About 4" of fresh, ungroomed snow from yesterday slowed things down a bit, but temps and glide were excellent. Skied Homestead and Hogback, neither of which had seen much traffic and were good skating. Areas near the Sawbill trailhead that had seen more traffic were getting a little bit choppy, but were plenty skiable.

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(Tim Lupfer)

Started at Britton Peak Trailhead and skate skied to the Hogback Loop, the Bridge Run, and then back to the trailhead. Thank you groomers (and Mother Nature too, of course) for doing an outstanding job. Skate deck was in perfect condition. Since our family was visiting the Tofte area for the weekend, we also visited nearby Temperance River State Park, and hiked north from Hwy 61 along the Superior Hiking Trail to the first river bridge, and then back. Scenery there was equally fantastic. Great weekend on the North Shore!

(Jon Clark)

Gorgeous conditions and weather set the this jewel trail system of the north shore apart from all others. Skied the Picnic today in sheer joy on well set tracks. Temp high 20's to 30. Skate deck hard packed.

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(Liz Wagner)

From Onion River Rd, took Picnic loop and the shorter connections to complete the loop. Some drifting in classic tracks on Onion Rd but enough skiers had gone over it so that it didn't really matter. Very little drifting on the Picnic Loop itself, just a dusting here and there on the corduroy for the skaters. An excellent experience, great conditions. Coming around to the blue trails on the lake side of the trail system, classic tracks were largely drifted with packed snow (outer part of Homestead was the worst, and the J to L section was also drifted but had seen a bit more traffic). Slow overall but more time to see the sights and enjoy the ski.

(Sara Zimmer)

I skied the Maple and Upland Loops at Moose Fence Trailhead. Trails have been freshly groomed since the last snow. Classic track was in good shape, no drifting. Fresh corduroy had what looked like 1/4" of fine dust from today's winds.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

Skied the Onion River Road trail from the parking lot and then back along the Onion River. Freshly groomed this morning and very good conditions.

(Scott Northard)

Didn't see skating courdurouy on the Oberg Loop but there was some on the parallel green trails that run N-S between points L, W, X, M. We skied classic, good deep tracks the whole way. Left shortly after the snow started coming down hard this afternoon.

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(Cory Quirk)

Skied from Britton Peak: over to Homestead and then back to Hogback. The freshly groomed trails from the night/day before had a dusting of new snow on top of them--and the warmer temps made for varied conditions. Alternating between grippy (in the sun--climbing from I to H, I was accumulating in the kick zone, although a group of four had just flown down the hill enjoying the speed and challenge) and really slippery/glid-y (where people had packed down the fresh powder). The heavy overnight winds had mild drifting into the classic track in a few places--in most of them, one could remain in the classic tracks (although the top of Hogback required a bit of navigating around a drift). The big exception (emphasis on big) was the top of Homestead (the point that looks back to Lake Superior). There, the drifts went across both the classic tracks and skate lane and may have been knee high in a few places. The fact that conditions were so good after a 30+ degree change in temperature with new snow and really strong gusts overnight is evidence of the high-quality grooming.

(Erik Larson)

Once again Sugarbush was freshly groomed and in pristine condition. Skied from Oberg around Picnic and Hogback. In spite of all the snow of the last few days, the decks were firm, the tracks solid and there were no pole plant punch throughs. Great conditions!

(Tim Nelson)

All trails were freshly groomed when I started at 9:30 a. m. Classic tracks were all great. Skate deck had fresh corduroy everywhere too. I skied Oberg Loop, Picnic Loop to N and back to L. Connector going from N to Moose Fence also looked groomed.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)