With snow back on the ground after taking a vacation, area groomers have been out laying tracks for cross country (Nordic) skiers. Below are the groomer’s reports from December 16.
Banadad Trails:
For the latest conditions, see bct@boundarycountry.com or call 218-388-4487.
Upper Gunflint Trails:
Upper Gunflint Ski Trail Ski Trail Passes are required. Please support these trails by purchasing the pass at Gunflint Lodge (800-328-3325), Gunflint Pines (800-533-5814), or Heston’s Lodge (800-338- 7230). More information can be found at https:// www.gunflint.com/, http:// www.gunflintpines.com/, or www.hestons.com/.
Funds raised from these passes pay for land lease fees, and grooming expenses. Passes can be purchased at Gunflint Lodge (218-388-2294), Gunflint Pines Resort (218- 388-4454), and Hestons Lodge (218-388-2243). All of these resorts are located on the South Gunflint Lake road. Daily, weekend, week, and seasonal passes are available.
Ice falls brighten the cliffs of the Temperance River Gorge in Schroeder in the Temperance River State Park. With little snow on the ground the trails to Lake Superior are still easy to navigate, but they won’t stay that way if we get much more snow. Staff photo/Brian Larsen
Central Gunflint Ski Trail Conditions:
Bearskin: See bearskintrailreports. wordpress.com/ for the most recent conditions.
Golden Eagle: For the latest, call 1-800-346-2203 or 218-388-2203.
Lutsen/Tofte Trails:
The Sugarbush Trail Association takes care of many trails in the west end. Check the website for more detailed information: sugarbushtrail.org/ ski_ trails.php
Pincushion Ski Trails
The base is two to four inches with two to three 3 inches of light new snow that fell on Tuesday. Trails were partially groomed on Wednesday morning. Several trails were rolled and combed with two passes on East Overlook, Stadium, West Overlook, Snowman and one pass on Lynn’s Loop. Plans are to roll one pass on the remaining trails tonight (December 16) to set a base for wind-blown snow over the next couple of days. Other trails are not yet deep enough to set track. The new snow was very light and soft, so the combed surface is pretty soft.
The North Superior Ski and Run Club maintain the ski trails at Pincushion, with the financial support of sponsorships and memberships and also a grooming grant we receive from the Great MN Ski Pass program.
Sugarbush Trail Report
The base and snow depth on the trails is 2-3 inches. Two inches fell over the last 24 hours and the total snowfall for the season is 15 inches. We received 2” of fluffy, powder snow last night, so Darren went out and rolled Onion River Road this morning. We need more snow, in order to groom the remainder of the trails.
Oberg Mountain Trailshttp://
sugarbushtrail.org/ski_ trails.php. MN Ski Pass required.
George Washington Pines-
Additional SNF info at: www.fs.usda.gov/superior.
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