The trails were groomed and in good condition. Lots of leaves in the classic ski tracks though. Great day for a ski.

(Debra Bergstrom)

Very Ggood conditions for classic skiing! Grooming was excellent as the tracks were about perfect. A good number of oak leaves in the tracks, but today's green hardwax wasn't sticky enough to pick many of them up. This was my first time at Magney and I was very impressed!

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(Brian Markes)

Magney has gotten quite a bit of use since the last grooming. The trail from the start to the entrance to Ely's Peak has a concrete like skate deck with little edge from all the use. I had a tough time herringboning up the hills I didn't want to ski up. Once I turned to the bypass, the rest of the skate deck was in much better shape. The classic track is a different story however. The tracks were really firm and fun, except for the excessive tree debris in them. Going up the hills was easier from all the additional "grip" but down I chose to get out of the tracks for fear of instant stoppage. I'd go elsewhere until this is groomed again.

(Eve Graves)

Came here after poor conditions at Spirit. Freshly groomed skate and classic. Very good over all. Road to get here is a little rough.

(John Jereczek)

Had fun at Magney (also skied Spirit). There was about 1 inch fresh snow over a nicely packed trail. The classic tracks looked pretty solid (with a fresh layer of snow). It was fun and reasonably fast. The sunset was gorgeous!

(Elaine Nelson)

Skated on fresh corduroy left by the groomer. Initially soft but was setting up nicely by the time I finished the system. Everything looked perfect in the classic tracks, but skiers may want to watch what's coming up as they do the downhills. The snow is so high that upper parts of bushes are occasionally positioned over the tracks ready to poke your eye out. Trail should be firm enough provide fast skiing even with the fresh bit of snow that came that night. As good as it gets.

(Sara Zimmer)

The conditions and grooming were wonderful. Surprisingly, I had this place all to myself today. The snow was fast, and the tracks were cut perfectly for classic. What wasn't great? The tons of leaves that didn't get the message the fall was a couple of months ago and they decided to congregate in the tracks. Pretty much every downhill I was out on on the skate deck. There's nothing to be done about that, though, and I highly recommend getting out on these trails while the getting is good.

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

Great to see the heavy equipment had been through to groom. Magney was well packed with a little new snow falling. Some drifting but it should be nice skiing all weekend.

(Bruce Bauer)

No grooming yet, looks like a small handful of folks have been out setting in the tracks, so it's pretty ski-able.

(Alec Kadlec)

I was pleasantly surprised to see that it had been groomed today, however, it was very "sloppy" grooming. Big piles were left on the skate lane in many spots, the pole plants in some areas of the classic track were at least 3 feet deep, the skate lane is groomed very narrow so anyone skating will damage the classic tracks and the classic tracks were soft as was the skate lane.

(Eve Graves)