Good solid tracks and a decent skate deck made it a worthwhile day trip from eastern Wisconsin. Enjoyed light snow most of the day which kept things fast. Had decent kick with Toko Red and the Dominator Green on the glide zones worked well. Light traffic and with the snowfall the grooming corduroy was just getting covered. Skied B, C, Y, W and Z and all had full coverage.

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(Matt Meyer)

Our base held up really well through the warm temps and rain. Temps dropped into the low 20s last night with around and inch of fresh snow and snow falling when we came off the trails at 1pm. Lots of sticks,twigs,branches and trees littered the trails this morning. We groomed and cleaned up all trails except G and H. Conditions were surprisingly good for both skate and classic.

(Dan Rabine)

Really nice condititions at Valley Spur now. All trails open but H. Around a foot of snow has fallen in the last 3 days.

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(Dan Rabine)

My wife and I skied from the new parking lot on V trail this afternoon and found the skiing to be very good with just a few soft spots and some soft pole plants. She skied classic and I skated on slow skis in the 13F degree temperature. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon. The classic tracks looked and skied great and the skate deck looked awesome but it didn't ski as good as it looked. With these conditions this early who's complaining? Not us.

(Dan Rabine)

We rolled and Ginzu groomed all trails except for H today and after the 10 inches of snow in the last couple days we are now at midwinter conditions with excellent coverage throughout. The new upper parking lot is being plowed and we will work with the plow guy to dial things in for easy access to the trail. The new access trail is designated V trail and allows skiers to reach the upper flat loops like Y and W without having to climb or descend the big hills leading to and from the Lodge parking lot.

(Dan Rabine)

We now have all trails open except for H trail that goes through the swamp. We will need quite a bit more snow and cold temps before attempting that. Typical early season conditions. Very good coverage overall with nice deep tracks throughout.

(Dan Rabine)