Skated all the trails this morning. So-so conditions as they have not been groomed for a couple of days (a rarity at SMF as you can usually count on daily grooming). The green and red were a little better than the outer loops as the purple (including connector) and yellow were a little uneven. I didn't ski the blue- too many hikers using it. Coverage was good. There are a few thin areas in the usual spots but nothing unavoidable or ski damaging.

(Tom Heinitz)

Skied almost everything twice, skate in the morning and classic in the afternoon. Everything is in very good shape and had been groomed either today or in the last day or two. There is occasionally leaf litter and other schmutz in the track, but very easy to avoid. Was great to see many people out enjoying the trails today. Yellow trail in particular was a delight.

(Mitchell Campbell)

I think we've got enough snow to make a go of it! The City groomers have groomed the recent 4" and the trails are soft. Skied my skate skis. The red loop was grabby snow. A track is set too. Great coverage, no bare spots. Lots of people out. The woods in the Municipal Forest are beautiful right now with the fresh, fluffy snow.

(Richard Kaufman)

Everything except the yellow trail has been groomed and fresh track set. Grooming plans: Continued grooming and widening will take place tomorrow.

(Jodi Saylor)

All trails are groomed and track set as of Monday. Conditions are good but still some thin spots and debris on the trails. Grooming will continue through the week.

(Jodi Saylor)

Skated most of green, red, blue, and inner purple. The skate deck is in pretty good shape, a bit rutted and still kind of soft. Some of the ravines are still a bit perilous, could use more snow. Most trails were tracked and the tracks looked to be in pretty good shape. Some leaf litter in a few spots. Pretty avoidable (I used my good skis without issues), but you might want to use B skis. Outer purple and yellow appear to not be groomed yet.

(Mitchell Campbell)

Trails are beautifully groomed right now. Skate deck is soft but slippery, deep classic track set. Some debris on the trail, but just pine cones and small sticks. I used good skis without any issues. Most of the trails are groomed with track, except for the back loop of purple and the yellow trail.

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(Peter Coenen)

Generally good conditions overall. A bit soft everywhere and thin in spots but very nicely groomed and tracked today. Classic tracks mostly full depth but into the pine needles and other duff here and there. The yellow trail and the part of the purple that heads south into the woods toward the yellow are ungroomed. The groomer I spoke with today said he’d work those areas Monday.

(Todd Campbell)

The parts of the trail system we used (the trails marked blue and part of the trails marked red) had been rolled. The rolled trail had set but was still pretty soft. It was probably easier classic skiing than skating on it. For a bit of the red system I thought it appeared that there was a set track, but it was shallow, and I think it was actually just a skied-in track and not groomed. Nice day to be out in the Superior Municipal Forest. The trees still had their snow loads.

(Sara Zimmer)

Trails are packed but not tracked for classic skiing. The trails are in great condition. Skied the red and green trails.

(Debra Bergstrom)