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)

Conditions very poor. Long stretches of bare spots, and where there's snow, is hardened by foot traffic. The ski club has been maintaining Forestview recently and not the Arb, but snow conditions in Brainerd are not good. If you want a good ski, go to Duluth or Mt Itasca.

(Doug Reader)

Decent ungroomed classic skiing after about 9 inches Tuesday night. No grooming yet. Light are on (except a couple we're working on getting fixed).

(Owen Baird)