Trails groomed after a foot of wind-blown snow in the last couple of days.   Skating lane packed and combed.   Classical tracks packed and reset.   Trails are soft.  66 total inches of snow for the season. Note: The groomer said this morning that this will be the last trail grooming for this season since the quads and grooming staff will be needed for upcoming flood preparations in the parks. Short sections of some park ski trails will be plowed to bare ground for machine access and other flood preparations.

(Gary Brekke)

Trails re-groomed Wednesday early morning at -10 F after 3 inches of dry 'super-fluff' snow on Tuesday. Skating lane was packed and combed over. Classical tracks renovated, packed, and tracks reset.

(Gary Brekke)

Trails re-groomed early Wednesday after 7 inches of wet, heavy snow from overnight snow that fell near the freezing point. Skating lane was packed and combed over. Classical tracks packed and tracks reset. The snow was packed and tracks reset when the snow was in the high twenties and undergoing transition under filtered sunlight.

(Gary Brekke)

Skating lane re-combed after an inch of new dry snow Friday afternoon and a weekend of wind. Firm and fast. Classical tracks scrubbed out by skiers. A few short exposed sections had deeper drifts.

(Gary Brekke)

Trails were freshly groomed each time I skied them (or maybe it was the 30 mph wind washing out my tracks from previous passes). The skate deck was firm but no glide to be found. Hats off to the grooming crew for keeping the trails maintained in late March.

(David Weider)

Trails re-groomed early Monday after 8 inches of dry 'super-fluff' snow from the Saturday through Sunday blizzard. Skating lane was packed and combed over.  Classical tracks packed and tracks reset.  The new dry snow packed to a soft two inches on top of the skating lane and classical tracks.

(Gary Brekke)

Trails re-groomed Wednesday midday after 4 inches of dry 'super-fluff' snow overnight. Skating lane was packed and combed over.  Classical tracks renovated, packed, and tracks reset.  The new dry snow packed to a soft two inches on top of the skating lane and classical tracks but covered the wind-blown seeds and leaves.  With the deepening soft snow the local fox are making heavy use of the ski trails to get around.

(Gary Brekke)

Trails re-groomed Thursday after 14 inches of new wind-blown fine-grained, dry snow from Wednesday's blizzard conditions. Skating lane was packed and combed over with the top two inches being soft.  The paved rec trails have not been plowed yet and the skating lane in the park is getting lots of foot traffic.  Classical tracks packed and tracks reset with well defined tracks over an icy packed base.  Overnight 1/2 inch of fluff covered the corduroy and was being scrubbed out by skiers.  44 inches of snow for the season.

(Gary Brekke)

Trails re-groomed early Friday morning after two inches of new wind-blown fine-grained, dry snow from Wednesday-Thursday's blizzard conditions Skating lane was lightly renovated and combed over and is firm with good edging.  Classical tracks renovated and tracks reset with well defined tracks over a firm icy packed base.  .

(Gary Brekke)

Trails re-groomed early Thursday morning after an inch of new wind-blown snow from Tuesday-Wednesday's blizzard conditions with 60 mph winds. A trace of rain mixed in with the snow late Tuesday night as the storm started. Skating lane was lightly renovated and combed over and is firm with good edging. Classical tracks renovated and tracks reset with well defined tracks over a firm icy packed base. Renovated snow is a mix of mostly creamy new snow with small amounts of old snow and ice.

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(Gary Brekke)