A couple of inches of new snow since the last grooming made the skating a bit of a slog, especially where there was drifting in the clear cuts. Classic tracks looked good throughout and were deep and firm when I hopped into them on downhills. Someone snowmobiled on Blue Ox but the damage doesn't go very far.

(Catherine Winter)

Skied here Monday and both skate and classic were freshly groomed and in great condition.

(Adam Van Straten)

High teens and some sun, some clouds on Saturday morning at Boulder. About an inch or so of new snow slowed it down a little from earlier in the week, but still reasonably fast, and faster as it was skied in by some more skiers. Good classic tracks on the whole south loop system. A bit blown over on one or two of the exposed places, but only for a few tens of meters. Beautiful in the woods. The skaters I saw said it was nice.

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(Tim Holst)

Boulder was really busy today! The parking lot was almost full when we left, first time I've seen that many cars and I've been going for years! Lots of dogs, some skijoring, some loose. We stuck to Bear Paw and warming hut today, tracks were in great shape, solid and the skate deck had a lot of use, but was even and had loose snow on top. Thank you to the groomers for all their hard work!

(Eve Graves)

Otter Run was groomed well with some needle and bark bits debris. This was an occasion when the failure on my part to recognize the difference between the air temperature and the snow temperature led me to overemphasize grip when waxing. The recycled old snow had cooled overnight with a near-zero low temperature and was nowhere near as warm as the air (mid 20s). Glide was poor without a wetter surface. Caveat waxer.

(Charles Ek)

Quick skate lanes with some crumble throughout the skate system that skis easily glide over. Tracksets are about 1/2 the normal depth, but still good and not what I'd consider icy. Enjoy!

(John Paulson)

Trails were recently groomed and had half an inch of fresh snow over hard packed snow. Skied all of the freestyle trails and snow was free from debris and pretty fast.

(Adam Van Straten)

27 F at 8:00 AM Saturday morning. Just a half-inch dusting of new snow on beautifully groomed trails. Boulder has been doing a great job on the trails this year. Fischer Zeros gave reasonable glide with Fast Wax red paste, and plenty of kick, no clumping. Not the fastest conditions of the year, but darn good, given the temp and all the new snow we have had recently. Absolutely beautiful out there in the woods. Has this been a great season already, or what?!

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(Tim Holst)

We skated Blue Ox, Nine Pine and Bear Paw Sunday afternoon. It was evident there had been plenty traffic on the trails earlier in the day but it was still the hardest I've worked for roughly 11k all year. New snow left a good 2-4" of fluff on the skate course, probably would've been better to classic until groomed. Little to no debris on the trail.

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(Sophia Jungbauer)

We skijored, classic skied and skate skied Blue Ox and Bear Paw today. I know the groomer did the trails yesterday, but they got at least 2 to 3 inches of new snow on top of that which made for a tough skate. The classic tracks were pretty well skied in and mostly intact. They work hard out there to keep the trails in tip top shape so I'm sure they will be out soon!

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(Eve Graves)