

(Laurie Ford)

I skied Valley, Lake, Creek, and Northern Lights between 10-11am. The review is: much better than expected. Thank you groomers. Valley showed no signs to me of the recent weather, and Lake and Northern Lights were in nice shape with just a few icy patches. The one trail I hesitate to recommend is Creek, which was extremely icy for the first half or so until about where the Monarch trail intersects. The other thing to watch out for is a large, unavoidable patch of ice at the base of the steep hill on Northern Lights (i.e., after the first small downhill and before going up the steep hill). I say B skis because of the ice, but otherwise coverage was excellent. Don't write this weekend off for skiing like I almost did!

(Andy Poppick)

Perimeter trails were in very good and fast condition. Creek was icy on the climb and on top of ridge. Other than that it was great. My fastest skate of the season to date. It was 32 degrees; used FastWax Yellow LF.

(Keith Carlson)