Wow! What a day at North End! Tracks were set for just about the entire way on the A, B, and C loops - it was magical. There are a few softer spots on the outside of the trail as well as some softer plow-ruts in the middle, but very few. Just an amazing job by the grooming staff at North End, thank you so much! After the snow we've had, pretty much everyone in town has been without power for a couple days - it was such a highlight to ski these trails today.

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(Rick Cochrane)

We skied from North End mostly to catch the Birkie trail but took a couple detours on the North End skate trail here and there. The skate deck had been recently groomed to corduroy, the classic trail was still just rolled with a fresh 0.5" of dry snow on top. It was pretty good and firm, though soft and you would sink in on the far sides of the trail. No tracks were set. Definitely still some early season bumpy conditions and the occasional stick/rock though coverage was surprising decent. If you were really careful you could use your good skis.

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(Ketzel Levens)

All loops had been rolled. We were skiing classic using the big grooves for tracks. Snow was very soft and slow. We skied our rock skis but we never hit any debris. The Birkie trail, classic and skate, had not been groomed as of the time of our ski.

(Dan Murphy)