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Minneapolis, MN
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612-724-7715
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Located just off Minnehaha Parkway, north of Lake Nokomis.
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Reports 1 to 9 of 9    Month: Feb | Jan | Dec
Friday, February 14, 2025
Evening
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
Hiawatha is rolled on both the ski and multi-use trails. The additional snow helps with the cart paths and gravel, but we aren't totally clear of contact with asphalt and gravel on the groomer. I'm hopeful that the snow will firm up and create a nice ski surface.
(John Saunders)
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Evening
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
Hiawatha is rolled on both the ski and multi-use trails. There was a lot of skier traffic Saturday, and the rolling helped to even out the snow and hopefully set up a little bit. There are gravel and asphalt cart paths through the course that are not very far beneath the snow, and I'd suggest rock skis.
(John Saunders)
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
All trails have been rolled and are open, but expect sub-optimal conditions. Grass is poking through in a few places, and the trail goes over some paved road in shrot sections. The snow is enough to cover all those things, but it won't take long for some ski-usage to break through the thin snow cover. Your Hiawatha grooming crew is anxious to get out again once we get more snow! Thanks for your patience as we work with what we get from the sky.
(Mike Guild)
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Rock skis ]
Just enough snow to shuffle around. A little glide. Worth doing on rock skis. Watch out for the gravel paths (covered but felt the first one!).
(Janet Folina)
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
Skiable, but very much rock skis. There are segments where it's more grass than snow, but there is usually a way through with mostly snow. All the cart trails are covered so I was able to make it through without damage. A Christmas Miracle!
(Tim Bontrager)
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
Trail was packed and fairly covered but even with multiple skier-made tracks there were many bare spots. Had to keep switching "lanes". Even so, hit gravel pretty definitively once.
(Janet Folina)
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Evening
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
Still able to skate, nice to be on the soft natural snow. Coverage is a bit less than yesterday, more soft grass peeking through in spots and still kinda chopped up and lumpy on the skate deck. Probably on the edge of being able to use good skis. That said, cart tracks are still totally covered, and overall just so nice to be on natural snow! Thanks again to the groomers, great job John!
(Jess Emery)
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
The skate deck is soft, lumpy/bumpy, and a bit uneven, but very skiable if you don't require Goldilocks conditions! The grooming report from a couple days ago mentioned there wasn't enough snow to cover the cart paths, but maybe that was before it stopped snowing, or someone might have shoveled snow over them, because I didn't see any exposed asphalt. The coverage is good with some patches of soft green grass poking through here and there, but nothing pokey or scratchy that would hurt your skis. I used my B skis, but could have used my good skis and not worried. Of course you're not gonna get in any "hot laps" here, just two days after our first snowfall, but the soft silkiness of the natural snow makes for a pretty enjoyable ski! Thank you so much to the groomers!
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(Amy Swan)
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Evening
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
Hiawatha is rolled. There is some grass poking through, and the snow isn't deep or firm enough yet to avoid cart paths. Lots of good coverage and hopefully the trail firms up.
Photos:
(John Saunders)