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
February 2 2026	Fair	Classic	Kyle Richard
🔗	BMSP received half an inch of snow overnight. Coverage is still good, though there are thin spots near the trailhead, campground, and under the pines in Pleasure Valley. There is also another dirty area in Pleasure Valley related to brush removal and burn piles. No tracks.
January 30 2026	Fair	Classic	Blue Mound SP Staff
🔗	Able to level the top 1" of snow and scratch the deck level. The base is still thin (2") and firm, and coverage is generally good. No track was set. Expect downhills to remain fast, with thin coverage. Vehicle tracks in the campground have been removed. Blue Mound State Park will have its Candlelight Ski & Hike on Feb. 7th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. A 1-mile candlelight ski loop and a 1-mile candlelight hike loop will be available.
January 28 2026	Good	Classic	DarylH
🔗	Fair to Good, but surprisingly good given the limited snow cover. Some skied in tracks. Thin and firm with mostly good coverage. Downhills are faster than they've been, been not bad and with good control. I'm still using B skis for peace of mind, but didn't notice any scratches.
January 25 2026	Fair	Classic	Kyle Richard
🔗	I skied the entire trail system. There are currently no machine-made tracks, though some sections have usable skier-made tracks. Coverage is generally good, but it’s starting to thin in a few predictable spots, most notably on the initial descent into the campground and under the pine grove in Pleasure Valley. Some drifting has also occurred on the upper skate loop, though those thin areas are easy to avoid. Overall, the trails have become quite firm due to the recent extreme cold and skier traffic. In less-trafficked sections, there is still about an inch of unpacked snow sitting on top of a solid base. A few areas, particularly parts of John Minix, Willow Spring, and Flint Rock, still have some leaves and debris (including a few larger pieces of scat), though conditions are much cleaner elsewhere. One note of concern: a vehicle appears to have driven through the campground. It doesn't affect coverage, and they're largely avoidable, but skiing over them isn't very fun.

Cherokee Marsh (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
January 29 2026	Good	Classic	Tony Miller
🔗	Trails were all snow covered with skier-made tracks and some new grooves (not tracks) from recent grooming. Unsurprisingly, the trails closest to Wheeler Rd had lots of footprints from hikers - but trails in the back forty were generally footprint free.

CXC Outdoor Rec Center (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
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.
February 5 2026	Good	Skate and Classic	Yuriy
🔗	Snowmaking trails groomed for classic and skating in the AM. Trails on the golf course are currently closed due to insufficient snow coverage in several areas.
February 4 2026	Excellent	Skate	Brian Parks
🔗	Solid deck. Mostly clean except for the usual north end of the upper field. Good news is that that area will be filled in later today by the volunteer crew (Team Medicare!!). So, after it sets up tonight, Yuriy and Chip will make it great corduroy tomorrow morning.
February 2 2026	Excellent	Classic	Kevin S
🔗	Doesn’t get much better. That pesky turn at the north end is good now with good coverage, but will be hard to keep that way if we don’t get more snow. Delightful conditions overall. Thanks to the crew!
February 2 2026	Fair	Skate and Classic	Reid
🔗	Went out for my usual 3pm mini-skiathlon. Some snow was added to the north end of the field, and was reasonably safe to double pole through today. However, warmer temps and sun did not do us any favors. Skate deck still pretty good but classic tracks not doing so hot. Groomers are doing a great job all things considered and as a fresh transplant from Minnesota I’m happy to have been able to ski for a solid 2 months so far. Looking at long term forecast things will probably be winding down soon. Get out while you can!
February 2 2026	Good	Skate	Dan D
🔗	Excellent on man-made loop-ventured out on golf course-the 1/2" of new snow helped make the trail good with a thin base but enough cover- the south flat portion was excellent. However, the east end by the pines -is a long stretch of bare ground
February 2 2026	Excellent	Classic	Brian Parks
🔗	Another fine day on the magic carpet. Deck and tracks in great shape on the entire manmade loop. Groomers filled in a lot of the exposed section on the north end of the upper field. Skiing should be great all week. But it will get softer as we progress. Enjoy!
February 1 2026	Fair	Skate	Reid
🔗	Skied Sunday afternoon. What snow exists is in great condition. Fast, not too hard, not yet transformed. However, we need more of it. The thin spot on north end of the field (furthest from the snow guns) is borderline unskiable with the gravel speed bumps poking through. If it were just this area, I’d say good, but there are debris zones on about half of the rest of the snowmaking loop. That being said, looking at the forecast it is probably the best we’ll get for a while here. Hoping to get out with the B-skis tomorrow and Wednesday afternoon with the “until the sun sets” crew!
January 31 2026	Excellent	Classic	Brian Parks
🔗	Great day to be out on the white beauty. Tracks are a bit worn, but in beautiful shape. Thanks Chip and Yuriy. North end of the upper field is the only place where one should take caution due to thin snow and hence a bit of exposure and dirt. Get out here folks. It’s going to be stellar all week and possibly even better if we get a dusting tomorrow and/or Monday. Yow baby!
January 31 2026	Good	Skate	Chip
🔗	Used the Gator to groom for skating.
January 29 2026	Good	Classic	Craig Fischberg
🔗	All the tracks were very solid, the far north end of the loop is getting quite thin with some gravel starting to show through. If they haven’t covered that area with Snow, I recommend Bwe’re very solid, the far north end of the loop is getting quite thin with some gravel starting to show through. If they haven’t covered that area with snow, I recommend B skis. I managed to get a new groove in the bottom of one of my good skis. It wouldn’t take much snow to cover that portion.
January 28 2026	Excellent	Skate	Ian Duncan
🔗	I should have chosen my classic skis as the tracks are excellent at all parts of the current skiable territory. Ideal for lessons. Skate deck also excellent but the cold snow makes it very slow - go striding - easy kick wax!
January 28 2026	Good	Classic	Cowboybob
🔗	At 12:30 pm classic tracks well set on the CXC trails. Northern portion of the big loop is very thin. Importing some MM snow there, to cover the snirt, would be a big improvement.
January 27 2026	Excellent	Skate	Cowboybob
🔗	What a joy! Blue sky, full sun and excellent skiing. The skate deck at 1:30 was firm corduroy, a dusting of loose snow, just enough to make edging easy. (The classic tracks looked good, as well.) Amazing grooming! A day like today demonstrates the mission of the CXC can be realized. Snowmaking and great grooming -- even without much natural snow -- makes for excellent skiing.
January 27 2026	Excellent	Skate	Dirk Lacker
🔗	Haven’t been to CXC in a couple weeks, impressed with the snowmaking loop work. Freshly groomed, firm hard deck. Plunge felt safe, plenty of control. You can make a nice little loop with a couple big climbs. The out and back on the power lines (round -a -lot?) was thin but worth a ski and also groomed today. Thanks for keeping us alive CXC
January 26 2026	Good	Classic	Ian Duncan
🔗	I skied at around 1:00PM yesterday as Yuriy was grooming the trail. Contrary to another report from yesterday, skating looked perfect on the upper part of the loop and on the two climbs to the left, with well groomed corduroy. The classic tracks were better than the previous day. Obviously more snow is needed and for the moment the golf course is best avoided (in my view!)
January 26 2026	Poor	Skate	Dan D
🔗	poor by cxc standards -ungroomed boiler plate -golf course very thin, uneven and ungroomed. man-made loop needs some serious tilling
January 25 2026	Fair	Skate	Cowboybob
🔗	Skied the CXC trails at 2:00 pm. Base is hard and crusty but skiable. Base is very thin 10% or so, lotsa grass and ground up leaves in the deck. Groomers doing the best they can with what's there. New natural or more man-made snow desperately needed. Pleasant View trails similar but have more sections very bare.
January 25 2026	Good	Skate and Classic	Chip
🔗	Used Piston Bully today and groomed skating and new classic on the man-made snow loops.
January 24 2026	Good	Skate and Classic	Chip
🔗	Groomed mostly the man-made snow loops for skating and some classic. Classic tracks are somewhat drifted over. Did a partial grooming on the golf course which had a lot of drifting. Hopefully it's skiable. Have to say that Yuriy (and Dave making snow) have done a fantastic job to the artificial snow loops.

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
February 3 2026	Good	Skate and Classic	Roger A Goppelt
🔗	Enough coverage for good gliding. Only rough spot near skating rink. One other skier today.The trials were good good for skating and classic.No footprints except for deer tracks A hidden gem.

Elver Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
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.
February 4 2026	Good	Skate	Nancy W.
🔗	Wondered who made the parallel tracks in the soccer area looking like an aerial view of an archeological site! Good skating there and OK elsewhere, although falls on hidden small obstacles can happen. I go slowly, but others look fast and good.
February 4 2026	Good	Classic	John
🔗	May agree about skating which cuts into base?But a flat ski classic is the best-great kick with 3” powder on top of snowy field-Skied 2hrs back/forth/around on lower soccer field. Covered most setting new tracks great training for Birkie—-East has open field with same great opportunities!!
February 4 2026	Fair	Skate	Tony H.
🔗	Very sketchy out there. Really more like Fair to Poor. Rock & dirt skis for sure. A few stretches here & there you can get into a rhythm. Come on Heikki Lunta!
February 3 2026	Good	Classic	John
🔗	Same good conditions off and on track. May suffer if temps climb to high 30s with sun.Did whole course plus ( 8.5miles). East is very good too.
February 2 2026	Good	Classic	Jeff S.
🔗	Just an update to John's report. Amazing what a quarter inch of new snow can do for base that is just hanging on. Skied until 4 p.m. Monday. Grip was good with crown base. I just want to alert people that on the Eastside loop there is 1) a little patch of what sounded like partly exposed frozen cones, sticks and maybe gravel on the west end of the loop, down the little southern-exposed drop through the pines, and 2) a little patch of something gravelly near the center of the long descent on the east end of the loop, that then turns sharp left to head west to the base of the sled hill. It's about 2/3 of the way down. So use a little caution and may side-step down to investigate first. 3) Because track was earlier set so expertly, there is also 250 m of mostly superb deep and firm set CL track on the south part of the loop "where the sun don't shine." There are just a couple small bits of exposed grass in the bottom of that track. It's a great stretch!
February 2 2026	Good	Classic	john
🔗	Swix45 good on hills. fresh snow adequate --no break thru. did all east side hills downward without problem- 1hr 20 FUN
January 28 2026	Good	Classic	John
🔗	Did East trails in track!! & off into fields great ..Clean. West side again in good shape Downhills manageable on 205 classic skis. Making new tracks lacks long glide but great Feel of fresh snow.
January 27 2026	Good	Classic	John
🔗	Skied off groomed trail 4” fluffy snow. Soccer fields& around any open area Back today.
January 25 2026	Fair	Skate	Adam Kox
🔗	Classic skied on 1/24, night and day difference between prior midweek grooming. Unlevel, rutted, debris everywhere. Skate ski on Sunday 1/25, night and day difference from yesterday, more level, less ruts, less debris, cold and hard. What was poor I would grade fair/good. I used my B skis. Some track was removed on lower soccer field? Downhills were manageable, areas that the groomer had been through had enough snow the edge. Other areas were hard to edge.
January 24 2026	Poor	Skate	Sarah G
🔗	Very thin, lots of dirt; conditions seemed significantly worse than when I was last there Thursday night. Recommend rock skis if you have them. The best coverage sections were on the east side (the far east trail right after the downhill out of the woods was beautiful) but there's no way to get there without going through bad dirty sections up the central big hill or up the east side slope.
January 24 2026	Good	Classic	Ryan P
🔗	Groomers have done a great job with how little snow there is. Recommend b skis but there was only one very thin spot on the east side of the trails. Even had tracks on the both the east and west side long gradual striding hills which made my day!

Governor Nelson SP (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 5 2026	Poor	Classic	Roger A Goppelt
🔗	Enough snow yesterday to do woodland trail and the part that overlooks the highway.Some brances,grass, and rocks but skianke.Today would be last day.Definite scratches on my skisBut it is the rnd of the seadon.Old B dkis go for it but watch out for dome rocks and bare ground
January 31 2026	Fair	Classic	T Miller
🔗	We only skied the flats - starting at the far parking lot & looping back to the Morningside Trail. About 2-3 inch packed base on the trails with skier made tracks. Some easily avoidable small holes where hikers footprints left divits but entirely skiable and a pleasure to be out. Skied back along the shore on the lake from the pet swim area back to the main beach house- good snow on the drifts but thins out to ice about 50-100 ft from shore

Kegonsa SP (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 1 2026	Fair	Classic	Julie Gutmanis
🔗	Lots of cars in the ski parking lot! Classic tracks were skiable in most parts but with bare spots. The big hill was covered in leaves and debris. A PSA and my cautionary tale: while trying to navigate the downhill by going side to side slowly, must have hit ice or debris and tried to break a backward fall with an outstretched hand---ended up breaking my wrist as well! The snow layer was so thin and the ground so frozen solid. It was like landing on concrete. Hopefully, Sunday evening's snowfall added some padding, but be careful out there (and maybe consider walking down the side of the hill)!
January 29 2026	Good	Skate	Roger A Goppelt
🔗	A warm day with good skating.The left field small loop was great.Bigger field okay but some grass was on left side of skate deck.Hilly section good coverage.Only three skiers today.I saw a fox today. Next week a heatwave with snow.
January 27 2026	No Go	Classic	Roger A Goppelt
🔗	Good coverage for skate dwck abd classic tracks. Only a few easily avoidwd gravel in 5he campground loop. I skated a liitle bit and it was good. THE Oak Nature Trail had rocksand dirt on the final end of trail hilk climb I did not ski on the sledding hill or XC hill because there was dirt showing Every other trail was great.I only saw two other cars and no skiers.If you skion Thur of Fri the ranger station is open.They require a XC bike pass for 25 annual fee. That is new this year. TRACKING of trail is geeat.Worth a ski during this heatwave
January 23 2026	Good	Skate	Roger A Goppelt
🔗	Skied yestwrday right after it was groomed.Skate dwck good coverage but soft.classic tracks were better.DnR niw charges XC sking at Keginsa.Year pass is 25 dollars for XC and bike teails.Ranger station hours are only Thur and Friday.

Lake Farm Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 2 2026	Good	Classic	Roger A Goppelt
🔗	Only one sking.Enough snow for good gliding today.I skated a little but the snow is thin with some grass.Today it was warm and fast skiing. Enjoy it bef I re it might rain this week.

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.

McCarthy Park (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 2 2026	Fair	Skate	Eric
🔗	Trails were fair to good considering such little snow. A couple of the hills had lots of grass/twigs showing but still manageable with B skis and quite enjoyable!
January 31 2026	Fair	Classic	Pete
🔗	One persons fair is another’s good and another’s poor. If you’re not too much of a snob and don’t need tracks there are lines to ski the whole place. Bring B or Rock ski’s and a good attitude and the world is your oyster 🙂
January 23 2026	Fair	Skate	McCarthy Park Volunteer groomer
🔗	Groomed out the drifts today and smoothed out some areas with good snow, no go on the hills. you will find skiable areas, use cautions and Rock skis.

Odana Golf Course (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 4 2026	Fair	Classic	Mark W
🔗	Was there at 7 am. Still decent coverage. Several places where tracks are down to the ground and some where you need to DP through a narrow lane to get through.
January 31 2026	Fair	Skate	Linnea
🔗	There is just baaarely enough coverage for the trails, but what a joy to get out finally! Areas under trees were in the worst condition with a lot of debris and grass showing. However, where there was snow it was hard packed and fast. The loop along Milward Dr had the best, most consistent snow coverage.
January 30 2026	Fair	Skate	Kiffer
🔗	The skiing was great! There are a few sections that make your skis feel like you are in a 'war zone', and you feel them slowing you down (twigs, grass, dirt, some rocks). Aside from that, there is still skiing to be had. Have fun!!! -- Continue the snow dance to bring more cold weather and moisture.
January 25 2026	Fair	Classic	Courtney
🔗	A Finn told me that I needed to work on my sisu so I went out. Fair bit of grass showing through the tracks. Thanks to the groomers for setting the tracks!
January 25 2026	Fair	Skate	Dirk
🔗	Nice to get out for a ski. I used my “A” skis with no damage to report. Several areas were thin but was able to pick my way through or double pole to avoid any damage to my bases. With that said B ski would have been a better choice.
January 24 2026	Good	Skate and Classic	Peter B
🔗	Well groomed today after the recent wind and blowing snow events. Skate lane is good condition. Classic track is set all the way around, but has grass showing in sections.

University Ridge Golf Course (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
January 26 2026	No Go	Skate and Classic	University Ridge Staff
🔗	Attempted to groom yesterday, but too many bare spots. Closed until we get more snow.
January 23 2026	No Go	Skate and Classic	University Ridge Staff
🔗	Due to extreme low temperatures and thin snow cover, the University Ridge trails will be closed through Sunday. We will attempt to groom on Sunday and have a new report on Monday morning.

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

Lapham Peak - Delafield (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
January 25 2026	Excellent	Skate	daniel dudley
🔗	Arrived early to find perfectly groomed man made loop. did not go on the natural snow loops Was Plus 4F when I started-only a couple other souls out. With light winds skiing was not bad and surprisingly not too slow given the temps. tracks looked really good as well.

McMiller - Eagle (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
January 30 2026	Fair	Skate	Dan D
🔗	First time at mcmiller this year. Skied the blue loop trail early this am 4F. Trails ungroomed apparently haven't been groomed since the 22nd. So need some serious grooming as the center portion is hard packed and uneven. Some areas under pines etc very thin with lots of debris- understand not grooming there but back portions of the trail have plenty of snow Downhills manageable due to cold temps ie slow glide. the new lodge is a nice setup with nice changing rooms and indoor toilets-be nice if nordic trails could get the same setup.

Just North of Madison

9-Mile - Wausau (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 3 2026	Good	Skate	Dan D
🔗	Skied the 20k loop plus. Full cover freshly groomed- only issue was debris on parts of the trail otherwise overall very good 8f temp made it a bit slow initially.

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!
January 31 2026	Excellent	Skate	Dan D
🔗	Skied the black and blue loops. Arrived early morning 5F to absolutely perfect groomed trails. Was one of the first ones on the trails. found it to be fairly fast considering the temps. Kudos to the grooming crew-Was best groomed natural snow trail I've skied on all year. The grooming crew should teach a class or a forum on grooming- these guys are the best!

Mirror Lake SP - Baraboo (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
January 23 2026	Fair	Skate	Aaron
🔗	The park recently groomed most of the trails. I did Turtleville on the 22nd. There are no tracks set, but there is a nice corduroy base for skating. Unfortunately it is not thick and part of the trail are in poor condition with exposed leaf litter and even dirt in a few areas creating by the grooming machine. The worst spots were the steep hill and the sections by the logging (so stupid that state parks are now open to logging). I still had a good time but the rough spots were disappointing. I understand the other trails should be in slightly better condition. We really need more snow.

Standing Rocks (Back to Top)

Date	Condition	Style	By
February 1 2026	Good	Skate and Classic	Denny B
🔗	I classic skied yesterday and today. Andrea skate skied today. Very happy with the snow conditions, they’ve done a great job with the snow they have. A fun place to ski.

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.
February 5 2026	Excellent	Classic	Darren B
🔗	MOUNT ASHWABAY (Bayfield, WI): Our first visit here in many years, Joanie and I circled the trail system on many of the single-track classic only trails, including Deer Path, Sugar Bush, and Oppendahl's Alley. The tracks appeared to have been groomed recently with some fresh powder on top, and pole plants were still solid. These trails go through scenic woodlands and have a good flow, with gentle climbs and descents. They appear to be two-way, which is unusual for classic-only trails. Thanks for the grooming and care of these trails!
February 4 2026	Excellent	Classic	Darren B
🔗	MOUNT VALHALLA (Washburn, WI): Joanie and I returned to these trails for the second time this week. We strided the A and B loops on the Valkyrie classic-only system, but not the C loop, because it appeared a track was set on on the first steep hill after the B loop cutoff (it is difficult to slow down/stop on a steep downhill with a track set down the middle). Otherwise, the grooming and tracks were nice and solid. We then strided the A, B, and C loops on the Teuton combination trails. The tracks and skate lane were also solid and in excellent condition. Thanks for the great grooming!
February 3 2026	Good	Skate and Classic	Darren B
🔗	COPPER FALLS STATE PARK (Mellen, WI): Trails had a light coating of snow over yesterday's grooming upon our arrival this morning. Joanie and I strided the Meadow and Pipeline trails, and then skated a couple of laps on the Meadow Trail. The tracks were good overall and the skate lanes were a bit soft-a very enjoyable ski thanks to Monday's grooming.
February 2 2026	Good	Classic	Darren B
🔗	Mount Valhalla (Valkyrie and Teuton Trails) near Washburn WI: These trails have an "Out West" feel, with their long climbs and descents and distant views. Joanie and I strided Loop C on the Valkyrie Trails and Loops A and B on the Teuton Trails. There was about 2 inches of powder on the trail, but it was easy to ski in the existing track and still have solid pole plants and an enjoyable ski. It was nice to have some loose snow on some of the bigger hills. The skate lane on the Teuton Trails would be challenging with the new snow cover. Thanks to Connie and the volunteers for maintaining these very special trails that we have enjoyed skiing for many years.
February 1 2026	Excellent	Skate	Darren B
🔗	WinMan Trails-Winchester/Manitowish Waters: Phenomenal skating conditions this morning on perfectly groomed trails-thank you groomer(s)! Joanie and I skated all the dog-free trails (and some more than once). The trails were very level and firm, with some nicely groomed soft snow on top. The tracks were not newly set, but still looked very good as well.
January 31 2026	Fair	Classic	Roger Goppelt
🔗	Owen Conservation park. A hidden gem where I saw a flock of turkeys and a huge deer. I skied the main sections and a small trail in the woods. Tehre was good snow coverage but icy. The downhills are very fast BUT the logs they have horizontal to the trail to stop runoff were barely covered so they could cause damage to nice skis. However th skliing was fun for about an hour. This is locatede off Old Sauk Road and a map is available on the Madison XC trails websiute. A great place for quiet classical skiing. Too narrow for a lot of skating but possible on some of the hills but watched out for the logs. The trails into the woods are more like snowshoeing trails but can be done very slowly on classicakl skis. More snow on Sunday will make this park really skiable. Try something new,. This is great for classical skiing and very isolated and quiet. :Lots of wild life and great downhills