Post Late-Season conditions. The main trail is 99% covered. The downhill from the upper parking lot is marginal. One other bare short bare spot. Lots of birch debris from recent wind storm. I recommend that you wait till the temps are above freezing so that the ice patches thaw slightly. Avoid loop I. Great skiing for the pure joy.

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(Richard Narum)

+6 C. Sunny. Light breeze. The trail is incredibly soft. The sun is incredibly lovely. And the only thing I can think is that this person who walked in the ski tracks was doing so with so much intention! I feel like I shouldn't be on the trails right now, but it's just too beautiful to not want to put on my old fishscale skis and get some fresh air!

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(Louise Levy)

The tracks were soft/slushy, not nearly as bad as I had expected for a sunny 55º afternoon in Duluth, MN. I'd go so far as to say they were pleasantly skiable for this first-year XC skier. It has been a while since it has been groomed, but tracks were definitely present and usable. I entered the Green loop off Seven Bridges Rd, and covered the entire main Green and Blue loops (no side trails, but from what I could see, those all looked equally skiable). I was surprised at how rarely I could see patches of the ground. The couple patches I encountered (plus a couple slush puddles that came pretty close to ground) were easily avoided by switching to the other track. I'm not sure how much longer these tracks will last, but it was a blast to be on the skis today. Get out there for one more while you still can!

(Jonathan Winters)

An inch or snow of new snow on top of solid grooming. Terrific, midwinter conditions.

(Catherine Winter)

Perfect conditions today at Lester. The grooming was superb. Lots of snow, firm skate deck perfect. Classic track.

(Bruce Busta)

Skied this afternoon. Trails had just been groomed -- thanks groomers! Conditions are superb, some degree of perfect. Get out and enjoy, it is not going to last. I kicked, tracks are firm. Skate lane slightly soft but was setting up.

(Scott Wolff)

Gorgeous skiing. Some soft spots but no debris. Nice tracks. Thanks to the groomers for keeping this in great shape!

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(Gabrielle Hester)

Lester is groomed and looking beautiful! Looks soft but ready to ski.

(Annalisa Peterson)

I walked over to "I" (Oak Street) see if the upper portion of Lester was groomed. It was not, as of about 4:30pm. Definitely wet snow out there, so I understand they may be holding off for that reason.

(Annalisa Peterson)

33 degrees at 7am. Skied A to H. Trails groomed yesterday (maybe just rolled?), the tracks are still intact although south facing in particular are icy. There was a tree down sometime this winter at the F intersection, so there's more debris there than other places. Although the hockey loop was still connected via snow this morning, it's quite thin. Lots of snow and hoping the nights are colder to ride this snow out a few more weeks. B skis because there's lots of tree debris (pine needles, cones, birch bark whisps, etc.) in the trails, but no rocks.

(Kristin Riker-Coleman)