Drove up to Wausau to find snow. Was suprised Nine Mile had full coverage still. Solid ice base with crust on top. 8am 32f a bit icy hard to get good edge, 9am 42f fast with great control, 10 am 50f soft slow. Never had such rapid changing conditions. Last ski before the Birkie if it takes place.

(Dan Dudley)

Most trails were maintenance groomed in the skate lanes early this morning. The alps and the 20K have not been groomed. Today will likely be the last grooming until there is additional snowfall.

(Andrew Sims, Marathon County Parks)

Groomers did an excellent job of pulverizing the crust and debris on most of the trail, 20 km, and Alps not done. Very good classic and skate conditions considering the weather and lack of recent snow. Not sure how long it will last, and there won't be any grooming again until the weekend to preserve the snow.

(Gary Zimbric)

What a pleasant surprise! Good snow yet at nine mile. Just strided today but good new tracks thanks to Groomer Greg! A little debris but not bad. Very fast track, great double pull workout. My hard kick wax scraped off immediately so no kick. Super appreciation to skilled grooming!

(Audun Mikkelson)

The tracks are holding up and the base is solid. The snow was a little slow with icy speed at dusk. A lot of leaves and sticks in the tracks, so wax carefully (and often). Switched to waxless with much better result.

(Richard Miller)

I drove up to Nine Mile early morning Tuesday. Trail had full coverage but were not groomed. Still a solid based but crusty with a few icy spots and a bare spot or two on the 20k loop. Just enough crust to get a decent edge but a fresh groom would have made it even better.
Base getting a bit thin and lots of pine needles and twigs on the trail to dodge otherwise a great ski at 30F.

(Dan Dudley)

37 degrees and sunny as we started at 11am with a freshly corduroy groomed trail that was wonderful. Best skiing conditions with the sunny warm weather. Even at 43 degrees it was fun but a little slower. We will be there tomorrow at 9am as the trails should be groomed earlier.
Still good base depth and coverage. New tracks groomed today were enjoyed by classic skiers.

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(Donald Howell)

We skied Saturday and Sunday (skate). Overall trails were in very good to excellent condition, which is surprising given the warm weather, recent rain, and lack of snowfall lately. Trails had old transformed snow, but kudos to the groomer(s) for really making the skate lanes fast and good. We had excellent edge and speed on all trails (20 and 10 km loops and the alps). There is leaf debris but easy to maneuver around. Used our "A" Carbonlite skis and a Black Wolf 8 wax, which was perfect for the conditions. Hoping things hold up a bit longer. Thanks again to the groomers for making great trails out of far-less-than-perfect conditions.

(Luke Fortney)

Excellent grooming on the northern 2/3 of trail system. Heavy debris from wind in areas with tall pines and oaks, but most other areas good to pristine. Skate deck was hard and fast in the late morning but not slippery. Overall great skating. Classic skiing reportedly tougher going with debris in track and glazed/wet track. Bushwhacker loop was a skating rink; would not recommend it until it gets groomed.

(Andrew Leaf)

Groomed skate deck was getting soft by afternoon when we skied, but still nice. Southwest facing hills were slow and soft. Classic skiers were happy with firm tracks but also experiencing mixed glide and grip with temps in high 30s.

(Mike Trantow)