Some sticks and leaves over the packed snow, and a bit of grass and sticks poking thru here and there, mostly avoidable on skate deck which was pretty well packed down. Classic tracks looked to be in good condition. I stayed on the main loop up thru I which was lovely and less traversed. Skipped the side loops (including D loop but it looked similar to other loops from above).

(Deborah Sah)

The City rolled all of Lester today, including the upper loops. In great early season shape, but do watch for rocks as others have noted.

(Annalisa Peterson)

I was overly optimistic about grooming and skated from the chalet up to H and back down. Snow was fluffy and trails were not yet groomed, which made for a clumsy skate! It was very fun to be in the woods on the trails. Coverage was decent but watch for rocks on some of the hills.

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(Kristin Lusian Saline)

Thank you to skiers and City Groomer for a great mid day classic ski around all of Lester. I skied from "I" down the west side to the pavilion in the park and back up the east side, including the D loop, up to I. The trails are all clear of branches and trees, no rocks, no dirt. There is a lot of lovely ungroomed snow to enjoy. The skied in classic tracks are fun, and the entire system is ready for grooming! Enjoy!

(MaryBeth Nevers)

Looked like the city did another roll of the A --> H --> K -->A loop in the afternoon before the lake effect snow started, including the little black offshoot loops, but not including the D loop. There was a skied in track by classic skiers but it did go straight down the middle of the trail occasionally and despite my best efforts to avoid it I did skate over it at times. I brought my little handheld chainsaw with me and cleared any of the trees/large branches on that rolled loop so now its just up to everyone to keep flicking those sticks off! Hoping to get onto the upper loop with classic skis to see if there's any citizen trail clearing that needs to happen there as those are my favorite part of the system. I was pleasantly surprised with the coverage and there was at least 2" of new fluff that had fallen by the time I was done. The wet snow we got earlier this week is starting to freeze up and make for a nice solid base. If it wasn't for a drifted near bare section under the trees before the A intersection I would say you'd be fine on B skis. Still early season lumpiness but even the bumpiest parts where the culverts are at the bottom of hills were pretty filled in and easy to get over.

(Ketzel Levens)

Lester was rolled from A-H on Wednesday. The upper part of the trail, H-K, had a skied-in classic track but was ungroomed as of Friday afternoon when I was out. I moved as many of the downed branches and trees as I could, but there was a big tree down right at K that I couldn't budge, which will probably require a chainsaw to remove. Thankful to the City groomers for getting out there after the snow!

(Annalisa Peterson)