Wonderful classic tracks, freshened up overnight as usual. Mostly smooth flow, beautiful trails and day.

(Scott Stalheim)

Just coming in from grooming the dog friendly trails, Rascals, Spanky's and Rudy's 4k. The trail is really leveling out well, a few wet spots on Rudy's that should freeze up this week but with the hills on Rudy's it is to be expected. The 45 km of non-dog friendly trails are skiing well, all 45 km were regroomed again this morning and retracked after the 2 inches of new snow overnight. We are packing and freezing the south trails.

(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Almost all of the trails were open for classic and skate. I didn't see a single bare patch of ground. It was a warm, but really windy day. The classic tracks weren't the best because the wind kept blowing snow into them, but it was really nice to get out. I'd feel comfortable using my best skis here.

(Adam Schwartz-Lowe)

Still no skiable trails around Minocqua, so off to ABR. Arrived 10:30 with temp of 29 degrees. They received about 8 inches of snow since last Sunday which greatly improved all the trails. I would say they were upgraded from fair to good. We strided first and there was a new full depth track on most of the trails, the old track on other trails was worn down and fair. There was a lot less icy areas and easily avoidable. Still a few wet areas, but again avoidable. We skated next and the deck was great, not as bumpy and well covered. Blueberry Bluffs was a blast. I would avoid Sulu. Coyote canyon and Haughten Highlands was not open. Definitely worth the drive and left with smiles and tired legs.

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(Greg Dahl)

The skiing was very good today. Skate deck was groomed with all of the new snow. All open trails had excellent coverage. Fun day of skiing.

(Greg Pautsch)

Skiing today was like a "winter wonderland"...The 4 inches of new snow really helped the trails fill in nicely. 45 km was retracked early this morning and skate lanes were groomed last night and again this morning. Grooming team is working on opening the Highlands and south for the weekend.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)

Pretty good conditions, considering a melt and Thanksgiving beating. A grooming and a few flakes on top made a classic ski just fine, no better than that. A bit of jumping over frozen icy patches, but overall a great day. What a great MW resource!

(Ken Schoville)

Good conditions despite a couple days of warmth. ABR received enough snow to cover most of the slushy areas from the recent warm up. Trails have early season bumpiness, but coverage is still good and should improve with more snow.

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(Sue Schroeder)

The warm weather and rain destroyed our snow pack around Minocqua making our trails not skiable, so time for a road trip to the UP. Arrived at ABR at 12:30 pm with both parking lots pretty full and a temp of 24F degrees. We skated first, there were numerous icy patches on all the trails we skated. The trails had pretty good coverage, lots of bumps, and lots of long stretches with really good sections to ski. Next we strided and found those trails to be less icy and again long stretches of really good trail. Even though the parking lot was full, the trails were not too busy. It appeared that they got about 1-2 inches of snow overnight and the trees were amazing like someone flocked them all. It was definitely worth the drive and was snowing as we left about 5:00 pm.

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(Greg Dahl)

Happy Thanksgiving, we had a good day of skiing with temps in the mid 20's. We only regroomed about 10 km due to the Holiday and we will be back out regrooming early Friday morning.

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(Eric Anderson, ABR Trails)