Had the place to ourselves after the section races. Snow was 90% mashed potatoes with lots of dirt mixed in. Several parts of the trail were walked on from earlier in the day. Didn't get much glide from my skis but honestly just grateful to get the opportunity to ski despite the recent weather. Shoutout to the groomers and all the staff at Three Rivers for continuing to make magic.

(Ian Boylan)

Props to the Hyland grooming crew for their work in this warm weather. Great conditions for the start of high schools sections! As noted previously, trails are closed 7am- 2pm for the high school races today through Wednesday. The cold overnight temps made a big difference and skate deck was solid this morning. A little icy, but I had no trouble finding an edge. Classic tracks appeared much more variable: icy and shallow in many locations, well set in others. We'll see if the Willow Loop survives, the base is already quite thin in a few locations. [ Update: Hyland Lake will close earlier on Wednesday, from 5 am to 2pm, due to warm overnight temps -- Ed. ]

(Ben Ruhme)

The 5am grooming crew was in full force this morning getting KS in before the high school meet. Double classic tracks set through Willow then back to single. Overall good conditions but I don't know how the classic will survive the warm Temps as they are already thin in areas. Careful going down the Foothills toward Frog as the inside corner is showing some bare ground.

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(Scott Greymont)

Hyland Lake will have trail closures for sections as follows: Mon Feb 5, 7- 2pm (trails closed to the public); Tues Feb 6, 7am-2pm (trails closed to the public); Wed Feb 7, 5am-2pm (trails closed to the public). The trails are open for skiing in the hours prior to and after the closures.

(Bruce Adelsman)

At 9:45 am, the sun and maybe the cooler temperatures - 28F degrees - brought out lots of skiers with good reason. Yesterday morning's wet corn was now dry sugar - still deep on the last Willow climb, the upper half of the Boulder climb and the first half of the Scenic inbound climb. There was still significant snowplow wake on the Boulder downhill but chosing the inner channel or trough along with no soft snow at the bottom made things less hairy. Yesterday's snert bleed-through was gone. Thanks groomers for great conditions.

(Keith Carlson)

At 5:30 am classic grooves were groomed but very icy. The skate surface was very good and fast on the hills were I use it. But by 9 am, the skate hills were getting loose. Note: This Monday-Wednesday, the trails are closed 7am to 2pm for school races.

(Kenneth Kooistra)

At my 10:30 start, the trail center parking lots were pretty full but traffic on the trail was ok once you got past Willow. Nevetheless, the snow on all the climbs was pretty churned-up sugar transitioning to corn. Downhills still ran pretty fast. Snowplow wake combined with soft snow at the bottom still made the Boulder runout pretty hairy. Unfortunately, a lot of snert was bleeding thru on the flat coming up to the turn onto the Boulder climb.

(Keith Carlson)

Arrived at 10:15am, found classic tracks were totally trashed and next to impossible to ski. Skied to Frog town and back and called it quits. I know it's warm, but it needs a groom.

(Carly Lodewyks)

The classic tracks were well set today. A little soft early morning but should get softer as the day goes on. The corner from Frog to Willow was already washed out. Skate deck looked good in places but in others skis were really sinking in.

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(Scott Greymont)

Thank you groomers very fast and great conditions this morning at Hyland! Lots of fast skiers out there today. Minimal dirt on trail.

(Joshua Bloom)