Could use some more extensive grooming. As of noon Saturday (my departure time) the only thing groomed it appeared was Summit and Bronze. Upper Gold, intersecting at the top of Bronze/Summit, had a fresh inch of ungroomed snow from late week and double classics still set from state meet(?). I hit the Silver and it was quite a stiff ungroomed deck since the meet as well as a fresh inch of ungroomed trail elsewhere. No real complaints-still better than ice!

(John WItzmann)

Skied Bronze and Summit. Newly groomed. Skate deck is firm, but not icy. Classic tracks were firm and deep. Oslo has not been groomed recently. Worth the trip for a long training run.

(Tim Blais)

Trails are in great shape despite the warm temps. Crew is prepping the HS state meet course, but also hitting the outer loops for the rest of us- Summit/Biwabik Spur/Bronze loop freshly groomed (skate and classic tracks) with the PB last night and was absolutely perfect for a morning ski.

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(Shawn Callahan)

Singing praises on a Sunday morning! The freeze / thaw whip was all turned over into extremely smooth buttah! All the trails were five stars +! Cheers to the GR groomers!

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(Cheri Johnson)

Giants Ridge snow coverage and grooming are the best I've seen in the past three years. PB groomer has been used on all the trails I've tried this week and they are being re-groomed often. The great grooming.....OK, and colder snow, make the technical downhills on Gold and Silver really easy/fun to power through at full speed.

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(Cheryl DuBois)

I was finally able to get up to Giants Ridge for the first time this season and was not disappointed. I skated out on Northern Lights to get to Summit then to Bronze back to the ski center. Northern Lights and Bronze both had nearly pristine corduroy and what looked like good diagonal tracks. Summit had about two inches of fresh snow from last night that had yet to be groomed, but it was nice and fluffy on top of a solid skate deck, so skating was only marginally more difficult. Of course, the descents with the fresh two inches were really fun. Only saw two other skiers over the near 12 km I covered - quiet and beautiful today in the "great white north.".

(David Sonnenberg)

10 out of 10 stars for trail conditions and weather! All trails were opened and freshly groomed during the weekend.

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(Jeff Pesta)

Incredible corduroy! Fast and fun. Everything but Summit, Oslo, and Northern Light/Wynne Creek are freshly groomed. These are likely the best trails currently in NE Minnesota. Giants Ridge has not been hit with the recent wet snow.

(Bria Schurke)

Outstanding conditions at Giants Ridge today. Freshly groomed trails, very little wind and gorgeous scenery made for a memorable day. Silver, Cedar and Gold trails were impeccable. I was skating, but the classic tracks (Gold and Cedar) were also perfect.

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(Steve Squillace)

Giants Ridge didn't get the rain and warm temps that most other parts of the state did. The temps hovered right around freezing and the trails actually picked up about 2" of fresh snow. I skied silver, cedar, and gold, all having fresh corduroy and track. Great conditions at the ridge right now.

(Tony Norland)