Very good to excellent conditions for the Holiday weekend. Tonight all the Classic only trails were reset. The skate/classic are scheduled to be refreshed in the morning. Happy New year and hope to see you on the trails.

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(Steve Vizanko)

Most trails are groomed. Tracks are not set on all classic trails, some segments of named trails have skied in tracks, some segments of named trails have no tracks. Some named trails have not been opened up. Snow is soft in the tracks and on the skate deck. Looped the Northern Lights Trail for 36 km, excellent conditions! Hats off to the volunteer grooming staff for all their dedication! Excellent overall, with some segments in need of care. I challenge the groomers to keep a good 15 to 20 km groomed consistently so Birkie skiers can train as many days a week as possible. And maybe the possibility of a virtual birkie location.

(Kevin Grand)

Conditions are very good but a little soft from all the new snow. Great snow coverage. Skate and classic tracks were reset on Abbey Road, Northern Lights, and Jolly Long.

(Steve Vizanko)

2-3 inches of new snow today after 8-12 last night. All the classic only trails have been packed and tracked. Abbey Road, Seagull, Anchor, top of Northern Lights, and Buzz have been groomed for skate and tracked. Conditions are very good for your best skis. The temps and weather looks great for the weekend.

(Steve Vizanko)

All the trails are groomed. Conditions are good with a few thin spots under the evergreens. Otherwise good snow coverage with 2-3 inches of new.

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(Holly Pierce)

We skied the Sugar Bush and Abbey Road trails. Classic tracks were very good to excellent. A few spots with grass showing under the pines, but overall a great time.

(Dennis Weibel)

Excellent skate conditions. We did 6.5 km out past the Maple log cabin and around the back side (old Deer path) along Whiting Rd. All of it was excellent. Only one patch on one hill under some dense evergreens was nearly bare but easy to skate around.

(Steve Smith)

Finished grooming all the trails. Conditions are good with 2-3 inches new snow. A few thin spots persist under the evergreens, otherwise good coverage with really good snow on Northern lights, Abbey Road, and Sugarbush Classic.

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(Steve Vizanko)

2-3 inches new snow makes Good skiing conditions getting better. 15k Classic only trails were reset tonight. Thin spots remain under the evergreens but good coverage in general. A lot of smiles on faces to be skiing at last in such good conditions. The new skate/classic trail "The Buzz" is very popular for it's flowing 3.5K route to the top with a great view of Lake Superior.
Grooming plans: Tomorrow morning we are grooming 25K Skate/Classic trails.

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(Steve Vizanko)

Fantastic skiing at Mt. Ashwabay - lots of trail work over the summer made for amazing trails with the new snow. There are some small patches thin snow- otherwise coverage is great and the trails were amazing for classic intervals with a beautiful backdrop. For those of use without B skis - A skis worked just fine if you are willing to step out of the tracks once or twice. It was 24F with fine, fresh snow when I skied - used Rhode TLine VXPS and had an amazing kick.

(Geneva Finn)