I think the Three Rivers description of "fair conditions" is accurate for the classic tracks. I was there today in the afternoon and portions of it were really good, but other portions were a bit rough because of the warm up and lack of snow. The track is a bit icy, so use some sticky wax! The first half of the trail has received a significant amount of foot traffic which was sad to see, but the second half was much cleaner. Thank you groomers for all your work to get it open. Murphy sure has some hills!

(Tim Dunklee)

I was going to ski Hyland, but I was headed south and thought "what the heck" it has been a few years since I skied Murphy and the Knob and Kettle are open so why not avoid the crowd. As advertised the Knob and Kettle are open. The groomer was out packing and repacking the skate lane. The track was set although I saw no activity in the track as of yet. The second loop was easier due to the groomer's packing. Razorback was not open nor did I expect it to be. I talked to the groomer and thanked him, I could see how he was fighting to keep the skate lane as wide as he could get it with the trees crowding the trail.

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(Craig Schulz)

The Murph is open, except for outside Razorback trail, for skinny skis fun! I Classic skied both the Knob and Kettle trails. The classic tracks were generally good, but soft. The skate deck is soft too. It looked like I was the second classic skier on the tracks. The snow coverage of the trail is good. I did not notice any protruding rocks or feel any rocks scrape my ski bottoms. I used my B skis. There were some leaves in classic tracks. The skate deck is somewhat uneven as there is a ridge in many sections. There were several skate tracks in the skate deck. There were some foot marks in the skate deck from walkers.

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(Ken Kuznia)