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Rochester, MN
12K
Skating/Classic
No
Yes
1 Primary 1 45th St Lot
(507) 328-2525
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Trails mostly through fairly open terrain, with both flat and challenging areas. There is a 3.7K man-made snow loop, groomed and track by a PistenBully, and a large parking lot, but no chalet. There is a second lot off 45th St.
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ B skis ]
Full coverage on all of the man-made trail. It was groomed this morning and there are classic tracks. A little ice and dirt, per usual, but great skiing.
(Curtis Baum)
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Afternoon
Firsthand: Both 
[ Trails Open: Partial, Rock skis ]
Skied in the afternoon at the tail end of new snow. Trails ungroomed. We set our classic tracks today and after a few loops of skate skiing, the snow was slightly packed for a faster glide.
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(Ian Chang)
Friday, February 27, 2026
Morning
Firsthand: Both 
[ Trails Open: Partial, B skis ]
Nice skating and classic skiing today. Skins worked well in the firm track at 48 degrees. Grooming plans: City is planning on pushing clean snow over the worst dirt spots this weekend while grooming. Should be great skiing.
(Jim Bennett)
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Partial, B skis ]
The Gamehaven glacier lives. Nice skating on the Ginzu groomed deck. Tracks set. Lots of dirt in the trail, both the windblown kind that makes the snow brown, and black pieces of ground up clods. Easy to avoid the bad spots, but I'd leave your good skis at home.
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(Jim Bennett)
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Partial, B skis ]
Trails were groomed today, leaving a dirty soft surface of snow-cone consistency at 32F. A few avoidable patches of dirt are poking through the man-made snow.
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(Luke Cossette)
Friday, February 13, 2026
Morning
Observation Scheduling 
[ Trails Open: Partial ]
Snowmaking loops still holding up. Some dirt/debris mixed in ( esp. SW segment loop) "B" skis. Note: Saturday 9-Noon, the Loopy Loppet will use the full remaining course, including Storbakken Hill 9-10:30 ( after that, much of the hill may be mixed use, skiers/sledders).
(Mike Trantow)
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle Scheduling 
[ Trails Open: Partial, Good skis ]
Nice skating on the machine made trail today, nice track as well. There will be a race this Saturday morning from 9 to about noon. Grooming plans: There may be times next week where grooming may need to be suspended due to weather. Will try to stay in contact with the city and post as we know.
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(Jim Bennett)
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Partial, Good skis ]
The artificial snow loops are still looking good for snow depth, etc. Due to how much mud is around the trails (and on the walk from the parking lot), there is some mud/dirt on the skate deck, sadly. It also seems it hasn't been groomed for a few days, so the classic tracks look pretty rough/swept out especially.
(Amy Hocraffer)
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: Partial, Good skis ]
I drove up from Iowa to find some snow and these man made trails were amazing! Thanks to all the people who make this happen. The skate skiing and classic skiing on the "made snow" routes was perfect.
(Jessica Tapper)
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
The artificial snow loops are in great shape considering the warm weather yesterday. Shallow classic tracks are present along most of the trails. Skate deck is firm and not too icy. Mid-20s with moderate wind was pleasant.
(Luke Cossette)

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