The base is 1-3 inches thick, with only infrequent dirty spots. Bring your good skis, enjoy a firm, creamy packed powder surface. You'll find good to very good to excellent conditions on the East Side. The West Side was groomed Friday afternoon (Feb. 21) and will be soft until the grooming has a chance to set up overnight.

Most of the East Side has very good to excellent skating. There's fair to good striding on the 11 km of classic track set February 16th on the East Side Core Loop. There's lovely fresh classic track on the trails that branch off from the East Side Core Loop. Have fun exploring the beauty of this trail system.

One important suggestion: if you are new to these trails, the best skiing is often on the East Side Core Loop, where we focus our grooming attention. Consider skiing in a counterclockwise direction on the Core Loop (follow the numbered sequence 1-2-3-4-5 etc). By skiing that direction, when the base is thin you'll avoid dealing with potential dirt spots on a challenging downhill between intersections #5-6-7.

On the West Side, we try to leave some ungroomed snow along the edge of the trail for back-country skiers and snowshoers. Where it is narrow, snowshoers are reminded to stay to the side.

Snowshoe Update: the snow shoe trails (East Side) are in great shape and mostly packed. Ridges and Hillside are the two trails that start near the warming house and are easiest. Rope-A-Dope and Highland Loops have greater elevation challenges, and are recommended for more experienced snowshoers.

February 16: dusting

February 14/15 (Overnight): 6" fluffy dry powder

Grooming Report / Plans:

February 21: groomed the West Side trails -- groomed the skate deck on Excelsior Road, groomed for skating and classic skiing on the interior trails. Also groomed the trail that crosses from East to West. FYI - we share Excelsior Road with ATVs restricted to the south side - thus there's not enough room for a classic track on Excelsior Road. Classic track starts at Letter A.

February 20: groomed the skate deck on most of the East Side trails, and set fresh classic track on many of the trails branching off the Core Loop.

February 15/16: Groomed the new 6" of powder snow on the EastSide Core Loop and a few side trails. Set classic track on the Core Loop. On the WestSide, Excelsior Road was groomed for skating.