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Skating/Classic
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1 Anvil Lake 1 Military Rd
715-479-2827
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Forested terrain varies from mostly level (West Trail, East Trail) to rolling hills (Ninemile Trail, Lake Loop) to hilly (Devil's Run). Chickadees waiting to eat birdseed from your hand at the warming shelter. Toilets are available at the parking area and warming shelter.
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Thursday, February 26, 2026
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
All trails were groomed this morning. Tracks were set on East, West, Ninemile, and Lake Loop. Trails are in great condition with all the snow we got lately.
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(Valerie Knurr)
Monday, February 23, 2026
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Anvil received another three inches of snow over the weekend. All trails were groomed this morning. East, West, and Military are tracked with a skate deck. Lake loop was tracked. Devil's Run and Ninemile were groomed but not tracked. Tracks are soft but should harden up.
Photos:
(Valerie Knurr)
Friday, February 20, 2026
Afternoon
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Anvil received 6 inches of wet, heavy snow this week. We packed and set tracks on Military, East, and West trails. All other trails are untouched. Grooming plans: we plan to finish grooming on Monday when temps are lower. The trail is not currently wide enough for skate skiing.
Photos:
(Valerie Knurr)
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
We received only a dusting of snow this week. We groomed all of Anvil today. The skate deck has been refreshed and tracks have been set. Tracks are shallow in some areas. There is still a fair amount of debris from the strong winds last week in the trail.
Photos:
(Valerie Knurr)
Friday, February 6, 2026
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
All trails at Anvil were groomed today. Tracks were set on Lake Loop, West, East, Ninemile, Military, and Butternut Trails. We got about 2 inches of light snow this week. It freshened up the trails nicely. Strong winds today knocked down a fair amount of debris in some areas. Low temps should set the trail up nicely.
Photos:
(Valerie Knurr)
Monday, February 2, 2026
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
I classic skied today as I was interested in skiing the classic only Ninemile and Lake Loop trails. The temperature upon arrival was 17 degrees and it held steady for the next few hours. I was greeted by 3-4 inches of fresh snow on top of the classic tracks and the skate deck since the grooming that was last Thursday. That made conditions a bit slow but that was ok as it helped with negotiating the steep downhills on those two classic only trails. The groomers are doing a great job grooming the classic only trails by raising the track setter on both the downhills and the uphills. I skied a total of 18 kilometers. I would rate overall classic conditions as good. The scenery here is awesome!
Photos:
(Jim Gantz)
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Anvil has been groomed and tracks have been set! We apologize for the gap in grooming. The cold temps and equipment failures kept us from maintaining the trail the past two weeks. Anvil looks the best it's looked all winter! East, West, and Military trail have a wider skate deck than previously this season.
Photos:
(Valerie Knurr)
Friday, January 9, 2026
Morning
Grooming 
[ Trails Open: All, B skis ]
12"-14" of snow. 30 degrees. Snow is very packy. All loops groomed. Tracks set on East, West and Nine Mile. Some track set on Lake Loop. Expect sticks and debris.
Photos:
(Gabriel Hoffmann)
Friday, January 9, 2026
Afternoon
Firsthand: Classic 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Great conditions overall. Did 9 Mile Trail and Devils Run. Snow a little wet due to warm weather, but otherwise great.
(John Dally)
Sunday, January 4, 2026
Afternoon
Firsthand: Freestyle 
[ Trails Open: All, Good skis ]
Excellent conditions, nice looking track although I skated. The deck is not overly wide but plenty with good technique. Forest is beautiful there!
(Don Evans)

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