Classic last night and this morning was awesome. Lots of kick. Lots of glide trails were groomed yesterday we had some snow overnight and will freshen up today. Skate is a little slow until it warms up.

(Barb Maguire)

9-mile got about a foot of fresh snow and it was still snowing when I left. Trails were groomed this morning. There's about 2 inches of fresh snow since last groomed. Classic tracks looked awesome. I skated and it was still a little soft, but not bad. The left side of the skate deck was pretty firm, but for some reason the right side was a lot softer. I recommend classic skiing until they go over the skate deck again and get it more consistent. It was a beautiful day to ski and I was surprised how few skiers were out.

(Brian Ross)

Staff rolled the entire system this morning and was able to set track and skate deck on the lighted loop, 6K, 10K and some of the 20K. Conditions are excellent with the 12+ inches within the last few days. Expect some drifting due to forecasted winds.

(Andrew Sims, Marathon County Parks)

I skied the 6K loop at noon and I thought the conditions were marginal. Very thin skate deck and some debris. Southern exposure and sunny areas had thawing and then froze as ice overnight. Grooming did the best they could to chop up the ice. Definitely B skis and probably rock skis until more snow comes.

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(Scott Frazier)

Did some 10k loop repeats today. Some parts of the first 5k were pretty gnarly...straight ice. The downhill after that caution sign had a rough bare spot. The second half of the loop had some of the best conditions I've skied all year (from MKE county). Great to get out! Compliments to the groomer.

(Christopher Sover)

We regroomed the skate deck on the 6k 10k 20k and lit loops. Track was re-set on the 6k. Expect fast granular conditions. There are bare spots and ice patches on the 20 k. And 10k. Snowshoeing is open.

(Barb Maguire)

Trails at Nine Mile are very icy after the rain on Tuesday. Groomers are out with the PistenBully chewing through the ice. By the end of today, we're hopeful to have the skate deck and classic track back on the Lighted Loop and Y. We will continue grooming through the weekend and working our way out to the 10k. The 20k is seeing some bare spots on the south facing slopes.

(Bradley Mroczenski)

I skate skied from about 11:30-noon. The lighted loop and Y had been tilled. Everything else was still ice. Still full coverage. Light scattered debris throughout. Where it had been tilled it's about 80% pretty decent ice powder and 20% still pretty icy. Overall you can make your way around and still have a good skate ski. One spot on the southeast part of the lighted loop where there's a downhill corner had a smattering of gravel poking through. Recommend B skis. Classic tracks where set on Y, but it's ice and I would only attempt do double pole those tracks with rock skis. Not good for striding I'd think. For skating I'd recommend the north half of the lighted loop and return down Main Street. That's pretty good skiing, all things considered. They were continuing to till when I left, so maybe more sections will be opened. 9-mile is definitely doable, but it's hanging on by a thread. We need more snow!

(Brian Ross)

Nine Mile Chalet will close today at 3 pm due to the impending rain and will tentatively reopen Wednesday at 3 pm. Trails are still open to those that brave the rain. Those that need trail passes can purchase them at the kiosk by the parking lot.

(Bradley Mroczenski)

Skied the 6K and the 10K today and had a good time. Tracks had some leaves that stuck to the bottom of my skis. Tracks were a little icy but nothing too bad. I skied outside the tracks on downhills to avoid the ruts. I used blue extra wax and that worked pretty good. The temps were perfect. There was a ski club from Milwaukee visiting so the chalet was full and busy. It's nice to see everyone out and enjoying the winter.

(Diane Schwartz)