Good classic conditions with nice decent track throughout. There are some icy spots and some debris but all easily avoidable. Absolutely beautiful park with the dense pine trees and up North feel. Great that the groomers were out earlier this week and able to put down a decent track. The skate deck was getting soft and showing signs of wear but still decent trail. Highly recommend!

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(Scott Ford)

Groomers have worked a little magic, considering recent weather. About 90% of the track was skiable. Just a few icy/washed out spots, and there's a sprinkling of debris in most places. It was great to get out!

(Patti Isaacs)

Skated the ski trails on both sides of the Gateway Trail. Overall nice conditions. There was ice on some of the woodland uphills. I really enjoyed it! Thanks groomers.

(Jeff Ranta)

With a little bit of fresh new snow conditions are better. Most of the debris has been covered through the wooden areas, although some still prevalent. Removed old classic tracks and set new ones through about 80% of the park with the exception of the wooded areas that had a lot of debris. Fresh snow covered most of the debris in the tracks and I didn't want to dig all that back up at this point as the tracks are thin in these areas as well. Icy spots are slowly getting covered up, but there are still a few to be cautious of on some of the hills. Skate deck is firm, corduroy is nice.

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(Steve Hansen)

The skate deck looked like it would have been great! One small icy section just to the right out of the parking lot, and otherwise solid. I say 'looked like' because I forgot my skate skis and so hit the classic trails. Tracks exist in 90% of the course and are holding up. Many sections have debris and are sticky, but skins worked pretty well and I only got out of the tracks for 20-30% to avoid the worst. Otherwise, a great ski!

(Steve Goetz)

Conditions varied quite a bit throughout the trail system. There are a few spots that are pristine, however between some large sections of unavoidable ice and a ton of debris in the woods, I am rating this as rock ski conditions. The ice is mainly on the first and last climbs of the yellow loop, but is also present in places on the green loop. Mostly full depth tracks throughout, but at zero degrees my kickwax was catching on the debris in the tracks, so I stuck to the skate deck.

(Spencer Davis)

I classic skied all the trails. There is a nice track for at least 95% of the trail system. The negative is that the high winds from the other day put a lot of debris into the tracks. Skate lane was in good shape. The only really rough spot is the first uphill on the North trails which is all ice. I had to sneak through on the side in the woods.

(Bill Callas)

Thank you Washington Co for the excellent trail conditions as well as increased signage. Foot traffic always seems to be an ongoing battle here, but the trails were in great shape. Even some great looking classic tracks out on course! Hills and top ridge trail still had some exposed ice sections, but easy enough to navigate around.

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(Ryan Wright)

A little bit of fresh snow helped, was able to set track, although some spots were very shallow, others were clean and crisp. Skate deck is firm, quite a bit of debris through the wooded areas as to be expected with some icy hills. Overall conditions pretty decent with what we have.

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(Steve Hansen)

Grooming just completed. A few icy uphill spots. Lots of debris but thankful for some great sections. Not enough snow for classic track. Groomer doing his best with what snow is there.

(Bob Clark)