Headed out for a skijor around midday. A couple of inches of fresh snow on top of a fairly soft skate deck made the skating a bit of a slog. I think classic would have been a better bet. Beautiful in the woods with the freshly flocked trees.

(Catherine Winter)

Beautiful! Groomer was busy just before 2 pm at the east parking lot trail head. After the fresh snow it was as great as one would have expected.

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(Matthew Daly)

Otter Run was pure bliss today. Only a single skier had apparently been on it after it was groomed, and there was new powder on top of those tracks. Would have been even faster with next colder grip wax! Perfect trail condition for getting youngsters out on an easy trail - if you can keep them warm.

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(Charles Ek)

Terrific skiing conditions. About 2" fresh, fluffy snow fell overnight. Blue Ox and Nine Pines were in excellent condition, and Bear Paw looked good. The classic tracks are blown over in the open areas of Nine Pines but skiing is still manageable in those spots.

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(Nicholas Lansing)

Some debris on trail Thursday afternoon but a firm skate deck. Dave groomed again last night. Sounds like Snowflake and Boulder are the places to be this weekend.

(John Paulson)

Lake Crossing in excellent condition with a few very small patches of frozen slush. Crust over the former slush is hard and groomed. Bear Paw and Blue Ox in fast, excellent condition. A few leaves on the trail, and one of them dumped me on a hill. An excellent, uncrowded outing!

(Charlie Ek)

Sublime skiing, with fast transformed snow, and incredible grooming. Almost effortless, on a wonderful sunny morning. Nice to be able to recharge on Apple Cider and Hot Chocolate. Did all skate trails including campground loop and they were great. Even the lake crossing was good, which surprising with the thin snow coating on the lake. Wow, Dave, you are the best!

(Bob Beresford)

We skated and classic skied Bear Paw and Blue Ox today. The classic track is in excellent shape but the skate deck has seen quite a bit of traffic and is pretty firm. Mother Nature has blown quite a bit of debris throughout too! I'd wait until it's groomed again to head out.

(Eve Graves)

A great afternoon at Boulder--skied Blue Ox, Nine Pine, and Lonesome Grouse and all were well groomed. With 30 degrees, it was a bit slow, but otherwise perfect and great to see young kids out on the trail giving it a go. Nice to see no one walking in the tracks, snowmobiling, etc. Now if only they would stop clear cutting!

(Greg Swenson)

Beautiful conditions for skijoring today at Boulder. Boulder's web site says they groomed it Tuesday, and this afternoon there was a half inch or so of new snow over a firm base. We were skating but the tracks looked good, too, though they were kind of covered by snow that blew over the trail in the recently logged areas. I hadn't been to Boulder this year and was startled by how much more of the forest has been logged.

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(Catherine Winter)