Skate deck was groomed this morning and everything looks great. Classic track appears to be in good condition. Kudos to the new guy Ryan for doing a ton of grooming the past few weeks! Enjoy the late bonus season of skiing.

(Mitch Hoffman)

Nice classic track, the leaves are finally covered. It was a nice sunny day, many classic skiers who were enjoying the day, the parking lot is plowed.

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(James Zyskowski)

Skied Wednesday afternoon - good skate surface below a couple inches of dry snow, a few areas had a bit more that had drifted on top. A little slow going at times but all skiable - thanks to the groomers for setting up the deck over the past few days.

(Pat Smith)

UMN was in great shape. The track was in really good shape, and it's a nice flowing trail. I poked around on the skate deck but can't speak to it's overall firmness -- but seemed OK. I'm sure it will be great in a couple days. Great resources to have by campus.

(Luke Smith)

After many hours of work to get drifts passable with a groomer it has all been groomed and a track set today. Thanks for your patience as many hours were put in over 2 days to get it into skiiable condition. The cold temps I anticipate should set everything up nicely until we get more snow!

(Mitch Hoffman)

With the high winds open space that is the golf course there is a ton of work/hours to get some major drifting under control with smaller equipment. Groomer was out for several hours this morning knocking down drifts and was able to make a pass with the groomer. We will be out at it again tomorrow to get it into shape and get a classic track set. Thanks for your patience as 50mph wind creates some major work.

(Mitch Hoffman)

As of 7AM had not been re-groomed since this weekend's snowin' and blown'. Skate skiing would definitely not be possible, but I did a round of classic and it went....fine I guess, if you are OK with a bit of "skating" on top of a frozen layer of snow. Still great be outside, but will be a lot more fun when trails are set.

(Ashley Asmus)

Trails rolled for skating. As of 1:30 no classic trail set. Did a loop of classic, no fun without set track. Full skate open, classic open without track.

(James Zyskowski)

As of noon, the person on the phone said that the classic tracks had not been set since Wednesday's snow.

(John Longballa)

Skate deck looked even, smooth and well used. Classic tracks were nicely set with a few places where they had flattened out. Both inside and outside loops were completely snow covered, no grass showing. The northeast section of the outer loop had some leaf detritus in the tracks.

(David King)