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)

We classic and skate skied the campground and 3k at Spirit upper today and it is in need of grooming. There is a skied in track on most of it that is pretty far into the skate lane. That track is washed out on corners, non existent in places, and good in others with leaves on about 20% of it. The skate lane has 3 inches of fluff that is skied in. On some downhills and other well used places it is like slippery concrete... falling would hurt. I had great glide again with my Rode purple liquid cold. I would ski elsewhere until this is groomed.

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(Eve Graves)

Trails remain skiable but due to a broken Pisten Bully, they will not be groomed until further notice. The trails have about an inch of fresh snow cover and the last track set is visible. The skate deck is firm but a little slower than usual.

(Larry Mishkar)

There was a few inches of fresh snow on top of groomed trails. I skied the first part of the 10k and the last past on the 5k. The skate deck was narrow and a little uneven. I ended up going to Magney. Hoping to do the whole 10k soon!

(Elaine Nelson)

I classic skied around several of the loops. There was plenty of snow, but the trails had not been tracked or packed since the last snowfall. Mostly I was able to ski in the old, existing tracks, There was about one to two inches of snow in the tracks. Very quiet out there. I had the only car in the parking lot when I arrived.

(John Bogen)