Woods flocked beautifully after 4″ of snow on Saturday and 4-5″ of dry and fluffy early Monday. The snow was sticky and made for tough going at times over the weekend but gorgeous in the forest and lots of happy skiers. We are packing the trails today and set tracks once the trails are packed out. With northwest flow and cooler temps forecasted this week, should be some great skiing on tap.

Measured new snow on the ice skating rink Sunday afternoon.

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A mixed bag of precip during the night with rain and sleet. Turning to all snow around 8am. As of 3:30 pm, around 4 inches of fresh snow has fallen compacted to about 3″ due to the heaviness. The snow is insulating the soft snow underneath so we will hold off on grooming until the snow freezes down. Skiing should be good as more snow falls and hopefully stays snow as the warm moist system to the south begins to work to the northeast.

Photos below from skiers yesterday afternoon enjoying the nice conditions.

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