Trail Detail
Rice Creek Trails - Irondale Unit
New Brighton, MN
5K
Skating/Classic
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Trails flow on hilly terrain along Rice Creek on Ramsey County open space land. Maintained by Irondale high school ski team and volunteers. Access from Irondale athletic fields or Poppyseed Drive. Also known locally as Irondale Nordic Ski Trails.Trail Reports
2019-2020 season
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Night
posted: 2020-04-12 22:17:32
Firsthand: Classic [
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Afternoon
posted: 2020-02-19 09:58:10
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Excellent skiing in the north metro gem yesterday afternoon for some pre-Birkie pick-ups. The woods(2.35k) loops had plenty of wind protection and nicely set-up skate deck. I didn't venture up to the open fields since it was windblown and there was plenty to ski in the woods. The path intersections were easy to ski over. I saw about a dozen skiers out there around 3:30. Classic tracks were set. Thanks for keeping the system maintained!
(Ben Creagh)
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Morning
posted: 2020-02-18 10:48:52
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Groomed this morning after last night's little gift of about an inch of snow. Classic tracks reset. Ramsey County hadn't been by yet to plow the asphalt path so take care at the two path crossings as they may have plowed them up by the time you are skiing. Wind was filling in the tracks a little on the field. Enjoy it.
(Gary Medin)
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Friday, February 14, 2020
Morning
posted: 2020-02-14 11:10:13
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Skate deck is freshly groomed and should ski well. The field is pretty windy at this point, so today I would suggest just staying in the woods. Didn't reset the classic tracks as with the minimal snow cover I didn't think I couldn't make them any better. They exist and are skiable, but washed out in some places.
(Gary Medin)
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Monday, February 10, 2020
Morning
posted: 2020-02-10 10:04:38
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Sunday, February 9, 2020
Afternoon
posted: 2020-02-09 17:42:57
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Trails rolled and combed. Plan to groom and tracks set Monday morning. New snow is a great gift. Enjoy it.
(Gary Medin)
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Monday, February 3, 2020
Afternoon
posted: 2020-02-03 20:26:08
Firsthand: Freestyle [
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Skated with the high school team this afternoon. The deck was very hard and fast (we clocked a handful of 3 min/mile pace intervals). There were no outright ice patches, although caution should be executed on the hairpin turns. Trails and asphalt crossings are still completely covered, with a few dirty spots. Big thanks to chief groomer Gary!
(Karl Holub)
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Morning
posted: 2020-01-21 10:12:29
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Monday, January 20, 2020
Afternoon
posted: 2020-01-20 16:03:37
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Fast enough to be technically challenging, but with a half-inch of fresh powder, not too fast. Firm skate deck with set tracks. Also, well visited on this holiday.
(Daniel Luoma)
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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Morning
posted: 2020-01-18 13:08:02
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Fresh groomed this morning for skate and classic. Looked a little soft for skate but classic was great. Field up by school was very windy and blowing.
(Norm Schultz)
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