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Last first hand reports from skiers was Saturday (December 20th)...

The grooming performed Friday (December 19th) produced 'decent' results. On Saturday the 20th, there was a solid, icy crust with a thin topping of Saturday morning's wind whipped dusting of snow -- enough to provide adequate edge control in the skate lane and a kick in the classic track. Many areas of the skate lane were mostly smooth. Other parts of the skate lane were rough, especially where the tracks from the grooming implement punched through the surface. On the ungroomed trails, anticipate crusty trails topped with a small amount of fresh snow.

Despite last week's warmup and melting, the base appears thick enough for you to use your good skis - if in doubt, bring your 'B' skis.

This might be a good time to hike or snowshoe the snowshoe trails.

1 - Drive carefully on the Fire Lane Road and Excelsior Road - very icy!

2 - Illicit vehicle traffic has created ruts on the West Side between Letters Y-Z. You may want to avoid that area until there's enough snow to fill in the ruts.

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 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.