Base 24+ inches. 6-7 inches of new snow on Thursday. All trails were groomed for classic and skate on Friday.

(Chas Curry)

Base 24+ inches. 3-4 inches of new snow on Monday. All trails were rolled and many were groomed for classic and skate on Monday and Tuesday.

(Chas Curry)

Tried to skate Pincushion with about 3 inches of new snow. It was a slog, all 20k of it but that was my fault for skating when breaking a classic track would have been much easier. The deck underneath the new snow seemed firm and I did not experience any pole plunges. Drifting snow was an issue on Canyon Curves and Pincushion loops. By the end of the day the groomers were out packing the new snow. Should be great when they are done.

(Tim Nelson)

Base 20+ inches. All trails were groomed for classic and skate skiing on Friday. While we were out there 1-2 inches of very light, dry snow fell. Expect to encounter some minor debris on the surface that came down during the polar vortex.

(Chas Curry)

Great skiing at Pincushion now that we have emerged from the deep freeze. Looks like all trails were being groomed today with the Piston Bully, so conditions should be great for this upcoming weekend.

(Timothy Lederle)

Conditions are really good at Pincushion right now. I classic skied, and the tracks were hard and relatively fast given the temps. The skate lane looked good also. Looks like cold temps for the next few days, but should be great skiing by this upcoming weekend.

(Tim Lederle)

Pincushion was a blast, as always, despite strong winds that drifted snow onto the trails. This, plus the cooling temperature, made for extremely slow skating (was out there from 11am-1pm and I'm pretty sure it got slower with time, though I was tiring a bit toward the end). I found myself V1-ing on flats and normally challenging downhills marked with caution signs on North Advanced/Hilfiker/Canyon Curves/Pincushion Mtn. loops were super slow. The classic track was intermittently present, as blowing snow has filled in the tracks in many places. With the continuing temperature drop the trails should firm up nicely!

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(Alan Chapman)

Base 20+ inches. 6-7 inches of new snow on Tuesday. We finished grooming all of our trails for classic and skate skiing on Wednesday morning.

(Chas Curry)

Trails in great shape this afternoon. The trails look to have been recently groomed. Cool temps (0) gave us light traffic on the trail. We did about 2.5 miles.

(Matthew Schwarz)

Trails in great shape. Very firm skate deck from the cold. Pincushion loop had a good stretch with a lot of boot tracks, but otherwise awesome conditions.

(John Leaf)