Knob and Kettle Trails are packed and tracked. I was the first skier in the classic tracks. It looked like two people had skated on the skate deck. The tracks were about 95% good and 5% fair to poor. Mostly they were deep and well defined, but in a few places they were missing or there was dirt or grass poking up through the tracks. It generally was easy to bypass the bad spots because generally the skate deck had good coverage, even where a little grass or dirt showed through the tracks. The skate deck was soft and uneven in places.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Kettle and Knob were much better than the last time I skied Murphy. Appreciated the efforts the groomer made to level and widen the skate deck on those trails. Seems like it still needs more snow for them to get it fully leveled. Plenty of trail debris from the oaks and a few rocks still lurking just beneath the surface. Skate deck was a mix of firm and soft. Razorback was surprisingly open, but it was not for the faint of heart. Will need some fresh snow and more leveling efforts from the groomers before I'm ready to give it another shot.

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(Jimmy Linn)

Tracks in decent condition but quite a bit of leaves in sticks on the trails, with a few dog walkers using the trail. Tracks on about 90% of the Knob Trail.

(Tyler Holzer)

Nice corduroy base. Only partially tracked for classic. Leaves on the trail but largely fully snow covered. Great time.

(Emmett Mullin)