The trails are open but not yet groomed, with no tracks set. Had fun kicking around on my old-school trail breaking skis. Did my best to "connect the dots" between the trails that had been set by previous skiers. Hopefully the new snow and colder temps will give the groomers what they need to do their magic. Coverage averaged 6-8 inches, with more depth in the protected areas. Beautiful scenery with the new snow! Recommend rock skis for now, or at least until the first grooming is complete. This is a great venue with some challenging hills.

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(Mike Maiers)

Not groomed, but surprisingly good snow conditions for this early and the first snow of the season. We were skiing on our waxable Norwegian wood skis with V-55 Swix kick wax. Plenty of snow. Some leaves and sticks. A few small patches of dirt, easily avoided. Great day to be out on skis! All of their ski trails were open.

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(Craig Wiklund)

Skied the ungroomed outer loop on my waxless Madshus backcountry skis. These skis are a blast. Some walkers and one skier before me. If you think you have to stick to groomed trails and manmade snow, you're missing out on a big part of the fun! This was a great, hard workout bustin trail. No crowds except for two hawks, an owl, a bald eagle and three whitetails. Forget about preserving your race ski bases sometime. You'll be ecstatic to get out and kick around old school. You could ski 10 k here in three combined loops.

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(Dale Vaillancourt)