Fast Spring conditions, good coverage, icy spots here and there: trails groomed in last day or so were were probably good for A skis! End of season party Sunday.

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(Brian Easter)

Skied Lake Marie was just groomed. Started just before 10 am, excellent conditions til about noon, when mushy snow formed in sun with typical fast in the shade and sudden slow in sunny areas descent. After 1 more sunups from twigs and such appeared. No open water, no real ice, just hard pack in shade. Overall excellent to good conditions. Skied on waxless due to variable conditions. Great job grooming and many thanks!

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(Michael Heifets)

Came here directly from Winman trails which were unskiable at 10 am due to icy base. The PB groomed trails had no ice and were clean of debris with nice glide until the snow softened in the sunny areas. Well worth the trip.

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(Brian Ciske)

Fantastic late season skiing at MWP today, vast majority of the trails were pisten bully groomed with a firm and fast skate deck and classic tracks. Some areas under the pines had a lot of needles and the snow was slow/dirty but 90% was in fantastic shape. Skated, and would recommend scales or skins for striders as the snow was very variable with some crusty/icy sections, slush and pine debris. I would imagine it would be difficult to find a klister that would work everywhere and also avoid picking up the pine needles.

(Elias Anoszko)

Plenty good with lots of vitamin D to compliment an easy ski. Mostly inner loops groomed, but that was PB perfect. Love it when aged, transitioned snow gets tilled, flattened, and those classic impressions pressed in. Spring skiing is best, even with a little sun sucky here and there contrasting with shadows accelerants giving the surge and slow feel to the ski. Approaching a personal 100 days of skiing in the Northwoods. Quite a season.

(Ken Schoville)

The inner PistenBully groomed trails were fast and fun. Tracks seemed very good also. The longer trails that weren't regroomed were almost as nice due to the 1/2 inch of new snow. I encountered substantial debris on ungroomed trails wherever there were pine trees. Best to stay on newly groomed trails.

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(Brian Ciske)

Made an afternoon visit in an attempt to squeeze out a causal 75-90 minute session. Found the trails in the wooded sections in good shape-no rutting except for animal tracks, level and firm trail base. A light layer of fresh snow covered much of the wooded trails which continue to hold a deep base. Pine needles and small branches can litter the trail in spots. It appears the grooming implements should be able to till a layer of looser snow. Enjoy being outdoors.

(Bill Kircher)

I was impressed to find all of the grooming done overnight. All of the long trails and many others were great. Sunshine and good glide until temps rose above freezing.

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(Brian Ciske)

I classic skied Red Pine to River Run to access the Tamarack Pond wilderness trail. Conditions were excellent except for the occasional area with heavy forest debris from the heavy snow which fell from the trees that littered the trail with small branches, twigs, needles, etc. The Tamarack Pond trail had been freshly groomed and was in excellent condition. After completing the loop, I continued on River Run but cut it short by taking the cut off. There were numerous areas with forest debris after the cut off back to the chalet.

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(Jim Gantz)

Skied at Winter Park the last two days. Skate yesterday was firm and fast. Classic skiing today was great, a little avoidable debris. It's wonderful to have warm weather skiing and great grooming. There's so much snow, it should last a long time. Spring skiing is the best!

(Judy Archibald)