It remains a good season to explore by back country skiing and snowshoeing the Maasto Hiihto and Churning Rapids trails. Trail repairs have been made and we wait for freeze ups of wet spots and a little more snow to cover hazards to grooming equipment before we begin rolling and setting tracks. We hope that might be able to take place around Dec. 1 but we are at the mercy of the weather gods as to when grooming operations can truly begin.

Once the groomed trails appear be aware that there will be ungroomed trail closures along Swedetown Creek this year due to unresolved damages from the Father's Day Flood. The middle third of the gorge will still be accessible via Dam Hill and Sidewinder from the Vista Trail (trail #7). Vista will be extended to Junction 20 on Tomasi Road via the old Meadow Trail. Due to other flood damage Spring Creek in Churning Rapids has been rerouted with a new section of trail offset from the former creek-side trail.