The trails have recovered nicely since yesterday’s balmy temps and sunshine. Both tillers (PistenBully and Mueller) went out last night and produced some great conditions. 100% coverage. It was a perfect day for skating: silky smooth decks with excellent edge control. The classic tracks were variable in depth but were plenty deep for a very enjoyable ski. Skins or waxables with klister binder would work well.

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(Erin Blow)

What an absolutely phenomenal day for a pre Birkie ski! A large portion of the park was groomed last night following Monday night’s 2” of fresh snow. I skied the west side of the park and was treated with crisp corduroy and deep solid tracks throughout. It’s looking fantastic out there!

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(Erin Blow)

Wow skate decks were pristine on Monday really hard snow and Monday night a very lite .5" snow. Hoping Birkie conditions this good!

(Dick DeVries)

Some of the best grooming I've seen in a very long time. Almost the entire system was as close as you get to flawless. With the exception of only 3 or 4 trails, everything was groomed last night. Props to the groomers. The snow was a tiny bit slow because of the temps, but, wow, what fun!

(Joe Bednarowski)

I classic skied base to Nose Dive to Express to Nakoosa to Wolf Tracks and back on Nepco. The track was deep and firm and speed was moderate. Pole plant was good. Overall conditions I would rate as very good to excellent. The groomers do an outstanding job here so it’s always a pleasant XC outing.

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(Jim Gantz)

Great skiing today at MWP - first time there (other than one time in heavy snow) and very happy with the trails and grooming.

(Jeffrey Giesler)

Today I skied my second favorite trail, River Run. I headed out on Base to Nose Dive to Yukon to Island Hop and on to River Run. Conditions on the core trails were good to very good. However, conditions on River Run were one of the best I have experienced ever on River Run. It was last groomed on Wednesday after the Sunday thaw. The skate deck was firm and fast and control on the downhills was excellent. Whereas I would call some of the core trails a bit icy, no such thing on River Run. They were the best ever. Excel Lange! So much fun. I even did an encore skating back on base to survivor to XC Express, to Creek and back to the Chalet. It was a great afternoon of freestyle skiing. Kudos to the groomers at MWP. They set the bar high.

(Jim Gantz)

The trails have recovered nicely from the warm weather and subsequent freeze last weekend! Most trails have been power tilled at least twice since then making for some great skate decks and classic tracks. Trails were firm, fast, and fun but there was still great edge control. With the snow being on the abrasive side, skins or klister base binder covered in the wax-of-the-day were working well.

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(Erin Blow)

All of the long trails have been re-groomed. Fast and fun skating. Wilderness trails are also packed. Tracks are solid and have also been re-groomed.

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(Brian Ciske)

The inner trails which were groomed since Sunday's warm spell were in fine condition. Fast, pretty clean, and not icy. I'd avoid the longer trails until they get regroomed as they are too hard packed to be fun.

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(Brian Ciske)