As of 9:30 Sunday morning the trails had not been groomed which made the trail hard to find. The new snow was soft and pretty wet. A few bare spots on the crests of hills and one small run off river to cross. A little grooming and cold temps would make the skiing much better.

(Greg Egbert)

Course is variable so be careful if you go out. Grooming plans: We are averaged about 3" of snow that we are going to roll today and let firm up overnight. We'll need the ground to firm up and a bit more snow before we can do a full groom.

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(Tyler McKean, St. Paul Parks and Recreation)

Grooming plans: Saint Paul Parks and Recreation is very excited about the predicted snow in the next few days and are making preparations to groom a trail as soon as we can. Currently the turf at the golf course is not frozen and we expect this will melt some of the first snow we receive this week. This could delay our grooming to protect the golf course as things firm up, but we are planning to groom if we can. Early on Wednesday morning we will be moving equipment into place and assessing the precipitation we receive overnight. If conditions allow we will roll and groom a trail on Wednesday afternoon. Groomers will not be out over the holiday Thursday and Friday but will be ready to groom over the weekend if we get sufficient snow. There are still a lot of variables at play with these weather systems so we appreciate everyone's patience and understanding. We'll be monitoring conditions throughout the next few days and will adjust plans to get a trail established as soon as we can. Hopefully this will be the start of a long and excellent cross country season!

(Tyler McKean, St. Paul Parks and Recreation)