The 10k was super, as good as ski conditions get. Firm cord with solid pole plants. Almost no debris. The 3k loop on top of the hill could use a grooming pass.

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(Fritz Anderson)

The trail system has received a good amount of snow in the last 4 days. The system will be rolled throughout the day on Tuesday and Wednesday, and with new snow in the forecast, plan for the whole system to be groomed and ready to ski on Thursday.

(Siiri Morse)

The intermediate and easy loops at Spirit Mountain were in good shape, though only about half of them had been recently groomed. Those that were not were a bit soft, but quite skiable for skate, and getting better with traffic. I didn't venture out on the expert loops, which looked even softer. The connector to Magney Spivey was excellent, and made me wish we had gone there instead, but ah well.

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(Lois Braun)

Classic skiied the upper 3K loop which was in surprisingly good shape for today's youth ski. A bit of leaf debris on the trail but the view with frost covered trees lining the trail were breathtaking.

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(Karla Miller)

I had hopes for freshly groomed trails but was sadly disapointed. Trails appear to have not been groomed for a while. Mix of new snow, wind blown drifts and hard pack. Overall fairly poor conditions. There are better choices to ski today. I did ski over to Magney and found great conditions (city groomed).

(John Jereczek)

The Nordic Spirit Ski Race was held today on the trail system. Racers enjoyed fantastic conditions. The whole trail system was groomed with double classic tracks. The tracks will remain until Monday evening. Skate skiing available at Grand Avenue Nordic Center.

(Siiri Morse)

All trails have been rolled, groomed and tracked! Condition are soft, but coverage is complete. Enjoy the beautiful conditions!

(Reitler Hodgert)

Trails are firm and classic track is hard set. Good conditions on whole trail system with debris in classic track and on skate lane from recent storms and high winds. All trails will be groomed Friday afternoon. Trails are closed from 9AM to 12PM this Saturday, January 19th for the Frosted Fatty Fat Bike XC race. Trails will be groomed Saturday after Frosted Fatty race is completed.

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(Siiri Morse)

Attempted to classic ski, but wouldn't recommend it. Tons of leaves in the tracks and the skate deck was abrasive to strip off any kick wax you have. The combination of the leaves causing me to velcro to the track on downhills and stripping of the wax and losing all kick if I stepped out of the track made for an unpleasant ski. May have been more enjoyable with waxless skis or skin skis for classic skiing.

(Tera Hasbargen)

Very good conditions with complete snow coverage and fresh grooming. The base seems very strong. At the beginning of the morning it was a touch icy but that softened as the day warmed. This is a great trail! (We drove through the Seven Bridges area, too, and it seemed to have great snow. ).

(R. T. Rybak)