Fresh snow was falling today. Beautiful ski! Base has been established but tracks have not been set. Decent skier made tracks on the Old Logging Trail. Skied that and Mitigwaki Trail. Not many people on the trails.

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(Sue Thomas)

Got there fairly early in the morning and found that trails were rolled (not tracked) and almost no one had used them yet. Some trails were not groomed yet, but most of them were. They have plenty of snow on them, with almost no dirty spots. The couple spots we did see were easily skirted. The snow was great and the skiing was fantastic.

(Ken Fastner)

Wild River got as much snow as anywhere last Wednesday, and appears to have escaped the scouring winds for the most part. Coverage is very good. Skied down Pioneer, across the top of Deer Creek, up Mondale River Trail and down Old Logging. I was breaking trail through a consistent 6-8 inches of powder on Pioneer and Deer Creek. River, Old Logging and Mitigwaki were groomed. 2-3 inch base. No tracks were set yet, but my fishscales gripped just fine; glide was good too. The groomers were working on the Highland Hills loops. I detoured off Pioneer and took the.5 mile loop up and down the big hill. The deck was soft enough to keep my speed in my safe zone, but skaters should find it in good shape after it sets up. The Prairie loops were groomed as far as I could tell. I went down the little hill behind the trail center and had a look. The 1.2 mile is groomed for sure, but I can't vouch for the conditions on those more exposed trails. I'm saying B skis because there's just too much I don't know for sure. The groomed base on the Old Logging-River loop was good ski worthy except for one easily avoided 10 foot stretch of dirt.

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(Ben Hoese)

Complete snow coverage. Trails rolled. No tracks set for classical. Some walkers on parts of trail. Exceeded expectations.

(Thomas Leaf)