Skate deck is about an inch of well-groomed old snow with some transformed snow mixed in over a hard/icy base. Classic track last set about a week ago, so just skied-in old snow without any of the transformed base showing up. A few small areas of dirty snow but overall very good. Not much for tree debris. Skate deck will probably be groomed daily through the weekend and the classic track is planned to be reset Friday morning. Lumberjack Jaunt open track ski course is marked and ready to go. Note school races will be held at the Arb Saturday from about 8-4:30.

(Owen Baird)

Grooming today broke up the hard skate deck a bit, still some hard-crusty sections, but some softer areas too. New classic track set that looked generally good and seemed to be mostly powdery old snow. Gusty winds to around 40 mph this week brought down a bunch of leaves, needles, and sticks onto the trails. A few sections of dirt in the snow. I didn't ski it but the Northstar trail reportedly crusty and poor for skiing.

(Owen Baird)

Hard base with a little lose snow on top in most areas. A few hard-icy sections, mainly near the trailhead and along the Paul Bunyan trail. Classic track has not been groomed in a while, but well skied-in and in good shape. Just a few small areas of dirty snow, could use good skis with caution. A half-inch of new snow fell while skiing which made for nice skiing, but a little slower snow.

(Owen Baird)

A couple inches of wet snow fell Thursday into early Friday. Trails were packed Friday morning. A few areas were a little hard/glazed from ski traffic in the afternoon, but by skiing on the sides of the skate lane in less skied-on snow the hard sections could be avoided. Classic tracks not reset, but appeared to have been mostly skied-in and looked good.

(Owen Baird)

Better than I expected after the warm days we had this week. Sections of trail were in great condition, and nearly all of the trails had full coverage (I didn't ski North Star as that is classic only). There were areas of thin and dirty snow/debris in the usual spots, but they were easily avoided. The only trail I would recommend avoiding until we get more snow is Big Ben - there was intermittent bare ground on the hills. Rudy's and Acorn were very nice. Fun, fast snow.

(Jacquelyn Bacigalupi)

Skate deck is holding up fairly decent from last snowfall, still a little bit soft. Besides one or two thin spots, southern trails are in the best condition (best skis). A decent amount of debris on the Northern Lights loop in a couple spots (B skis). The hills were in surprisingly good condition.

(Grant Schoen)

About 6 inches of fairly fluffy powder overnight. Trails groomed and track set today. Skate deck a little soft yet, but classic track firm. Previous thin areas now well covered.

(Owen Baird)

Trail conditions are about an inch of ungroomed and skied-over new snow over a couple inches of packed old snow with a crust base. Some thin areas but mostly fairly good. Classic tracks set on most trails but often set down into leaves and dirt. Recent new snows starting to fill in track. Best conditions on most of the lighted trails and Rudy's. The most thin areas and poor track are on Potlatch, Big Ben, and Northstar.

(Owen Baird)

Most trails rolled today after an inch of new snow late yesterday. Still thin to almost bare in some areas, but much of the lighted loops have fairly good skiing.

(Owen Baird)

Trails were rolled Saturday morning. Some new snow on Friday packed down to about a half-inch. Fair skiing where there was residual crust, but very thin coverage and poor skiing were there is just powder over bare ground. Best conditions on Pioneer, Acorn, Rudy's (except big hill).

(Owen Baird)