I listed the trails closed as I'd not ski out there. It's pretty poor out there now. I did not ski. I'm not sure if anyone has skied since the weekend. Unless some decent snow arrives there will be no more grooming. Trail is thin and likely bare spots now. A lot of debris out there from storms. We've gotten .3-.5" of rain. I'm switching to hiking and biking now.

(John Carlson)

We found super nice spring skiing at Valley Spur in the Goldilocks Zone (10AM to about noon) this morning!

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(Mary Kay Aufrance)

A great turnout yesterday as skiers caught the "Goldilocks" hour. They enjoyed some great skiing and full sunshine. They also had low calorie home made goodies in the Lodge. This morning skiers showed up earlier and caught the Goldilocks hour. Still decent coverage on most of our trails. Stay tuned as it is only the first week of March, plenty of time for some cold weather and snow.

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(John Gierke)

I intended on skiing here in the morning, but instead I got here at 2 pm and my car's thermometer was reading 50F. I was expecting the worst after a muddy/slushy parking lot and a large bare/icy spot near the lower trailhead, but fortunately that was by far the worst of it. Coverage was excellent throughout most of the trail system, and despite the temperatures I wasn't sinking in that much, although it was an extremely slow skate. Some of the spots in the shade were even icy! The tracks looked to be in good shape as well. There was a ton of debris in quite a few areas, some of which was difficult to avoid, thus the B skis rating.

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(Kyle Richard)

Skate and classic regroomed since yesterday and in good shape. Windy day so beech leaves were starting to accumulate in tracks when I left. Skating lanes softened as the day went on but still decent. Skins reportedly worked well all day. Lots of happy skiers.

(Paul Lata)

Entire system groomed again early this morning. Kickwax was working well early, but as day went on skins and nowax ruled. Skating proved better this morning after the morning groom and temps in upper 20's overnight. Full sun and strong SW winds made glide difficult after 2pm. Lows barely reaching 32F tonight, so get out as early as you can. Normally this is Taste N Glide weekend, but we would have had to order food two weeks ago. However people are still going to show up and enjoy the trails and socialize.

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(John Gierke)

A lot of fresh snow yesterday and overnight from recent storm. Entire system groomed yesterday after 6-8" Tues/Weds. More lake effect snow yesterday and overnight so another full groom. We never lost our base during last few weeks warming spell. Classic tracks were excellent today with some blue kick wax. Lodge is open 10a-4p each day. We are in the middle of a fundraising campaign to purchase new grooming equipment as present equipment is at the end of its useful life so consider donating.

(John Gierke)

Still good coverage on the trail. With temps freezing overnight and up in the 40's in the afternoon timing is everything. Yesterday with full sun early the trails up top became soft and slow by noon. Today I was off Y and W by 11:30 and they were just starting to soften. A good chance to work on weight shift and balance. No grooming until the next new snow(??).

(John Gierke)

Finally temperatures dropped into the teens and stayed there all day today. John C was able groom so used Ginzu scratch up some of the skate lanes. Light lake effect flurries coming in off and on all day. The light snow in the older classic tracks provided kick, so skiers said skins were working. The light snow slowed things down on the hills.

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(John Gierke)

16 degrees at around noon, 15-20 mph winds, with light snow showers throughout our ski. Skied Trails A, B, D, H, W, Y. Around an inch of fresh snow over a renovated skate deck - a little crunchy. Classic skied with skins. Tracks were solid and fun to ski in with the light fresh snow in them. In my opinion, best skiing currently in the Midwest/Great Lakes! We will be back Saturday and Sunday!

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(Steve Scharrer)