33 degrees at noon, fairly calm, mostly cloudy. Lot 3/4 full. Medium and fast deck, great for skating (Quartz was a bit softer than the other trails). Tracks looked good. Another day of excellent conditions!

Jennifer and I are leaving town for the rest of the season, so this is our last report, but hopefully the conditions hold up and you all have a great March of top notch skiing!

The parking lot was less than half full today, and the temperature was a few degrees below freezing.

The word of the day is variable. The weather varied from fog to patches of blue sky, with wind in places. There was anything from a trace of new soft snow on top of the grooming to an inch or two, sometimes even variable within the same trail. Skate conditions varied from decent but slow to challenging accordingly, but classic was good.

We ran into George as we were leaving today, so I am able to report that there were 68 cars in the lot, 38% Subaru. The temperature was right around freezing, and it was snowing lightly.

There were 1-2 inches of somewhat sticky snow on top of last night's grooming. Some friends who normally skate said it was tough going and they switched to classic. Classic was fine, a bit slower than average; some people with pattern base skis were icing up.

Hats off to Ginge and Cowboy for their dedicated work in providing the best race course grooming this past weekend for the Spokane Nordic Cup Junior Qualifying races!

The Ginge used his skills in building the banked corners and lollipop turn for the Saturday 1K sprints and Cowboy followed up with setting the classic tracks.  The racers and coaches praised the solid classic tracks!  It was a challenge to set four start lanes and three finish lanes in the confines of the teaching area and Cowboy did a great job!

Several inches of new snow Saturday night presented a different challenge in preparing the courses for the Sunday freestyle/skate races. Ginge packed the 5K course a few times as the snow accumulated and early Sunday morning Cowboy finished it up and it was a solid deck for the athletes to race on.  Athletes and coaches were thrilled to have such a great course in spite of the new snow overnight and several complimented the grooming.  Al Pokorny, the TD for the race, praised the grooming of the corners on Eagle Crest.

We are very lucky to have a great grooming team for the Mt Spokane nordic trails, and the collaboration is deeply appreciated. It is fun working with Ginge and Cowboy!

At 08:30, it was-7C (19F), high clouds turning to sun, no wind. Road up mostly cleared, excellent parking from JNQ volunteers, 78 cars, 1 EV Subaru.

At busy day with enthusiatic JNQ racers and volunteers up herebut quieter past J1. Grooming was absolutely perfect for classic with firm smooth tracks, cold weather wax working well, stable pole plants; so of course I skated. Deck was firm with perfect bite, no organic or icy debris noted. Fantastic skiing. Snow predicted tonight/tomorrow so check the operator's report in the am.

A balmy 23 degrees at 1pm, snowing lightly. Grey skies. A fair number of cars in the lot for a Friday, with many folks preparing for the JNQ races this weekend. A couple inches fell on top of the grooming, but still quite good conditions. The skate deck is soft but still ok, and the classic the tracks are nice and smooth.

At 12:45, it was -9C (17F), high thin clouds, no wind. Still some slick spots driving up, clean lot, 52 cars, 28% Subaru.

Excellent grooming with firm deck with good bite, smooth tracks well placed with stable pole plants. Fairly fast snow but not wild. Mild organic debris under trees. Felt colder on trails than recorded temperature. Light snow expected tonight.