Conditions: Good to very good.
Skate lanes were groomed on Thursday. New track was not set due to conditions. Warm weather from last weekend and lack of new snow has made the trail surface icy and fast.

(Edwin Koepp)

Skated most of the trail this morning and it was excellent. Classic not groomed since new snow but much of it is skied in but looks uneven and rogh.

(Greg St Onge)

About 2" of new snow Tuesday afternoon, skate lanes groomed this morning but classic left to be skied in. Skied about 10 k, lots of work in fresh snow.

(Greg St Onge)

Skating excellent, classic just OK. Just below freezing today at After Hours, we skied from noon to 3 PM, and hit all the trails. All the skate lanes had been groomed, and were in great shape and quite fast, with plenty of edge. Most classic tracks had not been reset, they were nonexistent in some places, and old tacks in much of the system. Where they had been reset, they were quite shallow. Special purple did work for kick, and the classic only trail was skiable and fun, but the skating was much better. As always at After Hours, if they had not had much recent snow there are places with a fair bit of trail debris (pine cones, needles, leaves) which were easily avoided when skating, but were a nuisance in several places in classic tracks.

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(Tim Holst)

Conditions: Very good - Excellent.
Trails are in near perfect condition as temperatures are rising and making for faster glide conditions. Trails were last groomed today. There is about a 6 inch base on the trails and close to 17 inches of snow in the woods.

(Edwin Koepp)

Conditions: Very good to excellent.
Skate lanes were groomed on Tuesday and classic lanes were touched up on Wednesday this week. Temperatures dropped over the past couple of days making trail surfaces firm.

(Edwin Koepp)

Conditions: Very good to excellent.
Skate lanes were groomed on Tuesday and classic lanes were touched up on Wednesday this week. Temperatures dropped over the past couple of days making trail surfaces firm.

(Edwin Koepp)

Conditions: Very good to excellent.
Fresh snow fell on Sunday night and trails were groomed on Monday morning. There is about 15 inches of snow in the woods around the Brule area. Trail conditions are very good to excellent.

(Edwin Koepp)

New snow just groomed. Soft fresh corduroy on the skate deck, classic track being set as I skied. Downhills slow enough that no snowplowing needed. Delightful!

(Timothy Burke)

Conditions: Good - 3-6 inches of new snow over the past 48 hours. Snow is still soft. Groomed today.
All trails groomed today. Track set on Classic, Oak, Maple, River, and Aspen trails. Track will be set on remaining trails tomorrow. Join us for our Candelight Ski event, Saturday at 3PM!

(Matt Miranda, Wisconsin DNR)