All of the manufactured snow trails are packed, tracked and in good conditions; this includes star, willow creek, frog town, scenic foothills. The double black diamond rated, boulder ridge is open for the advanced skier. The natural snow ski trails are packed and in fair conditions, which includes hill trail, oak knob trail, north trail and nature center spur. The lake trail is in poor conditions. Temporary visitor center hours: Friday, Dec. 31, 9Am - 7pm, Sat. Jan. 1, 8am - 7pm and Sun. Jan. 2, 8am-9pm. High school races: tues. January 4, 1:30-3:30 pm (ssc), wed. January 5, 4-5:30 pm (lake), thurs. January 6 at 3:30-5:30 pm (nwsc). Trails are still open to the public during the races.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Get out there while it's still warm! Track and trail in great shape for a last of 2021 ski. No issues skiing all the way out to Boulder. Looks like the natural trails were rolled but did not venture out.

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(Scott Greymont)

Hit the trails at 5:30AM and skate skied. Amazing grooming (typical for Hyland) on the man-made trails with an inch of fresh snow falling while we skied. The only drawback was that it was a little slow due to the cold (6F at start) and fresh snow. And yes, the best news was that Boulder Ridge and the full 5K loop is now open! Way to go to the full team at Hyland for getting the 5K loop open in spite of the lack of real snow this year.

(John Nealon)

Yes! It is True! The Manufactured Snow Trail Boulder Ridge (double black diamond) is now open for the advanced skiers. All of the Manufactured Snow Trails Star, Willow Creek, Frog Town, Scenic Foothills, and Boulder Ridge are packed, tracked and in good condition. The Natural Snow Trails Hill Trail, Oak Knob Trail, North Trail and Nature Center Spur are packed in fair condition and the Lake Trail is packed and in poor condition.  Next Week's High School Races: Tues., January 4, 1:30-3:30PM (SSC); Wed. January 5, 4-5:30 PM (Lake); and Thurs. January 6, 3:30-5:30 PM (NWSC).

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Boulder is open! Boulder is open! My insider source skied it at 5am.

(Kevin Wendland)

I checked out all the natural trails. Lake is in very poor shape with lots of wood chips being pulled up. Rock skis only. Everything else was generally fair with some occasional poor spots. Could use B skis but coverage was very thin so I would stick to rock skis.

(Spencer Davis)

Classic skied all the manufactured snow trails with the exception of Boulder Ridge, which was closed. Solid, firm, deep tracks were fantastic. Skate deck looked awesome too. Polar kick wax and Swix CH4 glide worked great in the cold single digit temps.

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(Ken Kuznia)

Star, Willow and Frog Town were in very good condition, 2 to 3 inches of pretty dense loose snow on the uphills. Scenic Foothills that was open when I was here a few days ago was closed. It was 18 degrees with a moderate overcast. It was fairly crowded at my 11:40 start. I used FastWax Blue LF which seemed a little slow but it could have been just the loose snow on the climbs that slowed me.

(Keith Carlson)

Snowmaking loop shortened this afternoon as the crew was out finishing Boulder ridge. Still better than no snow. Here's to more trail soon.

(Scott Greymont)

Weird weather will not delay skiing! Manufactured Snow Trails Star, Willow Creek, Frog Town, and Scenic are packed, tracked and in good condition. Scenic Foothills needs more snow and will be closing to make snow, possibly tonight for a few days. There are no HS Meets until Jan. 4. HS practices are occurring throughout the day.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)