The trails were groomed today at Spirit. They were great, very deep tracks, and a firm deck throughout. The connector was not groomed today, but skied fine, Magney Loop was also groomed today, for classic and skate. Thank you groomers.

(Joe Gerard)

Skied the entire Upper system. Despite a solid base throughout, the 5K/10K and Campground loop had sections of extensive drifting - Mother Nature has undone some of the nice grooming efforts. Although we were skating we noticed that sometimes the classic tracks were even filled in. The 5K/10K was not groomed very wide, so that V2/skating without poles in the flat/downhill sections put you right over the classic tracks. The situation was exacerbated when the trail was narrowed by drifting snow. Even deep in the woods, a fresh layer of less than an inch of snow over the groomed snow was pretty slow because it was windblown and not fluffy. Not many skiers have gone over it. The last K of the 10K and the campground trail is disrupted by snow machines for a good reason - Search & Rescue training. Skiable yet, but awkward. 3K is in pretty good shape and groomed wider.

(Sara Zimmer)

Can I just write in epic and leave at that? It appears that grooming occurred late yesterday afternoon as I found nothing but perfect, set corduroy. My only improvement would be for work to not get in the way of doing another loop. Tracks were not set as of this morning, but amazing for skate especially on a bluebird day.

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(Jena Ogston)

25F. Super sunny. Eight inches fresh snow. The groomer was just finishing as I was finishing. The entire system has been rolled. No tracks had been set. Grooming plans: Upper Spirit will be closed Friday for race day grooming. The entire system will be double tracked best line. This will remain until Monday or Tuesday so don’t plan to skate at Upper Spirit until after Tuesday.

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(Louise Levy)

13 F. Sunny, light breeze. The grooming in the campground loop is a bit odd, not the usual. - double track around the buildings and reitlers loop, cut off at reitlers not groomed at all. Surface is good, though. There is a seam in the skate deck in most of the 5km and 10km trail. The left side of the skate deck is often softer than the rest of the deck and classic track. The classic track is set great if you're classic skiing, but if you're skating it is hard not to ski into and over the classic tracks. As of about two weeks ago Larry Mishkar is no longer the groomer at upper or lower Spirit.

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(Louise Levy)

Trails were perfect! Very fast and clean! Great job on the groom! I did the 10k, you blast the downhills super fun today.

(Scott McBroom)

I skied the entire 10k and part of the 5k. About 2" of new snow and the groomer had just finished ahead of me so fresh tracks. They did just one pass so the skate deck was a bit narrow, pretty soft, easily edgable with a new snow surface. The classic tracks were down in the old, icy snow so a bit slick still.

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(Paul Lozom)

Trail was recently groomed but snow is hard and icy. Tracks were frequently shallow, icy, and bumpy. The skate deck looked better though and appeared a little softer. Trail was slippery and fast. It seems the groomers did the best they could with all the warm weather and transformed snow but conditions were less than ideal.

(Matthew Henderson)

My partner did classic and reported good conditions other than minor debris challenges. I skated, but found the narrowness of the skate deck to be too much of a challenge, so I took the connector over to Magney and was glad I did.

(Lois Braun)

I skied the entire 10k and it was pretty decent (for a first time PB grooming). There were some uneven low areas... a few sticks poking through the trail... a few softer spots. The classic looked great. The skate deck was a bit narrow (especially the last section from the Connector back to the parking lot).

(Elaine Nelson)