Classic skiied at 9 a.m. The entire Valley trail was open and the grooming was excellent. The tracks were in good shape for 95% of the trail with just a few icy places. Skin skis worked well. A few oak leaves in the usual places as there always is in the late season.

(Mark Basiletti)

Great conditions early, thanks to the groomers. There weren't many people out, which helped keep the integrity of the skate deck intact for a while. By 10ish am, the snow was getting slow, sticky, and slushy. There are more and more patches of dirty snow, which can't be helped given the lack of powder. The tracks looked okay at best. Overall, a surprisingly pleasant ski.

(Jason Goepfert)

An early morning ski today could be a reasonable farewell for the season. Before things started to warm up, the skate deck was firm, with a bit of loose stuff on top. The classic tracks varied from terrific to icy and shallow with some zig-zags, including on the turn at the bottom of the donut. But it was beginning to turn slushy when I left around 10:15 am. All in all, you couldn't ask for much more during a winter season like this one. I'll add my thanks to the Elm Creek crew for a job well done.

(Ken Tobacman)

Skied Valley Trail at 9:30 a.m. Excellent grooming. Tracks and skate lane firm and not icy. The switch back was closed but they were working on it and had it rolled before I was done skiing. Also saw a snow gun going as I was leaving. Snow was dirty at the top of the donut and near the road but otherwise much better conditions than I expected after the warm weather.

(Mark Basiletti)

Skied around 11 am which was probably about an hour too late. It was getting wet in the sunny spots and slow. The Universal klister I've had on for most of the last times skiing was working OK except on the icy and very wet spots. You Birkie skiers better get out and get one last over distance session in...just kidding. Good Luck.

(Mark Lahtinen)

Man made loop fully open, very nice hard fast snow at around 9:00 am, getting softer around 10 am. Noice or debris on the skate deck, classic seemed perfect.

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(Bernard Cerles)

The Valley trail was very good with all man made snow trail open. Skate deck was great and tracks looked great. Only a few leaves. Thanks grooming crew!

(Bob Maki)

Surprisingly I was able to ski all the natural snow trails this morning starting at 10 AM. Finding a way onto the natural snow from the snowmaking loop was the most difficult part is the part before the bridge was a bit sketchy. Once I got going there was some pretty good snow and it was still frozen so I didn't hit any bare ground. Overall I don't think my skis sustain any damage. The Eagle Lake Loop was the best and I did that three times. The only bad part was where it goes over the paved trail. The Monarch loop was not good for classic but it was hard packed so I did some skating on it.

(Dan Zenk)

Probably the best conditions of the year for the man-made snow loop thanks to all the efforts of the staff and groomers over the past week. The tracks looked great, and the skate deck was fast and firm, with the corduroy holding up even with quite a bit of traffic. A great morning to be able to ski.

(Jason Goepfert)

Man made loop fully open. Very good hard fast snow, no ice or debris. Not crowded when I arrived around 8:45 am.

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(Bernard Cerles)