I raced to the trail after work thinking that conditions might deteriorate with the warm up. I was very wrong. The roads have melted clear, but the trail is still firm and fast. It was cooler up there at only 28° at the warmest. I kind of wished that I hadn't waxed my skis on the first few downhills, but there was plenty of edge. Weee!! I skated, but there was brand new crisp looking classic track on the east side Core Loop. They moved it to the opposite side of the trail to get a clean cut and it looks good.

(Amanda Wieckowicz)

Skiied the east side. Firm and fast courderoy. Trail is really widening out and leveling. There are a few humps and bumps here and there, but just the ones that come from granite remnants with beautiful views.

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(Amanda Wieckowicz)

Great day skiing in the Blue Hills. The skate deck was an 8 out of 10. Nice and firm, with a layer of Dream Whip on top for a nice edge. Not icy at all. A little lumpy and bumpy in places, but good glide throughout. The classic tracks aren't as nice, they are shallow in many places.

(Tyler Gruetzmacher)

Very good skiing at the Blue Hills! Many side trails on the East side were groomed Monday. Grooming plans: Planning to groom the East side core loop Tuesday, including setting fresh classic track. The west side skate deck was groomed January 21st, the classic track is in good shape.

(Sam Behrends)

East Side Core Loop and West Side groomed Wednesday evening, should be good skiing. All other trails were groomed earlier this week and have 1"-2" of powder topping the base.

(Sam Behrends)

East side core loop is in great condition. Snow globe powder over fresh, firm, level grooming. It's just gorgeous out there. Parking lot was packed for a Wednesday, but I only saw one other happy skater in the woods.

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(Amanda Wieckowicz)

Skated the west side trails. Well done groomers! Fast and exhilarating. Way better condition than I imagined. Surface is level corduroy with some imperfections from the recent rain turned ice. Navigable though and good edge. The few parts that have some small ice balls on the trail are ice balls though as one would expect right now. Don't try to smooth them out with your skis.

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(Amanda Wieckowicz)

Beautiful hoar frost in the Hills today. Slight crust of ice that crumbled under the weight of the skis so it really wasn't an issue. Just skied the east side where still just the core loop and the Roundabout are groomed. I didn't get over to the west side today. A couple spots where the deer are digging up acorns off to the side of the trail but throwing leaves, dirt, and detritus onto the trail surface so, watch for those. Very nice skiing, a bit on the fast side but very good control.

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(Geary Searfoss)

East Side Core Loop (11k) and Roundabout packed and groomed. No other trails packed yet on East Side with exception of crossover to West Side trails. West side mostly packed but not yet groomed. It was skiable but fairly rough. Groomer was heading out as I was coming in so I suspect more will be groomed by morning.

(Geary Searfoss)

Quite icy and hard. Took my back country skis with the thought of diagonally skiing but would have needed klister wax to get any traction. Ended up doing my poor version of skating. Even with the metal edges on the backcountry skis it was hard to hold an edge in places. Skied West side. Way back the trails only lightly rolled so not near as hard and icy. Much nicer ski.

(Geary Searfoss)