Skied like mid-January with a fresh groom, thick base, and subzero temps. Abrasive but not icy snow, just about anything will kick in the low temps. Thank you groomers!

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(Karl Holub)

Freshly groomed, absolutely perfect. Just a little debris here and there. Made for a happy time despite the windy bluster.

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(Bob King)

Tracks are deep, firm, and not at all washed out. Some spots that have seen sun have a little ice in the tracks, you can hear it when you go over it. But those spots are quite short, I don't think the ice took any of my blue wax off. A little slowdown in some spots where pine needles and pine twigs are mixed into the snow, again, pretty isolated. Very few leaves in the tracks considering the recent winds. Some boot prints on the trails, but nothing that affects the quality of the skiing.

(Sara Zimmer)

At least 4-5" of fresh snow out there at around 2:15 this afternoon. A few other brave souls meandered their way through the system before me, otherwise it was ungroomed. Super excited for some fresh tracks here in the next few days! Thanks to all the city groomers!

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(Jordan Woods, Ski Hut)

After the high winds of Friday, regrooming is needed in sections, but skiers made there own tracks where necessary. A lot of debris had blown into the tracks, both leaves and pine needles, which made it a great day for skins.

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(Rick Vatsaas)

First time at this nice little city trail. It was groomed and tracked Sunday and still in very good condition. Nice scenery and woods. Classic-only trail with double tracks set.

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(Darren Blankenship)

There is a tree down across trail on the Outer loop, close to Old Hartley Rd area. Old tree, exploded on trail leaving about 20 yards worth of sticks. Impassable unless you want to wade in the snow.

(Jeff Hallback)

Sunny, 4 degrees F, brisk NW wind at 15 mph. Fresh grooming, I was first or second skier on the beautiful tracks at this classic-only trail, less than 1 km from my front door. Thanks, Duluth City groomers! Swix Polar hard wax, waxed very short, gave plenty of kick, glide was "fair to middlin". I got my first Swix special green in Norm Oakvik's basement in the fall of 1968, and I still have the Swix polar I bought some time later, and it has gotten use this year. If you are layered up, mask-up, and use goggles, it's not too bad, and it is certainly beautiful out in the woods!

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(Tim Holst)

All in all, Hartley is in good shape. Skied a couple laps on Sunday afternoon. Tracks are in good shape with some oak leaves blown into them. Must have been groomed after the snow/wind on Friday night. Good snow coverage in all areas.

(Drew Guttormson)

We skied Hartley when it was a balmy zero or so today. The tracks were firm like concrete throughout and about 97% debris free. In the areas between tracks on the trail, it was also like slippery concrete with very little to no usage from all the use in the past day or so.

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(Eve Graves)