Classic skied 36 km on the Grand Tour loop at Ashwabay today. Freshly groomed tracks and fresh corduroy on the skate deck on most trails. Tracks and skate decks are firm soft. The snow is cold with the temperature so glide isn't the best, alot of grip for kicking. Conditions on the trails that are fully groomed are excellent! Great day for a ski to warm up on a cold day!

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(Kevin Grand)

Abbey Road, Anchor, Northern Lights, Seagull, Buzz and Roller Coaster were groomed this morning for skate and classic. Some blowing snow but otherwise excellent conditions.

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(Ian Meeker)

Classic skied about 18 km this afternoon. Skied in a fresh 2 to 3 inches of fluff through Anchor, Sugarbush, North Lights and Buzz. A great shake down of the legs after OO loop 42 km (3:20) on the Birkie yesterday! Due to the new snow it was all kick and no glide for first tracks. Look forward to skiing the good hills at Ashwabay, it's such an awesome Birkie Classic trainer! Thank you groomers!

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(Kevin Grand)

Headlamp classic skied about 18 km this evening. Beautiful! Tracks were awesome on Sugarbush, Anchor, and Seagull. Solid with decent kick and buttery smooth glide! Skate deck was firm, but soft. I notice on Northern Lights that there must be a mismatch with grooming over old tracks (on old deer path section and up hills), or the snow was soft, made it uneven and goofy for skiing there. Great ski!

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(Kevin Grand)

The whole trail system was flat dragged and groomed with Ginzu's today after receiving 5-6 inches of fresh snow last night.

(Ashley Georgeson)

Close to eight inches of snow from Friday night was groomed today. Most of the grooming took place during the day so some areas were skied on before the trail set up. All the trails both skate and classic have been groomed and are in excellent condition.

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(Ian Meeker)

Jolly Long was packed and groomed this morning. Anchor and part of Seagull was groomed this afternoon. It's all getting a fresh layer of snow on top now.

(Ashley Georgeson)

Classic skied 37 km today. Conditions are a little slow and soft at the moment. Ashwabay received about 2 to 3 inches of new snow as I skied. Mostly old grooming on trails. I skied in the tracks in new snow on Anchor trails three times, Northern Lights twice, Sugarbush, Deer Path backwards, Seagull, and Rollercoaster. Tracks and skate deck are very soft on these trails. Jerry's Long Loop and Abbey Road had recently groomed tracks and corduroy with a light dusting of snow. Be careful pole planting on the up hills on Northern Lights and Jerry's Long Loop on the outside part of the tracks, snow is very soft. Some wind blown sections here and there with drifting. Good ski. High energy expenditure!

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(Kevin Grand)

And the Lost Boys said, "look Peter remembers how to fly." Awesome grooming and classic skiing today! Ended up skiing 45 km and noticed great new tracks on all trails but Anchor and Jerry's Long Loop. The great conditions made it a really fun, fast ski. Glide was descent, kick was good, snow is still a little soft in spots. Good amount of people and dogs also enjoyed it. Thanks again groomers! Ski on.

(Kevin Grand)

Conditions were very good, no grooming in the last couple days. Skate track had some drifting and ungroomed snow although very skiable. Classic tracks were in good/great condition.

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(Brian Barnes)