Vasaloppet USA is singing a new song - April in Mora. Absolutely beautiful trails for a 2nd season-ending race. About 65 skiers showed up to race the 10 & 20 k. Tuesday's snow was groomed to perfection for a 10 k course for skate and classic. More parking had to be quickly plowed. A grouse sitting a couple feet from the trail. A bald eagle circling overhead looking for struggling skiers (me?). A lot of smiling skiers. There will be good skiing for a while yet with the manufactured snow base, and the recent natural snow.

(Michael Sweet)

There was about 9km of groomed and tracked trail up in Mora today. The skate deck was firm for the most part and a little slow and creaky on my first two laps. The trail got faster on the next two laps as the sun got lower in the sky. Definitely worth the trip. Thanks for grooming!

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(Artie Huber)

About 7 K groomed. Piston Bully groomed, packed powder, blue wax. Skating looked great. What a morning of skiing, best April ski ever, but would have been great skiing anytime.

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(Jim Smith)

About 6K of trails were groomed this afternoon during another 5+ inches of new snow, that plus last weekend's snow and all the trails are in amazing shape!

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(Phoebe Miron Kroll)

No April Foolin' - Classic skied on hardwax on April 1st! Vasaloppet Nordic Center trails were groomed overnight after about 8" of fresh snow, at least the main 5k loop and a couple of the cutoffs/offshoots. Ranged from rock-solid to pretty soft in some areas, a few thin spots in the tracks to watch out for, but overall fantastic for April 1st. When I arrived at 10:45AM, I was the only car in the parking lot, but over the next couple of hours, was joined by a half-dozen locals enjoying the trails.

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(Jason Dalebroux)

5km of Nordic Center trails were groomed Saturday morning after overnight snowfall. Very good conditions and some classic track set.

(Wade Weber, Vasaloppet USA)

Skied the Last Chance race yesterday and skied some of the other trails this morning... The skiing is still quite good and a lot of the trails are in B ski shape, however, there are some areas that are starting to burn through. It's icy right around the nordic center but as soon as you get to the first gate the snow is much better.

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(Phoebe Miron Kroll)

Spring skiing is excellent in Mora! The skate deck is firm and fast but not icy and the tracks are holding up well... could probably still use good skis but the B skis were in the car.

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(Phoebe Miron Kroll)

If you didn't classic ski the Nordic Center trails this morning you may have missed possibly the best classical skiing of the season. Tracks were hard and fast, but not too icy. Use the good skis. Can't have much more enjoyment this side of heaven!

(Chuck Flanders)

All trails are groomed and in excellent condition! Classic tracks set on all trails along with skate lane. Roughly 15k.

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(Lucas Olen)