Great conditions this morning at French around 10am. Soft thin corduroy above a hard base, snow getting faster, and almost no icy spots. All trails in great shape.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Out with the groomers this morning - they are working hard! Great coverage throughout French - deck is solid. Top snow post-groom was a bit soft this morning but should set up nicely with cooler temps.

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(Betsy Van Cleve Stiegler)

Surprisingly good skiing with only a few icy areas and a few leaves and cones occasionally. Given the recent rain/snow/slush, this is great skiing. Used best skis with no regrets. Great job, groomers! All trails very skiable!

(Michael Stiegler)

Skated all the loops. Most of the snow was soft and water-saturated but not yet sloppy slushy. There were some packed sections where the snow was just soft. I encountered several spots with bumps in the skate deck. Some tree debris here and there but all easily avoidable. Classic tracks looked in rough shape.

(Elliott Lewis)

Skate skied at around 3:30 pm. Snow is getting icy and fast, still enjoyable but need a good grooming for better grip in some sections.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Skied freestyle all trails around 11:00 am. Grooming has clearly improved, trails are even, classic trails looked in good shape too. Snow was getting somewhat soft, although faster than yesterday a few icy patches including on the two descents of Skyline trail (some caution to control your skis).

(Bernard Cerles)

Beautiful trails today. The trails were a little dirty or something in multiple spots but can't complain. Near-perfect warmer conditions, nice consistency and no rutting or unevenness or anything. Very nicely maintained trails.

(Kristian Markon)

Nice day at French. Nicely packed and very few ruts. Observed that the tracks looked very good. Looks like the report says they are grooming every day.

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(Diane Pattridge)

Skied all trails around 9:30 am. Good coverage, no debris, classic probably in fair shape only. Freestyle grooming good except for the grooming equipment tracks (see picture) and some unevenness from time to time. Snow getting faster with further compaction.

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(Bernard Cerles)

Went to French at 9 am hoping for a great classic ski on this cold day and was disappointed. The classic tracks were thin, washed out or non-existent, appearing to not have been reset since perhaps yesterday morning. I struggled around Lagoon, Lake, and Meadow, and after taking a look up Skyline, I gave up and went back to the car for skate skis. Some sections of the skate deck did show signs of having been groomed this morning but not the entire trail system. If I were to compare the Piston Bully groomed man-made loops to cycling on freshly paved perfect asphalt, I would compare the grooming I'm seeing on the natural snow trails this year to trying to ride that same road bike on a gravel road. It can be done but the battles over uneven surfaces, partial traction and bumps take some of the fun away. Still, any day that ends like this is still a good day.

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(Leif Irgens)