A trail pass is required to ski at the area regardless of day or hour
Trail passes are required 24/7. Rules apply 24/7 including using designated dog trails; do not walk on groomed trails. We appreciate your help to keep the groomed trails in excellent condition by using them appropriately and supporting them financially.
Season passes are on sale at the City Parks and Recreation Offices. It is important that season pass holders sign-in at the yurt with each use, as this provides us with documentation of the necessary use numbers to justify the area staying open. There is also a red fee box located at the entrance to the trails for trail use when there is no attendant.
Trails are typically groomed daily by city employees or PXCSF volunteers. Everyone utilizing the groomed trails needs to pay the daily trail fee or hold a season pass. Every parking area has a fee box for mid-week and night use. On Friday – Sunday, 9am-5pm please pay in the rental office, the A-frame, near the main parking lot.
If no one is staffing the A-frame please put your payment in the red fee box in the parking lot. To reduce costs, the honor system is in place. Please be honest. The survival of the area depends on it.
Your donations keep the grooming machines fueled up and maintained, keep the trails level, help pay for new structures, etc. Thank you!
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Groomed all trails and reset classic tracks. Perfect conditions tonight, the skiing should be great tomorrow. about 23 degrees and overcast when I left at 3am.
Sat. 3/15 – started grooming early this morning. Wanted to get a report up early. I’ve groomed lower trails, upper canyon, and race loop with classic tracks. It’s grooming really well, but it’s been snowing, heavily at times, since 4am, so 1-2 inches of snow is on top of the groom. Heading to upper trails now.
Groomed all trails and reset classic tracks tonight. Conditions were pretty tough on Fox Tail, the hairpin turn on Fox Tail gave out. I worked on fixing it the best I could but the outer edge is pretty rough, for safety measures I flagged the outer edge with green flagging. Because of this problem I was not able to reset classic tracks on Fox Tail. When I left at 4am, overcast skies and 23 degrees.
The skiing was surprisingly good tonight in spite of the warm temperatures we’ve been having! The grooming was a little tricky tonight but I did my best to smooth things out. I groomed the Race Loop, Creekside Connector, Mule Deer, Deer Trail, Screamer, Dailey’s and High Basin. The trails were firming up nicely when I finished around 10. Some sections never really softened up. I won’t say skiing will be great tomorrow but, depending upon when you get there and the timing of the storm that’s moving in, skiing should be pretty good tomorrow.
from Phil: Groomed everything except creekside, jack rabbit, and upper canyon. Should ski pretty good this morning
Groomed the race course, it was pretty icy in the steeps, temp was 33°f when I left. The Engine Hour gauge was not working.
groomed creekside, creekside connectors, ermine and race course. 36F and clear at 11pm