As good as it gets at Hyland. The grooming was perfect and the sun was shining! Skied every trail today from north to south and east to west. A spectacular day of skiing. Kudos to the groomers who always get it right at Hyland.

(Jim Wiliams)

Amazing skiing today! All of the trails are packed, tracked and in good condition! The sun is perfect! I just needed oxygen! :)

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Excellent conditions and grooming! I skied classic on some of the natural snow trails (Hill and Lake) and all the snowmaking trails. I was happy to see that they had two parallel sets of classic tracks from Boulder Ridge back to the race start area. When I'm skiing with friends or family, it's nice sometimes to be able to ski side-by-side. And there's still plenty of room for skating (which I also do at least half my outings). I know there's probably not enough room on all the trails for two sets of classic tracks and skate deck, but where it's wide enough, it's nice to have it.

(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Great news! All of the XC Ski Trails, 15K total, are packed, newly tracked and in good condition. Visitor Center is open 8am - 9pm on Weekends and 9am - 9 pm on Weekdays. Rentals available. Lights are on during the am and pm time frames. HS Meets are scheduled for Tues/Wed and Fri. from 3:30- 5:30 pm.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

5K Manufactured snow Trails Star, Willow Creek, Frog Town, Scenic Foothills and Boulder Ridge are packed, tracked and in good condition. Natural snow trails Lake, Hill, Oak Knob, North and Nature Center trails are packed only. Notes: Trails are open 5am-10 pm. Visitor Center open weekends 8 AM–9 PM; weekdays 9 AM–9 PM. Rentals available. Grooming occurring overnight every night.
Scheduling: High School Nordic races: Tues., Jan. 21 at 4 PM; Weds., Jan. 22 at 4 PM; Fri., Jan. 24 at 3:45 PM.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Conditions this morning were excellent as usual on the man made loop, classic skiing. However contrary to grooming reports the natural snow trails are not groomed every night and the classic tracks were quite washed out and full of debris especially on the lake side trails. Hopefully with the new snow they will be able to reset deep tracks.

(Peter Swenson)

Natural snow trails in great shape before new snow late morning. A few places with some dirt in the tracks, but I was skating. There was some leaf litter, particularly on Oak Knoll and the Lake Loop, less so on Hill Loop, North Loop and Nature Center Loop..

(Sue Schroeder)

Manmade was pristine. Snow was on the verge of losing the squeaks at 8AM and running faster than expected. Lake loop was not regroomed and had a fair amount of debris - I'd say B skis. North loop was groomed and in much better shape (B+).

(John Holton)

Yippy! Skippy! More snow is coming! All trails are packed, tracked and in good condition including the 5K manufactured snow trails and 10K of the natural snow trails. Grooming occurs overnight each night.
Note: HS Rennet Race scheduled at Hyland today has been canceled.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Parking lot was pretty lonely pre-dawn at Hyland! Only one car in the lot when I arrived at 5:45! Classic skied a few loops on the man-made trail. Track was great and kick was great with Swix green. Thought about a spin on the Lake Loop but it didn’t look like there was track set but it did have fresh corduroy. I was the first one up Boulder Ridge this morning and the moon was up above the track (see picture). Cold morning!

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(Bill McKinney)