Go and get it! First time here. Skate skied. Best kept secret for recent lake effect snow. Also some snow coverage from Friday evening that made for a little soft stuff after last groom. Classic track set nicely. Great warming clubhouse and meeting new people who are out for first time this year and grateful for the snow!

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(Catherine Olson)

Brule had a bonus 5-6" lake effect snow over the first part of the week. BRSF groomed and set track today on most trails and also made a pass down the classic trail. I didn't see tracks on the classic trail. The fat bike trail was also groomed. Looking better than ever so far this year.

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(Jon Jurek)

The WDNR groomed all the trails yesterday except the further out trails of Red Pine and Nebagamon. The deck set up very well with the temperature drop but expect some ruts from yesterday's skiing when the trail was soft.

(Jon Jurek)

The BRSF (Brule River State Forest) had rolled the classic trail as of noon today. No tracks yet but it's looking optimistic. I skied a soft deck in most areas. The immediate trails from the chalet are best since they have been groomed more.

(Jon Jurek)

I measured 7 inches of fresh snow on the picnic table at the chalet. I skated about 5k. Unfortunately the snow was very light and only added an inch or two to the thin base after rolling and grooming was completed. Expect a soft deck and watch for rocks. No tracks were set.

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(Jon Jurek)

My wife and I were excited to get out and ski after finally getting some snow. Unfortunately, the groomers had not been out yet, so we were breaking trail most of the way. Snow was a little thin under heavy stands of conifers. Despite the slow conditions, it was great to get out. Looking forward to skiing here again after the trails get groomed.

(Frank Kaszuba)

Huge kudos to the grooming crew; they've done a lot with our limited snow accumulation. Trails have good coverage, though thin in spots and still a bit bumpy. Classic tracks holding up well. Definitely recommend a klister base. Skating was solidly good. Do be on the look out for debris on the skate deck and in the classic tracks, mainly where the tree canopy is thickest. Between the two of us, we skied nearly all of the loop segments.

(Deb DeLuca)

Did the whole classic loop, trails were sparse in some spots under trees and a few rocks and sticks here and there. Would definitely do rock skis if you have them. Tracks weren't great so mostly skied beside them, still had a great time though! Saw a few wolf tracks also.

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(Rachelle Walker)

I hit the trails for some classic skiing on a nice chilly morning. The base was very thin with much debris sticking through. I started off on Sally's, the classic track, and found the tracks very poor. This was entirely due to the lack of snow. I don't recommend trying this loop until we get a lot more snow. The other, dual use, trails were better, but still rather poor. My recommendations are to only skate ski here, for now. Big bonus was seeing wolf tracks in several places and what I think was some big cat tracks.

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(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

My first time out for the season...finally. After Hours had enough to snow to have both their classic and skate trails open, and as far as I could tell, everything was open. I skied the Aspen and Oak trails. It was cold but no wind, and the snow was crunchy and fast. It was a good first day. The trails themselves were completely covered but the snow is not deep and there are spots where grass is poking through and debris comes to the surface. There was no where I had to ski around or click out on the Aspen or Oak trails. There was only one set of tracks in front of me, and saw only one person on the trails around 8am. The only other thing sharing the trails was a wolf, as indicated by the (huge) fresh wolf prints on most of the Oak trail.

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(Richard Kaufman)