At 9am the skate conditions on the man-made were good as reported by the groomer. Parking lot was 80% full as many were enjoying the conditions. At about 10:30 am, the skating began to be slower due to warmer temperatures and heavy ski traffic but still enjoyable as I ended skiing 30k, my longest of the season.

(Don Howell)

Very good conditions for skate and stride this morning on the snowmaking loops. Firm and fast skate lane early that softened and broke down from the heavy skier traffic and climbing temps. Getting slower as the day progressed. New tracks holding up so far. Magic Carpet has some good chute development, but is actually soft and slow - except in the tracks, which are fast. Kudos to Waukesha Rotary and the BOLD skiers on the trails today, showing that everyone can enjoy a beautiful day on the snow.

(John McCarthy)

Started skiing at 6:30 this morning and the skate and classic grooming was perfect. Deep tracks and well set up corduroy. The tilling brought up some new snow so there was less debris than last week. Thanks to the team! Sections started to breakdown and soften as the morning progressed. Still a great base with a little loose snow on top. Expect similar conditions Sunday morning. Then grooming becomes a day-by-day call as temps might not dip below freezing.

(Jim Marschalek)

I had the Pisten Bully out early this morning and groomed the entire skate deck and reset tracks on our man-made trail system. As the weather pattern is these days, it should be good skiing until the air temperature warms up and breaks our snow down. Enjoy the skiing that we have going on at the moment. The depth and width of our trails keeps shrinking on a daily basis. Enjoy today and have a great ski.

(Beattle Adelmeyer)

Skated the one mile man made loop just past noon, found loose sugary corn snow over a good base. A bit slow, but could have been worse if the sun was out. Loose snow on bottom of magic carpet hill from snow plowing, but not real bad, easy to navigate. If there was an end of season ski awards, man made trails would be the MVP, along with the groomers and generous donations from people.

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(Ed Edinger)

I got there at 7:30 am and was disappointed that it was very bumpy and hard and I was not able to skate on it. I saw 2 DNR guys and asked if they were going to groom and they said yes! They groomed the skate deck with the Ginzu and wow what a difference! It was wonderful! Parts did get a bit mashed potatoey pretty quick, but it wasn't super deep and it was still firm underneath. I had a great ski! I did not classic but the tracks looked ok in parts and bad in others. It actually snow while I was skiing!

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(Kay Lum)

Deep snowcone snow on the skate lanes on the snowmaking loops by late morning. Not as wet as the last couple of days, but a good workout plowing through it. Tracks from yesterday are okay, but a bit icy. Magic Carpet is slow out of the track, but has some chutes developing. Plenty of snow cover with only minor debris issues.

(John McCarthy)

I started at 7:30am and it was difficult with the ruts frozen in but you could still find places to ski that were manageable. DNR started grooming with the Ginzu shortly after and by 8am skate deck was refreshed but soft. As I was leaving someone said the grooming wasn't needed because look it was now too soft. A tale of two people. Tracks were very solid. It might have gotten colder than expected. The groomers are trying to balance preserving the snow and not grooming, knowing that mid day it will be fine with warming temperatures that are guaranteed to come, and tilling and grooming so it's perfect first thing in the morning. Remember snowmaking and grooming is run by volunteers, please consider donating.

(Jim Marschalek)

Drove two hours only to find a rutted, ungroomed block of ice. Some track but very icy. Very disappointed. Lots of people.

(Dan Dudley)

Nice skiing early on the snowmaking loops but getting soft and slushy towards noon. Grooming this morning provided a smooth firm surface initially, however, skier traffic, rising temps, and the sun loosened it up and slowed it down. New tracks set this morning were solid, but getting icy. The Early Bird gets the Worm, or in this case, the best skiing conditions.

(John McCarthy)