I skied trails around the Springview parking lot so am not sure what is open beyond that. Trails were recently groomed with both a skate lane and classic track. Everything was surprisingly good considering there was no real base prior to this storm. The classic track is set way off to the side in some places so it is soft and uneven on occasion. When I got out of the tracks into the skate lane it was firm and fast. I rated as B skis only because of occasional sticks. I was on my good skin skis. It was really nice to be skiing on natural snow this late in the year.

(Steve Thon)

At best, icy corduroy (surprisingly skiable with a stiff ski). At worst, grass and gravel. Pretty surprised the trails were officially open given the conditions, even if Three Rivers rated them "poor". I managed to get around King and Grimm and only had to take off my skis five times.

(Spencer Davis)

Skated Sky, Lake, Sugar Bush, and King, temperature was around 40. Perfect spring skiing, even though it's not spring yet. Trails were 99% in great condition, with a few tiny bottlenecks here and there where the snow had melted to bare ground. It took a bit of attention navigate some of them but they were pretty brief. The last big downhill on King was in great shape, which I was surprised by.

(Kristian Markon)

Skated loop of Grimm trail starting and ending at Grimm house. Did not ski portion by lake or back to main trailhead. Great. 99% good coverage. A bit slow and soft in sun but not bad. Still firm and frosty in shade.

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(Johnny Chisel)

Conditions were great when I started at 9 am for classic. Tracks on Grimm were excellent and temp was 24F. Freezing rain started shortly and by 10:30 the big downhill to the lake was quite a thrill ride. I did a lot of double poling and skating after that which was really fun because of the great grooming. I also did sky, sugar bush, and Lake which were mostly good. By noon the temp was 30 and the tracks seemed to soften a bit but the skate deck was still icy.

(Dan Zenk)

A little soft, but good coverage throughout. There are sections where you do want to pick a way through, but nothing you can't get around while not damaging good skis. There were also sections where it's obvious the snow fell on saturated ground, but again these are really short and far and few between. Get out and enjoy it! FWIW, classic track looked good for most, but there are definitely sections where one would have to pop out to avoid ground or debris. Easy to avoid if one is paying attention.

(Mike Schowalter)

Freshly groomed this morning. Minimal branches/leaves on trail. Classic tracks were soft so I imagine the skate deck is also. Some areas where tracks were wet and refrozen , but was able to ski through it (2-3 feet). We loved the skiing.

(Bar Johnson)

Six inches of new snow packed to about 2.5 inches. I was first person around the Grimm today. Rolled and partially groomed. No tracks. I used fishscale skis. Snow was wet. 34F Temp. Great kick but very poor glide as I was packing/crunching snow with each step. Double polled down some hills.

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(Jim Johnson)

Carver official reports poor condition which is probably accurate for most skiers but I had a great time with my metal edged touring skis this morning. At 9 AM the snow surface was very hard and the ice was frozen solid. I skied everything but King, which is closed, and nature center. The best part was there was a classic track practically everywhere which I was able to use with my metal edge skis, even though there was a lot of ice in the tracks. I give the groomers a lot of credit for that great track. The best trail by far was Grimm starting off of Grimm Road. It only had one pure ice section that was about 50 feet long. The part of Grimm along Parley lake was over 50% pure ice and the Sugar Bush trail was also mostly ice. By 11 am though everything was starting to melt.

(Dan Zenk)

95% very good, 4% fair (ice under snow, debris, thin), 1% yikes (solid ice, grass). King is by far the worst and is rock ski conditions but skied fine. B skis on everything else and a bit of caution at times. Grimm is in the best shape.

(Spencer Davis)