2" fresh snow groomed with a hard packed snow base made for wonderful ski conditions. Good snow coverage with no debris. My best skiing this year. Did the 21k race loop. Snowing tonight but they will groom at 4am tomorrow.

(Donald Howell)

One to two inches of snow last night, which was combed in by groomers. Fresh snow left in classic tracks, skied very well. Very good to excellent for both disciplines. More snow falling.

(Gary Zimbric)

Good tilled corduroy surface and classic lane set all around. Alps all groomed but did not ski them today. Sticks and leaves numerous in a few areas. Watch for a few places deer scratching brought dirt in tracks. Boisterous big turnout for kids ski this afternoon!

(Jim Sheibley)

Two inches of new snow over a solid base. Solid skate deck and all new tracks set. Cold but very ski able today.

(John Beatty)

Excellent. A few inches of fresh snow. Had the opportunity to ski the R trail before the groomer got to it. Grooming was in progress and all trails had excellent snow cover. Great work on the task of clearing the trails from all the branches that had been blown on the trails from recent storms.

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(Mark Timken)

Best conditions of the season so far. Skate deck looked very good, and classic track set all the way around. Classic skiing good to very good. Moderated debris and leaves, but nothing like last week. Good skis can be used.

(Gary Zimbric)

Conditions are good to excellent. All trails, classic and skate lanes were groomed today with the exception of trail S. Trail S will remain closed due to standing water across the trail.

(Andrew Sims, Marathon County Parks)

Due to rapidly falling temperatures grooming of the interior trails including the lighted loop will take place starting around 4:00 p.m. The remainder of the trails will be groomed tomorrow.

(Andrew Sims, Marathon County Parks)

We attempted to groom this morning and this afternoon. The high temperatures and high humidity caused plugging in the tiller of the Pisten Bully. A few trails were groomed, and tomorrow we intend to groom and set track on the entire trail system. Conditions should be good to excellent if we can complete the grooming this week. Some debris remains on some of the trails, but staff and volunteers have been effective at removing the majority.

(Andrew Sims, Marathon County Parks)

All has been groomed but Alps and S. I did skate alps but only crazies like me who enjoy the challenge of going around sticks should do it. The groomer was out almost the entire time I was there, so trails were soft and easy to edge. Friday evening snow still covering almost all sticks, though I did get slowed/stopped a couple of times, and that was skating. I heard some complaints that track was untended, but I have to say it looked ok going by it. 2 1/2 hours from Madison it was well worth the drive.

(Dave Minden)