The groomers did a nice job grooming both skate and classic trails at the loops at OO Saturday night. The skiing was drastically better on Sunday as the tracks and skate deck were very hard and icy on Saturday south of OO to Mosquito Brook. They did a great job so that a lot of people could ski on Sunday at OO. Thank you groomers!

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(David Gorringe)

Skied OO to Mosquito Brook. Icy overall except where afternoon sun turned things soft. Tree debris which was more noticeable further south. Tracks had mixed offerings.

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(Wayne Komarek)

Rough time classic skiing with all the pine debris between OO and Mosquito. Fell hard twice hopping out of the tracks to avoid debris and got caught up in some deep grooves on the skate deck. Classic trail is best closer to OO.

(Tony Grundhauser)

Report for OO to Mosquito. First 4k south from OO were in amazing shape. Things go quickly downhill from there. Lots of debris on the trail along with snow clumps dropped out of the trees that have turned into ice speed bumps. It was 11k of constant hopping in and out of the tracks to avoid debris. Warm weather has left wildly variable snow conditions that make classic difficult, skied through what seemed like cold powder, icy glazed tracks, soft warm snow and slush. The downhills were rutted and it was easy for your skis to wander where someone else had put an edge in. I was on skins and they were saturated by the time I got to Mosquito. The OO area trails all looked good so if you want to ski the Birkie trail this weekend with all the events on the north end I'd recommend doing some loops there. I'd say conditions are borderline dangerous unless you are really on your toes.

(Craig Neuroth)

Birkie trail in good shape from OO to High Point. Some fallen pine tree debris on trail in sections.

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(Ken Kuznia)

I skied from OO to Mosquito Brook (and back) because it had been groomed yesterday. As a mediocre skier I felt it was a little hazardous because it was quite icy with lots of tree debris in the tracks as well as snow (that refroze in clumps) that has been falling from the trees with the warm weather. However, after as the day went on things softened up a bit and the groomer was out again.

(Tonja Wick)

I knew the conditions might be a little rough with the weather we've been experiencing, so I was going to go somewhere I knew had groomed. But, my Birchlegger friend wanted to ski the Birkie again today and what can I say the Birkie sobered me up and gave me my life back, so I love it here. Classic skied 30.4 km, 2 hours 13 minutes this late morning into the early afternoon. Bill skated 40 km and said it was dangerous. I'm sorry to say but due to the weather the tracks were terrible and very inconsistent in many places. Skied the classic trail to Fire Tower, tracks are mostly old, uneven, iciness wasn't a problem. After Fire Tower the tracks disappeared on the classic trail, a snowmobile had run over them. I wasted time checking out the skate trail south of Fire Tower and saw no tracks. I guess I'm lazy because I opted to stick with skiing areas with visual tracks. Skied Fire Tower back to Start in decent tracks. Looped it again because I was really hoping for a good long comfortable training ski. That being said it was a phenomenal technical ski. Good double poling most place. Got good work on my herringboning, hard packed hills, and soft in spots. Definitely skiing tomorrow, may not be here.

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(Kevin Grand)

Skied out of our cabin at Roam Base Camp onto the Birkie trail at 32K. The trail was a super wide deck by all standards. The grooming is world class. However, be aware of tree litter in the areas of white pines...you will have to dance around to avoid hitting it. Over the course of three days I skated this mid section of both trails - what a treat. Kudos to all the Birkie groomers and staff.

(Mike Flynn)

Skate conditions very good as it looked like they groomed the skate deck the whole way. Some of the debris that fell because of the wind last Thursday was pretty well chewed up by the groomer. The classic track was another story. The only section we saw groomed was from Mosquito Brook south. That was excellent. Because they did not regroom the classic track south of OO and north of OO, it was very dirty from the debris. Classic skiers had to jump out of the track a great deal of the trail. Not much fun for classic skiers.

(David Gorringe)

Kudos to the cru for grooming over 75k of trail this morning. We skate skied the trails by Telemark and World Cup trails (Mt Bauer in picture) and then the skate trail from Start to Lake Hayward. Start to fire tower was firmer since that had been groomed Thursday and the rest was like fresh snow - powdery soft but still plenty fast and fun. Swix TSP5 powder ran really nice the entire time as did Star polar powder. Tracks looked perfect too. Tomorrow should be another banner day. Thanks so much for your early morning and long hours of grooming for us to enjoy!

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(Kevin Ousdigian)