After a major meltdown, leaving some brown here and there, and just a few icy patches, the grooming crew worked magic. While the number of trails were reduced, the open ones were great fun and offered "Hero snow"; transitioned (Many times) tumbled, tilled, and reduced to fast white ice crystals, a pleasingly crunchy corduroy. This was the occasional skate for me, but conditions made my recovering V2 the gear of choice as I breezily muscled my way around the Cookie Loop. Best spring skiing in January I've ever experienced.

(Ken Schoville)

River Run is one of my favorites and it was groomed on Friday so I decided to give it a try. I usually skate it but I opted to classic ski it today. I'm afraid that probably was not a good choice. There were many areas with extensive forest debris on the trail and in the track. With the warm temps, it was slow going and control on the hills was less than optimal. Overall, classic ski conditions were fair at best. I do believe I would have fared better on my skate skis. That being said, the scenery was still good,.

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(Jim Gantz)

Good conditions on most of the trails we skied. Groomers did fantastic with what they had. Somewhat scratchy on X-C Express, especially near Nose Dive Alley. Nepco's Cruise skied well with a couple small sections where groomers had brought up dirt. Everything else we skied was great.

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(George Cleveland)

Had a great classic ski out on Wolf Tracks today! Some of the best skiing in the park! The dustings of snow we have been getting are really freshening up the tracks and are starting to cover some of the icy patches (few and far between). Wolf Tracks is not recommended past the cabin (ungroomed with deep frozen skate marks) so the beginning part is temporarily two-way with a track on each side.

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(Erin Blow)

Classic conditions were quite good today. I like to take the long route out to Wolf Tracks which would be base loop to Tornado valley to Survivor to XC Express and then on to Nekoosa and Wolf Tracks. The trail is not groomed past the cabin, but there is a decent skier track that I returned on. Total distance was 22 km. It was a fine day of classic skiing.

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(Jim Gantz)

Pretty nice skate skiing today. Decent glide and edging . Base is thin but not impeding in any way. I used B skis only because of some pine needles here and there but no real damage to worry about. I classic skied yesterday and had fun double poling in the fast tracks with occasional debris.

(Brian Ciske)

Groomers are working their magic. Most trails are open. Base is solid with enough snow on top to make skate lanes stable and moderately fast (I skied when temps in mid 20's), and classic skiers appeared to have decent tracks in most places with good kick/glide. All skiers need to watch for tree debris, ice patches and dirt in a few places. Kick wax could get dirty. Trails with fewer branches overhead have more consistent clean snow cover (see notes on map in ski lodge). B skis are safest now.

(Bruce Kuehl)

I first skated for 12 Km. Control was good but not the best. However, the tracks were fast and fun. Therefore, I switched to classic skis for another 8 km and found that to be very enjoyable. The tracks were as fast as I have seen them here. Control out on the skate deck was much better on my classic skis than my skate skis. There were a number of spots on both the skate deck and the tracks that were frozen slush which was easy to ski around on classic skis.

(Jim Gantz)

Fabulous job by the groomers! After mother nature's giveth and taketh with the last storm the groomers have worked their magic! As expected, scattered ice/debris in some low areas and in the big pines. Much less than I expected. Much of the track set up well, with the thin sections easy to navigate. Much of the skate deck is smooth and fast, quite a joy to ski! Go out and play!

(Jim Mullen)

There is about an inch of fresh snow over a rain saturated base. Some of the trails have been rolled. But most are covered with loose chunks of icy snow.

(Will Edwards)