Trail Condition

BlackHawk Ski Area

Snowmaking loop (aka Siberian Hwy) groomed this morning. Rock solid base with ~5 mm snow on top. Complete loop not open-north portion with several bare spots. Natural snow trails ungroomed and with bare spots too. No classic track. Thank you Blackhawk groomers.

BlackHawk Ski Area

Snowmaking loop (aka Siberian Hwy) groomed this morning. Rock solid base with ~5 mm snow on top. Complete loop still open-north portion with lots of bare spots. Natural snow trails not groomed. No classic track. Skied a small portion of hills 2,4 & 6 to make a 1.3K loop. Thank you Blackhawk groomers.

BlackHawk Ski Area

Snowmaking loop in good condition and groomed this morning. Rock solid base with ~ 5+ mm snow on top. Skied a small portion of hills 2, 4 & 6 to make a 1.3K loop. Thank you Blackhawk groomers.

Elver Park

Madnorski groomer Dick Steinle is grooming the West side trails this afternoon so the conditions should be better for later this afternoon and evening! Thank you, Dick!!

Elver Park

Skied the west portion up in the woods. Stayed on the flats as the downhills were a bit dicey as the trails were were not groomed and still frozen this am. The portions of the trail that still have snow, grooming would really help. Some spots though down to thin ice.

Elver Park

The trail just by the west parking area now has gaps but don't let that dissuade you: the rest of the trail has good coverage.

Other

Took a drive up to Geenbush on Sunday-was not disappointed. Skied the Purple and brown loops. Put in 28km. Trials had good cover-little more snow up here. A solid base with fresh groomed top about half inch. A few icy spots and debris on trail. The downhill on back side of Purple was a bear …

Blue Mound SP

Rating good because of the great coverage. Skied the entire classic trail system, save for the steep uphill on the yellow loop. I used my slightly-wide metal-edged touring skis, which I think was a necessity. Temperature was about 40F when I arrived around 2 pm. Coverage was good throughout the trail system, with only a …