French was groomed for both skate and classic and in very good shape. It was just nice to get back to French with enough snow this year to set classic tracks! Had an awesome ski with my favorite nephew!!

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(Bill Lundberg)

This was the first time at this trail - it was great. I skied the classic trails. Groomed for both classic and freestyle. I waxed with blue wax and it was perfect! If you haven't skied here, give it a try - it's lovely.

(Linda Wick)

Skied all the trails. Don't know why Three Rivers says it's fair, it was great. Very minimal debris, slightly bumpy. Tracks looked good overall too but didn't use them.

(Ben Fuller)

All trails were packed and tracked. The skate deck was a little soft in spots but there was good coverage everywhere including the bridge on Meadow. Very little leaf litter. Overall it was great conditions at French.

(Steve Hum)

Classic skied lagoon trail. Newly groomed for skate skiing and classic. No one out here. Beautiful ski as the snow quietly fell.

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(Jeffrey Saslow)

French was in surprising good condition for skate (no tracks) with few leaves and dirt in some places. It had been just packed so enjoyable although somewhat slow.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Trails were all packed but not tracked. Coverage is a bit thin in places, with a little bit of dirt showing here and there. Surface is mostly smooth and flat. Very few leaves and sticks. We were on skin skis, which worked well, but most other people were skating. It seemed like even better conditions for skating than classic. I was surprised that the Three Rivers website rated the French trail conditions as poor and the Hyland natural trail conditions as good. We skied most of the Hyland natural snow trails Saturday afternoon and most of the French trails Sunday afternoon, and we thought the trails at French were in significantly better condition than the natural snow trails at Hyland. There were a few small stones scattered on the trails at French and I picked up and tossed out all the ones I saw.

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(Craig Wiklund, North Star Ski Touring Club)

Skied the whole trail. Good coverage and great conditions for early skiing. It is thin in several spots so I'm glad I had my rock skis. With good early conditions I'm hoping this a good sign that we will be able to ski French through the whole season!

(Joe Anderson)

My daughter and I skied at French around 7pm. Amazing skiing! Great grooming and all the lights for the trails were on. We skied most everything and while there was some very minimal amount of leaves and small areas where small rocks were showing. Definitely a treat to be able to ski natural snow trails on Dec 2nd... or any date for that matter! :-).

(Jason Midgarden)

Groomed for skate. Open at the nature center. The loop down to the lake is not groomed.

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(Jaime Konerman-Sease)