March 10

Skijored on Malamute and JGL around noon today. Unlike past years at this time of year, the snow coverage is excellent without any bare spots at all. Was expecting slightly icy conditions but the trails were actually quite soft. I think we have at least 3 more weeks of decent…

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Feb 13

The mild weather last week followed by the deep freeze on Saturday night has not been kind to our trails. I skijored on End Loop and Malamute Loop this afternoon, accessing the trails from the Cheney side of the forest. The loops themselves were icy, hard and fast and then…

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March 6 2021

Skijored on the south section of Gun Club and the entire Tower Loop this morning. Grooming has been holding up well (thanks Nick!), with only a few spots in the areas open to the sun being a little on the soft side. A lot of debris from the previous windy…

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Feb 15

Trails still in excellent shape, but there is a bare spot and thin snow coverage on the swamp trail just as you enter the forest near Gun Club. Hopefully tonight’s snowfall will help fix that for next week.

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Larose Forest – March 14

Short skijor this morning around 11 am on 1st Trail, West Boundary, 4th Trail, Broken Ski Pass and Parking Lot Bypass. Parking lot is bare and muddy but all trails are snow-covered. Conditions are mostly slow and slushy but manageable, except for 1st Trail and Moose between the parking lot…

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Treail Conditions – Feb 12

Skijored this morning on Moose, Swamp, Roller Coaster and 10-11. None of these trails have been recently groomed, so they are little soft but still manageable. Concession 11 and Parking Lot Bypass were recently groomed, so I suspect the same is true for all of the western trails.

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Monday, Feb 3

Skijored on Concession 11, End Loop, Malamute and through Broken Ski Pass early in the morning when the temperature was still -4. Some new snow from the weekend softened the trails a little but still in great shape. Some obvious signs of dog walker traffic on the northern section of…

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