Grooming plans: Waiting for cooler temps and snow to groom. Will groom Sunday morning. Hopefully we will have good ski conditions for Sunday.

(Greg Hoelscher)

The recent snowfall and higher temps made for a slower, aerobic ski, but it was sure pretty out there! I skied the greens and blues. Some tinder on the trails, especially on the blue loop, but no bare spots.

(Andy Fehrenbach)

Skied everything that was lighted, but skipped the outer loop. Conditions were fast thanks to a well packed base and a thin layer of fresher snow on top. Not much leaf litter, but the trails have seen a lot of use since being groomed and have dips and ruts in the turns, as well as intermittent damage from walkers.

(Adam Scholl)

Frosty morning, trees decorated with the fog/frost. Very fast and light cover from the hoary frost coming down off the trees. Started getting sticky on my herringbones. However recommend getting out before the sun heats it up!

(Kim Weber)

Skate lane groomed this morning. Trails are fast. Rare dirt spots but are easily avoided. Track still in fairly good condition.

(Craig Johnson, Balsam Branch Partnership)

Skated the outer and blue loops. Appeared to be groomed fairly recently, occasional dirt and rocks exposed but easily avoided. I'd rate it good to very good.

(Bryan Lueth)

It was a lovely ski in the foggy darkness. I appreciate the lighted trails as these trails are the only ones in the area that are lit and well groomed. The warmer evening didn't affect snow conditions too much. There were a couple sparse spots near the lake portion on the green trail (northwest part of the map). Conditions were fast. The only hiccup was the occasional foot traffic on a few segments of the green trail. Thank you groomers!

(Ashley Martinson)

This is a gem of a trail system. It winds through woods, and for the most part is gently rolling. The trail labelled most difficult has one very big downhill. But there is a new bypass so the hill can be avoided. Freshly groomed, excellent classic track. The system has excellent signage; the only downside is that the trail can be skied either direction so care must be taken on the hills. There is a small parking lot with a port-a-potty.

(Ralph Schwartz)

The perimeter trails was in very good to good condition. There were a few high spots that were sticking thru the snow but nothing you could not easily get around except the last climb where I had to break my stride to avoid one of those bare high spots. Everything had been packed with a small amount loose snow on top, It was 32 degrees and sunny. Looked like there was a fairly consistent classic track. I used salmon FastWax LF There were a still a few spots available in the parking lot when I arrived around 1:00. Met no more than a half dozen parties on the trail; all doing classic. Given that I had just base waxed my skis and applied salmon FastWax LF over that, - which should have been perfect for the temperature, I was really disappointed in my speed of 4.9 mph. I skated the short loop on my rock skis waxed with too cold Blue FastWax LF at a 5 MPH pace afterwards, which confirmed my impression.

(Keith Carlson)

The skate deck was firm. A couple spots of grass or thinning of trail in the outer loop, but the trail was otherwise a gem. Great grooming!

(Eric Wilkerson)