The current warm weather has had little negative effect on our trails. We are in the Spring skiing freeze/thaw cycle and that means fast skiing even after some grooming. We do have a very deep base that is 24 inches or more throughout the system. Tons of great skiing yet to be had! Skating is especially good with a flat and firm deck. Come check it out!

(Dan Rabine)

We received another somewhat unexpected 2 inches of snow overnight so we rolled and set tracks on all trails again this morning. 16 degrees and full sun at noon. Beautiful conditions.

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(Dan Rabine)

Excellent conditions with a dusting of lake effect snow. Skate deck is solid with good pole plants. Great classic skiing with the light fresh snow. Slower speeds on the big hills with the cold fresh snow. Look for great conditions through the weekend.

(John Gierke)

It’s been along time since we’ve skied at valley spur and we forgot how beautiful it was especially the river trail. We also forgot how challenging some of the bigger hills were and refresh our memory pretty fast. But it was a beautiful day to ski with light snow coming in by the afternoon the sun was shining.

(Kevin Hillegas)

Two inches of new snow fell today, and it was snowing hard at 4:30 when we left the parking lot. From talking with skiers in the shelter who had skied yesterday and today the conditions were much better today. Plenty of snow but the conditions were tricky. Skiing was slow due to the new snow but on occasion as you went down a hill, your speed would oscillate from slow to fast (due to the hard pack snow below the new snow). Tracks were a strong fair to good rating.

(Roy Peterson)

Trails remain in excellent shape again today. Light traffic this week and temps below freezing are keeping them soft and supple on top for skating and the tracks are not glazed and still in Blue wax condition. We did a packed base measurement this morning out on the trail and in the woods and it measured 24 inches packed base and 40 inches in the woods. As always the scenery is beautiful.

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(Dan Rabine)

Just a light dusting of snow over the last couple days has the trails skiing very well. During the warm spell and heavy wet snowfalls we've had recently we were able to roll pack and drag all trails regularly. Now the cold temps have returned and things have set up nicely. Trails are very firm and very flat with deep tracks and plenty of width throughout.

(Dan Rabine)

Trails are in really nice condition today. We finally have gotten some freezing temperatures at night. We have received a lot of heavy wet snow in the last bunch of days which has been challenging for grooming and skiing but we stayed at it and the trails are really nice. Very flat and solid skate lanes and our classic tracks are very good as well. We are hoping the warmer temps have passed and the cold temps will return. Get out and enjoy the beauty!

(Dan Rabine)

All groomed and tracked with snow coated trees. Beautiful. Hills were moderately fast with good control. Only issue was groomer left a seam or trench in places a foot or two in from inside track. Made the downhills a little more exciting than they needed to be!

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(Daryl Hinz)

Another 4 inches of unexpected cold, fluffy snow overnight had us out rolling and setting new tracks on all trails this morning. We also took the big Ginzu out and groomed D, Y and W. Trails are in excellent shape today.

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(Dan Rabine)