I skied all 17km, classic, Thursday morning; the tracks and skate lanes were in excellent condition, with a few bare ground spots. Exception: the Skidder trail has a major bare spot just beyond the bottom of the first big downhill run. I would recommend avoiding that trail.

(Scott Everson)

Fast and fun classic skiing this morning on the 17km trails. Perfect tracks and corduroy, excellent conditions except a few bare ground spots that are, at this point, avoidable. Should be good skiing in the mornings for a few more days.

(Scott Everson)

Wow, this morning was probably the best classic skiing conditions of the winter! After 2" of sense snowfall on Sunday and a cold night, then a fresh groom with the Pisten Bully this morning, the tracks were excellent. There was still one bare ground spot on Skidder and there will be more of those soon, but we may have a couple of great skiing days yet.

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(Scott Everson)

I skied all of the trails, mid -morning till noon, and hit the window of good skiing - not icy but pretty fast for an hour or so, then the temp got above freezing and the glide was not as good. Excellent conditions, perfect tracks, but one pretty big bare ground spot on the Skidder trail (at the base of a south facing hill) it's bad but avoidable. Skin skis had better grip than waxable skis but Start brand Oslo wax was good until the snow warmed up.

(Scott Everson)

Adam groomed trails this morning (again) after a 3" (heavy/wet) snowfall. I waited until after 5:30 pm. to ski; it was fabulous, with a glaze on the surface, a great sunset, and an almost full moon! The 17 km of trails include a 12.5 km course marked for "virtual Birkie" skiers.

(Scott Everson)

I was pleasantly surprised to see that Adam groomed trails again this morning and had finished the 12.5k race course route as I arrived to ski around 8:30. Using skin skis, with temperature.at 0 Celsius, the groom was excellent, kick was very good, and glide was fair. As th,e temp went up, my skis slowed way down. All in all, a beautiful day to ski!

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(Scott Everson)

Adam groomed all 17km this morning, with the Pisten Bully. Excellent conditions. The key for great skiing now is to find the right time in the morning (before it gets too warm) to ski.

(Scott Everson)

First time skiing here. Fantastic Pisten Bully groomed trails. Skied on fresh courderoy for entire time. Plenty of hills here too. Just a wonderful day under blue skies.

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(David Schauer)

Excellent skiing conditions here. It's a little slow today, with a dusting of new snow, but the trails will be groomed again (Pisten Bully) for the weekend. This just got added to the list of recommended sites for the virtual Birkie/Korte. We will have a 12.5 km course marked for doing that. No trail fee required. Sign in at the camp office (Ministry Center).

(Scott Everson)

Trails are all in excellent condition. Pristine corduroy in the skate lanes and solid tracks for striding. It was almost crowded (by our standards), with 6 cars in the parking area near the trailhead! No trail fee required but donations are appreciated.

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(Scott Everson)