One of my best skis of the year on the Spirit Mountain trails. The groomers are doing an excellent job with daily grooming and setting a classic track along with the skate lane. The classic track was firm and deep. The groomers have worked most of the ice out of the system and the conditions now are nearly perfect on the man made snow loops. Can't wait for some natural snow to check out the new loop off the Deer Stand trail.

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(Gene Karwoski)

We are excited to host the Cloquet invite today, January 7th. We are expecting roughly 450 participants for the race so it will be busy in and around the Grand Avenue Chalet. Set-up for the race will begin at 1pm and the final race will start at 6:30pm. Because of this, all trails at the Nordic Center at Grand will be closed to all public use tonight beginning at 1pm. Thank you for your understanding and come out to cheer!

(Jon Regenold)

Had to check out the new lights for night skiing (stadium, big bend, s turn and rollercoaster now all have lights)! Tracks were fast but not icy, a very enjoyable ski. Went out of the lighted area with a headlamp but didn't need it all all where the lights are.

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(Rachelle Walker)

Classic tracks are firm and fast but not icy. Random klister covered with oslo green provided a bit too much kick and swix polar was a smidge slippery. In all fantastic classic skiing right now! Minimal washouts on the usual corners but the deck is firming up nicely in the colder temps!

(Taylor Ellison)

The uphills were a little bit mashed and just a tad of ice on the inner corners of the downhills. Corners in the unlit section are in better shape. Overall not bad for having rained a few days ago.

(Mark Bushinski)

Great conditions, considering all of the rain. Only a couple of avoidable dirt patches. The snow was soft and the hills were starting to get chopped up because of use but no risk to your good skis. Very skiable, and with weather like we have had - you take what you can get!

(Marta Larson)

Skied lower Nordic Center green and blue runs. Open runs were in surprisingly good shape given the rain and warm weather the two days earlier. Snow were hard packed and crusty at 11 am and softened in the afternoon with both conditions providing good skiing conditions. Super glad to have braved the conditions and believing the reports from the prior day.

(Michael McDonald)

The rain last night has mostly drained away. It just left the surface snow a little slushy, and my boots were pretty soaked by the time I finished. There are some dirty spots here and there, nothing you can't avoid, so good skis are fine, here. There was a track set around the whole loop, it looked fine, too. 2.2K of ski trails are open. Keep on Striving, Keep on Skiing.

(Joe Gerard)

Snowmaking is complete and daily grooming will continue at the Spirit Mountain Nordic center. The only remaining trail segment at the Nordic Center is the new 800m segment, Lone Wolf. That section and the Nordic Connector will likely need additional snow before we can roll them. If you have not come to check out the new lights, they are beautiful and you should come ski under them!

(Jon Regenold)

Immaculate skate conditions this morning at Spirit. Classic track look pristine as well. Still only about 1.5k open on snowmaking but the groomer was out pushing snow/grooming the next section. It looks like it could be open very soon. Thank you Spirit crew for consistently great conditions.

(Tom Heinitz)