The groomers when crazy today. Starting at 6 am. Orchard beautifully groomed both skate and classic. Hilltop skate only, but beautiful. Warm-up nice firm classic track, good for both skate and classic. Baltos groomed, so get the dog out and enjoy. Only skate track on Baltos as this time. And North Loop freshly groomed, the classic track is old and icy, but wonderful for skating.

(Bruce Busta)

North Loop is in good shape for skating. The tracker broke, so no classic track at the North Loop. There is a classic track at Riverside Park.

(Bruce Busta)

Skied orchard loop and it was groomed beautifully! No branches, grass, or rocks. Conditions were perfect for skating.

(Angie Olson)

North Loop freshly groomed on Thursday. Good for skating. Classic track not very good as it is icy.

(Bruce Busta)

North Loop is freshly groomed and in a little better shape than the Orchard Loop. North loop has an icy classic track. Best for skating.

(Bruce Busta)

Orchard, Warm-up and Hill top in reasonable shape, given our lack of snow. Some grass sticking through, but overall very skiable. Baltos not groomed yet. Northloop was groomed today, so it is also an option. Thanks to the groomers for really doing a great job with this minimal snow.

(Bruce Busta)

The groomers did some testing this afternoon with the low snow conditions and feel that they should be able to make a reasonable skate deck. The plan is to groom the Greystone trails Saturday night. Orchard and Warm-up will be groomed first. Hopefully they can also get to Hilltop and Baltos. No classic tracks, only skate due to lack of snow.

(Bruce Busta)

These trails have little snow but the grooming that was done provides a great ski experience. Grass and soft brush sticking up mostly on the Dog Loop, but Orchard loop is very nicely covered for the most part. Survived Sundays melt, still a nice ski workout for freestyle. No classic tracks really possible to be set, although some have skied them in along portions of the trail. I wouldn't drive far to ski here with this snow level, but it is better than nothing. Thanks groomers for doing what you could with the snow.

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(Dean Kleinhans)

Skied Orchard Loop. No classic track, but a B+ for skating. Nice job by the groomers given the sparse snow we have had.

(Bruce Busta)

Good snow conditions on Balto’s loop with just some grass coming through. The groomers did a great job!

(Angela Olson)