Lots of leaf litter, but a nice track and firm skate lane. Great skiing and a great warming house. The new lights are reportedly awesome.

(Frank Lowry)

Skiing at Tower Ridge just doesn't get any better than this. Everything was groomed today. The skating deck is firm with just enough loose snow on top to be fast but with easy edge control. The classic tracks are deep and fast and almost devoid of oak leaves.

(Mark Blaskey)

No grooming has been done. The deck has been fairly well skated-in, especially in the loops near the chalet, not so much farther out. The deck is a bit rutted. The classic tracks are excellent. They've been skied-in and are fast and deep with only occasional oak leaves.

(Mark Blaskey)

The 3" of new powder snow we received late this afternoon has not been groomed, however the deck beneath is firm and the skating is actually quite good. The snow is rather moist and fast and you can just sit back on your skis and enjoy. There are intermittent tracks where people have skied in the tracks set a few days ago. Still no daytime skiing allowed until Monday, Dec 16th, after the deer hunting muzzle loading season ends at sundown Sunday. But the lights are on until 9 pm.

(Mark Blaskey)

Great skate deck and tracks, just a few oak leaves. All trails are
groomed. It's wonderful to have early season snow, and the trails cleared of debris. Enjoy!

(Steve Weiss)

In EC for a hockey game and stopped by here for a quick ski on way out of town. Not seeing any reports earlier in the week, I called the Parks department on Thursday and they said they hoped to be open by the weekend since they were busy clearing trails from the recent heavy wet snow that brought down a lot of branches etc. in the area. I wasn't sure if it would be open or skiable so pleasantly surprised to find fresh grooming with a rock solid base and fast deck. I skated most of the trail system (no tracks set anywhere) It was mostly fresh firm corduroy, fast and very fun skiing. Loved the long big hills! Definitely evidence of storm damage with the occasional rough/debris spot but didn't deter having a great ski and always look at these situations as an opportunity to fine tune the skill set. I was using good skis but if you are particular about a possible scratch, use B skis.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

I classic skied in the tire tracks at 8:00 this morning. I forgot about the muzzle loading season and left after 30 minutes. The County has been driving various vehicles around the trails in order to remove fallen limbs. No grooming has been done. You can classic ski in the tire tracks, but only nighttime skiing is allowed until the end of muzzle loading deer hunting on December 15.

(Mark Blaskey)