Beautiful morning at Wirth! The loop is longer now, about .5K, and with a nice wide turn arounds on both ends. Beautiful corduroy at 6:00 a.m. with a handful of folks putting in laps. The classic track goes around 95% of the loop and was in great shape. It looks like we’re very close to having enough snow for a much longer loop including most of the lower stadium and area heading up toward the meadow, part of the Catwalk, and the loop behind the machine shed. Hopefully the whole thing is open soon. The track must be almost a meter thick in parts. Definitely worth a trip to be on nice snow!

(Bill McKinney)

I skied at Wirth at 4 pm and boy was it crowded! Glad to see so many people enjoying the outdoors. Next time I’ll check the trail cam to see how busy it is before I go! Snow was very good even though well above freezing.

(Betsy Hoium)

Went out Tuesday night around 6:30-8. Lots of people out enjoying the little loop! Track was a little soft due to all the traffic, but still pretty firm and fast. Did a few K double piling and the classic track was a mostly good with a couple of thin spots. If you haven’t been, it’s a fun way to practice turns and beats the heck out of rollerskiing (IMO)!

(Bill McKinney)

Nice little short 300-400 meter loop is open again in the main (lower) stadium area, just enough to get your ski legs appetized for the upcoming ski season! Most exciting however was to look at all the large snow piles that are scattered around, which will hopefully be spread out soon to make for a larger loop. I am glad the Loppet Foundation is starting the snowmaking in the lower stadium this year - a great place for everyone to get started!

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(Bill Oyler)

I was the first one out this morning on the .32K (by my watch) loop. Nicely groomed and fast. Tracks were also in good shape. Probably a total of 10 people out between 6-7 a.m., including a group of high school skiers from Orono. Snow guns were blasting and it looks like we’ll have a longer loop soon!

(Bill McKinney)

They made a nice figure 8 pattern to make a trail of between 300-400 meters. The snow is groomed and it feels nice. Not many people out today but I can image it could get crowded soon. Wax for the weather :)

(Eduardo Arteaga)

The Loppet will have another 300 meter snowmaking loop open in Lower Stadium starting Thursday morning. We will groom daily as conditions allow. Lights are on 6am-10pm. The Trailhead building is closed at this time. For more information about buying trail passes and for Covid 19 updates, visit the Loppet website.

(Robert Ibler, Loppet Foundation)

Went hiking and was glad to see how much snow they’ve made.

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(Betsy Hoium)

I counted at least 10 snow guns blowing between the lower stadium and the catwalk.

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(Spencer Davis)

Wonderful morning to see the sunrise! Skied in the classic tracks on Skyline and Bridge trails. Some wet spots but very few bare spots, for sure need rock skis. Classic is pretty nice, but slow. Enjoy, should be good for a few days.

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(Piotr Bednarski)