I skated the outer loop including all the new trails. Thank you to the park personnel for creating new trails! Now we just need more snow! The main trails were in surprisingly good condition, I would say B skis for those. Anytime the trails were in open field though it was pretty bad, definitely rock skis. The "Flats" new trail had three bare spots I had to shuffle across. Savannah and North I would also say bring your rock skis. It was still really great to be out on new trails!

(Beth Hedlund)

I skied pretty much every trail on both sides of the road. The trails in general have more bare spots and upturned ground than when I skied a week ago. Most debris spots are obvious but watch out for the rocks scattered about and just under the surface. The new pink loop around the corn field is in pretty bad shape. The loop around the campground has a very thin covering over the paved trails; you might want to double pole this loop. Lots of debris just after the bridge heading North from the chalet (yellow loop or orange loop?). Not enough snow for classic tracks.

(Bonnie Weiskopf)

Perimeter trails varied from good to poor condition. It was low 20's and overcast. I used blue FastWax LF. Trails need snow. Although much of the perimeter trails were fine for skate, the first downhill on the formerly named Lake Elmo trail is now treacherous. A quick hop from one ski to another saved me from a fall on the dirt. The northern loops, 14e to 18e, had several bare spots you could ski around and their northern edge and the trail surface was so uneven and broken up by the vegetation sticking through it that it was difficult to discern that it had been groomed at all or where the trail even was. It was not apparent that I was actually following the trail until it connected with the portion running along the lake, which overlaid the summertime paved trail.

(Keith Carlson)

I skated and it was fun but many spots with dirt showing through (90% coverage). Use your B skis. Skate lane and classic tracks well worn and so thin of a base that I don't think the groomers can do much with it. Need some more snow. I made a mistake and skied the new 'North Loop' which was super thin and I met at least 12 walkers right down the middle of the trail. I had to ask one of them not to walk directly on the classic track! Only experienced 2 walkers on the 'regular' ski trails, so no problem.

(David Gorringe)

As reported by others, the conditions are decent but there are lots of thin spots. Classic tracks not set yet. Skate ski deck is rolled but has seen lots of use since last grooming. Best skiing today was out on the lake. 2-3" of powder on top of the ice makes for long, easy, effortless skate strides.

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(Dana Smith)

Most of the trails are fair but thin in a few spots. The beginning of the Savanna trail and the "finger" section of the Hills trail have the worst spots but Prairie and Brown's Pond trail are good enough. There were never rocks but definitely leaves and twigs in the bad spots. Most of the trails had been nicely groomed again recently. I didn't try Flats or North due to previous poor condition reports and they still look thin.

(James Aukema)

No classic track set but some scattered skied in tracks. Skate deck is packed medium to hard and rather uneven due to the thin snow cover. About four spots with dirt/gravel. The new Flat trails in the very SE corner has dirt, rocks and corn stalks in the trail. The new North trail has excessive foot and bike traffic where the trail goes onto the summer paved trail.

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(Bill Callas)

With a few exceptions, the "old" east-side perimeter trails - Hills, Brown's Pond, Prairie and Savanna were in very good condition. Hasn't been groomed since after Tuesday's snow but that pass established a firm base that has held up well the last two days. ( I skied yesterday and today.) On uphills, previous skaters broke thru in spots - start of Savanna was particularly bad at the start - and the hill coming down from 10E had a wide area of vegetation coming thru but I still skied thru it with no problem. I used FastWax Blue LF, which ran a little bit slower today at 17 degrees per my car's thermometer than yesterday at the low to mid 20's.

(Keith Carlson)

Went at about 8:30am this morning. Trails hadn’t been recently groomed. Decent coverage on most parts of all East side trails, but poles hit dirt on up hills and sparse on some downhills. Could use another snowfall. But we’ll take it!

(Liz Westerhaus)

All the trails were skiable this morning. The ski deck was a little soft still. The wooded trails are in much better shape and have good coverage, out in the fields you'll see more small twigs and thin spots. My skis caught a few bare spots, but didn't have to avoid any areas. Watch out for corn cobs still if you ski the new "Flat" trail. North trail goes over some paved summer trails which you can tell doesn't have much snow, my poles hit pavement pretty easily -- still in good shape.

(Scott Degner)