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Near Madison

Blue Mound SP

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 07, 2010	Good	Classic	Gunde
	Hard to believe how much snow and how good the skiiing was at Blue Mound. A track still there all the way around the entire system, excellent kick/glide with waxless as of noon Sunday. 6 inch base and at least a foot of the snow in the woods. Awesome

Elver Park

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 06, 2010	Fair	Skate	cowboybob
	The trails at Elver yesterday around 1 pm were still in fair shape; several short sections are getting thin, but were still passable; a bit tricky, with faster, icy sections in the shade next to soft (and very slow) corn

Mar 04, 2010	Fair	Skate	ken
	The base at Elver seems to be holding up better than some of the other local trails, particularly in the wooded areas. It was hard and fast in the morning, but by 11am or so the trail started to soften. I imagine it was somewhat more slushy by afternoon. We need some cold weather or our ski season might not last much longer :-(

Governor Nelson SP

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 06, 2010	Poor	Skate	Scott
	8AM skated the Oak Savannah trail. There were deep hard ruts from someone skating during the soft conditions yesterday and someone hiked the trail leaving deep boot prints. On the uphill nearest Hwy M there is a bare spot that requires either removing skis or bushwhacking around. Bushwhacking worked fine this morning.

Mar 05, 2010	Fair	Skate	Ken
	Snow continues to get thinner at Gov Nelson like most other trails in the area. The warm temps have taken their toll and the trails were very rutted and iced over this morning. Downhills were somewhat dangerous as a result. I eventually left the park trails in favor of Lake Mendota and the crust skiing there early this morning was excellent.

Kegonsa SP

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 07, 2010	Good	Both	Pete
	Got there mid-morning as things were softening up. Skate lane pretty smooth, tracks fairly deep. Pretty good spring conditions, but you've got to catch it right-- soft enough to edge, firm enough to not rut it up.

Monona Golf Course

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 04, 2010	Fair	Both	AKA
	Did first loop Classic and there were a lot of bare spots. Switched to skate skis and had a blast. Very fast. There are quite a few areas where people have walked through and made boot/shoe imprints but it was relatively easy to skate over or around them.

Odana Golf Course

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 09, 2010	Fair	Skate	Chris
	Skate lane still pretty good this morning. Icy areas softened and snowy areas still pretty firm. Crust skiing is soft. There is still good coverage on most all of the trails. Get out before the rain ruins it.

Mar 08, 2010	Fair	Skate	Chris
	Skate lane still has good coverage on 95%. There are multiple icy patches though. Crust skiing still good early this morning.

Mar 05, 2010	Fair	Skate	Chris
	Trail somewhat rutted this morning. Some spots getting icy. Soccer field corner by highway may be fully melted through today. Crust was good this morning.

Pleasant View Golf Course

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 09, 2010	Good	Classic	carolyn senty
	Skate lane smoothed and tracks still intact and both are 98% snow covered (a bit soft, but not mushy), less than 1% softening ice and less than 1% bare. A foggy wonderland this morning. Waxless classic skis worked well! Still not ready to give up....

Mar 08, 2010	Good	Skate	TIM
	Groomed skate lane-A.M. Tracks are 50%

Mar 08, 2010	Excellent	Skate	Scott
	The main loop was perfect right after Tim groomed and the temperatures were still below freezing. No need for rock skis, there was complete coverage. These were the fastest conditions of the season. Thanks again fo rthe supberb grooming and extension of the ski season at least one more day!

Mar 06, 2010	Good	Skate	C & H
	Crust and groomed skate lane both still really good this morning. Classic track is firm and striders were moving well. Crust might be too soft by Sunday, but trail should be skiable.

Mar 05, 2010	Good	Skate	TIM
	Groomed skate lane.

Mar 05, 2010	Good	Skate	cowboybob
	At 2 pm skate trail in good shape (thanks, Tim!); some slushy, slow spots, no impassible bare sections of trail

Mar 04, 2010	Good	Classic	Randy
	surprisingly good both skate and classic. Got softer and mushier as the morning went on but all it all a great ski. Enjoy it as it won't be here long.

East of Madison

Lapham Peak - Delafield

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 07, 2010	Excellent	Skate	ken
	I was impressed how good the trails were at Lapham. The groomer gets out early and scrathes up the frozen ice each morning and that makes for some very nice skiing. The snow is gradually getting thinner though, so it might not last through the week of warm temps.

Mar 06, 2010	Excellent	Skate	Jim B.
	Amazingly good here yet early on SA; getting soft by 10:30. Had obviously be re-groomed again early today. If they don't get much rain tonight, SU early should probably still be good. The classic tracks were even good looking for probably 85% of the trail system. However, depending upon how many skiers continued on once it warmed up today, they may have degraded considerably. Skating was just awesome. Really early morning skiing "might" good for a few more days here. These DNR groomers really have gone the extra mile/k for skiers.

Mar 05, 2010	Excellent	Skate	Chip Hankley
	Great skating at Lapham this morning. Still lots of base, only a couple of small (soda can size) bare spots. A little debris in some spots. Get there around 8AM, and the snow is still frozen. I think they groom early in the morning. It didn't soften up until about 10:30.

Just North of Madison

Mirror Lake SP - Baraboo

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 08, 2010	Good	Skate	Gunde
	Great skiing again. Softening by noon but plenty of snow. The hidden but oh-so-scenic "'magic valley" section of the new Ishnala trail might hold snow until April.

Other Locations

Date	Condition	Style	By

Mar 08, 2010	Poor	Both	Nick Rhoads
	Snow: "You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little sun like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I'm going! Oooooh! Ooooooh!"

Mar 06, 2010	Excellent	Skate	Ken
	LAKE MONONA - Skied out of BB Clarke Beach at 6:30 am this morning. Great sunrise crust skating across the lake to Monona. The Fishermen report that the ice thickness is 20-24 inches. Probably not many days left, so try to get out and enjoy if you can :-)

Mar 05, 2010	Good	Skate	Jim B.
	Maple Bluff Golf Course - crust skiing mighty fine this a.m.; just go wide of the originally groomed area (avoiding sand traps and any other roped off areas of course). Should be good coverage for crust skiing at least through SA morning.

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