The 7-8 inches of new, fine, dense snow was groomed today with the piston bully. The entire trail was groomed from the golf course to Hwy F. Double classic tracks were set on the golf course and out to 8.5 K, single classic tracks were set on the rest of the system. The classic tracks are deep and firm, the skate lane has nice cord but as a bit soft today, but it should harden up tonight. The trail is now ready for your good skis! The attached picture shows the trail near the end of the day after many skiers had enjoyed the trail.

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(Jim Beno)

We received about 7 inches of fine, dense, new snow overnight. I skied on the golf course where it had been rolled earlier in the day. Skating was nice, a little soft but not bad, the new snow packed down nicely onto the firm base. The trail should groom up very well!

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(James Beno)

Skied the golf course and out to the 9 K mark. This section was groomed this morning and had some nice loose transformed snow/ice bits on top of a firm base. The skate skiing was pretty fast and fun. Classic tracks were fair to poor.

(James Beno)

Classic track was fair to poor. Tracks are a little icy about an inch and a half deep, except for the spots were the ice fell off the trees. Skate deck was fair to good. The groomers did a good job of roughing it up.

(Tom Meyer)

Spring skiing conditions. A firm crusty base that was easy to get an edge on. Sticks and twigs on the trail in the woods. Skied early today when it was 31 degrees.

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(James Beno)

Firm and fast skating in the freezing fog. Skated on trail segments on the golf course side of old 32 with Jim the trail groomer. Classic tracks were glazed, skate lane was solid.

(Dan Statz)

I skied most of my time around the golf but did go on some other trails. I thought they were very good trails, everything was well groomed and tracks set nice. Yes, they can use more snow but everyone that I talked to today was happy with the trails. I wish I could have stayed longer.

(Tim Doemel)

Skied the golf course, out to 8 K and around the beginners loop. A thin layer of granular snow on top of a hard base. The trail surface is uneven except on the golf course where it is level. Pretty nice early season skating. Classic tracks well were skied in.

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(James Beno)

Skate skied from old 32 to golf course and took several laps. Some debris on trip to golf course, golf course was nice. A half inch of snow over ice. Thankful to be out skiing, did 10 miles.

(John McKenzie)

Skied the golf course and the big hills behind the golf course. A firm but uneven base was covered with a quarter to a half inch of silky, fresh snow. Full coverage on the trail with a fair amount of sticks and debris. The conditions are still early season, but the glide was quite nice!

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(James Beno)