Skied 20 km loop on Thursday. Everything has been groomed and is starting to set-up nicely. Back trails have some soft spots. Main Street and trails with lots of traffic are quite solid. Everything is covered and skiing should be great for the weekend.

(Randy Lueth)

Conditions: What a difference a few days make! We skied almost all groomed trails. The alps were not groomed (until tomorrow I guess?). Conditions were very good, minimal pine needles in heavy pine areas due to high winds, no dirt or gravel anywhere, only the white stuff, ya!
Really, really good especially "r'and "s" loops, less use, great tracks and skate deck.

(Joe Barrick)

Conditions: Not good, thin, dirty, gravel in many places, and hard.
Use your B skis if you go.

(Joe Barrick)

Conditions: Smooth and fast, but watch out for gravel.
Snow is very thin, with gravel showing through in many spots. So far the gravel could be skied around. The few trails that were newly groomed showed how thin the snow really is, as lots of dirt was pulled up. Rock skis, caution on downhills recommended.

(Mindy Borchardt)

Conditions: Overall fair. Base level and firm with bits of gravel and lots of leaves in tracks.
We need snow. Grooming has been minimal as there is too much risk of pulling additional gravel up. Skiable on rock skis and pretty fast.

(Gary Zimbric)

Conditions: Inner loops, 10k and 20k classic tracks are in good shape. Skate lanes are fast and firm, but due to snow conditions there are still weak, thin areas, so B-C skis are suggested.
For the little snow received the trails are still very skiable.

(Dan Leider)

Conditions: fair to good, skate may want B skis classic can use good skis.
Conditions have improved with the light snow covering the skate deck. Classic tracks are good, again light snow helping. The marsh trail was open and except for one short icy section was great. The alps were really good firm yet enough new snow cover to control the corners on hills. Overall classic better then skate but getting better.

(Joe Barrick)

Snekkevik Ski race is on for tomorrow, 1/9/16, with registration from 8am-9:30am. We got several inches of snow Thurs and today. We are cancelling the 24k skate race due to thinner snow, but plan to run the MS and HS races as planned, and the 12k skate and classic adult races on a double lap course. The other trails are open for skiing, but suggest using rock skis or B skis.

(Jeanne Alexejun)

Conditions: Fair to poor with soil working to the surface in some areas. Tracks are still fair with occasional spots of debris. A couple trails are closed.
Grooming was done today on a few interior skate lanes. We will hold off/minimize grooming operations until more snowfall to prevent working up trail material to the surface.

(Greg Freix, Wausau/Marathon County Parks)

Conditions: Fair to poor, dirt and debris. Rock skis best option.
Lots of dirt mixed up in the skate decks. Classic tracks in a bit better shape. Extra blue worked well. Rock or B skis a good idea. Still, its snow and great to be out.

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(George Cleveland)