A couple of inches of light snow. We groomed all trails w both Ginzus. Trail looks great but I suspect it's a bit soft right now- we were pulling a lot of snow.

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(Burgess Eberhardt)

More snow, this time with ice. More grooming adventures. We rolled everything first, then roll and drag, finally double Ginzu and set tracks which looked perfect. Cold and very windy.

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(Burgess Eberhardt)

More snow! More grooming! Almost too much snow for the Ginzus, got stuck a couple of times. The track is beautiful, skate lane also very nice.

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(Burgess Eberhardt)

Yesterday's high winds settled down. We groomed in about 10 below and got everything once. The tracks are good except for the Green where they are sometimes a bit shallow. The skate deck is great!

(Burgess Eberhardt)

After grooming all sections of Tilson Creek on Friday in below zero temps with both Ginzus, I skated it all on Saturday to see the results. It was chilly for skating, about 12 above, but glide was pretty good. The skate deck is finally really hard, and skiing was excellent. The tracks are a tad thin in some places because the snow was hard when we groomed, but overall they are fine.

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(Burgess Eberhardt)

Left from Rainy Lake Visitor Center. Snow was fast, skate deck was clear and classic was set. Very few out on the trail today.

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(Jamie Saeland)

Bitter cold and windy today, again. Another few inches of snow driven by high wind was too much to handle with Ginzus even after our rolling on Thursday. We left both at the Green shelter and then rolled everything again with both rollers, leaving a perfect base for subsequent Ginzu work. We groomed and tracked all open segments - the east end of the Blue is still closed for possible logging - but all other trails are great. It was too cold for pictures.

(Burgess Eberhardt)

Probably 6” of snow fell on Tilson Creek yesterday. We used both rollers to pack all segments twice this morning. Mighty mighty cold!

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(Burgess Eberhardt)

Groomed and set track on the 20K that is open. About 8K of the Blue Trail is closed for logging, Renegade Trail on the Red Loop is now open and tracked. Keep that bare skin covered while skiing for the next few days.

(Steve Johnson)

Refreshed skate lanes on all trails and reset track on Green and Renegade Trails. We missed the big storm but ended up with an inch of cold smoke. Temps never got above zero all day. One ambitious skier was out early and tracked most of the trails before I got there.

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(Steve Johnson)