Basin loop groomed this morning with the Pisten Bully 100: Overlook, Lower West End, River Run, Warren's Road, Cut Across, Power Line, Short Cut, Rabbit Run, and Aspen Alley. Gunflint Pines (Shari) grooming North Star, Upper West End, and Big Pine. All trails have classic track set and skate deck. Cold temps (-1°F this morning, high of 7°F). Snow is grooming up well.

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(John Fredrikson)

Groomed this evening: Little Pine, Lonely Lake, Amperage Run, Highlands, Overlook, Ham Lake. Classic track set and skate deck. Cold temps overnight have been setting the grooming up well.

(John Fredrikson)

First time visit here under sunny skies and temperatures in the single digits. Trails had been groomed earlier today and yesterday, so the tracks and skate lanes set up great in the cold weather. Joanie and I strided many of the trails including Big Pine, Overlook, West End, Rabbit Run, River, Aspen Alley, Ham Lake, and Highlands. We loved the ridgetop views of Gunflint Lake, looking across into Canada, and the surrounding borderlands. Thanks for the great grooming!

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(Darren Blankenship)

Groomed: Overlook, Highlands, Ham Lake, Northstar, Upper West End. Classic track and skate deck on all trails. Skate deck is setting up firm. Entire trail system has been groomed in the last two days. Trails are in great shape.

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(John Fredrikson)

We had a fresh 3 to 4 inches of snow. We were out grooming this afternoon once it let up. We groomed Big Pine, Little Pine, Overlook, Lonely Lake, Amperage, River Run, Warren's Road, Cut Across, Power Line, Short Cut, Aspen Alley and Rabbit Run. The trails are in great shape! All of the trails are done with a classic track and a skate deck. We hope you can come up and get out on the trails this winter!

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(John Fredrikson)

We stayed at the Gunflint Lodge and skied both east and west from there. The trail conditions were exceptional! All of the loops we skied on were immaculately groomed and it felt like we had the entire system to ourselves. Highly recommend!

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(Terry Miller)

We were back out grooming early this morning to have everything in good shape for the busy weekend. This morning we groomed Big Pine, Little Pine, Overlook, Lower West End, Warren's Road, Cut Across, Power Line, Short Cut, River Run, Aspen Alley, Lonely Lake, and Amperage. Everything is groomed with a skate deck and a classic track. The skate deck is setting up well. With all the snow this week, the base is in great shape. Grooming plans: we will be out this afternoon to do the rest of the system. We hope you will be able to come up and get out on our trails!

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(John Fredrikson)

We were back out grooming again today with a total of about a foot in yesterday's event and about another inch this morning. The snow was a perfect consistency and is setting up really well! It was great to see folks out during the blizzard yesterday and back out on the trails this morning. This morning we groomed Overlook, Lower West End, River Run, Cut Across, Power Line, Short Cut, Rabbit Run and Aspen Alley. All of the trails were groomed with a skate deck and a classic track. Grooming plans: Groomers are still out finishing the rest of the system this afternoon. We hope you can come up and hit the trails!

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(John Fredrikson)

We groomed the whole system today to make sure the snow we got stays on the trail. We ended up getting about a foot of good light snow that groomed up well. Grooming plans: We will be out again tomorrow to groom the whole system again. We hope you can come up and enjoy the trails!

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(John Fredrikson)

We finished up grooming the rest of the system this morning. The conditions are really good! All of the trails were groomed with a classic track and a skate deck. Yesterday didn't get too warm this far north so they held up great! The trails done this morning are Little Pine, Overlook, Highlands, Ham Lake, Notth Star and Upper West End. We hope you can come up to enjoy the phenomenal winter conditions up here!

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(John Fredrikson)