Skied the Ravine Tuesday afternoon and happy to find that Washington County had groomed it very nicely. While it was soft, especially south facing slopes, found conditions to be pretty good. I was only the second person on the trails! Classic tracks set as well.

(Steve Marien)

I skied at 2pm. Excellent corduroy but definitely getting soft. It was worst around the lake. There were no classic tracks set. Not bad for 40 degrees in March!

(James Aukema)

Well groomed, with classic tracks in good shape for 95% of trail. Only the most sunny areas slushy. And or eroded. Skate deck with corduroy through most areas. I think the fact that most of the trail is shaded has helped keep these trails in such great shape!

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(Alison Alvear)

Ski trails were regroomed today, tracks are in fair condition but overall everything is still a little icy and there is some minor debris in the wooded sections. The trail closure due to the habitat restoration work is still in effect in the northern section of the trails.

(Jen Garcia, Washington County Parks)

Deck on North/South outer loop is nice and firm, no ridges or mini snow boulders like last Friday; kudos and many thanks to the groomers! Only bother was avoiding the tracks left by a couple of fat bikers running way too high of tire pressure.

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(Veronica Hudacek)

Some sticks, leaves in classic tracks. Freshly groomed, good condition otherwise. Cut off loop portion of yellow loop trail closed. 5 miles of trail open.

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(Amy Storbakken)

Beautiful conditions. Most of the trails freshly groomed with single track and wide skate deck in southern half and it looked like only maybe three other skiers had been out before mid-afternoon. North Loop not groomed since most recent snow but very nice and totally skiable, including the skate deck. Middle Loop 2 from marker 8 to 9 was rolled but no track set yet (other than a hiking boot track). The last part of the South Loop, from about marker 10 to the chalet had three sets of footprints in the skate lane, fortunately not very deep and no real impediment to skiers. Overall outstanding - I rated it for B skis only because there were a few small ice chunks and twigs that the more fastidious might object to, but I would use good skis personally, as life and the ski season are too short. Many thanks to the groomer. With both snow cover and temperature in the double digits for so much of the month, it's been a January to remember.

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(David Zarkower)

Groomer touched up the trails along the Green Loop (south) today. Minor debris on ice on this section of the trail but things are in fair condition.
There is still a trail closure due to the habitat restoration work along the northern section of the multi-use as well as the the pink and orange mid segments of the ski trails. There are signs out indicating the sections of trails that are closed.

(Jen Garcia, Washington County Parks)

Classic tracks are set on all but the multi-use trails, but no grooming since Friday. Some short connecting trails are closed for restoration work, with tracks of heavy equipment crossing the groomed trail. You can still ski the full north and south loops and get a nice workout on the hills.

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(David Byrne, Minnesota Rovers Outdoors Club)

Good coverage on all the trails. Everything was packed but no tracks have been set yet. There is light debris on the wooded areas of the trail but overall things are in fair/good condition.

(Jen Garcia, Washington County Parks)