I skied in the Stadium only, found it was icy corduroy, groomed since warm weather. No classic track, still full snow coverage.

(Dave Arvold)

Track setting is on hold due to soft snow, made softer by previous rain. The machine-made snow continues to be corded daily, and is in good condition. Skating is slow going as expected. You will see some organic tree debris along the way too. Early morning skiing is recommended.

(Larry Mishkar)

Daily grooming continues at Grand Avenue, with tracks set in the machine-made snow by 8a.m. Every Sunday through March 6th, Grand hosts DXC's SkiSparks from 1:30 - 3p.m. Expect up to 80 young skiers learning to stride in the stadium area.

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(Larry Mishkar)

Some measurable snowfall over night and continuing throughout the morning here, the winds unfortunately have kept a lot of it from staying on the trails where we need it! We have done some heavy drift mitigation in the stadium and set tracks, but they are likely blown over by the time you read this. Things fared better back in the trees with a little shelter from the wind, and have been groomed and track reset, with conditions looking great. The natural snow loops Deerstand and Overlook have received a fresh till and track, but keep an eye out as they are still thin based and there is some debris. Once all this blows over we should come out looking great on the other side!

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(Erik Blow)

Great skiing here! Great base on the loops that are open. A bit icy in some places. Solid and has tracks set too.

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(Anna DeMers)

At noon today we opened all machine-made snow trails with tracks and corduroy. Only Deer Stand and Overlook, our two natural snow trails, remain closed due to lack of snow. We groom daily and are usually finished by 8 am using our Pisten Bully. Please observe all directional signs as we are no longer an "out and back" system put in place while we were snowmaking. Short tracked sections are groomed in East Stadium where one may work on technique or wax testing or enjoying your first ever Nordic ski experience!

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(Larry Mishkar)

An absolutely gorgeous morning for some classic skiing at Grand Ave! 2-3" of powder came down as I skied, so the tracks were a little soft (as expected). The snowmakers were blowing snow on the beginning portion of the trail to help with base depth, so that area should be avoided until they get it pushed and groomed. Otherwise fantastic skiing conditions! Thanks to Larry, Erik, and all the other snowmakers for making this happen!

(Jordan Woods, Ski Hut)

Snow is still holding up in good condition despite the heavy weekend traffic, and has set up nicely overnight. We will be pushing out the snow made on the black bear loop this morning and opening it late morning hopefully for you to enjoy. The trade-off will be that we will have the area up to valve house one from the stadium closed to thicken the base as we lost some from the storm and had to move quickly for the super tour race so we could not get our desired 18+”. The alternate route will be up the side of the alpine run to the first race course cut-through onto Big Bend. Overnight temps are very cold, so hopefully we can get what we need done overnight and have it back to normal in no-time.

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(Erik Blow)

More fresh natural snow overnight again has really helped the snow base recover somewhat from the rain storm, and things are looking great! Tracks have set well and I’ve taken some extra time this morning to keep widening and leveling the upper roller coaster loop. As with all new sections they get better with some age and more tilling to break down the chunks and even everything out. We still have two guns working on thickening base and filling in the corners on black bear, so please stay out of those areas as we move snow around and have equipment and personnel present. Happy skiing!

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(Erik Blow)

Another beautiful ski at Grand! I was there around 7am and found the trails nicely set up after a night time grooming. Classic tracks were being set as I was skiing. The Spirit crew continues to blow snow on the remaining trails. This trail system with the man made snow is a great asset to the XC community in Duluth - especially in years like this one. About 1.5 km per lap.

(Samuel Olson)