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.
February 6 2026	Fair	Skate	Mike I
🔗	The Mound rarely disappoints. Complete coverage on the wooded trails and campground area. Got a bit soft with the warm temps but it should be skiable through the weekend

CXC Outdoor Rec Center (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
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!
February 8 2026	Good	Skate	Chip
🔗	Groomed skating with the Gator. Classic tracks looked really good.
February 7 2026	Good	Classic	Craig F
🔗	The deck was hard as a rock with a very thin layer of snow to grip on if you are skating. The classic tracks were deep and firm with reasonable grip. The snow is very aggressive and stripped a lot of my grip wax off by 15k. I recommend B skis. I picked up a couple of deep grooves through my bases.
February 7 2026	Good	Skate	Benjamin
🔗	Most of the trail is good to excellent. The north end of the loop as always is thinner and need to be more careful picking a path through. Still, probably the last good chance to ski before next week's warmer temperatures, so enjoying it while we can.
February 7 2026	Good	Skate	Chip
🔗	Groomed skating using the Gator.

Door Creek Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 7 2026	Poor	Classic	Karla K
🔗	Correction: lots of bare spots and tracks with lots of foot traffic
February 7 2026	Excellent	Classic	Karla K
🔗	Several bare spots, lots of traffic on tracks

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!
February 7 2026	Fair	Skate	Roger A Goppelt
🔗	I skated the whole park.The skate trails in small woods were fair with little grass.Thewoods behind the big hill were fair on the back trail but bad on the downhills and very bad on the cool curvy diwnhill.It was fast in tge open fields.Get out there and enjoy last day to ski.Pray for snow
February 6 2026	Good	Classic	John
🔗	Again soccer fields excellent cover with good glide in my circular and diagonal tracks. West woods sketchy but doable no wax & caution.

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.

Yahara Golf Course (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 7 2026	Good	Classic	Meg
🔗	Yahara Golf Course: Beautiful zippy skiing this morning. A nice surprise after the conditions at Odana the last 2 weeks. Lots of snow, even deep snow in areas due to most of the ridge facing north. Best for adventurous nature loving people who don't mind imperfect tracks. Park on the east side of the lot by the sandpile and walk them in it until you see the ski trails. Avoid the woods and all will be well!

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.

Iola Winter Sports Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 7 2026	Excellent	Skate	Elizabeth
🔗	Great coverage, not icy, and on-going grooming into the afternoon. I'm so glad I made the drive up from Madison! Looking at the forecast does not inspire great hope, but you can roundtrip this in a day and get a little more excellent skiing in!

Mirror Lake SP - Baraboo (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
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!
February 8 2026	Excellent	Skate	daniel dudley
🔗	Flew up to WINTER PARK Minocqua Arrived early to perfectly groomed trails all the way to lake Marie. Plenty of snow-solid base. there are a few spots with some debris but no biggie. Tracks looked perfect. Skied Lake Marie via tornado survivor Yukon C &D express returned via island Hop and Nepco cruise-all were perfect! Definitely worth the trip! around 24km trip
February 7 2026	Excellent	Skate and Classic	Darren B
🔗	AFTER HOURS SKI TRAIL/BRULE RIVER STATE FOREST (Brule, WI): Trails were in the process of being groomed this morning as Joanie and I skied Sally's Classic trail and a variety of skate trails. The couple inches of fresh powder was welcome over the crusty base and the fresh groom made everything even better. Trails went from good to excellent during the grooming, but there was some minor debris on the trails from the gusty winds.