Trail Conditions

Near Madison

Blue Mound SP (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 2 2025	Fair	Skate and Classic	Blue Mound SP Staff
🔗	Trails are in fair conditions and were rolled on Dec. 1st. Average base is around 2" and you can expect thin, wet and icy spots. *Flint Rock Trails was not rolled, and the campground plowed for ongoing Hazard Tree Removal. Please use caution if using Flint Rock entering the campground. We hope to finish the Hazard Tree Removal in the next two weeks.
November 30 2025	Fair	Classic	David Stone
🔗	Not yet groomed. Soft skier made tracks. Great to be out.

Cam-Rock (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 3 2025	Good	Classic	Jan A
🔗	Firm rolled base with 1+ inches of new snow on top. Skied-in tracks. I saw no other skiers in 90 minutes of skiing.

CXC Outdoor Rec Center (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 4 2025	Good	Skate	Chip
🔗	I groomed for skating today, I'll plan on some refreshed classic tracks tomorrow.
December 3 2025	Excellent	Skate	Dirk Lacker
🔗	Skate lanes freshly groomed this morning. Trail firm and flat and smooth. Excellent grooming
December 3 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	Chip
🔗	Groomed everything for skating and new classic tracks.
December 2 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	Chip
🔗	Groomed for skating and reworked some of the classic tracks.
December 1 2025	Good	Classic	Ian Duncan
🔗	I skied late morning today and found the classic tracks in good shape, quite firm and intact mainly with only a few thin spots. I only skied half of the golf course loop but it all looked. The skating track was completely covered and well groomed though not sure how firm. For the beginning of December, a very enjoyable ski!
December 1 2025	Good	Skate	Cowboybob
🔗	At 11 am the skate deck at the Pleasant View trails were covered and in good overall condition. A bit soft. Maybe 5% is thin and/or exposed frozen slush.
December 1 2025	Good	Skate	Dirk Lacker
🔗	Trails freshly groomed this morning and range from good to excellent. Trail mostly firm and mostly smooth due to expert handling of lots of snow on top of no base. Nary a rock, bring your A skis
November 30 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	Yuriy
🔗	The CXC trails were groomed with the snowcat for skating only. Excellent conditions, very firm, fun to ski, and have no drifting. The golf course trails were groomed with pull-behind equipment for both skating and classic. The deck is softer, with some drifting in the open areas. We decided not to take the risk of packing the snow on the golf course trails with the snowcat, as the ground is not frozen and is still wet.
November 29 2025	Fair	Skate	Yuriy
🔗	All trails were rolled this evening from 6-9pm. We will most likely groom most of the trails tomorrow morning. We tested grooming a short section of the trail after rolling, and it should groom very nicely early tomorrow morning. Please remember trails open at 8am. The freshly groomed snow needs about an hour to set after grooming is completed in order to create a somewhat firm base (especially with the new snow). This helps maintain the best possible conditions throughout the day and prevents the surface from breaking down too quickly. Some trails are closed due to snowmaking. Snowmaking will resume tomorrow evening. ATTENTION! Due to active construction of the Middleton Nordic Center Trailhead Lodge, access to the cross-country ski trail will be available from the southwest corner of the large parking lot. The start and finish area will be located at the trail entrance on the powerline, a short distance from the parking lot.

Door Creek Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 1 2025	Fair	Classic	Jordy Loeb
🔗	My first time skiing here; what a gem!. Trails are in as good of condition as can be expected with the amount of snow. I say fair because there are stems poking through the trails in the marshy area and not enough snow for consistently level trail in the woods. Tracks were soft and shallow. Still very skiable. I did not see any evidence of skating.
November 30 2025	Fair	Classic	Sam B
🔗	Citizen tracks on rolled snow. Two sidewalk crossings (one snow-covered, one bare). Nice to explore new trails (for me) on the East Side.

Elver Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 4 2025	Excellent	Skate	Madnorski Grooming team
🔗	Re-Groomed Skate Ln., East and West Trails, finished at 1:30 PM
December 3 2025	Excellent	Skate	Dan D
🔗	I want to congratulate the groomers for an exceptional grooming job this morning. I've skied a number of places the last few days but must say the conditions here were by far the best! Lots of folks out on the northwest trail which was very good but the southeast was even better since there was little "traffic". Solid base, evenly packed. Only issue was leaves littered on parts of the trail. The 2 big hills on the northwest side were groomed very well and even. Tracks looked good as well. Keep up the excellent work!
December 3 2025	Good	Classic	DarylH
🔗	Still pretty good, a little firmer & faster today. At noon Laurel was grooming the East side which was quite good. The West side had a fair amount of leaf litter strewn across the trail. Which wasn't a big deal on my waxless skis, but could be more annoying with waxed.
December 3 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	Madnorski grooming team
🔗	All trails were groomed yesterday between 9-2:00 , it’s starting to firm up, some thin spots on the tracks
December 2 2025	Good	Classic	DarylH
🔗	The best it has been! A dusting of snow and full re-grooming have made a significant difference. Could use "A" skis, but I used A-/B+ for a little more peace of mind!
December 1 2025	Good	Classic	Tony H
🔗	Tracks holding up; cold temperatures overnight a big help. A skis ok, if you don’t stomp too hard. Skate deck timely repacked — thanks groomers!
December 1 2025	Good	Classic	Daryl H
🔗	Grooming the skate lane at 2pm. Few more thin spots today, but still quite nice.
November 30 2025	Good	Skate	Dirk
🔗	Great conditions given the past two years. Skate deck was varable. Skied A skis with no issues.
November 30 2025	Good	Classic	DarylH
🔗	11:30 Westside was groomed & tracked (except for the 2 bigger hills). A little soft, but mostly good coverage. Only noticed one small bare spot, but a few spots where you could see some color through the thin snowpack. Overall very nice for November on "B" skis (I used A-/B+ skis)!
November 29 2025	Poor	Skate and Classic	Dick Steinle and Brian Turany
🔗	Work in progress. This evening we rolled and compressed that wonderful snow. The trails won’t be good for skiing until we get back to put down some corduroy Sunday morning. Please be patient and let the trails set. They should be primo after 10a. 🤞❄️❄️❄️

Governor Nelson SP (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 3 2025	Excellent	Skate	Dave Minden
🔗	Groomer was out packing trail then setting track as I skiid. Pretty good coverage even after packing it down. All trails open
December 1 2025	Good	Classic	Gwen Long
🔗	Has not been tracked but many have been out and made classic trails. Soft edges. Slow but fun. My first time at Gov. Nelson.

Indian Lake (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 1 2025	Good	Classic	Eric A.
🔗	Solid snow coverage and freshly groomed this morning. The deck was was very soft. There were some hiking footprints but they were off to the side so it didn't disrupt the skiing. Beautiful day!

McCarthy Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 4 2025	Excellent	Classic	Denny Blum
🔗	Hats off to the groomers, excellent job as usual. Deep firm tracks, very few thin spots. Some areas with leaves in the track, but not enough to aggravate. A beautiful day to ski🏆
December 3 2025	Excellent	Skate	David P.
🔗	Quite a few excellent sections and some good sections. Some thin spots and leaf debris, but overall a big thank you to the excellent grooming team at McCarthy. Thank you!!
December 3 2025	Good	Classic	Remo
🔗	Good to fair. Some grassy areas and lots of leaves. Overall a great time. Thank you groomers!
December 2 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	McCarthy Volunteer Grooming Staff
🔗	Groomed all the trails today around noon, the skate deck is firming up. Reset 80% of the classic tracks, some vegetation sticking through in a few places, the active snow should help cover.
December 1 2025	Fair	Classic	Jeff
🔗	Second consecutive day at this location, found conditions average at best; not nearly as good as yesterday's fantastic ski. Warm temps and very heavy use yesterday left tracks soft or completely obliterated in places. Track farther from lot generally in better shape. Fresh powder (small) had speeds down; up side--covered the leafy debris from yesterday. A few edge bare spots were easily avoidable. Skate deck looked firmer than yesterday's corduroy, but there were bare spots today.
December 1 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	Volunteer Grooming g Staff
🔗	Touch up grooming this morning. Hardening up, so conditions for both classic and skate are good. Track fully set throughout park.
November 30 2025	Good	Skate	Lulu
🔗	Deck was soft. More effort needed to ski. Hard to glide. Classic tracks looked great. Should have used classic skis today. Deck should get firmer and fun with more skiing on it.
November 30 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	McCarthy Park volunteer staff
🔗	All the trails have been rolled & groomed for both classic and skate. The sledding hill has been groomed and the snowshoe trails have been packed. Overall conditions look good, expect some drifting, shoe looks to be firming up nicely.
November 29 2025	Fair	Skate and Classic	McCarthy Park grooming team
🔗	The McCarthy Park grooming team will be out preparing the trails tomorrow, should be somewhat groomed by 11:00 am. No idea on conditions, hoping for the best.

Odana Golf Course (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 4 2025	Excellent	Skate	Felix J.
🔗	Very good to excellent conditions. Deck was fairly hard and fast around 11, especially near the parking lot. About twice as fast as Sunday 😉 Slightly uneven in places and some minor leaf/pine debris.
December 2 2025	Good	Skate	David P.
🔗	Excellent conditions for early December. Skate deck soft in most areas, but overall good coverage.
December 1 2025	Excellent	Skate	Brian Parks
🔗	Oh happy days! Beautiful out there. Deck is clean, white, and well groomed. Just a tad on the soft side. So nice to be able to get out so early this season. Praise to Ullr. Get out there and enjoy!
December 1 2025	Fair	Skate	Dan D
🔗	track looked good but skate deck pretty beat up-needs grooming. Does the city have a planned grooming schedule for the trails? be nice to know.
November 30 2025	Good	Classic	Courtney H
🔗	Nice day out at Odana! Some mushy spots, but overall good.
November 29 2025	Fair	Classic	Tony H.
🔗	Madison Parks out rolling this afternoon. Soft but hey, skiing in November!

Token Creek (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 4 2025	No Go	Classic	Denny Blum
🔗	Some thoughts. Thanks to the groomers who had the snow ready to ski on Sunday. I skied yesterday and the tracks were holding up. Towards the end of my ski I noticed that the groomer was out and about, but the tracks had been buried under the grooming. I went back today and there were no tracks, just fresh corduroy. Why bury decent tracks and then not set new tracks?

University Ridge Golf Course (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 4 2025	Good	Skate	Dirk Lacker
🔗	Zimmer and Toms in good to excellent condition. Aurthers in good condition but a tad rough, I suspect will smooth out with more traffic. Snow coverage here seems excellent, I didn’t encounter any ice slush spots. They seem to have changed and shortened the Buckys Pass trail. What’s groomed is a gradual and flowy trail down to the Zimmer trails.
December 4 2025	Good	Skate	Dirk Lacker
🔗	Observational: from the parking lot @10am I see fresh corduroy on the skate lanes
December 2 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	University Ridge Staff
🔗	It was good to have skiers back yesterday at University Ridge! We groomed again today and and reset track. Trails are looking good. Open 9-5pm today. Please check in with the golf shop.
December 1 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	University Ridge Staff
🔗	We are open for skiing starting at noon today! Trails have good coverage and have been tracked for skate and classic skiing. Check out https://universityridge.com/cross-country-skiiing for information on pricing and rentals. We will continue to put our grooming reports on madnorski.com. Please check in with the golf shop when you arrive. Hours will be 9am-5pm daily.
December 1 2025	No Go	Skate and Classic	University Ridge Staff
🔗	We still need some time this morning as we had a couple issues getting things rolled yesterday. We hope to have trails open at noon but we will post later this morning with more details. Thanks for your patience.
November 29 2025	No Go	Skate and Classic	University Ridge Staff
🔗	We are hoping to get out and groom tomorrow but trails will not be open until Monday at the earliest. Thanks for your patience.

East of Madison

Just North of Madison

Mirror Lake SP - Baraboo (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
November 30 2025	Fair	Skate and Classic	Aaron
🔗	Did the Pioneer trail but it's completed ungroomed and untracked. A bit difficult to deal with because of the thick snow. There are (now) home made tracks on Pioneer. From what I saw Fern Dell Trail is packed and in good condition. Note, historically Turterville Trail was a nice and scenic add-on to Fern Dell...but it's close this year due to logging. I drove by and it's really ugly. It's crazy the destruction the DNR is doing to Mirror Lake State Park....Lakeview Ridge Pass trail was devastated by logging last year and a few years ago the Hastings Trail was rerouted due to logging. And about five years ago the adjacent Pine Oak Forest State Natureal Area was clearcut along Scott Lane and Herwig Road. This despite timber prices being low and there being a general oversupply. NOBODY is doing or saying anything about this.

Other Locations

Other (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
December 2 2025	Fair	Classic	SASY skier
🔗	Olbrich Park -near the base of the sledding hill and across the bike path. Someone made some decent classic tracks that make a quarter mile track loop. Not groomed good, but pretty good with city skyline and lake views. Not worth driving to but maybe worth a walk if you live nearby!
November 30 2025	Good	Skate and Classic	Jocie Luglio
🔗	Maple Bluff Country Club Narrow skate lane was there at 1:30. Groomer was hard at work on classic tracks, partially ready at 2:30. Some leaf litter, but it is November! Some walkers and dogs on tracks. Beautiful weather! Easy parking! Free!