All in all a great day. I've skied French for the last three days. I strided Monday (I was very alone) . I've been skating the last two. The classic tracks are good when they exist. The skate lane is good. The evil oak leaves are not an issue. But, bark flaking off the trees can be an issue.

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(Craig Schulz)

Was first and alone this morning around 10:30. Groomer had done an in depth grooming of the skate deck and was tracking new classic tracks which should be perfect today. Snow was granular, scratchy and kind of slow. Cold but sunny and almost no wind so overall OK.

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(Bernard Cerles)

It was a beautiful sunny day around noon and the wind wasn't too bad at all... the skate deck had been recently re-groomed and looked in very good shape but unfortunately the classic tracks had not, so they were shallow and had numerous washouts even on the flats. Skyline Trail was probably the best for classic skiing. The first Challenge Hill had no tracks at all. But I did venture out on a groomed loop on the lake itself and those tracks were good. Hope they re-set the tracks soon.

(Dave Carlson)

Skied French around 10:00 am, freshly packed, was the second one skiing. Pretty cold but sunny. Snow is granular, squeaky and somewhat slow. Meadow trail is wavy but otherwise all trails are in good condition. Classic was probably not as good having not been groomed in most places.

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(Bernard Cerles)

I skied classic trails at 12:30-1:30. Looked like they groomed this morning and tracks were decent except where high winds blew them out. The worst part was that someone skate skied over the tracks the entire Skyline loop and systematically knocked down the track.

(Jean Storlie)

Lovely morning at French. There's a good deal of snow after last night. It was groomed this morning and there has definitely been some traffic there already today, but still some fairly untouched corduroy. A few leaves and twigs on the trail with the wind but not bothersome. Great coverage and well worth a visit.

(Melissa Noel)

A beautiful sunny early afternoon. The skate deck was freshly groomed but the tracks were untouched. Fairly washed out for our classic ski. Hope the groom new tracks soon. Such a great park.

(Diane Pattridge)

Skied all trails around 10:00 am, beautiful weather and saw nobody there. Trails had been freshly packed, skate deck in good shape, crispy cold snow. No debris, a few waves here and there but all good.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Did an evening skate at French. Excellent skate deck of course. The track appears shallow but not glazed. A few people out. It was not crowded. Some wore headlamps to ski off the lit trails. I found the cloud deck, that plagues us with flat light during the day, benefits us with reflected light at night. The Meadow trail benefited most from the reflected light and easily could be skied with out the use of a headlamp.

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(Craig Schulz)

Skied most of the trails. It was overall a lovely time. The groomed trails were shallow though and tracks were almost fully smoothed away in parts of the course. I kept having to put my skis back in the tracks when they were groomed again. But it was still lots of fun and the snow conditions were great.

(Marc Katz)