The Vasaloppet Center had just received a nice snow fall. We arrived to find the groomers had already gone out and groomed the trails to perfection. Fresh tracks and surprisingly firm skate deck. Used good skis and had a blast skiing on natural snow. Very nice conditions. It was great to see all the kids out skiing on New Year's eve.

(Ray Johnston)

3km of the 14km total. The lighted trail, with an additional 1km of new hills, have been fully groomed and are ready with full classic tracks set along the entire Groomed section. Additional trails have been skied upon but not fully groomed and will be Snow Farmed as the snow pile is builds over the next few days in preparation for the First Chance Race and Expo on January 5th.

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(Jon Larson)

A bit icy conditions today; groomer/ice crusher came through while I was there, and made some nice corduroy. Pleasant day, they are doing a great job of putting together the trail network, especially considering the warmer weather from last week.

(Phil Nicolas)

Trail conditions are improving. We currently have 2+ KM of hard packed trail with more then 5" of base. Classic Tracks are set on most of the trail. We will be adding more snow first thing in the morning and as conditions permit.

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(Jon Larson)

The Vasaloppet Nordic Center now has 1.8km of trails open all with manufactured snow. A short 250 meter loop around the Nordic is tracked for classic skiing and is excellent skiing. Remaining loop to Bowl is in good condition, but a little dirty in spots. Very fast.

(Wade Weber, Vasaloppet USA)