Skated out of North End Cabin. The trails had been recently groomed and offered good coverage. Due to the warmer temps and some additional new snow on top of the previous grooming, there were some soft spots in the skate lane. The classic track looked really good. Later, I skated on the Birkie Trail over to the Birkie start area, which is where I found some of the best grooming of the day. The Birkie and Birkie Classic loop at the start area was firm, level, and offered very good skating and classic skiing. It snowed the entire time I was out.

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(David Martin)

Skied the entire North End Classic trail today. About half of it was groomed and the other half was snowshoe stomped, in preparation for a super cool and fun sounding snowshoe race. Kicked thru the powder with skintecs which rocked everything they encountered today. Tracks were expertly set especially considering the relatively low snow levels. Amazing sir. Bluebird day, on absolutely the best skiing classic trail anywhere. We call it an Opus for the designer. Tough climbs and swoopy downhills and beautiful country. It was a bit crowded, though- we saw 3 other skiers out there, but we worked it out, and pretty sure we maintained social distancing. HNY!

(Dale Vaillancourt)

Three cheers to the North End groomers who were out in the afternoon. The skate deck and classic track were set on the main north end trail. The North End Classic trail had yet to be groomed. The snow was still a little soft in some places for skate, but significantly better than on previous days. We skied the 5k and 7k loops.

(Brad Wilkinson)

Some of the North End Ski Trails in Cable were groomed for skating. There was not enough snow to set a track. The skate lane has some undulations and some soft spots. The trails were very smooth and level in spots. There were also a few brown/dirt areas, I suggest using your B skis. Hopefully, more snow is on the way. Happy Holidays!

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(David Martin)

We took the hard rockers out for a ski on the A loop. Pretty soft conditions and the snow was balling up on the bottoms. There is significant logging operations at the end of the A loop by km 51 on the Birkie Classic trail. Logs are stacked 20 + feet high for hundreds of feet. The trail was very rutted.

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(Dan Murphy)

Bayfield county got about 3-5 inches of new wet snow last night. Took the opportunity to get some early season skiing in. All things considered, not bad for pre-Thanksgiving skiing! I used Swix blue for kick which worked pretty well and prevented icing. However, after an hour or so of running over ice puddles and skiing on wet snow, large ice chunks eventually formed on my kickzone and I was forced to call it a day.

(Andrew Einspanier)