Trails had great coverage. They had been groomed on Saturday, but high winds overnight created some big drifts on a few portions of the 5K (I did not ski the 8K). There were people out on it though, so the tracks were skied in, and the drifted areas were easy to get around.

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

The 6K at Snowflake was very nice this morning. Slow due to negative temps and new snow but really nice grooming job by John and crew yesterday. The 8K was not groomed with about 3" new snow over a solid base. I skied some of it but bailed and stuck to the 6K. Good coverage and no suspect thin areas (NW corner at 2K, which has been wind blown, is thin but just fine now). Viva Winter!

(Tom Heinitz)

We got 4-5" of nice snow today. Unfortunately, the new snow on top of our very icy base would not give our sled the "grip" to pull the ginzus up any hills. So, we took our roller/compactor around the trails six times, which yielded a compacted deck. It is soft, but skiable. We managed to set a classic track on the 6K. All trails are compacted and open. On Sunday we have KidSki from 1:30-3:30. Parking will be crowded and rental gear will not be available during that time. We're open 8-8 every day.

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(John Graham)

Surprisingly not as bad as I expected but certainly not ideal. Very icy on the uphills and slippery everywhere else. I skated the lit loop and gave up after sliding out on the ice a lot. Someone with good technique could probably manage but I don't have it.

(Tim Bontrager)

Just me and the chickadees when I arrived this morning, but soon joined by a lovely pair of doggies (and some humans). Very good conditions. No risk of damage to skis.
8k trail was still getting skied in, with about an inch of powder on-top of a firm base. 6k trail was completely skied in and hard. Classic tracks looked good. Only the smallest of icy spots underneath one of the trees on the first uphill of the 8k where the melt must have dripped onto the trail, and then again on the two sections by the power lines. All pretty easily manageable.

(Tim Bontrager)

Snowflake received about an inch of snow on Saturday. All the trails were in good shape. You can use your good skis. It could use a fresh groom, but as it was, it was lots of fun. Classic track was a little worn but good. Skating was fine. It was not icy.

(Bruce Busta)

34F. Sunny. Skied the 5 and 8 km trails. Everything was holding up well but very compressed and hard.

(Louise Levy)

I just skied the 8 K repeatedly. I think there may have been one rock on an uphill but easily avoidable, I didn't stop to check it out. With the fresh snow on top of the groomed skate deck, it was very stable, I was able to V2 nice and relaxed. Faster than I would have expected given the conditions and temperature. Not sure what the sleety stuff that was coming down did to the trail, but it didn't seem to be having an impact during the afternoon.

(Sara Zimmer)

The new inch of light snow was skied in for all classic tracks on both the 8K and 6K, holding up better on the 8K due to less traffic. Snow had a little "greasy" yet slower quality due to the type of recent snowfall. I found the tracks to be getting washed-out on the 6K but less so the further into the system you went and in Special K, and with a little better grip. These conditions may be the best to be expected of classic tracks with the amount of snowfall we have right now.

(Sara Zimmer)

Great ski at Snowflake. 100% coverage. Classic tracks were intact, firm, fast; minimal washout on curves. 8K, parts of perimeter loop. Thank you, John and team!

(Javariah Asghar)