All trails were rolled Wednesday evening. Classic tracks were preserved but not reset as the new snow was well skied in.

(Dave Thofern)

The park received 2-3 inches of new snow overnight. Due to equipment problems, no grooming will occur until at this evening, at the earliest. The classic track is in good shape with the skate deck slow, covered in uncompacted snow.

(David Thofern)

All of Willow's trails were groomed and tracked. There are still a few drift remnants but overall the snow has set up nicely.

(David Thofern)

There were lots of large drifts in the ski trails Sunday morning. Grooming consisted of using the homemade drag to knock down the drifts. Right now the ski trails are pretty messed up from the drag. Most trails have a skied-in track but the skate deck is full of loose, soft snow. No further grooming is planned today due to the continued blowing and drifting.

(David Thofern)

Classic track skiing was a bit soft due to the dry snow. It is firming up and blowing out. Between two trips today I was on the Purple, Green, Brown, and Blue, just to the Blue return link and out. The Brown has no track. It still skied fast enough on skins to fly the S turn. In my opinion, track just gets in the way on a black diamond downhill. The double drop at the bottom was also quite fast. I carried glide to the culvert. On the Blue, the downhill S turn was blown up just out of the campground. Both skis lost track so I stepped it left to clip the last turn and ski on the deck down the straight run. On the return loop exit, there is a body print on the left turning downhill. I lost one track running through the body print but reset the ski okay. The blue diamond Blue trail was on the more difficult side of intermediate today. Fun stuff at Willow.

(Jeff Bolte)

All of the trails were groomed and tracked Thursday morning. The skate deck is a bit soft in places but should firm up with skier use and overnight temps. A pair of Swix ski poles was found at Willow. If they're yours, call the park office to arrange pickup.

(Dave Thofern)

8 inches new snow. Everything has been packed multiple times. Hoping to set track tomorrow. Beautiful night out there.

(Ted Bliven)

Skied classical under the full moon Monday night and the lines were excellent. Firm and fast! Just wanted to say thanks to the volunteers who make this such a wonderful place to ski!

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(David Ritter)

The skate deck on all trails was regroomed to level out the berms left after the last snow event and add some "bite" to the surface. The classic track continues to be in excellent condition.

(Thofern David)

So nice to have fresh snow and nice weather. Went for a long skate ski around the entire park a few times. Was nice the volunteer groomers had been out. About half of the trail mileage has an odd affect in the middle of the skate deck - a two inch high berm that makes for a very awkward kick because the berm creates a fulcrum effect in the middle of your kick with tips and tails dangling in mid air; consequently, only the arch of your foot making contact with the snow. Might be preferable to just classic at Willow in the future.

(Amy Fredregill)