Excellent conditions today - trails were close to perfect with fresh snow falling throughout the day.

(Gregory Bluem)

Awesome conditions - firm tracks (some soft spots outside of tracks). No debris other than the usual oak leaves. In my opinion, the best classic skiing in the metro. Very few people out this afternoon.

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(Eric Leugers)

Grooming plans: The groomer plans to heads out early this morning to groom the entire park (starting east, moving west). If all goes well, the park will be completed by noon. Finally great conditions.
The Trails By Candlelight luminary event on Feb 9 is sold out, no tickets will be available at the door. Only those who have pre-purchased and present their tickets at the door will be admitted to the event. The Lebanon Hills Visitor Center parking lots will close at 5 PM and only those with event tickets will be permitted to park there after 5. Not going to the event but still want to ski? Plan to park and use non-event ski trails out of Holland Lake and Jensen Lake trailheads.

(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

Really good tracks. Skied east side and only encountered a few icy spots. Additional snow will help. Get out and enjoy this great park.

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(Paul Kraus)

7 inches of dry powder. The groomer started out in the Pistenbully, packing and setting tracks. Skiing is good, and it looks great, though remember there's an icy base, and the light snow isn't sticking to it very well. Use caution on the downhills.

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(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

Trails throughout the park are very icy and bare in stretches, and damaged from foot traffic after a very busy weekend.

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(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)

Classic trail/track conditions are a mixed bag. Some sections are good and some are not so good. Wooded sections have a lot of tree debris (leaves and twigs) from recent winds. With thin base, some sections are worn down to dirt.
In one section of about 1 KM, both classic tracks were damaged by walking. Recommend rock skis.

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(Ken Kuznia)

Skied on classic wooded trails in morning before the Polar Vortex winds and cold started getting worse. Tracks firmed up nicely over night from yesterday's grooming. Tracks are very skiable. Fun to be skiing on natural snow at Lebanon Hills. Although majority of trails/tracks are in good shape, I recommend rock skis because of thin base and areas where grooming equipment hit dirt bottom. Tracks in open areas have wind blown snow in them. Park is doing some restoration work, so there are a few trail areas with debris from cutting operations.

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(Ken Kuznia)

Considering the amount (4-5 inches) of new snow and no existing base previously, the groomers did a commendable job grooming trails and setting down double classic tracks on the trails east of Pilot Knob. Unfortunately, the tracks on the whole long loop on the east side were damaged quite a bit by large animal tracks after the grooming. There is not much base under the soft tracks in some portions of the trail. Some portions of the trail are very good. Because of the thinness and dirt in some parts, I would recommend rock skis.

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(Ken Kuznia)

The groomer started this morning and is moving his way through Lebanon Hills east to west with the PistenBully packing and setting tracks. Trail conditions range from good to poor, with segments in open areas thin with icy base already coming through.

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(Katie Pata, Dakota County Parks)