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Man-made snow loop was groomed for skating this morning.

Lots of snow up in the Dells. Mirror Lake received another 1 or 2” today while Madison got sleet. Skied in a beautiful snow storm around noon. Hastings and Ferndale are great. Haven’t been groomed for a couple of days but, plenty of coverage. No tracks. Turtleville is pretty beat up from lovely walkers and …

Enough snow to ski in flat parts.Avoid hills because of dirt showing. Skied front trail and back trails. A lot of grass and dirt on hilly parts. You could still ski if you watched for the dirt. That was before 12 when it started sleeting after I left.

Stick to the manmade snow. All other spots are too thin. With the warming, the deck has gotten compressed quickly. But it isn’t icy yet. Sleet started as I finished at noon. Conditions will degrade as week progresses until it cools down again and we can get some fresh snow. Thanks for groomer folks! Happy …

Still fair amount of packed down snow, some bare patches peeking through but not too many. Lots of grooves from skis.

We tried to groom this morning but conditions were not good. All trails are closed until we get more snow.

We tried to make it work today but conditions were not good. All trails are closed until we get more snow.

The snowmaking loop was groomed for skating and classic skiing this morning. A new section on the Upper Field trail is now open. All trails follow a counterclockwise direction, except for a short section that allows two-way travel. The total distance is approximately 1.6 km.

Coverage 99%. Trail well packed w/ skied-in classic track ~60% of the way. With another pass from the groomers it may survive well into next week.

Excellent fresh corduroy for skating Friday morning, and today there were lots of skate and stride skiers enjoying the conditions. Groomers did a sweet job of rolling, but Monday will get tricky without more snow to support skiing on the thinning deck . . .