The Piston Bully was out at night grooming the man made loops. The skate deck was tilled and is in good condition considering the recent weather. New classic tracks have been set and are full depth but will have a hard ice bottom. The trail is getting thin in some areas.

(Mark Janis)

The trail was icy, as expected, and the tracks are there but have melted and refrozen. The magic carpet had visible ice patches and I wasn't confident my skis would stay in the tracks. I did see several skiers descend the hill safely in the tracks. I did many field loops, double-poling much of the time. The snow/ice was softening a bit by 10 a.m. I may not have made the 40 minute drive if I knew the conditions, but got some skiing in anyway.

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(Thomas Benson)

The man-made loop was not groomed last night and will likely remain ungroomed until the weather improves, as we try to preserve the snow that we have. Conditions will likely soften in most spots as the day goes on with some icy patches.

(Collin Bergholz, Wisconsin DNR)

Very good conditions for skate and stride this morning, but softening and slowing down as the temps rose. A loose layer of snow on a firm base. Classic tracks are variable with some solid and others less well formed. The base is showing some ice along the northeast side of the Field Loop, with less loose snow on top. Newly groomed Playground trails are the best they have been all season. The descent down Magic Carpet is slow, due to the wind and the softening snow.

(John McCarthy)

I had the Pisten Bully out early this morning and tilled, reset tracks, and groomed the playground on all the man-made snow trails. Skiing should be excellent today with the beautiful weather we are having. Good to be back grooming, happy skiing!

(Beattle Adelmeyer)

Excellent conditions for skate and stride this morning. The Pisten Bully left a shallow layer of loose snow on the firm base, providing a perfect skating surface. Magic Carpet was fast but easily controllable. Nice, new tracks are solid and full depth. Temps were rising and the wind was really picking up, so expect conditions to change.

(John McCarthy)

The Piston Bully was out at night grooming the man made trails. The skate deck was tilled and is in great condition. New classic tracks were set and are in great condition as well.

(Mark Janis)

A very firm base with just a little loose snow made for fast, but challenging skate conditions. A strong SW wind was blowing the finer snow off the surface. Best was the climb up the Start Hill, and on the Green Cutoff. Magic Carpet is fast but with just enough loose snow to make it manageable for most skiers. Tracks are solid and fast, and catching some of the blowing snow, providing a kickable surface.

(John McCarthy)

The Piston Bully was out at night grooming the man made trails. The skate deck was tilled and is in great condition. New tracks were set throughout and are in great condition. The playground was also groomed and should be in great shape for family day Sunday.

(Mark Janis)

Piston Bully was out at night on the man made loop. I set new tracks and tilled up the skate deck. There are a couple rough spots on magic carpet but otherwise it should be pretty nice conditions in the morning.
Enjoy!

(Alex Matson)