LP has received lots of snow. In fact I think the last snow emergency was only about 10 days ago. For the last 2 days conditions have ranged from perfect to icy to very slow, depending on shade time of day, grooming, etc.
The value can't be beat. Because of various daily specials I haven't had to pay more than $10 for a day pass.
Grooming here is a bit of a mystery. They don't seem to groom at night but perhaps start early in the morning. The place does not open until 9am. I have skied Porter, Ladies 5km and few of the other loops plus a separate go at the LP loppet course. Some of this is tough skiing but it can be made more difficult by the way the grooming starts/stops on the trails depending on what "cutoffs" the groomer takes. Porter is considered the toughest loop with some good downhill sections. These become very tricky when the trail is the not freshly groomed but has become rutted by the freezing over night. The website and even the people at the front counter told me the trail was freshly groomed. I guess its a question of what is fresh.
If you start at 1pm maybe everything is groomed by then, but at this time of year count on slow snow.
The other thing is the website is not updated daily with the conditions report. When I mentioned it to them yesterday that the website was 3 days old the lady said, "oh".
Don't get me wrong. LP has great trails that are nice and wide and when groomed are perfect. Its just that one expects near perfection all the time when you see all the snow and knowing that this is supposed to be one of the top tier nordic skiing destinations in the East. It is still very much worth the trip.
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