This afternoon I skate skied the Northwest, Pioneer, and Ishnala trails plus all of the trails south of Fern Dell Road, all were in very good shape! 95% of the trail sections were fully covered with a few leaves, sticks, and a bit of ground poking through or close to the surface here and there. Overall well-groomed and fast conditions! The trails would obviously benefit from any additional snow.

(David Weber)

For the most part the trails are in good conditions. A few worn spots in tracks along with the plethora of red oak leaves in them. Conditions are fast and I was cruising merrily along!

(Diane Pillsbury)

Skied nearly 16 miles on fast but well-groomed track, skating Fern Dell, Turtle Loop, and Hastings in the morning, then Northwest, Pioneer, and Ishnala during an afternoon stride. There was a bit of oak leaf debris in some of the classic tracks, but waxless skis were mostl unfazed, and lots of control on all the downhills. A delightful ski, well worth the drive.

(Rae Van Sluys)

Fair to almost good. NW, Ishnala and Pioneer tracks were mostly shallow and leaf litter varied from scattered to annoying. Had to get out of the tracks a few times, and should have a few more! Mostly solid coverage, but a number of small dirty, thin or bare spots. They seem to have less snow than the Madison area, e.g. Elver or Blue Mound (if recently groomed) are probably better options. Talked to a skate skier who said the skate trails across the road were pretty good.

(Daryl Hinz)

We classic skied today using my skin skis as it warmed up. I was happy to see they had tracks set on Fern Dell, tracks were firm and just a few oak leaves had blown on them. We were disappointed on Ishnala and Hasting trails as there were large stretches that they didn't set classic tracks. It made for some pretty frustrating skiing. I'm not sure if other trails were tracked or not.

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(Laurie Fabrizius)

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.

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(Darren Blankenship)

Just finished skiing Fern Dell, Turtleville and Hastings Trails. All are groomed for skate and tracked for classic. Trail conditions are wonderful and cold weather means less skiers.

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(Diane Pillsbury)

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.

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(Ron Fabrizius)

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)

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)