Warmest day of the winter so far with temp reaching the mid 40’s. Despite the warm weather and intense sun, the trails held up well and lots of good reports from the trail and skiers today. Fast skiing early and pretty much ideal from 10am to noon and soft and slushylike mid afternoon….. but no standing water…..than glazing over again late afternoon and “speeding” up. We will groom a few trails tonight. There still is a good base of snow and should hang on provided it keeps freezing down at night. We plan on grooming the Lotvola Cup course early Saturday evening.

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Beautiful Springlike skiing today. Trails fast this morning than softening up with sun and warmer temps. Fresh groomed last night included Rootin Tootin, Roy’s Run and Island Lake. Grooming this morning on Mother Hen and JibFly. Trails groomed this morning getting soft and slow around noon but other trails holding firm and getting soft later.  Few trails have icy sections and caution must be used on downhills.  However, the snow is holding out nicely and good skiing depending on timing and right waxing/ski selection. We will be grooming again this evening on North Loup, Wavy Gravy, Mother North Star and the skating trails and touching up inner trails as well.

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Colder than forecast temps the past few days keeping most of the snow in place and the trails….Fast!!  Excellent coverage with a compacted base of 5-10″.  Sukkerbusk, Sap Run and Mother Hen groomed last night and skiing slower on these trails today. Other trails have glazed sections that are icylike/fast.  The first lake crossing on Bullhead Lake trail has beaver activity but stay on track, no problem. Looks like the weather will be consistent all week, cooling down at night  below freezing and mid 30’s for daytimes high. Springlike skiing=fast in morning, slower mid day and fast again in the late afternoon. We will groom on more trails this afternoon/evening with final grooming on Lotvola course to take place Saturday night most likely.

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