Groomed for classic and skating this morning: Engagement Loop, Cervenka's Curl, Alternate Trail, Short Loop. Very good spring conditions on the trails that are groomed - there is plenty of great skiing! Watch the freeze/ thaw cycles to time the best conditions. Plans are to groom the Outer Loop on Friday morning.

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(Louis Muench, CASTA)

We received over an inch of very wet snow overnight. Classic skiing was a little on the slow side this morning, but enjoyable. It's too warm and wet this morning to groom, but we are watching the weather and currently plan to do some grooming before the weekend. I was the first one on the trail today, except for one set of wolf tracks and one set of deer tracks.

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(Louis Muench, CASTA)

Classic skied Cervenka's Curl to the alternate trail, around on the alternate trail to the "E to B" trail, back to the warming shed, out to Odden's Ridge Run and back, then to the camper cabin and back. The trails to the south of the alternate trail seemed to have been groomed very recently, but everything was in good shape no matter where I went. Looks like the Corkscrew and Odden's are the only ungroomed trails. Some leaf litter here and there, but overall very fast conditions, pretty much double poling everywhere but the steepest hills, tons of fun!

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(Charles Dykstra)

Happy spring Equinox! Very good mid-winter conditions this morning for both skating and classic. The snow base is deep. We plan to watch the weather and continue grooming at least a portion of the trail system.

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(Louis Muench, CASTA)

After the heavy weekend snowfall, all trails were groomed today. Some trails are not groomed to the usual width, but all are wide enough for skating with a classic track. Get out and enjoy it!

(Louis Muench, CASTA)

We received another 4" or so of snow at the trails last night. This morning we groomed the following trails: Alternative Trail, Short Loop, Cervenka's Curl, and Engagement Loop. This will provide classic and skate skiing.

(Louis Muench, CASTA)

We received over 6" of heavy snow on Monday. We were out this morning and groomed the following trails for classic and skating: Alternative Trail, Short Loop, Cervenka's Curl, and Engagement Loop. Have fun! Conditions are good on the groomed trails but better early in the day before the sun softens it.

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(Louis Muench, CASTA)

First time here classic skiing. Maybe little more hilly than I like but the trails were just groomed including tracks. This would be an ideal place for skate skiers because the trails nice and wide and didn't see anyone else but yet parking lot had plenty of cars. The groomer said he hadn't groomed the west Timberland property in over a week but I checked it out and skied it too. The double tracks looked almost untouched by skiers and no one else was there.

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(Scott Bennett)

All trails have been groomed for classic and skating since yesterday's snow. Conditions are looking good! We are dealing with a lot of overhanging trees and branches, but the groomers were able to get all trails opened. Groomed two passes wide: Alternative Trail, Lighted Trail, Corkscrew, and Ridge Run. All other trails were groomed one pass wide.

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(Louis Muench, CASTA)

It has snowed most of the day and the icy base is all covered. Today I went out for a ski - it was a nice day to ski at a slower pace and enjoy the scenery. Grooming plans: We will be out grooming after the snow stops - the weighted down trees will continue to be an issue, but we hope to have plenty of trails groomed before the weekend.

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(Louis Muench, CASTA)