Broke trail out to JJ on the yellow loop. Deep snow in some spots but still got some decent glide on my waxable skis. Overall not bad for April.

(Eric Rogers)

We classic skied the red/green trail today in Superior and had no idea what to expect, but were pleasantly surprised! Once you get past the start, there is full snow coverage on the red and out towards the green except in one spot and that is just off to the side. Avoid the pines area on the inner red, snow is missing. We had nice tracks, no debris, and nice corn snow. Spring skiing at it's best again! Unfortunately two people decided to walk down the middle of the skate deck left deep footprints. We all used our skins!

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(Eve Graves)

The recent couple of warm days have really put the hurt on the trails at SMF. Mostly really good coverage still but there are multiple thin areas that could go soon and 3-4 spots where you have to take your skis off: at the start by the dog park, the beginning and end of the yellow hilly section and an area on the purple - small hill on back corner before you loop around to jump on the connector - while it appears to be a frozen water flow over the trail, it is not. Ski across it and you will get wet, like I did-- go around. The Purple Connector and Yellow trail are softer and slower than the rest. It's been a really great season at SMF with excellent grooming. Thank you City of Superior.

(Tom Heinitz)

We classic skied the red trail today. The sun was partially out at first then it got cloudy. Temps were hovering around the upper 20's. Classic tracks were in excellent shape, deep, firm, double set of them, groomed yesterday with a 1/2 inch of fresh fluff in them and no debris. Skate deck was fresh cord, fairly even and pretty firm. The person in our group with fishscales had some slight clumping when the sun was out, skins were fine. The same area in the pines on the red was getting thin, it had full coverage when we were there. We ran into the groomer who said the main groomers were at the Arborist convention and this was only his 4th time grooming. We were pretty darn impressed...he has a natural talent! He also said the purple/yellow had a lot of drifting so they are still working on packing that down.

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(Eve Graves)

Silky smooth and fairly fast conditions this morning. There was about 1/2" new snow over a nicely groomed base (yesterday) that did not see much traffic and firmed up well. I skied most of it. The yellow had been just rolled but they now skate groomed it nicely. The purple connector is a bit uneven and could use another pass but also really nice. Inner loops are the best (someone rode their fat bike on a small portion of outer green) with full coverage and the usual thin areas on outer red. As has been said many times over this winter, thank your SMF grooming crew for awesome conditions and easily the most consistent grooming in the Twin Ports.

(Tom Heinitz)

Hit the yellow (inside to JJ, outside back) and it was visually stunning. Nice packed deck from the parking lot on multi-use trail; but at the yellow itself, a deck different than I'm accustomed to: like a "deep rake" designed for skaters but with big enough grooves that allowed me to creatively classic. Tracks suggested one skater had been there -- and lots of deer. Minor bits of tree debris in spots. The solitude and setting was worth a little extra work for late season splendor.

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(Jake Kapsner)

Skied the red trail, the blue trail after the snowmobile trail was not groomed. The red trail was annoyingly groomed with two sets of classic tracks and a narrow skate deck. Otherwise is was great skiing.

(Debra Bergstrom)

Traveled multiple variations of the red green and purple loops (everything on the near side of second parking area). Ungroomed skate deck in several inches of soft new snow. Slow hard work. But better than work. You know what we mean. Skied-in classic track looked great. The usual thin areas under the pines on the way home. I was content with nice skis; the problem areas were easily identified and avoided.

(Todd Struckman)

Superior was a "hopin'" place today! We only skied the red and were impressed with how well the groomers did with the small equipment and that much snow in one day! They groomed yesterday, not today. Skate deck was a bit soft, tracks were deep, pole plants soft, but not the kind that catch you off guard and make your poles sink super far down. Others said the green was in the same shape. Huge thank you to those groomers!

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(Eve Graves)

Huge thank you to the hard working groomers in Superior for getting out there today with very minimal snow! The only area I would avoid is the outer red there is grass, big disconnected chunks of it. If you skate, that would be the best, skate deck is firm, new cord and overall pretty darn good for the amount of snow they have. No debris, a few areas with some ruts but there is good snow next to it. Classic was interesting... there are varying widths on the track which could trip you up. Track had ice in it too, but that just made it fun to double pole. If you go to day, ski with care people have been going both directions to get the best conditions! They have done an amazing job with the small equipment they have available and the little snow and melting!

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(Eve Graves)