I skied ABR Wednesday thru Saturdat. It misted all day Thursday, skin skis worked great for classic. It snowed all day Friday and turned ABR into a winter wonderland for Saturday. I had a great ski, did all the main loops and Coyote Canyon, and found trails were all level and silky smooth. Classic tracks were firm and fast, great for double poling. Enjoyed a beer and sauna post ski to round out a perfect day.

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(Tracy Piontkowski)

Classic was tricky to wax for at 34 degrees and skating a bit slow, but very doable. We had 4 groomers from 5:30-9:30 am grooming and tracking all 75 km of trails this morning. A bit challenging for grooming but we ended up with fresh smooth cord and deep tracks. Skiers were quite pleased. It is snowing now and we have a full crew on for the early morning. We don't close if gets above 32 and yes we do groom above 32 degrees.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Windy Ridge is open and has excellent coverage. There are places that are slightly soft and slightly narrow for long skis but overall it's in great shape and fun to rip.

(Ben Noren)

What a great morning of grooming and a great day of skiing. After working the ski shop desk all day listening to customers rant and rave about the super conditions, I put on the classics at the end of my shift and checked out the trails. They were silky smooth with deep tracks. It was the best ski I had in 2 years! We are 100% open with 75 km, freshly groomed again today. We are open Christmas Day.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Very good classic skiing, including the Hautanen Highlands. It was clear that the last several inches of recent snow made a significant diffference. As usual, top-rated grooming. The skate deck looked excellent as well.

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(John Greenler)

The warm weather and rain turned the trails near Minocqua to hard and icy, so time for a road trip to ABR. A few miles north of Mercer it started to snow and it snowed for the rest of the day. Arrived to ABR at 1:30 pm with a temp of 28F and both parking lots full. It looked like about 3 inches of snow had fallen so we decided to stride. We took Tamarack two track out to Jason's park intersection in the new ABR area. We skied Wolf Tracks and it appeared no one had skied this trail all day; we saw only 2 skiers out in the new ABR. We took Tamarack track back out to River Run and took that to Jack Pine and White Pine - we saw lots of skiers in this area. The classical track was good even with new snow in the track. I was amazed with both parking lots full how few skiers were in the new ABR area. This is some of the best classic only trails around. The new snow was fun to ski in and the trees were gorgeous. Eric even treated me to Christmas cookies after my ski - what a deal!

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(Greg Dahl)

Very good coverage and all the trails are open. With the few inches they got the other day and a dusting yesterday the tracks were in very nice condition. I did all of Tamarack Two Track and there were only a couple of bare spots in the out and back section, but you could get around them. The bulk of the trails had perfect tracks and the skate deck looked solid. I would say you can use good skis since it's easy to work around and completely avoid the thin stuff.

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

Beautiful day at ABR. Cloudy, calm, temps in the low 20's, a bit of fresh snow clinging to the trees. Just enough base to provide good conditions on most trails. The wide skate/classic trails were smoother and offered deeper tracks than the narrow classic-only trails, but all were enjoyable. Just a few icy or dirty spots, easily avoided.

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(Todd Campbell)

We were blessed with 3 inches of a nice dense snow over our firm base. We sent 4 groomers out on the 75 km early this morning and had great results. Trails were skiing great on 45 k today, we will re-open the Highlands to the south after the early morning groom cycle Saturday for 65 km of classic tracks and 40 km of skating.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Great news, we received a good dense 3 inches of snow today! We will have a full groom crew out in the early morning, grooming 45 km on old ABR and we will go out after coffee break to groom the Highlands and south to see if they are ready to reopen for the weekend. We are open daily including holidays.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)