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I was there 9-11 am today. Snow cover is excellent, with a few exceptions in Pleasure Valley. Weather (and walkers) have made the conditions less than ideal. But if they groom early Monday, as they usually do, it could be excellent.

Wow! West trails were amazing this morning! Full coverage, corduroy, no bare spots. Thank you, Brian! East trail steep climb is great, and most of the east trails are pretty good, except the steep downhill in the pines. That is not skiable and should be avoided! But if you get creative with skiing the loops …

Finished classic skiing at 9:30 this morning. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be worth coming out, but it definitely was! Everything on the snow making loop was in very good condition except for one spot about 30 feet long on the large outer loop in the field where there’s a lot of …

We got out late afternoon and did Pleasure Valley. The trail had been nicely groomed, but the actual tracks have a ton of ice. People coming back from the blue trail reported conditions there were very fast but good.

Finished grooming the west/lighted trails at 7:30 this morning. It was never below freezing overnight, but the skate deck held up. Tracks did not do as well. The only really bad spot is by the parking lot. Heading to the east trails now.

Echoing what Marc said although I just wrapped up around 5:30pm. Skied yellow, red, and blue and only a small portion of Pleasure Valley had bare tracks.

We had about 50 skiers out today and conditions held up ok, however we are going to close all trails tomorrow. We’ll post again if we are able to open after that the potential snow this week.

Great conditions before 11am. Pleasant Valley has some icy and thin spots, otherwise would have put it at excellent.

Skied the 11 km blue loop twice-recently groomed but very thin base in spots-plenty of tree debris in spots B skies recommended Tracks were thin and some areas bottomed out. big uphills still had coverage but some with debris but not icy. Enjoy while it lasts Nice upgrade to cabin at start with 3 indoor …

Get out there! Could be your last chance! It was good when I got there at 11 am, but when I was done at 1 pm it was fair because the the snow in the direct sunlight is getting pretty soft. Still very skiable right now, but if you are a high-performance type you should …