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Features sandstone bluffs surrounding half the lake.Trail Reports
2021-2022 season
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-01-27 14:59:19
Firsthand: Both [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Joanie and I arrived at sunrise. Skated Fern Dell and Turtleville loops. Then classic skied all the trails on the north side of the park. All trails freshly groomed and tracked recently and in good condition. There's some scattered debris and thin spots throughout the trail system. A very enjoyable day of skiing and well worth the drive from Madison.
(Darren Blankenship)
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-25 15:13:59
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Monday, January 24, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-24 17:22:01
Firsthand: Classic Secondhand [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Arrived at the park at 1:30 pm. The new snow from last night had been rolled and packed on almost all the trails. No tracks were set, nor was the skating deck combed by a groomer. Ended up skiing on several trails that had skied in tracks. Overall there appears to be plenty of snow in the park. A person from the park office said grooming will be finished tomorrow or Weds.
(Ron Fabrizius)
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Friday, January 21, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-21 19:22:11
Firsthand: Freestyle Secondhand [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Talked to park office before going up. Apparently they haven't groomed the trail for over a week despite receiving an inch of snow a few days back. Said not enough snow to groom. Conditions were variable to some good spots to fair, lots of debris in some areas, some icy spots and uneven.
(Dan Dudley)
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Monday, January 17, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-17 21:13:02
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Conditions were good today for skating! I did 27K on trails that included Northwest, Fern Dell, Turtleville, Hastings, and Pinecone Pass. Northwest had some very hard packed uphills and you might want to have rock skis if skiing Northwest, but it otherwise was very skiable. All of the Red trails were in very good shape, the skate decks benefited greatly from the 1" or so of new snow on the weekend. I wouldn't use my good skis until we get a little more snow but B skis should be fine.
(Dave Weber)
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-16 11:31:57
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Skating the Fern Dell loop. The deck was in fairly good shape, with some spots showing dirt and tree roots, but these could mostly be skied around. Probably not groomable again until there is more snow, though. The few areas fully open to the sun - on a cloudy day - were getting really wet and slow. The tracks had lots of leaves in them, and there was other debris on the trail. I'd rate conditions only fair. We need more snow!
(Lorin Weiler)
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Sunday, January 9, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-09 21:35:54
Firsthand: Both [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Fern Dell skating: 95% excellent with some minor leaves and debris, but, most significantly, two or three segments of chopped up ground. Nevertheless, those spots were pretty easy to get through. Otherwise it was firm and fast and really enjoyable. Northwest, Pioneer, Newport and Ishnala classic: these trails weren’t groomed as recently as Fern Dell, so the skating deck had an inch of fluff on top that I’m sure slowed things down. It was plenty tamped down in the classic tracks, though, so that would’ve been very good except for pesky and persistent leaves. Nothing can be done about that except wait for new snow, but there were a fair amount of spots where I got slowed down. And some spots of mud and grass poking through. All told, though, it’s in good shape, it was just so, so close to being perfect.
(Andrew Westley)
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Saturday, January 8, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-08 13:15:32
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Fern Dell and Turtleville trails have been recently groomed. Good skiing conditions. Now if the red oak leaves can just stay out of tracks. Hastings trail across the road was groomed earlier before the 2" of snow but good skiing. Thanks to state park workers for good trails! Don't forget to get your State Park Trail Pass to support trail maintenance!
(Diane Pillsbury)
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-01-04 21:14:20
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: All, ]
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I skate skied Ferndell, Turtleville, and Hastings. Not too bad. A flat deck, some bare ground, some debris, but all of it fairly easy to avoid. I would use your B skis. Not great but very skiable. The track for striders looks pretty good.
(Dave Statz)
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Saturday, January 1, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-01-02 08:57:52
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Skied Mirror Lake Saturday morning. Ferndell, Turtleville, Hastings, Pioneer, and Ishnala had plenty of snow cover but was only rolled. I
called the park office and they said they were off for a few days and may get to grooming yet Sunday. Better bring a chainsaw with your groomer because there are about three large trees down on the trails (guessing from by the looks of it from the wind storm we had a couple weeks ago). Anyway, was tolerable skiing on just old grooming(Wednesday) but "hikers" on the trails pretty much trashed some parts of the trails.
(Dan Dudley)
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