Firm, not too moist. Fast. Many skiers, but not too crowded.  I could ski fine and get past slower skiers with little additional effort. Good training for those skills. Tracks were pretty much intact except for high-traffic tight turns.

(Greg Filice)

Weaved through the crowds early afternoon. Still just the 1.8k total of Star and Willow open, but it looks like the snow is piled up by Frog Town. Good conditions overall – just a couple spots with dirt and twigs poking through, but good skis should be fine.

(Conor Hussey)

Manufactured Snow Trails, Star (.8) and Willow Creek (1K) are open, packed, tracked and in Good Conditions. Trails Closed: Oak Knob, North, Nature Center Spur, Frog Town, Scenic Foothills, and Boulder Ridge. High School Nordic Ski race: Mon./Tues/Wed 3- 5:30pm. Trails will remain open to the public.  VC closes at 2pm on Dec. 24 and VC closed on Dec. 25. Trails are open, bathrooms at front and back of VC open. 

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! The snow this morning was a huge surprise! Manufactured snow trails star (.8) and willow (1k) are packed, tracked and in good conditions. Our amazing grooming team groom overnight and did I tell you they are amazing! Our 15-20 snow guns were all going full blast! Please be patient; more trails will open soon! Trails closed: oak knob, north, nature center spur, frog town, scenic foothills, and boulder ridge. On Dec.24; Vc closes at 2pm and Dec. 25 Vc closed, front and back bathrooms are open. High school Nordic ski races scheduled on Mon/Tues/Wed 3-5:30pm.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

We have the same loops of willow and star open. Good news that the snow guns were blowing out on frog pond. No worries about the loop for good skis. As to be expected the classic tracks at Jan's corner were smooshed by 8am.

(Scott Greymont)

Manufactured snow trails that are good, packed and tracked: star (.8) and willow creek (1k). Trails closed: oak knob, north, nature center spur, frog town, scenic foothills, and boulder ridge. High school nordic ski race: today; Fri., Dec. 17, 2- 4:30 Pm. Trails will remain open to the public.

(Sonja Bercich, Three Rivers Park District)

Skated on very icy, wind blown snow on the 2k man-made loop. Snow, ice more accurately was dirty so B skis recommended. Snow guns silent, though it was about 15F.

(Tony Pellegrini)

Snowmaking loop: Pretty icy. Not horrendous but not that fun. Some fresh snow on surface but in patches. Some frozen corduroy.

(Adam Bock)

Really nice grooming (snowmaking loop) after the rain - not too icy and good skate deck and classic tracks. More firm than usual but really enjoyable ski!

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(Bill Oyler)

Majestic ski in partial fog and 50s. Skate lane was awesome with snow staying together and nice edge. Skied solo for last hour, which was interesting.

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(Todd White)