All loops were groomed and/or tracked this morning after the fresh snow yesterday. Tracks are great but the deck on the skater's loop is a little soft. There are still low hanging branches from the ice storm last week. Overall the conditions are great.

(Joe Kraetke)

All loops were groomed and/or tracked. Trails are leveling out nicely. There is a little bit of light debris from the recent freezing rain. The skater's loop does have some drifting near McNaughton Lake. The tracks and skate deck are a little soft from the fresh snow yesterday. Overall the trails are in good condition.

(Joe Kraetke)

Trails were groomed after a fresh 4+ inches of snow. Trails leveled out nicely. The tracks and skate deck are a little soft but in great condition. There is a little bit of debris from the ice storm we just had. Overall the skater and classic loops are in great condition.

(Joe Kraetke)

Overall the trail is in good condition. The classic loops are good with a few uneven areas. Track set nicely with the fresh snow. the skater's loop improved as well. There are still a few thin spots around McNaughton Lake. The trail from the main parking lot to the shelter is in great condition.

(Joe Kraetke)

Skater's loop was groomed with good conditions to the warming shelter. The loop around the lake is fair, at best, with some very thin spots. Overall the classic loops are in good condition. The blue loop around Helen Lake is thin. Trails still have uneven areas as well. The fresh snow mixed in made for a softer trail.

(Joseph Kraetke)

Skaters loop groomed with a few thin areas around the lake. All other loops have been cut and tracked. There is a lot of tree debris on all loops. Fair conditions.

(Tony Martinez, Wisconsin DNR)

The skater's loop was groomed this morning in attempt to level out some of the uneven areas and ruts. The trail improved but is still in fair to good condition. The loop around the lake is very thin and icy. The classic loops looked to be in fair to good condition from the last grooming on Tuesday. Overall the trails are still in fair to good condition with some thin spots and debris.

(Joe Kraetke)

All loops are groomed and/or tracked.The classic loops are in fair to good condition with thin spots and a fair amount of debris. Tracks are shallow and icy in areas. The skate loop is in fair to good condition. There are a lot of thin icy spots around the lake due to the recent warms temps and rain.

(Joe Kraetke)

Conditions were actually horrible. That being said, I really appreciate the skate loop which I did first. The groomer had packed the track but the groomer had left two tracks with somewhat of a skate deck in the middle. I skated about 10Km on that track and then left for lunch. I returned from lunch and decided to classic ski the skate loop. I classic skied the skate loop figuring as I thought I saw a bit of a classic track when I skated it. It wasn't much better, but I did manage another 10km classic skiing. I returned to the parking lot on the classic trail. I am not complaining. I love the skate loop at McNaughton. I wish the forest service would groom more trails for skating. My wife likes trails that have not been tracked. She would have loved conditions on the classic trails but she was busy with grandkids. Suffice it to say, conditions should be great once the groomers get out again to level and track the trails. The grooming the forest service provides is very much appreciated!

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(Jim Gantz)

All loops have been packed. Some slush spots due to the recent rain. Should freeze up with colder temperatures.

(Tony Martinez)