Recent snows have favored this park, so I thought I'd give it a try. Cloudy and single digits when I started, sun started breaking through after about an hour. There is at least 8" of fluff in the woods, but with no grooming and no base the skiing is not good. A decade or more ago these were some of my favorite trails in the region, but they have not been groomed in years. Started out on the Meadow Valley trail and at first it seemed decent with only a couple hiker tracks and an old ski trail, but on the first downhill a protruding rock or bit of frozen ground grabbed my ski and sent me tumbling. Several more similar experiences and I wound up skiing to the cave trail loop and then skied slowly and cautiously back. Always lovely scenery, but not recommended for skiing at this time.

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(Stephen Simpson)