About 4 inches of wet snow this morning made for slow going for skate and stride. Skating was hard work, mixing the new snow in with the moist base. A few icy spots with new snow on top. Tracks are soft and easily damaged, but kick with skin skis was good. Still, a good ski on a nice day.

(John McCarthy)

The man made trails have survived another warmup and rain event. The Piston Bully was out renovating the skate deck and classic tracks. The skate deck is in great condition with full coverage and just a couple of icy patches that can be easily avoided. The classic tracks are in good condition for the most part. There are a few patches of ice and a few bare spots but overall not too bad. Grooming plans: The snow makers will be out Saturday night starting around 7 pm. This will be a short shift and will wrap up sometime early Sunday morning. Expect some trail closures to go into Sunday afternoon.

(Mark Janis)

It was pretty good. Not that slow. Glad I came. Not much dirty snow in the classic tracks. New acoustic tiles in the lodge.

(Mike Dix)

The trail will be soft today. The course is set for the Wednesday races. We still have 100% coverage but there are a few spots that are getting thin and icy.

(Mark Janis)

Nice conditions for skate and stride. A little soft on the skate deck, but firming up as the sun went down. Old tracks are still good with a slushy bottom that gave good kick on my skin skis. Some leafy debris, but mostly very clean. It would be great if we can keep it that way.

(John McCarthy)

I took the Piston Bully out on the man made tonight. I retilled the skate deck but left the tracks. Mark got the playground open earlier so lots of room on the trails!

(Alex Matson)

About a 1.25 mile loop of trail was in good condition. Quite fast on the downhills and a bit slower on the up hills. I tried going on part of the trail without man made snow and it was not great but possibly fine with rock skis.

(Laci Provenzano)

After a busy day at the park the trails were in need of grooming. The Piston Bully was out and tilled the skate deck. The tracks were left in place and are in good condition.

(Mark Janis)

The 2.4k man-made snow loop is now totally complete and was freshly groomed and tracked upon arrival early this morning. Joanie and I skated and strided the trails for a couple of hours. The skate lanes were firm and fast and the tracks were rock-solid. Very good conditions overall. Thanks to the snowmaking and grooming teams for making this happen. The new shelter is a very nice addition to the trail system. Well worth the hour drive from Fitchburg. Trails off the man-made loop have a very thin base.

(Darren Blankenship)

After another round of snow making our trails are get wider and deeper. The Piston Bully was out pushing and leveling the new snow. The skate deck was tilled and is in great condition. New classic tracks were set and are in great condition as well.

(Mark Janis)