All trails were groomed today. Things are about as good as it gets at Black's for classic skiing. It great to have the abundance of snow to work with!

(Denny Barry)

All trails were packed and groomed today. A few drifts were impossible to pack down, enjoy the rollercoaster ski ride! The deer are very happy to be using the ski trails, leaving a few places looking like 100s of baseballs were dropped from an airplane. Seeing deer at Black's is quite common -- shooing deer off the trails is getting to be a common occurrence.

(Denny Barry)

All trails were packed and groomed yesterday. Harry's Gulch and other places requiring downhill turns at speed or wider skis for climbing been widened and combed out. There is very little moisture in the recent snow, track cuts and aprons will be soft for awhile, but still providing great skiing.

(Denny Barry)

Great conditions on all trails, was groomed late Sunday afternoon. Classic skiing only. Sledding tracks are completely gone.

(Terry Olson)

Packed trails yesterday, groomed setting track on all trails this morning. Classic track cuts looked great; they should be very skiable. Please excuse the mess from getting stuck back: on Pit Run, coming up one of the hills, there is about 5 yards of mess, but easily avoided. Going all the way around to fill things back in wasn't an option on 1/8 tank of gas.

(Denny Barry)

All trails, including Alpine and Pit Run, were groomed this morning. Track cuts will be soft for a while.

(Denny Barry)

About 6 inches of new fluffy white, was enough to get trail conditions set up to mid-season form, with all of the trails being leveled plus now having a workable base. Tracks were set on all segments slightly breaking up the surface crust and working in the new snow. One skier was already out, she said she was enjoying the new pillow soft cuts with the solid base underneath. With dropping temps overnight, tomorrow should be pretty prime classicing on the settled set up snow. Alpine Loop, still has one thin spot, that is a slow down situation for 3 feet where the wind, combined with the pine tree creates a low snow situation. There are some scattered rocks to the sides of the trail, advise to ski up on apron, instead of venturing off to avoid where the track cut is almost down to the ground for the 3 feet. Easily seen and avoid.

(Denny Barry)

We built up the areas with snow that still needed deeper depth to put the rakers down to brake up the glazed snow / tracks. Made several loops out to the deer stand and down Harry's Gultch with rakers down, plus on a few other sections needing attention. The results looked pretty good, with the mixed in snow setting up well. Trails are not in consistant condition ; some are fair others are good and most are very good. With the exception of Alpine Loop, which now has a glazed speed run all the way to the sharp turn at the bottom. Pit Run is very skiable with some fast long downs.

(Denny Barry)

Groomer has electrical issues. Will notify when operable and trails get groomed. Until then expect glazed trails. Light falling snow today will help conditions. Track setter had been lifted on hills and on turns at bottom of hills making turns easier as well as climbs.

(Denny Barry)

Skied all trails. They were a bit soft, but should be fast tomorrow when its colder. A great day to be in the woods.

(Terry Olson)