Skied some of the North End loops, and Birkie Trail up to The Wall. Others had been classic skiing. Found last night’s wet snow could be skied classic, in their tracks, without kick wax. Any day on skis is a good day.

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(Peter Nordgren)

The A, B, C loops were all scratched up for skating today and are in good condition. The classic tracks are only fair and are completely gone on the finishing k's of all the loops as they were taken out by the Birkie in preparation for the fat bike race this Saturday. Reminder portions of the NE trails will be used for the fat bike race on Saturday and there will be bike traffic on them starting Friday.

(Irv Berlin)

The North End trails are going through the freeze thaw cycle daily. Groomers have been going out almost daily to scratch up the skate lanes on at least the main loops. Generally speaking the skating is very good until the sun does its work, usually by noon or slightly after depending on temperature. The classic tracks on several kilometers of the main loops have been wiped out by the Birkie in preparation for their race Saturday so if you wish to classic ski expect to ski several k's without tracks. That would include the finishing k's on all the main loops.

(Irv Berlin)

The main loops of the NE were groomed for skate and classic this afternoon. There was a fair amount of ice incorporated into the trail so the skating and classic is fast. The tracks are mostly very good but a little shallow in a few places. The Tony Wise and NE Classic have not been groomed since the thaw/freeze cycle and are glazed with ice.

(Irv Berlin)

All the NE trails were groomed today and are in great condition, The recent 3+ inches of snow buried most of the debris that had been accumulating on the trails. The Birkie trails are closed but the NE trails will be open all week.

(Irv Berlin)

Thought I'd try to get on snow at least once post injury and pre-Birkie so today was the day. The Cable end of Birkieland got a good 4 inches of light snow last night and this morning. The groomer had just finished up when I got there so the skate deck was super soft. There is a fresh full depth classic track so the classic skiing is better than skating in the short term.

(Andy Schwartz)

The skate lane on the main loop was combed out Sunday, the tracks were in very good condition and not redone. The NE Classic trail is also in good condition and The Tony Wise in fair to good. The NE trails will all be open this week and not affected by the closure of the Birke Trail.

(Irv Berlin)

We received about one inch of light, dry snow yesterday. Today the main loop and the NE Classic were groomed with the skate deck on the main loops turning out quite good but the tracks did not set up well due to the cold and dry snow so they are fragile. The Tony Wise has the inch of new snow on top of the grooming from a few days ago - might be good skiing. We are told the Birkie trails are closed after Monday this coming week but the NE trails will be open.

(Irv Berlin)

The Tony Wise trail was combed and tracked this morning. The classic tracks range from very good to fair and there is a small amount of debris on the trail under some pines.

(Irv Berlin)

Excellent conditions on North End Ski Trail for skate skiing. Nice corduroy, looked like it had been just groomed overnight. Think I was the fifth skier since grooming. Do your best to support the North End groomers.

(William Hamilton)