Worked on red trail yesterday. Got the larger lower loop opened up. Lots of work left to do. Grooming of this segment will happen this afternoon/evening. If anyone wants to help; get in touch. This is a much larger project than just shaking trees.

Was able to get out and groom the cleared section of trail. Just smoothed everything out with several passes. Lots of residual sticks on the trail. Did not set tracks yet; the actuator was frozen with the rollercoaster of temps. Will work things again this week.

The trail was groomed twice today and tracks set. One in the morning and again after practice. Still just the loop that was opened up last weekend. Going to take more help to complete. Might have the ski team help on Thursday afternoon. Conditions are good otherwise.

Worked on opening up more east side red trails the past couple of evenings. Getting close with the help of the ski team. Working again in the morning to toss brush off the trails. Plenty of work to be done and help needed. This does not magically happen like Santa’s workshop.

Got the entire East side cut and brushed yesterday. We also work on some of the west side trails. Thanks to a couple ski team kids coaches and parents to pull this off. Still more work to do. Flatten out groomed all of the areas that are cut and passable for now.

Red trail re-groomed and tracks set on entire loop this morning. West side still a work in progress on the areas the are cut open. Working on leveling. Close but not quite. Tracks to be set soon. FYI: If there is just a snowmobile track it’s not groomed; beware, ski at own risk.

All the trails got a re-groom this morning. Classic tracks set throughout the entire system. With the warmer temps things are going to soften some but should remain firm under. Looks to be a beautiful day in the woods.

Red trail received a full renovation and new tracks set this morning. Should set up nice and be a perfect day on the trails. West side trails should be in pretty good condition and scheduled for a re-groom this evening.

Red trail groomed last night after practice. Combed out the 3” of new snow and set tracks. Going to be a little chilly out there compared to what we have seen the past month but keep moving and it is fine in the woods. Have to take advantage of the winter days.

Groomed the Blue trail this morning. Set tracks and ready to ski. Snow is pretty sugary coming out of the cold snap but should set up for a nice weekend of skiing.

Red trail got a full re-groom reconditioning the skate deck and re-setting classic tracks. Blue trail just re-set classic tracks. Should be a good weekend to get out and ski. Sunday is the ski club event for people to come out and try skiing. Please do not walk on the trails.

Red and Blue trail received full renovations this morning. Mixed in the new snow with the old and cut through the ice from the last week. Skate deck and classic tracks reset and ready to ski. Come on out and ski this afternoon.

Monday, Feb. 27th, 2023 Update: East and West Loops were groomed on Saturday, Feb. 25th. I had sled trouble, so was unable to groom far West Loops - but there is plenty of good skiing out there!

East side Red trails groomed for skate and classic this evening. Blue trail is groomed classic only best line tracks. (The ideal path to take skiing this trail. Makes for fun classic skiing but not so much skate skiing. Please do not skate west side until re-groomed.)

Lots of snow out there after the storm. Got out and packed the trails with snowmobile only. Mostly likely will not get groomed until Wednesday evening. Have other commitments and need to catch up after being gone for a week.

East side red trail skate lane and classic tracks set. Mid January conditions with March sun can’t get much better. This volunteer likes to ski more than groom, especially this time of the year. Klister days are ahead but not this week. Get out and enjoy the spring skiing.

Groomed East side trail. Packed the skate deck and set classic tracks. Conditions could not be better. Get out and enjoy the long days and moderate temps. Some of the best skiing is yet to come.

Packed and combed East side trails. Consistency was like mashed potatoes. No classic tracks set; setup for skate skiing. Things look to be warming up. Please ski early and avoid warm wet trails to get the most out of the spring conditions.

Made a single pass to lay things down on the skate deck after the afternoon ski laps chopped things up a bit. Still lots of snow. Hope we can continue freezing temps on the overnights to ski but also for those near the Red to the West of here.

1/4/24: Detroit Mountain Nordic Ski Trails are closed until we get more snow. It will take 6-8" before we can pack it, and get a base. There is 1-3" in the forecast, but not enough to do much. It's a sad year for XC Skiers!