The groomer had made 2 passes over the 2 inches of new snow. No track was set yet. Today's wet snow was so sticky I accumulated 2 inch platforms in my kick pocket when climbing hills. The conditions could be wonderful when the temperatures go down.

(Karen Possley)

The center of the skating deck on all the trails is very hard and icy with just a a thin bit of snow over the underlying ice, but often the edges of the deck have a bit of corduroy and decent edging. The first K or so of trails leading away from the chalet are especially hard and icy. It gets better farther out. The classic tracks are hard and mostly good for double poling, though waxless skis might work on some stretches.

(Mark Blaskey)

All trails have been groomed as of this afternoon. There is a light corduroy throughout the system and the conditions vary from barely covered icy patches wherever the trail takes a dip to stretches of good -- and nimble -- skating. A dusting a power over ice slightly groomed in makes for fast conditions. Good skis might get scratched. No new tracks have been set and there isn't enough snow anymore to set any. However, the old tracks are mostly intact and have a very thin layer of packed powder on top of ice.

(Mark Blaskey)

Obviously the snow has soaked up a fair amount of water, but the trail today was skiable. Because the snow is soft right now without temps dipping below freezing, ruts aren't really to much to worry about. There are several spots where it is icy, but there are some spots where the snow is white, particularly farther away from the parking lot in areas like near the gun range. A lot of skiers out there today. While not ideal and a bit slow, still OK to get out there.

(Brady Zwiefelhofer)

Trails are very icy with some standing water. They are skiable, but certainly not ideal. There are some ruts and leaves are starting to show through. We could really use some snow.

(Keith Hammerbeck)

Icy and rutted, needs grooming. Obviously with warm temps yesterday and today skiers were on it when it was soft. By 5 pm when I skied it had frozen over. There is enough snow to be edgeable for skating, but the ruts tended to grab my skis. Plenty of base so one hopes grooming will happen to make it pleasant again. Overall, I am happy to have some snow as Madison is a desert.

(Dave Minden)

Ditto yesterday: Excellent skating, though some areas are starting to get skied down a bit. Excellent, clean classic tracks.

(Mark Blaskey)

Excellent conditions. Skating is firm, packed powder with good edging and fairly fast snow, especially in the sun. Classic tracks are deep, clean and firm. The only exception is the steepest few hills are inexplicably not tracked. Overall it just does not get better here at Tower Ridge.

(Mark Blaskey)

Plenty of new snow, trails are in very good condition but still a little soft so they are a little slow. The groomer is out and the trails should be even better after they can make a few more passes. Great morning to be out.

(Keith Hammerbeck)

Conditions were a bit soft on the skate deck this afternoon, but great. The groomer was still out at 2:30pm and had made a few passes. Tracks had been partially set (not sure if more was set after I left).

(Colleen Duffy)