The two snowfalls last week gave good snow coverage today on Orange, Blue Return and around outer Yellow trail. The trails have not been groomed since then. I made classic tracks through wet, soggy, mushy snow. I sank 1.5-2 inches but could still glide along. Boardwalk is mostly bare.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

There is no new snow. Light flurries when I skied at 9:30 a.m. The Green Swamp Trail does not have much spotty snow. I skied Blue Return and around outer Yellow Trail with waxless skis. Most of these trails have full snow cover although packed and crusty. There is a lot of leaves/needles. There are exposed hills and intermittent rocks. Grassy/ swampy areas have little snow. See pictures for great varaiations.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

It was 25 degrees at start as I skied the Blue Loop to the Voyageurs Park Oberholtzer intersection. The snow was mostly granular crusty, not sheet ice. Although I recommend rock skis I used my good waxless skis without damage by going around rocks on snow. I took my skis off for a couple 100 yard melted grassy areas and a few hills. But in most of the woods I was able to ski and glide fast without concern for damage. When I ended it was 36 degrees. Pictures show bad spots but full snow right after short patches.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

All trails groomed after Friday snow except long Blue Loop. Blue Return and around long Red Loop had a nice deep classic track. Skate deck was groomed too.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

After the 40 degree temperatures, the snow is grainy and frozen. It is not hard smooth ice but more like sand paper. So, avoiding falling and road rash was a priority for me today. That said, it was a lovely sunny morning for a fun ski at 22 degrees. My waxless skis worked well with long, fast glides. Double-poling worked well too. A lot of small debris but mostly good snow coverage, though icey. I skied the outer Blue Loop and Orange.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

Beautiful, sunny, March day for a ski at 49 degrees. Good kick with fish scales and decent glide. I did not sink down on kicks. Snow wasn't suctiony/sticky. Must have been just wet enough. There is plenty of snow base today but alot of twigs, leaves and cedar boughs in trail. I did Green trail to Blue return and around Red.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

A beautiful sunny day at two degrees above zero and calm. I skied Green to Blue Return and around long Red Trail to Yellow and Orange Trail. After one inch of new snow yesterday, everywhere I skied has been skied into the previous set track. Still good glide/kick combo today.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

The classic track was great everywhere I skied, well formed after recent grooming. It was about 8 degrees and sunny today. I skied Green, Orange, long Blue Loop, short Red Loop and Yellow to return.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)

Sunny, 14 above, about 3" of dense new snow - great grooming weather. 2 sleds, 2 Ginzus, 2 happy groomers got everything done on Tilson Creek this morning. Trail and tracks look good.

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(Burgess Eberhardt)

Sunny. A little ice in Green Swamp Trail. Blue, Orange and Red were crystaline and soft in spots but no hard ice. There is still good snow cover despite recent rain. Classic tracks in good shape and well formed.

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(Steve Langenbrunner)