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'Decent' skiing is available. Despite the wide temperature swings, freeze/thaw cycles, melting and rain the past 10 days, the base has faired reasonably well. The base appears thick enough for you to use your good skis. If in doubt, bring your 'B' skis.

On the Eastside, the trail surface is hardpack (not icy) and offers adequate edge control. The skate deck has a mixture of areas of older corduroy and 1/2" of ungroomed snow, and isn't too rough; the classic track is reasonably well defined. On the East Side, anticipate a lot of trail litter (pine boughs, acorns, pinecones, twigs, etc) as a result of the high winds that blew through on December 20th.

On the Westside, Tuesday's grooming (December 23rd) helped remove some of the trail litter, and created a fairly deep, crisp classic track -- good striding conditions. The skate lane offers pretty good edge control but is often rough with chunky corduroy and an irregular surface. The far west backcountry loop (D-F-G-H-I) has a 'narrow' strip of grooming where you can expect some tall weeds, and occasional running water.

As an alternative to skiing, snowshoe (or hike) the snowshoe trails.

The access roads (Fire Lane Road and Excelsior Road) are quite icy in the vicinity of the warming house!

December 22: a scattering of icy snow ball bearings

December 20: light dusting

December 18: 3 days of warm temps fell to single digits, and rain transitioned to 1/2" of wind whipped snow

Grooming Report / Plans:

December 23: groomed the West Side trails using a leveling implement; added fresh classic track in many areas.

December 20 (evening): groomed some of the side trails on the East Side.

December 19: groomed the skate lane and set classic track on the West Side during the daytime, then the East Side Core Loop and Roundabout trails in the evening.