Freshly groomed. Track gets a bit shallow in spots and breaks up on some curves, but overall conditions excellent, especially given the paucity of snow.

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(Bob Hartzler)

Trail has seen a lot of use since the last grooming, but overall conditions are good to very good. Track breaks up or disappears in a few spots, but the new dusting of snow made for good glide on flats and down hills, and good traction going up.

(Bob Hartzler)

Skied about 2 PM. Fabulous conditions! The skate deck appears to have been groomed this morning. With a covering of new snow, conditions were perfect - albeit a bit slow. Classic tracks looked good but somewhat shallow. Kudos to the groomers!

(Lou Chouinard)

Downright tropical out there today. No wind. Above zero. Tracks were in surprisingly decent good shape. Washouts on a few corners, one tree that wanted to spew a little debris, but otherwise very nice. Great to see the Highland high school team out. I asked them if they wanted me to set the pace for them. Guess they didn't get my old-lady-three-weeks-away-from-a-hip-replacement humor.

(Kathy Bjornson)

Went late Saturday and was pleasantly surprised. Relatively fast tracks and hard deck. Great kick with the cold snow but not as slow as I had anticipated. Tracks were good throughout.

(Matt Sargent)

Skied at Highland 9 Friday afternoon. It looked like the groomer had been out in the morning. There was fresh corduroy in the skate lane and the classic tracks had been set. The tracks were a bit shallow but very skiable.

(Felicia Abler)

About half the classic tracks are glorious, half are washed out including some straights. Good even coverage except that one northeast spot, easily avoided. Thanks groomers! Definitely helped. Made for a really nice couple laps on Rex light green kick around 7degF.

(Jeff Streier)

First time skiing Highland. Skate skiing seems to be the preferred method here...classic tracks were icy and difficult to navigate, often with only one track established.

(Eric Haugee)

The trail was groomed this morning and is looking pretty great for both skate and classic skiing. The sun is shining and it's a beautiful early February MN Day.

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(Amanda Smith, St. Paul Parks and Recreation)

A little bit of everything? Two loops from the ballfields early afternoon took an hour. Some great sections, some down to the ice, some leaves, sticks and tiny crabapples, some slower newer snow/drift, the usual spot near northeast corner is down to the dirt and avoidable. Left leg got an extra workout from the left track washed out lots of spots, not just corners (back at the car, Beck provided the fitting soundtrack "Dear life, I'm hooooldin'oooon") A real mixed bag made for a fun variation challenge on Rex light green and a really beautiful winter afternoon.

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(Jeff Streier)