Well it is getting pretty skinny for snow ... actually the snow in many places is gone and there is kinda soft hardscrabble but in other places there is mashed potatoes. Sure is pretty out though and warm. Get it now if you want it bad enough.

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(Chris Quandt)

Mashed potatoes out there this afternoon on this 50 degree sunny day. Very nice skiing. It has been a good run. Great grooming and great mining of the snow whales the last few weeks.

(Chris Quandt)

Wow, great grooming. My first year skiing Blackhawk and they really did a great job of making snow early this season and stockpiling it and now spreading those whales of snow out where needed. Sweet snow, spring snow. I have been out most days in the last week or so and usually there is one other skier there. I think I am the only classical skier out here lately. If you love snow, it's here.

(Chris Quandt)

Well it was 50 degrees and sunny and pretty minimal ski gear needed ... no hat. Gloves optional. No shell or fleece. And the snow was nice - much faster then yesterday. Spring skiing for sure. Snow going away very quickly now ...

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(Chris Quandt)

Spring conditions out there today. 54 degrees in Cross Plains at about 1 pm. Snow was super slow but ample.

(Chris Quandt)

Nice spring type ski conditions. Soft snow with minimal ice. Tracks were laid and were definitely skiable. Not too many folks out. I guess this is our lot in southern Wisconsin ... 50 degrees in January. Ski when you can and where you can is the new mantra.

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(Chris Quandt)

Lots of folks out today with the blue sky and no wind and 30 degree temps. Snow was tough for the classical skiers. No tracks left after the warming we have had. So us classical folks slid around a bunch in a lot of places, but in some places it was ok. Skate skiers were having a better time with the conditions. Still, it is snow, and there is a whole lotta brown out there without snow.

(Chris Quandt)

Those little dustings of snow added up to almost an inch of snow in places and that softened the skiing up. It was a nice day skiing with nice grooming and nice dusting. Good amount of folks skiing today on this winter warming we had today :-).

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(Chris Quandt)

In my opinion, the best snow around within an hours drive from Madison. Tons of man made base and firm skate deck on the Siberian highway loop and perfect grooming for classic with nice deep tracks.

(Ken Walz)

Blackhawk groomed the trails and the snow was pretty good. The skaters were flying around while the classical skiers were gliding on icy track in most of the trails with some tracks being softer than other areas. Good to get out even though it was quite brisk in the windy areas. Man we could sure use some soft natural snow.

(Christopher Quandt)