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The J.C. Hormel Nature Center offers classic tracks and roughly 10K of skate skiing segments.
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Reports 1 to 6 of 6    Month: Jan | Dec
Friday, January 2, 2026
Morning
Observation 
[ Trails Open: Partial, Rock skis ]
Trail conditions are extremely rough, thin, and icy. There has been a lot of pedestrian foot traffic on the trails during the above freezing weather and everything refroze yesterday and today. With the melt the base layer of snow is extremely thin in best case scenario and exposing bare ground at worst. Grooming is probably not possible in most areas, but will reassess this afternoon.
(Kelly Bahl)
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Most, Rock skis ]
A lot of icy spots and some caterpillar tracks from tree maintenance. The further away from the parking lot, the better the trails are. Decent conditions possible for those willing to slog through the icy and tracks. One of the more distant sections had classic tracks set.
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(Andy Willette)
Monday, December 29, 2025
Afternoon
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
Trails are packed (corduroyed) but not tracked. There are areas where there were snow drifts where there is a lot of snow and there are very thin and icy patches as well. Over 50% of trails are packed.
(Sydney Weisinger)
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Morning
Observation Scheduling 
[ Trails: Closed, Bare ground ]
With the warm temperatures and rain, the snow has melted and trails are mostly bare. Trail is closed due to ice and bare trails.
(Sydney Weisinger)
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Rock skis ]
After the rain, the trails are very icy. You can still come ski but there are bare patches. Tracks are not set but corduroy is set. We tried to use the groomers teeth to break up the top ice layer but we started hitting grass so we stopped.
(Sydney Weisinger)
Friday, December 5, 2025
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
All trails have been packed and corduroyed. No tracks have been set yet. Open for skiing. Some bare spots but pretty well covered with snow.
(Sydney Weisinger)