With the heavy use of the trails on the weekend, many of the trails are now hard packed and fast.  Hills on popular trails are quite scraped from snow plowing, and some downhills may be treacherous.  Many of the more heavily used trails probably move up a grade in terms of degree of difficulty.  I hear that sections of Northwest Passage have been heavily walked on, and aren't pleasant for skiing.   On Monday, parts of County Forest were still quite easy, although novices probably won't like the small hills on the access trail starting at Grey Road 2.  I'll post again after we get some new snow.  Kolapore Trail Guide

Thursday night Kolapore received another 5 cm of powder snow.  Skiing was great both Thursday and Friday.  Even some of the problematic wet spots are starting to freeze over. The parking lots at Kolapore and Metcalfe Rock were cleared Thursday, but because of parked vehicles obstructing snowclearing, there are still some snowy sections.  Roadside parking is available at the County Forest.  The trails and parking areas are likely to be busy this weekend. so when you come be sure to have a backup parking strategy if your first choice is full.  Kolapore Trail Guide

Since my post Wednesday morning, we've had more than 15 cm of new snow, most of which came overnight.  Once again, don't count on easy access to the Kolapore parking lot this morning.  Roadside parking at the east end of the County Forest is in good shape.  Kolapore Trail Guide

Tuesday and overnight Kolapore received somewhat over 10 cm of snow, and it is snowing hard as I post this at 8 AM.  Trail breaking will be the initial task.  Parking lots won't be plowed until later in the day.  Good roadside parking is available at Dawson Lane.  Kolapore Trail Guide

Saturday was a busy day on the Kolapore trails.  The Kolapore parking lot was full by 9:30 and other parking locations were busy too.  If you are planning to ski on Sunday you should have a backup strategy if your preferred parking location is full.  Ski conditions today were generally good, although some very popular sections were getting packed down by late in the day - no new snow today.  If you are thinking of exploring more remote parts of the system, Southern Crossing is generally good, Trail to the Summit has quite a few wet spots in the south end, and the cedar swamp on Quiet Pastures has "bushwack" skiing - wet spots and fallen trees.

Kolapore received more than 15 cm of new snow Thursday night/Friday morning.   Kolapore only received about 1 cm of snow Friday night, so the information below about parking is still relevant.  Great skiing on Friday, and it was very beautiful with the snow hanging on the trees.  Some trails still have wet spots - e.g., the south end of Trail to the Summit still had "dodge and weave" areas, and that's probably true on parts of Quiet Pastures.  The parking lot at Kolapore is plowed, although not completely because parked vehicles blocked the snowblower.  I hear that the parking lot at Metcalfe Rock has been plowed.  Kolapore Trail Guide

Kolapore has received 12 cm of snow in the period Monday night through Wednesday morning.  Conditions are substantially improved.  Much of the trail will rate at least "good", although some heavily used (or abused) areas will be "fair"  There are more bumps and moguls than usual, probably as a result of the heavy use during a period with little new snow.  The Kolapore parking lot was plowed today (Wednesday) and is in good condition.  Let's hope for more snow.  Kolapore Trail Guide

Although the character of the snow has changed slightly since my post on Friday, I would still rate the ski conditions as generally poor, with some less used trails being fair.  The tracks are bumpy and often washed out. Hills on heavily-used trails will be treacherous.  Over the weekend we had a few cm of snow, but we really need in the order of 10 cm to significantly improve conditions.  If you want to do some safe, enjoyable skiing over the next few days, both Scenic Caves and Highlands Nordic have excellent conditions at the moment.  Kolapore Trail Guide    

The warmer conditions today (Friday) softened the base, and it was safer to use the trails.  However, conditions were still poor to fair - tracks were washed out and hills have been scraped slick by skiers snowplowing.  The heavily used areas (much of the north end and parts of the south end) were poor.  Some more lightly used trails were fair.  The trails desperately need a significant amount of snow in order to provide decent skiing.  If we just get cold weather they will turn to ice.  Kolapore Trail Guide

Kolapore received a layer of freezing drizzle overnight.  All the trails will be icy.  Skiing at Kolapore is probably a bad idea at the moment.  Kolapore Trail Guide