I skate skied at Lapham this morning early. Thank you very much groomers for grooming the man-made trails. It was a little soft but wonderful. Get out early before it gets too soft.

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(Mary Lou Geralts)

Skiable but slow and ugly. Good news is the base is maintaining. Skated manmade loops late morning on my B skis. Surface varied from slightly soft to slightly slushy except for the occasional rubbery ice. Anywhere near trees was very dirty with pine needles and other tree debris. Tracks are shallow. Some sections of clean snow. Biggest wet spot was in front of grooming shed.

(Mike Graham)

The man made loop was groomed this morning with the Ginzu. The top ice layer has been removed and the skate deck has been reworked. The tracks are in good shape, in some spots the tree dropping have landed in the tracks, minimal impact to skiing. Nothing was groomed off the man made as the sun continues to poke holes in the snow.

(Sean Daane)

The man-made loop was groomed this morning with the Ginzu. Early morning ski traffic helped to rework the skate deck. The skate deck is in great condition. The tracks were left as is and appear to be in solid shape. Nothing off the man made was groomed as more spots are bare ground and the snow is very thin.

(Sean Daane)

The man-made loop was in excellent shape but very, very busy. The intermediate loops were skiable but with a lot of bare spots - lots of hopping onto the skate deck, which also was dirty with bare spots.

(Casey St Henry)

The skate deck of the man-made trail was groomed with the ginzu this morning and is in good shape. Tracks were left as is and look to still be in good shape. The trails off the man-made snow are still skiable and have tacks set throughout however the snow is getting thin in some spots.

(Sean Daane)

The skate deck of the man-made trail was groomed with the ginzu this morning. Tracks were left as is and look to still be in really good shape. I attempted grooming the natural snow on the other trails, but the base is compacted fairly thin, so I was doing more harm than good. The trails off the man-made snow are still skiable and have tacks set throughout, but I would recommend rock skis if getting off the man-made loop.

(Collin Bergholz, Wisconsin DNR)

The skate deck of the man-made loop was scratched up with the ginzu this morning. Conditions should be really good. The tracks were left as is and look to be in very good condition. Everything off the man-made is still in decent shape with tracks set throughout.

(Collin Bergholz, Wisconsin DNR)

So the conditions tonight were great! Although a little cold, snow was fast. I used my B skis because I wanted to show them a little love but could've used good skis on the trails I did.
I mostly stuck to the oval training loop. I did get up to the Magic Carpet ride and conditions were great there as well.

(Rob Hermann)

Took the Piston Bully out on the manmade loop tonight to clean up the skate deck. The trail is really clean and should be really nice for skiing tomorrow!

(Alex Matson)