Trail Conditions

Near Madison

CXC Outdoor Rec Center (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
March 4 2026	Fair	Skate	Yuriy
🔗	Groomed for skating. Probably last grooming of the season unless we get a March winter storm.
March 3 2026	Fair	Skate	Yuriy
🔗	Groomed for skating. Will be re-groomed for classic only around 5pm.
March 2 2026	Fair	Skate	Bryce
🔗	Was able to get a good workout in, with some ice, but still great 👍. The small black diamond hill being open was a nice surprise.
March 2 2026	Excellent	Skate	Dan D
🔗	Want to thank Yuriy for the excellent job of grooming today. The shortened loop .8km had a solid base with new snow groomed in with only 2 small icy spots. Get out and enjoy before the rain -no tracks.
March 2 2026	Fair	Skate	Yuriy
🔗	Groomed for skating. There are a few icy spots, but it should be easy to ski around them.
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.

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.

East of Madison

Lapham Peak - Delafield (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
March 3 2026	Fair	Skate	daniel dudley
🔗	Fair to good conditions this morning although it was not groomed- north end of loop bare ground -crossover holding up well even though in the sun but has a few very icy spots Did not attempt magic carpet. Should be still skiable tomorrow and Thursday until the big rain comes on Friday.

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!