I skied my favorite trail at Minocqua Winter Park, Lake Marie. The tracks and skate deck were firm and fast. Conditions today were excellent. Out on Base, Nose Dive, and C and D and back on C and D, Island Hop, and Nepco for a total of 21K. It was a good afternoon of skiing.

(Jim Gantz)

Skied River Run after the new grooming piece had flattened and shaped. I think they bought well from what I tested. Mighty nice; flat and firm, pole plants solid, and with just a bit of snow dust in the track that I kicked in. Just right if my wax tech could have given a bit more kick. Should be dandy for the coming Wolf Tracks this weekend. Warmish temps and great snow depth. Doesn’t get much better.

(Ken Schoville)

Wow what a difference from Saturday! The temps have dropped and the snow has finally stopped long enough for the groomers to catch up. (Kudos to them for what I’m sure was a long stressful weekend). The last few days have been fantastic! The snow has dried out a little making for some gorgeous skate decks and crisp classic tracks. I had the honor of being the first skier on Nutcracker and boy was it a blast...perfect tracking and fast but controllable skate decks. Weeee!

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(Erin Blow)

My wife and I, both in our 70s, decided to try Winter Park Saturday. Temp at that point was about 30 f. We arrived at about 9:15 a.m. and bought passes. No mention made that the trails were not groomed. We begin skiing, finding a semblance of track underneath at least 2-3" of fresh snow. I kept listening for the sound of a groomer but no such luck. I couldn't imagine that they would take our money and send us out onto ungroomed trails. Another problem was snow accumulating in the kick pocket, which necessitated a modified ski position to keep the kick area planted so that it did not accumulate snow. We had intended to go out to Wolf Tracks and do the whole circuit. We cut it short by doing the shortest loop and returned, coming back on Nepco's Cruise. As we were driving out at 10:40 a.m., they were just getting the groomer warmed up as we drove out. The parking lot was approaching full at that point. There was one high point. We were able to pass a skater (we are classical skiers). The poor guy was really struggling and taking occasional breaks (nothing had been done on the skate deck either).

(Bill Miller)

Beautiful day to classic ski at Winter Park. We got there early and temps were still below freezing, so skiing was nice. They had gotten several inches of new snow and it was like a winter wonderland. The longer outer trails hadn't been groomed yet, but the inner trails were very nice. Hard to believe Winter Park is 40 years old this year!

(Kevin Hillegas)

Classic skied today. All the interior trails were groomed today after the snowfall from the last several days. Unfortunately, Wolf tracks, River Run and Lake Marie were ungroomed with 4-6 inches of wet snow that has accumulated over the last few days essentially making them unskiable. Hopefully, they will be groomed soon. Otherwise, it was a beautiful ski at Winter Park.

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(Ron Fabrizius)

I skied early to beat the warmer temperatures and was rewarded with clean and pristine skate decks! With the 4” of new snow over the past few days, trails are just a touch on the soft side. But with that said, everything I skied was in excellent condition and was groomed to perfection. I had a blast gliding through the beautiful snow laden woods. With the groomers heading out tonight, I bet Saturday morning will be even better!

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(Erin Blow)

The conditions are fantastic right now! Practically the entire park was re-groomed Saturday night. Skate decks have firmed up nicely since receiving 6 inches of snow Friday night and the tracks looked equally inviting. Groomers will be out again tonight. And I will be back out tomorrow!

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(Erin Blow)

Base Loop, Tornado, Survivor, C&D, Island Hop, Mellow Meadow, XC Express, Steeplechase, Yukon, Silver Strider, Nepco's all in great shape for skating and all with good-looking classic tracks. MWP's in great shape.

(Gene Musser)

Cold temps resulted in a firm fast skate deck on groomed trails. Skied all interior trails plus wolf tracks and lane Marie. All trails were groomed and I excellent condition with the exception of wolf tracks. We had 2-3” of fluffy snow on top of a firm base. It skied fine but not recently groomed.

(Ryan Barbieri)