Trail Conditions
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MadNorSki Trail Reports:
Near Madison
BlackHawk Ski Area (Back to Top)| Date | Condition | Style | By |
| January 19 2025 | Good | Skate | Douglas Ansel |
| 🔗 | Groomers took another pass at breaking up the icy base last night and it was pretty good with just a few hard sections. Classic tracks in most of the normal areas, some were worn and some looked new. | ||
CXC Outdoor Rec Center (Back to Top)
| Date | Condition | Style | By |
| January 20 2025 | Good | Skate | Chip |
| 🔗 | Groomed for skating this morning. | ||
| January 19 2025 | Good | Skate | Chip |
| 🔗 | I went over the skating trail 5-6 times with the Gator to break it up. Should be okay and pretty skiable. Piston Bully has a hydraulic leak that we are working on. | ||
| January 18 2025 | Good | Skate | Brian Parks |
| 🔗 | Good coverage. Very clean snow. Hard deck. Uphills getting a tad chewed up and grainy, but not bad. Some flats are a bit roller coastery. But again, very manageable. Come on out before the big fridge descends upon us. | ||
| January 18 2025 | Good | Skate and Classic | Chip |
| 🔗 | Set new classic and groomed skating. | ||
| January 17 2025 | Excellent | Skate and Classic | Chip |
| 🔗 | Reset and added classic tracks. Groomed skating. | ||
| January 16 2025 | Good | Skate and Classic | Yuriy |
| 🔗 | Groomed last night around 10 PM for both skating and classic. | ||
| January 15 2025 | Excellent | Classic | Brian Parks |
| 🔗 | Tracks are hard and well set. A few places on the upper big loop where the groomer went a bit wide and messed up the inner track. But they’ll fix that easily. Yuriy is out here as I type getting stuff ready for the MadNorSki lessons coming up soon. The deck is very hard and fast. Perfect for skating. Snow is clean and quick. Yow! | ||
| January 15 2025 | Good | Classic | Chip |
| 🔗 | Groomed this morning. | ||
| January 14 2025 | Good | Classic | Ryan |
| 🔗 | Excellent tracks most of the way around, just two thin spots on the field loop with some dirt showing through | ||
| January 14 2025 | Excellent | Skate and Classic | Chip |
| 🔗 | Snowmaking is finished. Set some new tracks and groomed for skating. Might be a few soft spots an a few sections of new snow. | ||
| January 13 2025 | Excellent | Skate | Dave Minden |
| 🔗 | Skate deck firm and perfectly groomed. Lower and upper field open, Pleasant View closed for snowmaking this morning. With cold weather snow is very firm and very fast! | ||
East of Madison
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Just North of Madison
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Other Locations
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Other Sources:
SkinnySki.com has complete and up-to-date collection of trails for a wider region. We recommend reviewing their website – in particular the South West WI map and South East WI map.
Close to home, check-out the City of Madison Cross Country Ski page. Check grooming status and buy your annual pass online (for Elver and Odana).
Nordic Pulse has detailed grooming reports for some locations including the CXC Outdoor Center.
The Skiwise App includes some grooming and trail reports for ski trails in Wisconsin.