A few spots are thin and some debris, but overall very nice. I skied the Central and North trails. It looked to me that all trails were open.

(Brian McCarty)

Trails are in excellent condition. Some spots are thin and there is some debris on the windier parts of the trails like the ridges.

(Gordon Hoyt)

All trails are now groomed with track set except Norway Pine which only has a skate deck. Overall trails are in good condition although they vary from fair to excellent. Track set up nice in most places, but there are a few stretches that aren't great. Those same stretches have a small amount of fine debris, but they are short.

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(Natalie Brown)

Most trails are packed and have a very nice skate deck with very little debris. Red Oak and Wildcat are not packed, but there is plenty of snow for free skiing, it just got too warm and it was packing the groomer, but we'll try to hit those tomorrow. There wasn't quite enough snow to set track.

(Natalie Brown)

From Forest Staff: Warm weather the past few weeks has resulted in a lot of snow loss and then re-freezing causing icy conditions. Also, while we have cleared a lot of trees and branches off of the trail there is a lot of debris still on the trail frozen into the snow and ice. We did get a couple of inches of fresh snow on Thursday but not quite enough to pack the trails again and create decent conditions. We may try packing them tomorrow but I am not hopeful there is enough snow.

(Peter Bakken)

We were able to get some of the trails groomed and track set! There is still a lot of debris on the trail which we will likely be battling all winter. Be prepare for some low hanging branches as well. Trees and limbs are still falling, but much less frequently, so keep your ears open for snapping and don't be upset if there are more down trees down over the weekend. All things considered, the skate lane is in pretty good shape and the tracks set up nicely. We will continue work on clearing next week! Open South, Central, western half of North, Links 2 and 3. Closed: Wildcat, Red Oak, Norway Pine, Ridge, and Link 1.

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(Natalie Brown)

From Forest Staff: A wet and heavy snowfall has caused a considerable number of branches and trees to fall on the trails. It may take days or weeks to get the trails cleared for use. We will be focusing on one section/loop at a time. At this time with the amount of heavy snow still up on the branches we are not recommend any trail use at this time.

(Peter Bakken)