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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 41 to 50 of 67    Month: Mar | Feb | Jan | Dec | Nov
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
Conditions: Very good with fresh but sticky snow.
Fresh snow made for a beautiful ski this morning. Trees were frosted with snow. Trails were groomed perfectly as usual. Only negative was the snow was sticky at 33 degrees.
(Joe Brennan)
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Morning
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
Conditions: Very good. I skated the Purple loop this morning, and it appeared to have been groomed after yesterday's races.
The skate deck was hard and just slightly icy, which only made the skiing faster, not more difficult. There was just a little debris in the pines, but it didn't interfere with skiing. The classic tracks looked good. The faster deck allowed me to skate the 5 miles about 15 minutes faster than usual.
(Michael O'Brien)
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
Conditions: Greenbush has by far the best conditions in SE WI with good depth and grooming. The skating was very good especially on the climbs and there was no icy conditions on the downhill. The high school teams had a classic race today and the classic tracks were very good with no bare spots and good depth.
I think its much better than the Nordic, McMiller, and Lapham where the snow base is thin and more snow is needed.
(Don Howell)
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Grooming Scheduling 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: A second set of classic tracks were added to the race courses that are being used for Saturday morning's high school and middle school classic ski meet. Classic conditions improved with the new tracks. Swix Blue Extra kick wax worked great! The trails will be re-groomed on Friday night in preparation for the meet.
Saturday's Greenbush Challenge Middle School/High School Meet will begin at 10:00 am and run until approx. 12:30 pm. The Brown Trail will be utilized for the meet from 10-11:30, and portions of the Purple, Green and Red Trails being used from 11:30-12:30.
(Steve Scharrer)
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: Good skate conditions. Hard deck good snow cover.
Skate conditions are good at Greenbush. Skied brown and repeats on green. Deck was hard and crusty and somewhat icy in some areas. Edging was trickier than normal, but ok and safe. Could use a combing. Conditions will be even better as the weather warms up and things loosen up. Conditions are thinning in the pines with some debris. Striding lanes are fair and have debris in some areas. Could use more snow.
(Mike Athanas)
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Good skis ]
Greenbush is starting to show wear and we could use a couple of inches. Classic skied all the trails over the past couple of days and there is still lots of good track, but many leaves, pine needles, and pine cones are starting to have an impact on the experience. Base is rock solid and fast.
(Clark Reinke)
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Morning
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Good skis ]
Freshly groomed trails made for a great morning of skiing! Thanks to the groomers!
(Kathy Janikowski)
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
Excellent. I skated the purple loop about noon, and the skating was about perfect. The classic tracks looked good. There was almost no ice anywhere and no debris to speak of in the pines.
(Michael O'Brien)
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Evening
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Good skis ]
Excellent - Skied mainly purple loop Wednesday night with lightly falling snow. Trail is in great conditions for skating.
(Nick Vandervelde)
Monday, January 11, 2016
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ B skis ]
Conditions: Good. Freshly groomed and tracked.
Greenbush survived in good shape thanks to closing the trails over the weekend and grooming the couple of inches of fresh snow. Classic track starting to ice and collect some debris, but much better than I expected. Skate lane looked good. A couple of inches of snow this week and we will be back to excellent.
(Clark Reinke)

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