Overcast and 24 degrees when I arrived just after noon, 22 and clearing when I left a bit after 3 pm. Excellent skiing, both skate and classic. Trails were groomed late Tuesday, and last night's cm or two of snow had been nicely skied in to the very good track, so glide was great. Blue wax gave excellent kick. I also hopped out to the skate lane a number of times for a few V2s. It was nice and firm and the cm or so of fluffy snow gave a wonderful feel. Virtually no leaves in the classic tracks, which have been a problem elsewhere. The few places with some pine needles did not seem to slow my glide at all. I think best conditions at Boulder in a couple of years.

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(Tim Holst)

Groomed either early morning or yesterday evening. Nice conditions and fast. Some pine needles on the trail.

(Jim Brych)

Noob Classic Skier. Skied Otter, not groomed recently, lots of snowshoe tracks in ski lines. I use Fischer Twin Skins (waxless) and found that I had a little trouble with gliding. Weather was nice, 20 degrees and slight wind, snow was over a foot deep and well packed on the trail. Not too crowded, but super friendly people on the trail!

(Scott Goodland)

Bear Paw, Nine Pines, and Blue Ox all in good condition with very little debris other than the occasional leaf or pinecone. Trails are pretty firm underneath about an inch and a half of new snow making things somewhat slow going. Classic tracks looked solid except across the lake.

(Tony Corradi)

Perfect! Skied Blue Ox and Grouse. Wonderful conditions, deep set tracks. Had the whole place to myself after dark.

(Lori Hanson)

Skate skied Bear Paw and 9 Pine. Both in good shape except for two sets of boot tracks in part of 9 Pine.

(Stan Johnson)

Great ski at Boulder today. 9 degrees upon arrival. Swix VR40 with a touch of VR30 over the top kicked great. Excellent track pretty much everywhere. First day out on the good skis...very satisfying ski!

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(Mick Dodds, Ski Hut)

Great weather, good tracks, and cute furry friends. What more could you ask for! Skied Lonesome Grouse and Nine Pine. Tracks were heavily used, but in good shape.

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(Woody Unruh)

-4 F. Partly sunny, calm. Perfect conditions. Full parking lots at both entrances. The tracks were deep and solid. The skate deck looked great. On part of Nine Pine from the parking lot by Bear Paw several people had walked on the trail, sometimes on the classic track. Otherwise excellent. Sundays and Thursdays are dog days, but there wasn’t any dog poop on the trail. Only what looked like coyote or wolf scat.

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(Louise Levy)

Great ski at Bear Paw in frigid temps. No wind in the woods though. Skate deck looked groomed and firm (nearly everywhere). Classic track was reasonably used and still in great condition. A few leaves/debris were in the classic track they slowed one down a bit but manageable. Woods were beautiful!

(Javariah Asghar)