Freshly groomed this morning, plus new snow on top, which made for fairly slow conditions but a lovely nonetheless. Skied the eastern trails around the outside. My skin skis started to ice badly at the end. Understandable since I had not treated them for last 40 kilometers. Some drifting was evident in the open areas, but thankfully leaves were few and far between.

(Rick Vatsaas)

Classic skiers are first-class citizens here! Trails must have been re-groomed Saturday into Sunday. Excellent tracks on all trails. If you're a classic enthusiast, get here while it lasts.

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(Tyler Thompson)

Tracks were in great condition early this afternoon. Appeared to be set recently. Snow a bit slick for my skin skis. Made it over west of Pilot Knob for the first time - there are a couple of serious hills over there! Overall a great day at Lebanon - and Brick Oven Pizza at the trailhead!

(Josh Yank)

Was surprised to find the trails freshly groomed this morning. I was pulling a Burley and found both kick and glide pretty easy.

(Tae Whang)

Skied the outside loop on east side of pilot, during the height of the snow storm. A lot of snow accumulating in the tracks, making the skiing fairly slow. I could get grip on my skin skis if I kept the tempo low. There was a lot of wildlife about: Dozens of deer, and my wife saw a pair of foxes. Some walkers had been intentionally stepping in the tracks. This years signage has led to a reduction in walkers, but it could still be a lot better.

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(Rick Vatsaas)

Skied the outer loop from Holland Lake. Tracks present throughout, shallow in spots and washed out here and there on sidehills and curves. Intersections and hills were skied smooth but not icy. Conditions were a bit slow with the fresh snow. A bit sticky on the south part of the loop where the snow hadn't been skied in as much. All in all, pretty good conditions.

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(Dave Gardner)

Classic tracks were in excellent condition! I skied most of the trails (11.9 miles) from the Schulze Lake trailhead, including the loop west of Pilot Knob Rd. The trails had been groomed yesterday, and about half an inch of fresh snow had fallen on them in the middle of the day today. They were just a little icy under the pines .25 mi east of the trailhead. Otherwise no significant ice and very little leaf debris in the tracks. Most of the leaves that were in the tracks had warmed up the snow and sunk down below the level of the tracks so they didn't touch the skis. Only one short (~12") patch of exposed dirt in one track. Temp was about 34°F, cloudy, no wind, and very light snow falling intermittently. I was skiing on my Rossignol Delta Comp R skin skin skis. It was helpful to move the switch bindings to the rear-most position for best glide on the thin coat of new snow. Kick was still great. Thanks to the groomers for doing a great job Tuesday.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

My wife classic skied the east section last night and reported that the trails were getting icy/watery in places but overall still in good condition and provided a good ski.

(Rick Vatsaas)

Skied central section (between Johnny Cake and Pilot Knob). Great glide - very little kick (skin skis). Took less time than usual on account of the extremely fast descents. Haven't fallen this much on skis since I was a kid. Had to walk the big descent near Pilot Knob. Tracks were in great shape.

(Tae Whang)

Started at 12:30 pm on beautiful sunny day. Tracks were in much better shape than I expected but speed varied considerably depending on amount of sun exposure. Probably would have been a bit faster a few hours earlier. Did 8.5 miles on the east side and really enjoyed it. Groomers did a great job in getting trail back into good shape.

(David Baumgardner)