Skied Blue Ox, Bear Paw, and the lake crossing. It's gorgeous out with the new snow. The trail is a bit soft, not very fast. Tracks are shallow in spots and the skate deck seemed somewhat soft.

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(Rachelle Walker)

This sunny mid-20s afternoon we skied Boulder's Bear Paw loop. The 3" fresh powder from yesterday morning has softened and settled overnight into a bit of crust, but soft enough today to be enjoyable. Some icy tracks and the occasional bare spot. Not recently groomed.

(Amy Brooks)

I classic skied everything but Lonesome grouse. Overall pretty hard and icy, but maybe softened up a bit in the sunshine patches. Unfortunately there was just a ton of sticks and bark debris from fridays winds. As a result, I didn't really bother using the classic tracks because they were quite jerky. It seemed like the groomers have been doing a real nice job, so it's too bad for the sticks. There were actually two trees across the trail I had to skirt around. Lonesome grouse tracks looked so full of debris that I didn't go test it out.

(Will Daniels)

Full coverage - couple inches of fresh snow on top of the groomed tracks. Got very sticky on the transition areas from shade to sun especially as it got later in the day. Non stick spray wax reapplied frequently really helped! Grooming scheduled for tomorrow.

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(Brad Anderson)

Freshly groomed, in great condition. Skaters reported soft conditions. I classic skied the entire course, excellent condition. Huge trees downed in recent storm. Great clean-up and grooming effort by Boulder Env Learning Center!

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(Peggy Carlson)

Arrived at 7am in 25° F. Left at 8 in 23° F. Blue Ox and Bear Paw are icy, hard and fast this morning. Both trails are in good condition and safe for good skis. I saw one bare patch in the Blue Ox skate deck. It's about 1' square and easily avoided.

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(Nick Lansing)

Skate skied blue ox to nine pine, hopping in the classic tracks for some double polling every so often. A few places with bare spots in the classic tracks and undergrowth poking through a few places in the skate deck. Skied from about 10:30am until 1pm. Deck was still relatively frozen, except in a few spots with full sun where it was getting pretty slushy. A few places with lots of debris, but still able to avoid most of it. Didn't look like it had been groomed on Friday.

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(Sophia Ristau)

We got out for a quick sunrise skijor this morning on Blue Ox. Both the skate deck and classic tracks are in terrific shape. Hard, fast and icy at 7am.

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(Nick Lansing)

Fine temperatures for an afternoon ski! Dog Sunday, and a few on the course. Good classic track set. Almost a bit icy, decent grip, very fast. Skate deck looked fast. A bit of debris on the east route on Nine Pine. West side by road less debris. Lonesome Grouse track solid, fast. All south trails groomed and tracked. North trails not groomed, backcountry skis and snowshoes.

(Cathleen Danielson)

Blue Ox and Bear Paw are in terrific condition, both classic tracks and skate deck. There are a handful of spots where squirrels shred pine cones over the trails. Those spots are easy to see and won't damage skis.

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(Nick Lansing)