Trail Condition

Soft, thin, and fast, but 99% coverage. Hickory husks thick in spots, but snow is soft enough to left you steam through them without harm. fair bit of hiker footprints.

Groomed the man-made snow this morning.

Skiing on Christmas Snow magic at CXC A gift for us all

Fantastic conditions on a beautiful winter day. Lots of snow, grooming is excellent, including set tracks on most of the trails for classic.This is probably the best skiing in the Madison area right now, and should be for several days. Get out and enjoy!!!

Beautiful morning. Classic tracks were deep and firm overall.

Beautiful morning. Classic tracks firm and almost complete round the loop.

skied the 1.5km loop mid morning-was in great shape -Thanks Santa for grooming this morning. Got a bit icy in a few spots when i left toward noon. hopefully will groom again tomorrow-temps will be slightly below freezing overnight

Would be excellent but there’s lots of footprints on the ski trails. Would be good to have signs at park and trail entrances noting ski trails are ski only. 99% coverage 1-5” deep. Looks like a few folks have skated the classic loops.

Did the Ishnala trail which was a nice experience. Snow from Monday hasn't hardened yet and still somewhat soft. The trail isn't groomed but there are (mostly) home made tracks and is in good shape. At this point I think Turtleville, Fern Dell and Hastings are good for skate. And Pioneer, Ishnala, Kilbourn, and Northwest …

A Christmas present day at McCarthy today! We did not groom, it’s too thin. However wi did ski, both skate and classic. The 1/4” of dry, sugary snow overnight on top of the firm (but thin) base made for a surprisingly fast and satisfying glide. Get out while the gettins’ good! 60/40 good/fair, with kids …