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Greenbush, WI
25K
Skating/Classic
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Located in the Kettle Moraine North State Forest, these are some of the best known trails in SE Wisconsin. Heated shelter and sledding hill too. Roughly 2K of lighted trail.
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2015-2016 season
Reports 16 to 25 of 67    Month: Mar | Feb | Jan | Dec | Nov
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: Hard packed/crusty/icy/fast and a little rough...but still well covered and very skiable for skating. Grooming might make it very good.
Skated all the trails. Green trail had a few issues with walkers and a few big trees are down across the trail but it is still very skiable. (Steeple chase attempts were not successful...) All trails not so good for classic skiers with limited tracks.
(Dean Hanke)
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: This was one of those late winter skis that make you feel twenty years younger..... until you, literally, crash. Freshly groomed (yesterday afternoon) skate deck had a bit of crust on it making for very fast conditions. The purple, red pink and brown trails were groomed. A number of us spent time cleaning the trails of debris before they were groomed. There is still some debris out there, but overall it was in pretty darn good condition. There are no bare sections yet but it was a bit thin near the marsh in one short section. The downhill curves are a bit washed out from snowplowing, exposing some ice (hence the crash). The classic track looked good in some sections and not so good in others.
Great job trail cleaners and groomers! I am looking forward to a lot of good skiing for awhile.
(Jim Van Akkeren)
Monday, February 22, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: Good. All trails (other than the Green) were groomed. New shallow track is set.
Kinda dirty. No rocks, probably use good skis.
(Michael McFadzen)
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
The trails were skiable Sunday afternoon! We skied for 1.5 hours on Brown, Purple, Pink - very good workout as the snow is wet, but we enjoyed!
(Chana Talyansky)
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Grooming Scheduling 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: Debris littered/trees down. Common sense applies.
People working to clear the wind damage from late last week. Unless you are willing to work clearing the trails - stay off of them. Several people, thinking the ski season is over, have hiked the trails and have post-holed their way down the middle of some trails.
(Jerry Moriarity)
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Good skis ]
Conditions: 5 pm: Purple loop classic track was slow due to new snow and temperature around 28.
It looked like the classic track was made by previous skiers and the skate deck had 1-2" of light snow. My waxless skis were getting no glide in places and were fair in some places, especially where merged with brown loop. Lower temperatures tomorrow morning may improve that. Good workout and very scenic, regardless!
(Tom Benson)
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
Conditions: I skated the purple loop starting about 2 PM, and conditions were quite good at the beginning. Skating slowed down with snow falling lightly and the temperature rising from about 31 to 35.
Any grooming after Sunday night's snow was no longer obvious to me, but the skate deck was pretty good, and the striding tracks looked just okay. The new snow was getting a little wet by the time I left, and conditions should be faster in the morning with the expected lower temperature overnight and tomorrow.
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(Michael O'Brien)
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
Conditions: New snow freshly groomed.
Greenbush continues to provide delightful skiing. 2-3 in of fresh snow from Sunday night was groomed and tracked on Monday and made for excellent striding. Skate lane looked a bit soft, but will firm up nicely.
(Clark Reinke)
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: Fair for classic.
Classic skied the Purple loop today. Tracks were almost non-existent between mile 3 and 4, with fair amount of debris on the trails. Have been on my waxless all season. Was nice to be on cold snow.
(Dana Jones)
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Good skis ]
Conditions: Superb. Tracks were a little shallow in some spots, but that's nit-picking. The usual debris in the pines, but overall great skiing. Nice to have a hard wax day.
Skiers flew around Greenbush on a cold Saturday. Seemed like qualifying weekend at the Indianapolis 500. Everyone tuning up to go long and fast next weekend.
(Tom Held)

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