Yellow, blue, brown, red, purple and green have been rolled and follow-up groomed. One classic track was put down on all trails. Midwinter conditions so I wouldn't be afraid to use the good skis. The park received about 6" of heavy snow.

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(Bill Callas)

Classic skied the green trail, blue trail to the falls and then the purple trail. Absolutely great conditions, no rocks at all on the main trails. The only place I'd avoid is the low land loop on the purple trail. Thin snow base with lots of grass and sticks.

(Shane Meisner)

Skate skied all groomed trails south of the lake (non-hunter area), about 15K of trails. Amazingly great conditions. Thank you groomers who accomplished so much with the snow we got. I used rock skis, but would have been fine with B skis. So great to be skiing at Willow again.

(William Sikorski)

Received two minor snowfalls in the last several days and the base is building up. Fresh corduroy on Green, Blue, Red, Purple and some of Yellow after grooming today. For skating, it is almost like mid-winter without significant bare spots. For classic, it is still too thin for machine tracks but the thing is, with the light dry snow that has been compacted, the skis track very well and classic is fun. Park management will not block hiking on the trails before December 15, so there are foot prints in sections, but not too heavy and with the thin base, the footprints are shallow and not that disrupting.

(Jeff Roberts)

Skied (skate) the "no hunting zone" - Green, purple, yellow, brown, blue. It was so awesome to be back at willow after two years of snow drought. The skiing was actually surprisingly good! Of course the snowpack is thin but I really didn't hit any dirt or gravel. Thanks for the grooming crew rolling it out. The new snow last night (a bit less than an inch) was a bit fluffy on top but deck was pretty firm (still a bit soft in spots). Get out there an ski. Beats the habitrails of snowmaking loops:).

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(Brian Bell)

The downed trees have been removed from blue and brown. I regroomed all the trails that were rolled yesterday with the Ginzu, skate only. I skied the green after grooming and it was very good.

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(Bill Callas)

Parts of Willow are open to firearm deer hunting through Dec. 15. Trails open to hunting include all of the Silver and Pink trails north of the river as well as most of Orange and all of the Red Prairie Loop. Due to park policy requiring hunter access to trails, all park trails will remain open to hikers. We plan to groom the open trails for skate skiing but will not set track until after deer season closes.

(David Thofern)

Purple, yellow, some of red, blue and green were rolled. Snow packed down to about a 2" base with full coverage. Trees are down on brown and the blue west heading one-way segment. Trails will remain open to walkers due to the deer hunting season until Dec. 16th.

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(Bill Callas)