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Great tracks, a little icy but a very fast skate. good snow coverage. Enjoy before the rain comes next week

A friend who skied at Mirror Lake today reports that all trails besides the Pioneer Trail were in very nice shape, freshly groomed.

All trails groomed at tracked. As DarylH mentioned, they are in excellent condition. Thanks for everyone's patience as we work through several equipment issues hampering our normal grooming operations. Skate skiing is allowing in the campground and picnic area only. ~ Enjoy

At noon, freshly groomed & tracked. As expected with all the fresh snow, some soft spots (pole plants in particular) but a gorgeous day to ski the Mound. Easy to control on the hills. Some of the best conditions of the last few years.

Got out around 1pm, looked like skate deck had been recently groomed. Overall good skate deck from the lower bowl, up through the West side woods. Cold weather has just made it relatively slow out going there.

Excellent track for classic. Best skiing here in years. Appreciate the “No Hiking” signs strategically placed throughout. Hopefully locals wont ignore them.

Groomed for classic and skating: https://nordic-pulse.com/ski-areas/US/WI/CXC-Outdoor-Center

Skied 2 laps of Pleasant View and CXC on perfectly groomed trials with sunny skies and calm winds. Was 4F at 8am when I started but didn't feel cold at all. Surprised how few folks were out.

Stopped at Gov Nelson around noon on Thursday 1/17 and the trailhead looks pretty poor. No tracks and beat up. It needs grooming. Note that I did not ski so this is just what I saw at trailhead.

Skied Token Creek Thursday night, ended ski just before 6 pm. Trails were fully covered, a little debris especially under the pines, but tracks were decent with only a few minor washed out areas and walkers on the trails were minimal.