Trail Conditions

Near Madison

Blue Mound SP (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 9 2026	Poor	Classic	Kyle Richard
🔗	The trails on the north and east side of the mound are thinning, but are still holding snow well. Other trails are getting very sketchy. There is a growing area of ice and slush on John Minix at the bottom of the hill after the sharp left, so take care. Technically not groomed since Jan. 30th, but a couple of snowmobile passes on John Minix over the weekend seemed to help soften that trail a bit.

CXC Outdoor Rec Center (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
March 1 2026	Poor	Skate	Caleb
🔗	3” of powder on top of glare ice Gotta take what you can get!
March 1 2026	Poor	Skate	Brian Parks
🔗	Nope! Was worth the try. But it’s powder on top of often-rutted glare ice. Next season compadres! Adios.
February 27 2026	Fair	Skate and Classic	Yuriy
🔗	Groomed for skating and classic
February 26 2026	Fair	Skate and Classic	Yuriy
🔗	Groomed for skating and classic in the AM.
February 25 2026	Fair	Skate and Classic	Yuriy
🔗	About 750 meter loop groomed for classic and skating.
February 16 2026	Poor	Skate	Ryan Pewowaruk
🔗	Trails right near the parking were slushy but good coverage. Everything else was no go.
February 15 2026	Good	Skate	Chip
🔗	What's skiable is probably good. I had a number of issues with the ice, so grooming is probably going to be limited after today.
February 14 2026	Good	Skate	Chip
🔗	Lightly groomed for skating with the Piston Bully. From what I could see in the dark, the areas with snow look good. The long outer loop had a lot of icy spots.
February 11 2026	Good	Classic	Brian Parks
🔗	Mostly good over the manmade trail. Many places are becoming chocolate slushy and will get worse or open as we become victim to warmer weather. Was getting quite soft by noon. Advise early morning skiing. Tracks are good except for sections of Upper Field and uphill parallel and south of the parking lot powerlines. Klister was the call for the day. Crossing fingers for a late Winter miracle.
February 9 2026	Excellent	Skate	Brian Parks
🔗	Deck is in very good shape. Just some dirty spots that are easy to see and avoid. Tracks look good except for the north end of Upper Field. Was softening up and getting a bit sugary in spots as I was finishing at about noon. Early- to mid-morning ski sessions are the word for the foreseeable future. Unless we get a Winter rejuvenation, I fear the season will start to reach a close. Heia! Heia!

Elver Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 14 2026	Good	Skate	Agron
🔗	I skied on Feb.12 and 13. The upper west wooded areas still 95% skiable. The lower west wooded areas more open patches of grass and roots but still skiable, specifically if you do the uphill and downhill from the flat area above the stadium, where you cannot ski now. It was early around 9:30 am...snow was firm and ground still frozen.
February 11 2026	No Go	Classic	John
🔗	Tried east side-tree management- logging/-large ruts from trucks in otherwise nice snow pack- Field shoddy with patches of snow- Your. Elver reporter signing off. ???temorarily?
February 10 2026	Good	Classic	John.skopek@gmail.com
🔗	Elver elves. Only few days left Pick your way on classics (no wax)West way to soccer fields Ski -still90% coverage .Even short hill at end into woods!

Lodi Golf Course (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 10 2026	Fair	Skate	Dale Fanney
🔗	Groomed 3.2k yesterday- i would say Good golf course skating conditions - but the base is thin and probably day to day. Offers a continuous 3 k loop for Korte/Birkie skiers. Will try to update daily.

East of Madison

Just North of Madison

Black River SF (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 22 2026	Excellent	Skate and Classic	Madeline Uraneck
🔗	Driving back from frozen trails of the north woods to the snowless south, it was a pleasure to stop by Black River Falls State Forest and ski on newly groomed (Feb 20) classic tracks and 4"-7" of fluffy snow at Black River Falls State Forest. Exit from I-94 is MILLSTON. Two trailhead options, we chose Smreckar, the southern one, which had a cabin and warm fire More trails than we could ski, but we found MadNorSki's VP Mark W. there, who said he'd skied them all! I'm afraid it took us still two hours to drive to get back to Madison, but on the right sunny day, these trails are a joy. Plenty of ups and downs.

Mirror Lake SP - Baraboo (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
March 1 2026	Fair	Skate	daniel dudley
🔗	Mirror lake only received about 1" of new snow but was enough to cover the crusty base and provide some kick. Skied Ferndell backwards where it had the best coverage the new snow helped but also hid some of the bare roots on the trail-Hastings and Pioneer similar with some great stretches and others covered with twiggs and leaf debris but still great to get out this late in the season. Should still be skiable until the rain arrives Wednesday. no tracks.
February 22 2026	Good	Skate	Aaron
🔗	Mirror Lake got about 4 inches of snow on Friday and most (but not all of the trails) are groomed for skate. Did Pioneer which was in surprisingly good skate condition (no classic trails though). Ishanala was not groomed, but I saw skiers making their own tracks. I'm fairly certain Hastings and Fern Dell are groomed...likely Turtlville. I doubt the Northwest trail is groomed though. Conditions should persist into Monday, but we are getting a melt day on Tuesday.

Other Locations

Other (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 13 2026	Excellent	Skate	Dan D
🔗	Ariens Nordic Center Took the long drive up to Ariens Nordic Center to find an absolutely pristine groomed trails. Definitely worth the trip as I skied 30km on the 4 k loops in prep for the Birkie. 18F sunny, calm winds-a skier heaven. Plus was the only one on the course for the first hour. Tracks were in excellent shape as well!