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)