The Hormel Nature Center trails will still be open to skiing but will no longer be groomed. You can still ski but there are bare patches and the trails are very icy.

(Sydney Weisinger)

Warm weather has brought people out in droves to ski, snowshoe, and walk the trails here. The warm temperature and thin snow base on the trails from melting, in addition to increased foot traffic from people walking, make the trails less than ideal for skiing.

(Kelly Bahl)

Snow is good consistency and there are some trails that have had an additional track laid for classic skiing as the old one was icy. With previous melting of snow there are some edges of a few trails that are thin. Temperature and snow is great right now though!

(Kelly Bahl)

A lot of the snow melted this past weekend. Trails are still intact but extremely messy and icy this morning. Skate ski trail is pretty rough, but not as icy as the classic ski trail. More of the trail is expected to melt this afternoon. The days of skiable trails here are numbered.

(Kelly Bahl)

All of the trails have been groomed on the grounds. The trails are ready for both classic and skate skiing. Great conditions!

(Kelly Bahl)

All trails are groomed and set and there is some drifting happening over some of the ski trails in the prairie areas making it hard to see the tracks. Otherwise trails are in good condition!

(Kelly Bahl)

Received 5 inches of fresh snow on our trails and they are in the process of being packed down and groomed.

(Kelly Bahl)

All of the trails are groomed currently for classic skiing. Most are groomed for skate skiing as well but are not packed down really well, mostly because of how powdery the new snowfall was on Sunday.

(Kelly Bahl)

With the 6-10 inches of snow we received through the early afternoon, snow removal of driveways/parking lot needed to happen first before grooming ski trails. It is not expected to have all trails groomed until later Monday into Tuesday although some grooming/packing down trails may happen later this afternoon.

(Kelly Bahl)

Trails are extremely icy and classic tracks will not be re-groomed due to lack of available snow. Some spots in the trails are rough from people walking on the trail when the temperatures were higher and things will melt. Trails that are farther out from the nature center are very thin on snow and have some grass poking through. The covered bridge has a patch of snow/ice but the rest is bare so be wary if you are skiing over it.

(Kelly Bahl)