Wonderful and rocket fast conditions, with excellent fresh corduroy on most sections. I don't think skate skiing can get better than this. 52 km today on my new skis, they could have used more wax but they were the gear for the occasion. It's very fast so one needs great control to have fun.

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(Gui Girard)

Fast hard granular, no sheet ice yet. Softens in the afternoon. Skate is better than classic, but classic on 6k and Leo’s were good.

(Barb Maguire)

The groomers are Piston Bully grooming the entire system. Wednesday found fresh tracks and skate lane on the 20k. Tuesday the 10k was done. They plan to keep the trails fresh into the weekend. Skiing is very good and should remain good. Plenty of snow to work with.

(John Beatty)

Excellent. Trails were firm, flat and even. Primarily skied the ALPS section. Trail segment was Top notch condition with skate lanes and tracks set. Groomed last on Wednesday and no one had skied this section yet. Corduroy conditions found.

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(Mark Timken)

Started around zero today. Trails were in almost perfect shape...Fresh stiff corduroy on skate decks and tracks were new, solid and clean. Classic, with 4 layers of base green and another 2 under my foot killed it. For the temps, it was not slow. Get out here, it's great.

(Dan Leider)

Excellent skiing. 6 inches of new snow was rolled and packed twice and tracks set on the entire trail system. Glide and tracks both good. Come and get it!

(John Beatty)

Thanx to Mother Nature and the expertise of the groomers the classic tracks were fabulous. Best I’ve skied all season. Skied Y, T, A and D. I’m not an expert skier by any means though I’ve skied for 40 years. Hills were moderately slow and safe.

(Pam Hetfeld)

Went up to Wausau for a quick afternoon ski. Wow. Nine Mile was fantastic! Did Leo's and the 10K loop. Nothing at all was icy or dangerous. Just a beautiful and totally safe ski. Special Olympics there Saturday, but staff say they will only use a 4K loop and the rest of the system will be open.

(Bill Fehrenbach)

Most of the skate deck was excellent with fresh grooming. Some of the bigger, curvy downhills are good (relatively speaking) but need to be taken somewhat cautiously as they are icy underneath the corduroy the groomer is able to put down over them. I was able to get an edge and maintain control on them but it was lite traffic out there today - likely more skated out on a busier day. But, again these areas are limited in number. Overall, a great day of skiing there. I didn't stride but can report that the classic tracks are deep but icy.

(Jim Bolton)

I skated a bit before switching to classic. Both had a great glide without ice spots. Kudos to the groomers who have done an amazing job getting rid of ice. Saturday is Special Olympics. They use a very small corner of the course so we will be fully open for skiing and snowshoeing.

(Barb Maguire)