Conditions: Nice tracks for classic skiing, solid skate deck with a light fluff of snow on top. Best skiing I've seen in weeks...(coming from Duluth area).
After waiting for things to improve in the Duluth area and it just not getting any better, a drive to Brule was all it took thoroughly enjoy a fantastic morning of classic skiing. There was a little debris in the tracks, but hey, there were tracks! And the skate deck looked great, not like the concrete and ice pack in Duluth. Was worth the drive, beautiful morning ski!

(Sarah Murray)

Skate lanes groomed Monday morning and skating is excellent on 95%+ of the system, I was out just after noon. Only a few spots on skate lanes with quite a bit of debris, but I used my good skate skis and I was not sad I did. Classic another story. The groomer tried to put down new classic tracks on Entry, Easy Return, and about the first half of Maple. Everywhere else the classic tracks are about a week old (they were great last Wednesday, not quite as good Thursday). The issue is not the shape of the tracks, but debris. Where there is no debris (maybe 65% - 75% of the system) the classic skiing is still very good to excellent. But now the debris is really frustrating, grabbing skis quite a bit, I just started skiing alongside the tracks for quite a number of stretches, but in some places the debris is bad there too. Still and all, I'm glad I strided today as well, a beautiful day in the woods, and thanks groomers for your efforts!

(Tim Holst)

Conditions: Spectacular, excellent, pick your superlative.
Skated the whole system this morning and had recent grooming. Nice coverage, even deck, solid push off and pole plants. The best conditions I have skied this year! Some tree debris and scattered thin areas under the majestic white pines but 95% of the trail was near perfect. Classic tracks were great as well. Thank you Brule groomers! Well worth the short drive from Duluth.

(Tom Heinitz)

Just about perfect. Nice grooming of Monday's snow, Temperature just below freezing on Wednesday, Fast Wax red paste gave great glide. Both skating and classic were wonderful.

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(Tim Holst)

Conditions: very good with a 3 to 4" base.
Trail was groomed and track was set on Monday after 2.5" of new snow. Conditions are very good with a base of 3 to 4" and 9 to 10" in the woods. Enjoy!

(Dan Kephart, Wisconsin DNR)

Conditions: Fresh snow and fresh grooming in progress. Great conditions!
Just got back from kicking and gliding through Afterhours. Probably two fresh clean inches when we started. That really freshened everything up nicely. The Swix V40 Blue Extra was spot-on. Saw the groomer starting their work as we were getting done. Awesome ski today.

(Brent Gavin)

All trails were groomed and tracked today except Classic Trail, which will be re-tracked tomorrow morning. Overall conditions are very good. Base varies anywhere from 1/4" to about 3 1/2". Some areas of the trail have heavy deposits of small debris (needles, bark, pine cones, twigs). There is a general unevenness throughout the trails due to lack of snow which we are unable to fix yet with our heavier grooming equipment. Have a great weekend!

(Kurt Janko)

Conditions: Conditions are good with a 3" base and about 8" snowcover in the woods.
Skate lanes were groomed on Tuesday and conditions are still good. Skiers can expect to find some debris in some locations on the trails due to busy squirrels and a lack of recent snowfall.

(Dan Kephart, Wisconsin DNR)

Conditions: Very good, recently groomed for skating and classic.
Some leaves on the classic track, but easily manageable.

(Tim Blais)

Conditions: Excellent skating conditions.
Groomed after the most recent snow, and set up nicely by the cold. The icy spots are now covered. Despite temperatures just above zero, very good glide. A joy to ski!

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(Peter Nordgren)