Trails have not been groomed for a couple of days. A solid ribbon of boiler plate ice. Not worth injuring myself on.

(Andrew Wood)

Small .7k loop is open and plenty of people out. Trails are good and clean but a bit icy. You can tell they city is working hard to extend the trail including the big hill. Should have a lot more trail open after Christmas.

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(Andrew Shulha)

We now have 0.7Km of machine made snow trail open, freshly groomed with a nice track-just in time for the thaw. Crews were moving snow on top of the next loop. Natural trails were hard packed.

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(Jim Bennett)

Hammer, The Pipe, Meander, and the south section of Rattler were groomed last evening or this morning. This helped cover some of the exposed grass on Meander and The Pipe, though those areas still exist, so B skis still recommended. No tracks yet. RASC is working with the grooming team to resolve this. Again, use caution in the snowmaking and trail building areas.

(Jim Bennett)

Meander, The Pipe, Hammer, and parts of Rattler were groomed today. No track yet. Nice skiing. It is possible to ski down Storebakken (south side) but there is no runout at the bottom and the whole lower bowl is busy with snowmaking. You can use the access road around to get to the south part of Rattler and Hammer. B skis just because of some grass and occasional badger hole remnants.

(Jim Bennett)

The Pipe, Meander, and parts of Rattler were groomed today (no track). The skate deck is firm and mostly flat, nice skiing. There is grass showing in places on Meander and the Pipe, but no dirt or rocks except for a few spots where the badger has been working. There is no clear connection between lower Rattler and the top because of snow making operations, so the upper trails are best accessed from the upper parking lot. There was only one pass of the roller on Hammer.

(Jim Bennett)

Unfortunately the City crews have been busy making snow, and thus have only done minimal grooming. There is about.5 Km of groomed trail easily accessible from the lower parking lot. There is some blown in snow; no tracks. It is reasonably good skiing, but very short. There is plenty of snow on the ungroomed trails making for pleasant, classic bushwhacking. We are hoping the crews can get some more of the natural snow trails groomed soon. For now, better skiing can be had at Essex and Quarry Hill parks.

(Jim Bennett)