The Browns Pond trail and Flats trail have been groomed for skate skiing. The skate deck is fair on the Flats trail and good on Browns Pond trail. No classic track has been reset. The existing track is in fair to poor condition with some bare spots on the Flats trail. Debris is also present on the trails.

(Carolyn Friedrich, Washington County Parks)

The perimeter trails south of the trailhead were in very good to good condition. It was 9 or 10 degrees, sunny with little wind. I used FastWax HS 0 with Swix CH3 Powder where the kick zone would be on a classic ski. I couldn't give up trying to find a waxing scheme that would work in low temps after two prior failures. I hot stripped my skis and then followed Swix's recs of putting the powder over the hard wax while it was still warm instead of under as the sales person had told me. It seemed to work. Not phenomenal but better. I managed a 6.6 mph pace, which is reasonably fast for me, even though I herringboned the two bigger hills and had to work at it. This was the first time I did the new far SE loop. I am sorry but its as boring as its location alongside a cornfield suggests. I understand the hikers, snowshoers and bikers need their trails but I really miss Eagle Point.

(Keith Carlson)

Lake Elmo ski trails, with the exception of the Flats and Browns Pond Trails, have been groomed for skate skiing. The skate deck is in fairly good condition. No classic tracks were reset, tracks are in fair to good condition. Minimal debris reported. The groomer did report that the classic tracks on the Hills trail are in poor condition.

(Carolyn Friedrich, Washington County Parks)

I skied all the east side ski trails and they are looking good with good skate deck coverage. Cold snow made it slow. I used Fastwax 10 but I don’t think it mattered. The new Red trail seems to be not groomed for a while. Snow is well packed on the other trails which makes for good technique practice. Overall pretty good considering temp and lack of fresh snow.

(Amir Gh)

Designated ski trails have been groomed. Skate deck is in good condition with little to no debris and minor drifting. Tracks have only been reset on the North and Savanna trails. The west side multi-use trail has not been groomed.

(Carolyn Friedrich, Washington County Parks)

Ski trails were regroomed but no tracks were reset. Trails are in good condition with some debris present. The Brown's Pond and Flats trails were not groomed today.

(Carolyn Friedrich, Washington County Parks)

Skied most of the lighted trail sections this afternoon. Significant leaves in the classic tracks in the woodier sections, less in the prairies. A beautiful time out skiing at Lake Elmo as always. The skate deck looked great, appeared to have been recently rolled.

(Tim Moore)

All ski trails were groomed for both classic and skate except for the new North Loop. There is some debris present. Very good coverage. Snow is soft but will firm up overnight. There is also a minor amount of drifting snow in the open areas.

(Carolyn Friedrich, Washington County Parks)

All trails except for the new Flats trail have been groomed for both skate and classic skiing. Trails are in good condition with some drifting snow and currently very little debris. Come on out and ski!

(Carolyn Friedrich, Washington County Parks)

East side skate deck was groomed this morning. Classic tracks were not reset and looked icy. Skate deck was nice and soft with good edging. At 1:00pm the groomer was heading out on the west side multiuse trails. I skated all of those before grooming and they were passable but would be nice for skating if you hit them before they get packed down again from walkers and bikes.

(Bill Callas)