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)

It was fast skiing out today. The tracks were pretty slick, and definitely a waxless day. My buddies skating said it was good and fast. There were a couple of pretty thin spots, but they were easily stepped around. I had no worries at all about my skis at all. The groomers have done a nice job.

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

Boulder was great with a firm skate deck from side to side. Fast, but you can still get a good skate edge on Bear Paw and Blue Ox. Track sets are very good too. We took off our skis and walked down the 100 feet to the lake crossing and enjoyed the Ski Den.

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(John Paulson)

Great conditions. A dusting of fresh snow took care of any icy spots in tracks. Skate deck looked very good also.

(Rhonda O'Leary)

We classic skied, skate skied and skijored today just on the Bear Paw loop today and it was awesome! The classic tracks were in great shape as well as the skate deck. We were surprised at how few people were on the trails there today! The lake did not look safe to cross as there was some standing water/slush. Thank you to all those who followed the rules and kept their dogs on leash (there were a few off and there is a leash rule.)

(Eve Graves)

I parked in the East Parking lot trailhead. The Super Highway was dreamland smooth. I'd say 95% of the trails was perfect for skating. The deck is firm from side to side and the track sets were great and not icy. The only locations to exercise caution are at the new access to the lake where there is very little snow, and in the reroute on Nine Pine where the reroute was made for the expansion of gravel pit operations. Just keep an eye out for a couple of roots or rocks in that short stretch.

(John Paulson)

19 degrees to start - firm deck. Really nice out there. The short hill up from the lake crossing to the south loops is down to the dirt, careful there but awesome thru nine pine, blue ox, and Bear Paw. Classic sets looked a little thin in spots. Worth the extra minutes to get there!

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(Justin Salisbury)