I skied Elver yesterday and today. Big difference. Since yesterday, most of the west side trails have iced over and are somewhat difficult bordering on treacherous to ski. Moved to the man made loop. Snow was great and it was super well groomed. Bring your good skis for the manufactured loop. Bring rock skis for anywhere else.

(Kris Evans)

West side trails have been rolled but are pretty sketchy still - rutted and inconsistent firmness. No groomed classic track yet. Word from Yuriy is that they plan on rolling the east trails and grooming in the near future. The man-made loop is currently cut in half due to snowmaking operations taking place on the hill. If you're ok with about a 200 meter loop, the skate deck and classic tracks were beautifully groomed and in great shape.

(Adam Bodensteiner)

This report is for the West side only. At 12:30 the trails had been rolled once, lots of loose snow and a rough skier set classical track but good skiing. As I left the trails were being rolled again so I returned later. Still not packed nor tracked. Not as much loose snow, even without tracks striding was good, skating as well but choppy in parts. There may not to be enough snow to pack or set tracks, I did see a little ground in spots. I did see the grooming sled being pulled into the park as I left.

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(Robert Abendroth)

Stopped by to check grooming status. No grooming yet. It looks like there is a pretty hard skied-in deck and marginal skied-in classic tracks on the artificial loop. Piston Bullies appear to not have moved since the snowfall.

(Adam Bodensteiner)

No grooming aside from the mandmade loop. Tracks of varying quality skied in elsewhere, but still pretty slow going. The snow is quite deep in many places (definitely deeper than at my place on the isthmus), should make for a good base once groomed.

(Mitchell Campbell)

The 400m manmade loop was open and groomed, though getting a little chopped up by the time we went around 2pm. Most of the people on that loop were skate skiing. It didn't look like anything else was groomed, but we could see tracks tamped down from enough people doing classic skiing along the same path for the trails heading west.
People were not wearing masks but they were staying 6 feet apart or more, which I believe is still the current recommendation for outdoors (Dane County Public Health website: "We strongly recommend wearing a face covering when you are outdoors and unable to stay six feet from people you don’t live with."). [ Note: Please check your local ordinances for mask mandates and pandemic recommendations -- Ed. ]

(Sarah Guillot)

West side wooded area of Elver skied in but not groomed. No machine tracks. Lots of snow. I didn't check out the manmade loop or the east side. And hey, please wear masks when other skiers are near you! [ Note: Please check your local ordinances for mask mandates and pandemic recommendations -- Ed. ]

(Elizabeth Mackey)

No grooming today. Snow storm stopped at noon. Several skiers slogging thru 6-8 inches of ungroomed snow on the short snowmaking loop. Skier made tracks on the west trails only. Two PB groomers ready to go. Hopefully all will be groomed tomorrow morning.

(Marc Young)

No grooming, but at least 20 others were out there when I was, bushwacking around and setting trail ourselves. Too many footprints in the middle of trails, I hope they will go to the side as we ski it in.

(Dave Minden)

Skied the 400 m artificial loop around 11:30 am. The snow is getting soft but not bad at all. Classic tracks are well established but soft. As mentioned before there is a spot getting a bit thin at the bottom of the hill so look out for that.

(Adam Bodensteiner)