Nice track and skate lane. Thanks for opening up. A couple lights in a row out at bottom of doughnut make a tunnel affect each lap. Plenty of parking and space to ski your pace.

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(Todd White)

Kudos to the team at Elm Creek for get the skiing going! The doughnut to the ski school area was open with ample manufactured snow and a small amount of leaf and stick debris. You could probably use your good skis but there were a few sticks. Tracks and deck were hard and fast that made for challenging conditions - especially for the first time on skis this year.

(Greg Loper)

Nice snow - tracks were well set (a few leaves, but not sticking). The whole home loop was open, so a couple of little hills, not just flat training ground. Not crowded at 1pm. Lovely day.

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(Laurie Ford)

Elm Creek will temporarily be opening approximately 1K of ski trail from Monday, November 29th thru the afternoon of Friday, December 3rd. We will be unable to make snow during this period based on the current forecast. The closure time could adjust based on weather conditions. We still have a lot of snow to be open long-term for the season and need to utilize opportunities as they arise. A reopening date has not been determined at this time. Chalet will be open from 9am - 7pm while the trails are open.

(Bruce Bolduan, Three Rivers Park District)

Snow is piling up! We took a drive today after Thanksgiving dinner to Elm Creek to check out the progress. It won’t be long. Start getting those skis prepped.

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(John Crellin)

At 8:00a the snow guns were blazing from the north loop to the lesson area.

(Mark Erickson)

Snow guns ready on upper donut. We may need them this year with the warm October and November which historically has lead to a 75% chance of below normal snow and ski days. November is now +5F but will go down over the next few days. Even with an average November mean temp it might squeak into the warmest 20 Oct.-Nov. temps.

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(Mark Lahtinen)