CXC Outdoor Rec Center

Skied early morning-did a couple laps on the golf coarse-varied conditions similar to yesterday's post. watch out for ruts created by some "Einstein" who decided to go off roading on the golf course with his monster truck. snow became very soft by the time I left. More and more bare spots popping up.

Blue Mound SP

The good: At least 4-6” of base and continuous snow coverage across the trail system. Fast and solid snow in the predawn hours; campground loop could be skated. The bad: hasn’t been groomed. Snow got soft after 7am. Runner/hiker tracks in ski trail make ski control difficult on downhills. Crashed on downhill to campground when …

Elver Park

Decent spring skiing conditions early this morning – mostly firm corn snow without many ruts. Was getting softer already by 730. Some very dirt saturated spots but no super thin spots in west side loops. Icy and thin by ball fields, east side not worth trying because it doesn’t seem to have been groomed. Will …

CXC Outdoor Rec Center

I started around 11:00 and while the tracks were a bit icy, I was skiing on Fischer Crown skis and had quite decent kick. Where not, I just got out of the tracks and it was very good. Pole plants were an occasional issue as a pole could get stuck in the crusty snow.. I …

McCarthy Park

Groomed this morning and then skied. Results varied excellent/good for 80% of trails, and fair for the rest, with a few poor spots. But given the recent weather, I was pleasantly surprised and saw a lot of happy faces this morning. Was able to set new classic tracks for about 50% of trails, and tracks …

Odana Golf Course

Deck was not skiable until groomer came out at about 8:20am. After a few passes deck was pretty good. Plenty of coverage and all the frozen ruts and holes were filled in and smoothed over. It was getting soft by noon.

CXC Outdoor Rec Center

Went out not knowing what to expect given the previous days of warm weather and was pleasantly surprised. Skate deck is a bit chunky, slanted, or uneven in areas but otherwise pretty skiable, especially on the golf course which I made a few laps on. Snow started very hard and icy, and was getting soft …

CXC Outdoor Rec Center

It is not a good classic day. Yuriy can’t set new tracks on this. Old tracks are well defined, but quite icy. Grip is a real challenge today. I had skins, and they were not very effective. Downhills were hard to control as there is too much icy chunked chop between tracks and skate deck. …

McCarthy Park

Hi all, Temps finally dropped below freezing and gave our team members a chance to get out and groom. We are actively attempting to bring the trails back into shape. we did do one loop last evening and found our coverage was very good with 99% coverage. I can't say how it will turn out …