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Groomed again this morning -Ski Banadad!
It snowed yesterday and today our grooming team did another wonderful job grooming the 1st 10 km of the Banadad Trail, starting at the...

Andrew Jenks
Mar 21 min read


Grooming just completed Friday 2/21/2025
Our Most Excellent Grooming team just now completed grooming (single track Nordic) Banadad Trail. (1st km from the East End Trailhead....

Andrew Jenks
Feb 211 min read
We groomed again on Friday 2/14/2025
Sorry no pictures; more later

Andrew Jenks
Feb 171 min read


We groomed again today - Great conditions
We groomed today 20-28" in snow depth in the woods and 6-8" trail base. See pictures below from today 2/7/2025 2/7/2025 Skiers on trail...

Andrew Jenks
Feb 71 min read
We groomed again yesterday (2/3/2025)
No pictures at this time; Ski Banadad

Andrew Jenks
Feb 51 min read


Skiers on trail today report “Good Conditions”
One of our Banadad Team was out skiing the trail today and encountered lots of other skiers who were very happy with the conditions and...

Andrew Jenks
Feb 21 min read


Skier report from yesterday (1/30/2025)
From a skier yesterday via the Banadad.org "Thanks - the trail was great the afterfoon! -Sent from my iPhone Skier submitted picture...

Andrew Jenks
Feb 11 min read


Banadad Trail Groomed again today (1/29/2025)
Today we groomed (single track Nordic) the 1st 10km of the Banadad Trail. Come ski with us! Picture from today below 1/29/2025

Andrew Jenks
Jan 301 min read


Groomed Banadad 1/22/2025
Yesterday we groomed the Banadad and today we skied it and got some pictures. We got about 2 to 3 inches of new snow. We’re expecting...

Andrew Jenks
Jan 241 min read


Banadad groomed today 1/15/2025 - 1st 10k from Eastern Trailhead
Groomers were busy this morning on the Banadad Pictures below Solid 4 inch hard base 8 inches new snow We added weights to the tracker to...

Andrew Jenks
Jan 161 min read


Pictures from skiing Banadad today (1/11/2025)
At Eastern Trailhead looking West Skiing the Banadad Trail 1/11/2025

Andrew Jenks
Jan 121 min read


Rolled and Tracked the 1st 10k of the Banadad Trail Today
Jan 10, 2025 Today our groomers were busy, we got 2" of snow dusting and went to work. With our second snowmobile now operational, we...

Andrew Jenks
Jan 111 min read


We worked on the Banadad Trail New Years Day (1/1/2025)
Banadad's new roller/compactor Here we are setting up our new roller/compactor; this came with a Grant from the North Star Ski Touring...

Andrew Jenks
Jan 31 min read


Good Progress Opening the Banadad Trail
Saturday and Sunday (12/15 & 12/16/2024) we cleared and packed (many times) the 1st 10k of the trail. We have at least a foot and 1/2...

Andrew Jenks
Dec 18, 20241 min read


We have snow, trail cleared, setting up new grooming team this weekend. Hopefully fully operational soon
We cleared as much as we have in previous years with over 100 hours clearing but the trees keep falling. This year we have had a number...

Andrew Jenks
Dec 12, 20241 min read
Bring the Snow!! We were able to obtain Insurance coverage
With the help of the Cross Country Ski Area Association (CCSAA) were able to obtain insurance for our operations. Now we need SNOW!!! Ski...

Andrew Jenks
Jan 30, 20241 min read
No Snow and No Go (lack of insurance) 1/12/2024
Lack of snow, cold and insurance are preventing us to groom the wilderness Banadad Trail. We lost our insurance coverage due to the fire...

Andrew Jenks
Jan 12, 20242 min read


Brushing Fall '23
Volunteer crews were out this fall, brushing the wilderness trail and the east end ski trails.
Anne Schuerger
Nov 16, 20231 min read


Entire main Banadad Trail Groomed Today 2-24-2023
The entire Banadad Trail , all 27km, was groomed today. Excellent conditions with a fresh 4-6 inches of snow received this week, perfect...

Andrew Jenks
Feb 25, 20231 min read


2/11/23
Saturday, February 11, 2023 pictures on Banadad Trail near where the BWCA Lizz Lake Portage Trail crosses the Banadad.

Andrew Jenks
Feb 11, 20231 min read
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