I classic skied the Silver Creek Trail, Lower Lake Trail, and Upper Lake Trail. The snow was good and powdery. There were tracks from previous skiers, but there was not any grooming so the snow was not packed. The tracks were easy to veer out of on downhills. Any herringbone, snow plow, or fall erased the tracks.

(Max Buehler)

Skied East Ridge Trail and Silver Creek Trail. East Ridge was good, with some debris on trail. Tracks mostly intact. Silver Creek was great for the riverside of the loop, but the Fat bike/return half on the southwest side was terrible. Significant ice portions and covered in debris. Would not recommend.

(Aaron Klemm)

I hiked the Superior Hiking Trail from HWY 23 up to the park HQ so followed miles of ski trails south of the river. Classic tracks are worn but skiable. Snow is hard with a few icy spots. There is small debris and needles in places but nothing that will damage equipment. There are a few, small rocks peeking through the steep hill on Silver Creek. It looks like many skiers walked down.

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(Nick Lansing)

Very good conditions on the campground/north side trails late Saturday afternoon: White Pine, Greely, CCC, Thomson, and River Trail. A few thin and dirty spots scattered here and there that are easy to avoid, coverage is generally quite good. I came across just two other groups of skiers but also two groups of walkers, some with leashed dogs. Footprints were negligible, classic tracks are firm.

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(Tom Urbanski)

Skied White Pine and Thomson loops. Fortunate to arrive around 3:30 pm as the trails were getting a refresher. Lovely afternoon for a ski, couple of spots where snow is thin and roots/moss/needles showing up.

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(Paul Overvoorde)

Skied oak trail conditions OK. Met walker with unleashed dog as park is allowing them on ski trails without trail pass. Lucky did not meet on a hill. Disappointed in lack of new grooming. It can only get better, I hope.

(Russ Mattson)

Mixed conditions today at Jay Cooke. Great conditions on CCC and White Pine north of the swing bridge. Across the bridge there are footprints everywhere and some trails not groomed.

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(Anna Richards)

Saying most trails are open assumes you consider rolled trails or skied in tracks to be "open.". Skied much of the trails south of the bridge. Lots of walkers have packed things down, but the trail is still in pretty nice shape and was completely adequate for putzing around on some rock skis. There are numerous rocks poking through, which may be harder to spot with more snow. I wouldn't come here to workout, but I would come if you'd like to go on an easy ski with a friend who is comfortable on their skis.

(Mitchell Campbell)

Skied almost all of the open trails, which are those north of the river. Variable conditions as tracks are thin/nonexistent in certain areas affected by blowing snow or tree cover. Connector trail between White Pine and Greely has seen a lot of foot traffic and other areas have the occasional stick and leaf litter in the track. But where the tracks are good they are firm, fast, and clean. Outer loop on Triangle that is rated 'difficult' had some areas of dirt and rocks in thin spots and got lumpy on the downhill. Would recommend maybe not doing that loop until we get a little more snow as it got a bit sketchy at times. With the amount of various debris you might run into, I can't in good conscious recommend good skis -- I personally used my B skis and was happy I did.

(Ketzel Levens)

Trails were great through most of the trail. The trails in the open areas had been a bit blown and are a little more shallow. Skied part of the White Pine and C.C.C.

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(Tanya Sandberg)