The portions of the trail accessible from the picnic shelter parking lot (at the south end of the park) plus the connecting Lone Rock trails were in excellent condition. The trail along Empire Lake and from the southern trail segments to the northern trail segments (where the camper cabins are located) are closed for maintenance equipment access. It was 24 degrees at roughly 2:00 start. I used Blue Klister.
This was one of my best skis of the season. Met a friend who had stepped-bottomed, no-wax skis. He ended up doing a lot more work than I did. My blue Klister waxed skis were perfect for the conditions - excellent kick and glide. We did the entire southeast perimeter within Whitetail Woods plus the Farm and Lone Rock loops of the Lone Rock trail - 8.5 miles in all. All were perfectly dual-tracked. There were dirt or gravel bleed thru on isolated portions of the Lone Rock loop (usually easily avoidable by moving to other track) and the non-tracked downhills throughout all the trails were pretty hard corduroy but those are really minor complaints given the no-effort skiing throughout & the multiple times I got to double pole with single ski kicks. Had to constrain myself and stop to allow my companion to catch up every time. But it was nice to slow down from my usual faster pace when I solo ski.

(Keith Carlson)

Great snow and well groomed trails. This park is more open then Lebanon Hills so there isn't the amount of leaf litter in the tracks. Good skiing.

(Bruce Tracey)

Grooming was completed today, with classic tracks set. Skiers can expect overall good conditions, with some windswept areas where tracks might fill in or become icy.

(Steve Hart, Dakota County Parks)

Ski trails were packed and tracked Saturday afternoon. Trails are in good condition now - get out there before the drifts!

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(Steve Hart, Dakota County Parks)

Trails were packed with the snowmobile roller on Tuesday - no classic tracks set. Trails are in fair condition, with an icy base below 2 inches of new snow.

(Steve Hart, Dakota County Parks)

Ski trails were packed with the snowmobile roller on Tuesday. No tracks set, trails are in poor condition with new snow on top of the old icy base. Windswept in some areas.

(Steve Hart, Dakota County Parks)

Ski trails were packed with the snowmobile roller today, classic tracks were not set. A few bare spots remain in the open areas. Trails are considered in fair condition.

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(Steve Hart, Dakota County Parks)