My first trip to French for the season! Really good conditions for skating. The challenge Hill was also open, which many of you know isn't a sure thing throughout the season. The classic skis looked a little worn, but there were definitely other classic skiers out.

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(Paul Larson)

Today's light snow really transformed French from yesterday - there were no dirty snow spots, the few icy spots now have a thin layer of snow on them. Excellent conditions on the skate deck, the classic tracks looked a little worn and occasionally blown out.

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(Steve Hum)

Pretty decent coverage on the skate trail. There is a shallow classic track but it's down to the ice layer underneath the new snow in many locations. Odd grooming I have to say. The classic tracks are very close together on some of the two way trail sections leaving a narrow skate lane and on some of the one way trails the classic track is often in the middle. Skate lane is uneven in many locations.

(Rick Budde)

French was groomed and tracked by the time I finished up my ski around 11. Excellent coverage on the skate deck, a few shallow spots in the classic tracks. Thanks to Three Rivers for making the most of the few inches of snow we got!

(Katie Brown)

Certainly rock ski conditions, but quite good considering what's left to work with. Quite a bit of tree debris on the trails, a few spots with gravel pulled up but good glide with about 95% coverage. Good enough for a pleasant ski today.

(Jason Mozol)

Skied this morning and it was a bit rough. The starting area has a curb that is exposed. The loop I did had tilled in gravel, wood chips, dirt, leaves, and branches. You can get around the whole park just expect it to be slow and run over things. I think it is the best we could ask for with the conditions that are here. Awesome job groomers! Just know its rough because the warm weather and now thin snow.

(Eric Andersen)

Skiing was surprisingly good- some bare spots and debris, but the groomers did a great job and definitely better than I had expected. I skiied the full circuit and had a great afternoon.

(Ben Cahill)

The crew had groomed today (likely for HS meet later this afternoon) and even reset some of the classic tracks. There are definitely rocks showing in the typical areas and I'm sure with the warm weather today they will keep popping up. It was icy on the land bridge and maybe 10% of the meadow area but I found the ski overall to be great and the hills on the back side are in the best shape snow wise if that's what you are after. Just go with expectations that you WILL scratch your skis so bring a pair that are already marked up. Thank you groomers for keeping the natural snow trails usable!

(Nils Wahlander)

Tough trail conditions. I thought it would be a lot better since the nice weather to soften the trails but that was not the case. Very icy and rocky in spots.

(Vitaly Brown)

Skated about 8 km. Deck is getting icy in more and more places. More dirt visible in places. Leaves and twigs but easily skated around.

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(Bernard Cerles)