Snowing since morning From Minocqua north. Winman nearly excellent skating, no classic tracks, frozen crust covered with 1.5 inches of dense snow bonding to frozen deck below. Good edge control, never slipped on crust below while skating off. Skied almost two hours, never hit a woodchip which were evident in spots. Still snowing at dusk as I left.

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(Mark Plane)

Was surprisingly good. Skated rock skis but could have been B skis if careful.

(Scott Adler)

Trail in good shape. I would recommend these trails. Plenty of trails open for a good workout. Great for skating, no tracks.

(Joan Missun)

The crew was able to groom the majority of the North Trails in the afternoon. Thin with a few rocks, but overall good coverage and very skiable.

(Isaac Cowart)

Trails are closed. We have maintained much of our base which is now turned to ice. No major updates or changes until we get several inches of snow to work with.

(Isaac Cowart)

Grooming crew combed the skate deck on all 23k this morning. With temperatures in the mid to high teens, the trails are grooming excellent right now. Tracks are still set throughout the system. There are still some thin spots so bring the B skis but overall coverage is still very good.

(Isaac Cowart)

WinMan crew did the high school/middle school race today well. A flat, fully covered skate deck made for lots of happy racers. Thanks for sharing.

(Ken Schoville)

It snowed! Team was out early this morning running our typical grooming operations for the first time of the season. We have 2-3 inches of new snow on top of a very solid deck that was established yesterday. Tracks are set. Skate deck is level. Good skis all around. Get and enjoy the best skiing of the year so far at WinMan.

(Isaac Cowart)

Skate skied outer red loop and interior trails. Firm groomed base with inch of fresh snow. Three groomers out during our ski. Some areas of narrow sections of trails bit uneven from groomer tracks. Overall great ski!

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(Susan Fisher)

Good snow coverage. Trails were not regroomed today, probably due to warm weather. Some of the tracks looked a little glazed.

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(Eric Koch)