We had both Pisten Bully's out this morning powertilling the trails after the new 2 inches of snow last night, The skiing today was super. We will be back out grooming in the early morning and are open Christmas Day 9-4. All 75 km of groomed ski trails open. Merry Christmas!

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

It was an absolute dream skiing at abr this morning. More snow overnight made for a firm,flat deck after the great groomers did their thing. I've been on the trails for 10 days of really nice good ski December conditions but today was mint and the newly flocked trees and glistening sunlight was gorgeous.

(Kevin Stalheim)

An inch or two of light powdery snow fallen over firm groomed trails made for very good skiing conditions today. Snowy scenery is beautiful. Trail conditions are excellent. Eric and Angela and their crew are pros.

(Bruce Kuehl)

Excellent skiing on a sunny day at ABR with the usual top-notch daily grooming and plenty of snow. It took me a moment to figure out the new trail layout but River Trail reroute is outstanding and the Tamarack Two Track side by side classic only trail is a gem. Reminds me of the old days of double track classic before they all got opened up for skating in the 1990s.

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(Mike Ivey)

I think heaven is spelled A-B-R! The classic tracks were deep and firm. The skate deck was also firm. This is the best skiing I can remember for mid-December. Fantastic!

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(Connie Meek)

Classic skied midday. More snow overnight and continuing through the day. Classic skiing was best as deck was soft with new snow. Conditions just continue to get better and better with lots more snow and more in the forecast.

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(Sue Schroeder)

Beautiful day at ABR. Skied morning and afternoon. Ironwood area picked up a couple inches overnight. Single digits temps, freshly groomed in new snow made for great skiing on VR30. Full depth tracks on main trails. A very few of the low lying classic only trails did not have tracks set but coverage there was still fine for good skis. I'm sure this will smooth out in the upcoming days with snow in the forecast every day.

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(Sue Schroeder)

We picked up another 2-3 inches overnight and regroomed 62 km this morning. The new Highlands Trail is open with reroutes and additional km in the woods and around the bluffs. The new Tamarack 2 Track ending is open now extending the trail to a 12 km route to Jason Park, mostly two tracks one direction. The trails are in mid winter condition.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

We brought our youth ski team up this past weekend from East Central Wisc. and then a couple of us coaches stayed to ski on Monday for three hours. The conditions each day were better than the previous day for both classical and skate skiing...simply marvelous! Lots of happy faces! Great job Eric, Angela and ABR Staff!

(Steve Scharrer)

A winter wonderland at ABR trails. Snowing this am. I skied classic only and combination trails. The deck appeared generally very good for skating with a few icy spots. Classic trails had an inch newly fallen snow in them which slowed things down slightly. However the depth of the classical tracks is very good. The great conditions made the four hour trip from Madison rewarding!

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(Ron Fabrizius)