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Nine Mile County Forest Recreation Area
Wausau, WI
29.6k
Skating/Classic
Yes
No
1 Chalet 1 Fawn 1 Hollywood 1 Laurel
715-693-3001
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One of the top trails in NE Wisconsin. Trails are generally one-way and double-tracked (skate and classic). The ski chalet offers a changing area, ski and snowshoe equipment rentals, daily and annual trail passes, and restrooms. There roughly 6K of lighted trails and programmed to go on at dusk until 9 pm. Trail difficulty ranges from beginner to difficult.
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2016-2017 season
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Saturday, February 25, 2017
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: Most, Good skis ]
Nine Mile is reopened. 7 inches of new snow over the survived trail base. Great fresh tracks. Skate lane soft in places. Some detours to avoid old puddles. Mostly very good skiing.
(John Beatty)
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ B skis ]
Classic skied the 10k loop. Had to reroute due to flooded trails so we did some of the 20k segments. Trails were groomed, however there were long sections that were not tracked for classic skiing. Mostly good snow with only a few icy spots.
(Michelle Eul)
Friday, February 24, 2017
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
Very pleased we will be able to re-open Saturday morning after a week of very warm weather. As of 10 a.m. Friday morning 6" of snow has fallen at Nine Mile. We are currently packing on the lighted loop and the 10K. Grooming will take place early Saturday morning and some of the trails will be open.
(Andrew Sims, Marathon County Parks)
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
Drove up to Wausau to find snow. Was suprised Nine Mile had full coverage still. Solid ice base with crust on top. 8am 32f a bit icy hard to get good edge, 9am 42f fast with great control, 10 am 50f soft slow. Never had such rapid changing conditions. Last ski before the Birkie if it takes place.
(Dan Dudley)
Friday, February 17, 2017
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: Most, B skis ]
Most trails were maintenance groomed in the skate lanes early this morning. The alps and the 20K have not been groomed. Today will likely be the last grooming until there is additional snowfall.
(Andrew Sims, Marathon County Parks)
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Groomers did an excellent job of pulverizing the crust and debris on most of the trail, 20 km, and Alps not done. Very good classic and skate conditions considering the weather and lack of recent snow. Not sure how long it will last, and there won't be any grooming again until the weekend to preserve the snow.
(Gary Zimbric)
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
What a pleasant surprise! Good snow yet at nine mile. Just strided today but good new tracks thanks to Groomer Greg! A little debris but not bad. Very fast track, great double pull workout. My hard kick wax scraped off immediately so no kick. Super appreciation to skilled grooming!
(Audun Mikkelson)
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
The tracks are holding up and the base is solid. The snow was a little slow with icy speed at dusk. A lot of leaves and sticks in the tracks, so wax carefully (and often). Switched to waxless with much better result.
(Richard Miller)
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
I drove up to Nine Mile early morning Tuesday. Trail had full coverage but were not groomed. Still a solid based but crusty with a few icy spots and a bare spot or two on the 20k loop. Just enough crust to get a decent edge but a fresh groom would have made it even better.
Base getting a bit thin and lots of pine needles and twigs on the trail to dodge otherwise a great ski at 30F.
(Dan Dudley)
Monday, February 13, 2017
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle Secondhand 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
37 degrees and sunny as we started at 11am with a freshly corduroy groomed trail that was wonderful. Best skiing conditions with the sunny warm weather. Even at 43 degrees it was fun but a little slower. We will be there tomorrow at 9am as the trails should be groomed earlier.
Still good base depth and coverage. New tracks groomed today were enjoyed by classic skiers.
Photos:
(Donald Howell)

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