Skied the red, brown, purple, green and a bit of the yellow trail. Generally good coverage with a little debris and some grassy areas. Pretty solid base for fresh snow. Tracks were in good shape. Many thanks to the groomers for doing this with the warmup coming.

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(Dan Freedman)

The Red, Brown, Purple, Green, and part of Yellow have been groomed and tracked. Trails are open to hiking. Your best bet to avoid hikers is to park in the paved group camp lot and go through the group camp and ski Red. Conditions are generally good with a few grassy spots in open areas.

(Dave Thofern)

Given that the park's trails are open to hiking, the Willow grooming team decided to do a partial grooming. We have rolled the Red, Brown, and Purple Trails. The best skiing should be the Red Trail as it gets minimal foot traffic. Park in the paved group camp parking lot and ski through the group campground to reach the Red Trail. Current ski conditions are poor due to the trails only being rolled. Get out and enjoy this snow anywhere you can. Grooming plans: Will follow up Monday morning.

(Dave Thofern)

I skied about 200 yards of Brown today before doing a 180 turn and calling it a day. Yesterday's sleet/ice storm has put a robust icy glaze on the skate deck. I recommend awaiting a groomers report or warmer weather before venturing out.

(Gregg Bennett)

All trails except Silver and the loops off Purple and Red have been groomed. We set tracks on Red and Green. It's pretty shallow out there but skiable. Get out and enjoy it as the trails are open to hikers. The best skiing opportunity is probably parking in the group camp parking lot and skiing Brown to Red. Pretty good snow cover and track. Also, Red isn't especially popular with hikers. There are patches of hidden ice, so be careful out there.

(David Thofern)

Stopped at the ranger office. Was told that the trails have not been groomed since the recent snowfall. Signs said that ski trails are open to hikers.

(Lloyd Vasilakes)

Enjoy it while it lasts! I went to WRSP this afternoon with modest expectations given the lack of snow, emergent ice, and tree debris build up. To my surprise I found freshly groomed trails with a wonderful 1/4"-1/2" coating of soft snow coating atop the hard base. Tree debris was a thousand times better and the track was soft, fast, and wonderful. I skied Purple, Silver, Blue, and Green and all were in great shape... with a few icy spots excepted. Thanks again to the groomers who continue to gift us with fine trails despite the absence of much snow!

(Gregg Bennett)

The skate lane was groomed on all trails today. Some icy spots have gotten larger but everything is still skatable except I would avoid orange due to larger spots of ice. Classic tracks are icy and have occasional debris. Grooming plans: This is most likely the last grooming until we get more snow.

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(Bill Callas)

I continue to be so very appreciative of the groomers who have continued to extend the little snow we have had into what is still, overall, nicely skiable terrain. That being said, the track is getting to be a thin coating of well-packed snow on top of an ice base in most places - and, more ice patches are starting to poke through. I skied, Red, Silver, Purple, Blue, and 'lower Yellow' today. The warmer temperature (34F) made it a bit easier to get a reliable edge for skating than yesterday's below freezing conditions. Be careful on the hills as sloughing speed is getting to be more difficult.

(Gregg Bennett)

I found most of the trails on Saturday to be in great shape. Red, Brown, Purple, Green (Campground) and Blue back from the Falls were all had great classic tracks set.. The one trail I would not recommend is Silver. The big hill is all Ice and I only made it about 3/4's of the way up before I had to take off my skis and walk up the rest of the hill. Other hills are manageable, but icy and there were a few bare spots as I got closer to the Falls.

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(Shane Meisner)