Although the piles of snow haven’t been large this year, the popcorn has been plentiful Saturday nights and on request during the week!
Piles of White
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Trail Report
A beautiful day for the Detroit Lakes invitational ski meet. Teams from Little Falls, Brainerd, Trek North, Alexandria, Fergus Falls, Deer River and Bemidji competed in the first meet in Minnesota held on natural snow this season! The course included skaters waltz and also Suicide Hill. It was a skate race. The Jr high skiers competed on the lake over a 3.5km loop. The races were early enough in the day the snow was still frozen and fast but breaking down to a silky feel making for nice skiing. We closed the trails just after noon to preserve the snow and thanks to the 100’s of skiers that observed this. Skiing on the lake was great and provided training for teams that skied in to the afternoon. A check of the trails mid afternoon found the coverage hanging on just fine.
The best trails for classic skiing are Twin Lakes, Sukkerbusk with Sap Run and Mother Hen but icy with a few more bare spots after today’s warmth. If we get an inch or two the next few days, conditions should improve and we are ready to groom when appropriate.
We are enjoying the snow we do have and doing everything possible to make for better conditions. All the trails are open but caution must be used on downhills and areas where it is rough and be aware of bare spots on certain trails.
To preserve the snow, we ask that people do not hike on the trails.
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Cousins Cruising Along
A great weekend of skiing on the trails despite the low snow conditions. Latest trail report with photos.
Rochester Ski Team
A great day on the trails with lots of smiling faces and happy skiers despite the thin conditions. Latest trail report with photos on the trail report page.
Trail Report
A dusting of snow Friday afternoon helping to improve the conditions. The new snow taking off the icy edge on the classic tracks. The new snow was groomed in on skaters waltz and part of the lake loop. This morning and evening North Loup, Skaters Waltz and Suicide Hill groomed for skating and the loop on the lake also groomed for skating. The best bet for classic skiing is Twin Lakes and Sukkerbusk that has the best tracks. Sap Run and Mother Hen okay as well.
The majority of trails have good coverage and won’t take much new snow to have good skiing again. In the mean time we are enjoying the snow we do have and doing everything possible to make for better conditions. All the trails are open but caution must be used on downhills and areas where it is rough.
We are planning on hosting a ski meet on Tuesday with Skaters Waltz and Suicide Hill as the race course. If we are not able to provide a safe course on the trails, we will use a loop on the lake. It will be skate only.
To preserve the snow, we ask that people do not hike on the trails.
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