Trail Detail
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Mix of woods and open prairie over rolling terrain. All trails are groomed skate and classic. Almost 9K of lighted trails.Trail Reports
2020-2021 season
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Morning
posted: 2021-01-16 12:09:08
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Very icy! Can't recommend skiing there until there is more snow and/or grooming.
(Wallace Wadd)
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Saturday, January 16, 2021
Morning
posted: 2021-01-16 12:01:35
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Saturday, January 16, 2021
Morning
posted: 2021-01-16 11:39:37
Firsthand: Freestyle [
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Icy and dicey. Very sketchy this morning. Skated everything on east side and it was all icy. If you’ve wondered what it’d be like to ski a lake that has hills, this is your chance!
(Bob Brown)
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Evening
posted: 2021-01-15 22:10:22
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Slushy parts and slow from the rain/warmth but still lots of of snow! Some leafy and thin parts going down some hills and in areas with not lots of tree coverage. Overall, really great conditions!
(Amy Meyers)
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Afternoon
posted: 2021-01-15 17:56:42
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Trails packed by machine, no classic tracks. Very wet snow. Full coverage, so good skis could be used, but why? Occasional machine set shallow classic tracks but I avoided them because they were wet and I skied on skins. Almost no glide, but a skater passed me and he seemed to be doing ok.
(Ralph Schwartz)
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Afternoon
posted: 2021-01-15 13:50:24
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Lake Elmo ski trails were packed today. Trails are very slushy and wet due to the rain and warmer temperatures. There is also debris is present. Conditions are considered poor.
(Carolyn Friedrich, Washington County Parks)
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Afternoon
posted: 2021-01-12 21:27:05
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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The old perimeter trail on the east side other than the northern loop (14E to 18E - Savanna?) was in good to fair condition. It was 32 degrees according to my smart phone, 28 per my car's thermometer. I used SmartWax Yellow LF. When I arrived at about 4:00 pm, the parking lot was 55 to 60% full, yet when I skied I ran into only one group of 5 or 6 high schoolers at 9e and one other young couple that I passed on the way in on Yellow. A bus was loading when I came in at 4:40. The parking lot emptied out at the same time. It was my first time on my newly ground and waxed skis. Salmon might have been better because I was disappointed with my speed even though it was my fastest skate of the season to date. The ridge from 3E to 4E was thin, there was one bare spot on the climb to 5E and there was the usual stretch of bare spots under the trees at 17E. With my newly ground good skis, I won't risk skiing thru the extensive thin spot/snert at the first downhill after 10E and side stepped down the first third of the hill. Would have skied it on rock skis.
(Keith Carlson)
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Saturday, January 9, 2021
Afternoon
posted: 2021-01-10 06:51:57
Firsthand: Freestyle [
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Skied Lake Elmo Saturday afternoon. Did not ski the new Flats, Savannah, or North trails as those were already in bad shape last weekend with quite a few bare spots. Hills, Browns Pond, and Meadow were in overall very good shape, especially considering the lack of snow this season. The first and second downhill after 10E where you go along the south shore of Lake Elmo were the only places where I was concerned for my skis, with the second downhill having considerable exposed dirt and small rocks. Stop and walk it or pick your way very very carefully around the debris. Everyone needs to do a snow dance because the coverage is getting extremely thin. Quite a few areas where, despite the snow being good, you could see the dark of debris/dirt just below the surface. A warm sunny day could be pretty devastating to conditions.
(Hank Carbone)
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Saturday, January 9, 2021
Afternoon
posted: 2021-01-09 22:34:36
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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The old perimeter trail on the east side was mostly in good to very good condition, just had to dodge a few bare spots - on the hill beyond 10E and coming up to the top of the hill under the trees at 17E. The former northern loop, 18E to 20E to 14E, was in poor condition with lots of bare spots to dodge on its western edge. It was in the low teens, overcast with a brief snow burst at the end of my ski. I used FastWax Blue LF. My fastest skate of the season. Surprising considering it was at the bottom of my wax's temperature range and I have not skated since last Monday. ( Did a couple of classic skis in between.) Despite my and others' reports of the bare spots, the trail is generally holding on to its base well. It would still be great if we got some more snow.
(Keith Carlson)
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Saturday, January 9, 2021
Afternoon
posted: 2021-01-09 14:28:31
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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