No new segments open. Some very nice hard track, some completely blown in. Really felt the wind and snow gun drift between the downhill skill park and the parking lot. Guru green kicked pretty nicely in fairly slow conditions. I'm happy to have places to ski with our continued dearth of snow.

(Stan Hokanson)

I did classic at Elm Creek this morning, boy that breeze was chilly! The tracks were in great condition, I had both good kick and glide except for a couple of spots where the drift from the guns landed. The downhill tracks in the donut were really quick. There are two guns on the hill bypass but I didn't see any thing on the whale tail. The deck looked good and firm and the two skaters I talked too seemed happy. Dress warmly, I was chilly the first two laps then was OK until my 9th lap when my feet started to get cold. They were setting up for a meet later today.

(Tom Harris)

Much colder this morning, snow getting harder, close to icy, in places. Some part of the trail with soft snow from the snow cannons. Donut loop reopened.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Conditions great at Elm Creek this morning. The final .5k is still not open and no snow guns were blowing onto the trail. All guns were on the alpine/tubing area. There were a few piles of snow on the final section.

(Andrew Hansen)

Not crowded this morning around 9:30 am. Donut loop closed due to groomer having broken down. Switchback being prepared for opening. Good snow overall, lower temperatures help. Without the donut it's a 1.40 km loop vs 1.80km. Race planned for 2 pm.

(Bernard Cerles)

The North Donut was shut down due to grooming equipment malfunction. Snowmaking continues on the tubing hill, the South donut remains closed as well. One of the groomers thought the equipment should be repaired by evening.

(Don Callander)

So the Valley Trail is missing about .5 kM where a snowmaking machine has been mostly idle the last four days. 2kM done, sugary and rutted on the uphill climbs, but certainly lots of snow. Downhills and flats were mostly excellent. Overall good conditions, but the classic trail has been washed out in the same places every time I go. Not sure when it was last groomed. They are busy on the downhill making snow and grooming. Wish they had some spare time to finish the cross-country trail. Obviously they only have man made snow, and the Valley Trail is it. I did both double poling in the classic track, and skating. I went from 7:30PM to 9:30PM.

(John Klug)

Great conditions today around 5:30 am. Snow was firm and a little slower...but not bad. Course was not icy or sugary. Glad I brought glasses due to new snow coming down during the workout.

(Jim Cloutier)

Trail conditions were excellent this morning. Even though it is a 1.5 K Loop the snow conditions made it enjoyable. Plenty of snow to ski on.... but a little challenging navigating old man-made snow new snowfall and new man-made snow. Skis would be flying, and then suddenly slow down -- oh well, I'm on snow so, who cares?

(Jim Cloutier)

I did classic at Elm Creek this morning, the tracks were in great shape. I talked to several skaters and they said the deck was as good as it looked. There were two guns on the ski trail, one at the whale tail and one on the hill bypass. The drift from the bypass made the hill easier to kick up. It was getting busy when I left at 10:30 am.

(Tom Harris)