The trails were fair. I was happy I went out and skied and would go back. I skied blue and found the sections of it that overlapped with green and the very hilly part were best and had enough snow cover to get decent push off (though were crusty). Some areas in heavy pines, especially on white, didn't have enough loose snow cover and had ice patches you had to glide over. Debris in the pine sections. I didn't find the hills too icy on up or down and was pleased I skated the ungroomed hilly blue section, as the inch of loose snow on top made it good.

(Holly LaVesser)

We were led astray by someone's excellent rating. A bit of snow on rock hard ice rates a poor on my scale. It could be skied, but why? We left.

(Dave Evans)

Did White and Purple. 85% of trail was OK for skating and it was easy to pole through the icy areas. Other skiers avoided the Blue, Red, Orange trail for fear of the icy conditions on the steep downhills. More snow will make much better.

(Don Howell)

Skated this afternoon. Excellent conditions at Nordic. The groomer had done the entire system while I was there. A few ice patches here are there and also pine cone debree. Both are easily navigable. The grooming at the S. Kettle ski areas has been excellent this year.

(Robert Garner)

I arrived just after 2:00 and started on the blue. Conditions were excellent and I was pleasantly surprised. Good coverage and pretty fast track. Exposed areas were still firm with nice glide. A bit of debris in the pines which is normal. The last blue connector just after Mile 5.5 was still ungroomed. That section has rutted downhills and a narrow track. On my second blue loop I skipped that section and finished on the green. A bit softer in some spots later afternoon but still crusty and fast in the shaded areas.

(George Hodges)

All trails were groomed overnight with the exception of the Blue joiner (icy). The Nordic system is in very good to excellent condition throughout. Yesterdays mix of snow and sleety rain doesn't appear to have deteriorated conditions but our base is getting thin in areas.

(Anne Korman, Wisconsin DNR)

Conditions at Nordic were excellent. We started at 10:30. Skied the white loop classically in track that was fast and well formed. Changed over to skate a blue loop and another white loop. The skate deck had about 2" of ungroomed powder over a firm flat base. Excellent skiing for both disciplines. Best skis.

(Rick Nelson)

I was disappointed to find out grooming hadn't occurred, it seemed, since the recent snowfall. Skate skied the blue minus the last optional section. Will look forward to updates on when grooming is planned or occurs if we continue to have quality snow.

(Shelley Smith)

We skated today expecting the trails to be groomed after Presidents day. It appeared that the trails had not been groomed since the last snow. The snow was soft but 3 to 4 inches of had to be skied thru. Guess I was spoiled at McMiller on Saturday with the fresh corduroy. Enjoyed the day anyway.

(Richard Homan)

I did the full Blue Loop. It doesn't look like they groomed after the last snow, though it's possible they may have groomed during it. For classic skiing it wasn't a problem at all since the classic track was well skied in. The skating lane in the optional sections of the Blue loop that don't get as much traffic looked a little soft with maybe 1 to 3 inches of fluffy new snow on top. Areas that got more skating traffic looked much more firm. The quality of the snow was really good though, so even without recent grooming it was very nice out there.

Photos:

(Dave Piasecki)