Grooming Report... 2/10/2026

The best conditions remain up around the Osprey Lodge Trailhead which makes sense because it's our only remaining parking lot. The BCT from the northern terminus down to the Campground Loop is holding up the best, while it is a little rough on the Swamp Creek, Beaver Creek, and Stonewater Loops and some of the areas in the trees. Temperatures got down below freezing last night and are expected to jump up to around 40 again. Ginzu's were out grooming the skate lanes on the BCT from the northern terminus down to the Mountain Springs Lodge Access, making a passes on all of the Loops on the way. We will continue to do our best to keep those trails open as long as we can, but you will find them getting thin, dirty and a bit uneven when you are in the trees and head farther south and we'll keep holding on to the hope that the forecast is correct and evening temps will continue to drop below freezing and may even bring a little bit of fresh snow next week.

CAUTION AREAS: The whole Meadow Loop area which is still open, but did not get groomed because of how thin it's getting and the bare spots that need to be avoided. The Walk-In Trailhead has a bare spot is now trail wide so you should walk all the way to the Meadow Loop intersection and the BCT detour at Stonewater is getting thinner with more groung being exposed. Lower Stonewater Loop has a large melt out spot at the top corner and we will soon lose the Mountain Springs Lodge Access trail. Grizzly Mtn. now has 2 trail wide melt outs on the ascent up, but we are keeping it open because there is still snow on the rest of the trail. There is a 2 foot wide melt out running across the trail near the road crossing that has PVC pipe down to help fill the gap.

CLOSED TRAILS: Sprint Loop and all of the Mill Hill Complex and the BCT from the Mountain Springs Lodge turnaround to the end of the Hitching Post, due to exposed ground and melt outs. Signs are posted. The next section to be closed will be from the Mountain Springs Lodge Access to the walking bridge at Stonewater, but we are hoping it will make it to the weekend.

PARKING LOTS:  Both the MEADOW LOOP AND THE BEAVER CREEK parking lots are CLOSED due to mud.  Please use the OSPREY LODGE PARKING LOT for parking or get dropped off at the Walk In Trailhead Access to ski the Meadow Loop area.

TOUR de PLAIN UPDATE: Because of the current conditions, we have made the difficult decision to cancel Race #3 this weekend, but we are still planning to have the Race #4 installment as part of the Washington Nordic Cup race on Sunday, Feb.22. Details to come.

TRAIL DAY PASSES ARE DISCOUNTED TO $15 and can be purchased HERE, and as always, kids ski free, but they also need an online PASS.