Overall good. I skied from about 11 to noon. Grooming was underway. Skating lane was generally covered with some icy patches but plenty of coverage. Tracks are several days old with some dirt in a few spots. Way better than more of the manufactured loops!

(Steve Eberly)

Icy and windy at mid-day but a very enjoyable ski outing at Baker today. The tracks and skate lanes are filling with leaf debris. More snow is needed. Not much traffic with maybe 10 cars in the lot, we encountered maybe an additional dozen skiers. A nice change from French Park for us!

(Tom Mayer)

95% good conditions for skating. The other 5% is because of ice patches in kinda random, sometimes unexpected places. Classic track was really icy almost everywhere. No bare ground anywhere. I used good skis without worry.

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(Rick Budde)

Skated "outer loop" including the Island late morning, temp ranging from about 28 and up (34 when I left around noon). Trails were all rated "Fair" on the board, which was a good assessment of the 95% of the trail that wasn't icy. Most leaves I've ever seen on the first long hill headed out, including turn toward the Island, though the low stretch to the Island and its loop were in surprisingly better shape. Skate deck was getting lots of traffic, but with the usual excellent grooming, well, it would have paid to go earlier in the day, when it was "excellent". Don't imagine they damaged my skis, but leaves, ice, and depth of the base made me glad I had the B skis.

(Richard Swenson)

What great trail conditions out at Baker park this morning. 99% of the trail was an excellent condition the other 1% was where water had Frozen on the trail. Both the classic tracks in the skate deck wer close to perfectly groomed this morning.

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(Scott Greymont)

Baker trails are fabulous. A top ten ski today wirh snow on the trees. Just a tune bit of wet icy spots. Not worth any worry!

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(Jan Guenther, Gear West)

Trails were pretty icy and there were leaves now on the trail in many places, especially in the classic tracks. A few bare patches in some spots, as well. All the trails were open, and are skiable, but in fair condition. At this point, better for skating than classic.

(Eric Hedman)

Saturday and Sunday I skated the "outer loop" several times each day. Groomer had done their usual superb job with the snow on hand (which hasn't met the "all I need is 2 inches once a week" criterion) and by noon and 40 degrees, my skate technique was adapting to weak and mushy snow. More than one classic skier was disappointed with leaves in the track. Dirt was showing through here and there, e.g., stretch to the island and start of Timber Trail, and groomer was out shoveling in spots before their next pass. Used my best skis but these highs in the 40s may suggest otherwise. In summary, it's Baker, it's real snow, and I say enjoy it often--but get there early in the day.

(Richard Swenson)

We skijored on the multi-use trail at Baker today. It was perfect. Fresh corduroy but no classic tracks set. No bare patches or leaves on the trail. Couldn't have asked for better conditions.

(Sue Logan)

Corduroy skied over by 8:00am. I guess sometimes you gotta share. Otherwise typically perfect Baker heaven.

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(Dallas Johnson)