Trail Conditions
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MadNorSki Trail Reports:
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. | ||
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
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Other Sources:
SkinnySki.com has complete and up-to-date collection of trails for a wider region. We recommend reviewing their website – in particular the South West WI map and South East WI map.
Blue Mounds State Park Trailhead Kiosk – Weather Underground Current Conditions & History
Close to home, check-out the City of Madison Cross Country Ski page. Check grooming status and buy your annual pass online for Door Creek, Elver and Odana Hills.
Nordic Pulse has detailed grooming reports for some locations including the CXC Outdoor Center.
The Skiwise App includes some grooming and trail reports for ski trails in Wisconsin.