I skied for two days at MWP and had a great time on wonderful, solid deep tracks (mainly). There are some thin spots with dirt and sticks but they can be avoided. Tornado Alley might have been in the best condition of the trails I skied. Wolf Tracks was very good also, with a few thin spots. Firm skate lane with solid corduroy - excellent grooming.

(Ian Duncan)

Freshly groomed skate decks and classic tracks out on the C&D and Lake Marie route this morning! All trails are in great shape with deep classic tracks and firm skate decks, but if you are looking for some distance today, Lake Marie is a great option. A few thin spots remain mostly on the three long trails and some of the black diamonds. Skate decks on these trails may also have some soft spots. But these are easy to avoid and are getting better with every snowfall.

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(Erin Blow)

I skied Base to Tornado Alley to Survivor to Yukon to C and D to Island Hop to Nepco's Cruise. The core trails had all been freshly groomed with a fresh corduroy skate deck. Conditions on the core trails were excellent. The tracks and skate deck were fast and control on the downhills was good. Overall, I would rate conditions on the core trails as excellent. The outer trails like Yukon and C and D did not appear to have been groomed recently so I would rate them as good to very good. I skied a total of 14.5 kilometers. The cold temps did not cause any problems as there was little to no wind. It was a great afternoon of skiing.

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(Jim Gantz)

We ended up with 4+" of snow yesterday and the park is looking absolutely fabulous! The crew took three machines out and groomed up the entire park with fresh skate decks and classic tracks. The Pisten Bully groomed up most of the interior trails and River Run. Expect soft skate decks with all the fresh snow. But the trails are beautiful and it's going to be a great day to hit the trails.

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(Erin Blow)

Classic ski at Winter Park today since the new snow was going to be soft. Fresh grooming and snowing throughout. Was worth the drive up. The only downside was with the two skate skiers who passed me on the start of Wolf Tracks and the proceeded to regularly glide over the classic tracks for most of this long loop.

(Larry Sobal)

Kudos to the grooming crew who create great tracks with little snow. I skied the eastern portion of the park including a section of the River Trail. Tracks were pretty good and the snow, where it is was "clean", was fast. However, the howling winds brought down many branches, leaves and detritus. There is nothing this stellar crew and staff here could do about that. The skate deck looked great if a little soft. Given the classically bad (pun intended) conditions we have had in southern Wisconsin, it is still worth a trip up to this great facility.

(Matt Hood)

Crews were out working on the trails early this morning and we are excited to report that the Pisten Bully was brought out for the first time this year! Skate decks are firm and fast and classic tracks are being re-set on Base Loop, Tornado Alley, Survivor, Nose Dive, Tower Road, and the Cookie Loop. The park's interior trails continue to have great conditions! Groomers have finished two long trails: River Run and Wolf Tracks. However, River Run is very thin in spots. Wolf Tracks is in better condition, although it too has thin spots on the east side of the loop. If skiing Wolf Tracks, we recommend skiing to the cabin and back for the best conditions.

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(Erin Blow)

Classic skied, mostly good tracks set but a few sections that didn't groom in tracks. Skate skied on Monday and conditions were good except the Lake Maria loops had some thin spots here and there; Base Loop and Tornado Alley and Nosedive were all very good. Great to ski on natural snow in this wonderful ski area!

(Dave Carlson)

Groomers got out at night and touched up skate decks on all of the interior trails. Conditions are great out there with only a few thin spots on VO2 Max and places with heavy pine canopy. But these areas are easy to avoid. The best conditions can be found out on Tornado Alley/Survivor.

(Erin Blow)

Very good conditions with an inch of new snow on Saturday night. Most of the tracks looked very good. Yukon was almost perfect with the exception of one spot. The skate deck was fast with really good control. Beaver pond was in excellent condition. The other expert trails were not regroomed.

(Eric Koch)