Nashotah race is on!

I went over to Waukesha County's Nashotah park and the young lad at the front gate said that this Saturday's race is *ON*! The trails were groomed nicely and the groomer was already working the start area. I'll be there shooting pix of course so watch these pages for those!

Nashotah Race Flyer

Christmas Eve

Well, it's skiable! I went over to Minooka Park in Waukesha and while there is a TON of snow, it was 33F, raining, and no recent grooming so you had to ski in your own tracks. Pretty low on the Fun-O-Meter. I did try some WD40 on the skis to help in the glide (well, it is a water repellent, right?)It worked okay, not much glide to work with anyway though. So, we'll let it rain and see what we've got to work with after it's all over.

Spring Thaw?

Nah, can't be that, it's only the second day of winter! The forecast for the next few days is looking grim though. I slipped out to Minooka Park last night to sample the 2 - 3 inches of snow we picked up. Plenty of depth, but it was slow! Should have waxed my no-wax skis.







This photo was taken at night, it's just a 7 second exposure.

Today, I'm heading up to Ozaukee County again to try a new place. Check back to see were I went!

Ski on.

Pike Lake State Park

Sunny, 10F, but breezy. Brrrr. Plenty of snow, but the base was very irregular - soft, crusty, lumpy, deer tracks, boot tracks. Very tricky. I did ski for 1hr 45min though and the hills beat me up. I fought the trail ... but the trail won!

Ski rental list

After four days of skiing this week, I took the day off. Instead I started a listing of places that rent XC skis and put that on the side bar. I still intend to add other cities and towns to the list, but if I missed a place, or you would like to recommend one, pass it along! Definitely need places in Illinois. Google is not showing much.

Good Tour!

Zillmer Trail - Northern Kettle Moraine

Another super ski. Fully groomed trails with a classic track. Get to bed early so you can log lots of K's this weekend!!

Southern Kettle Moraine - Nordic Trail

Where did this cold weather come from? LOL 5F this afternoon in the Southern Kettle Moraine Forest of Wisconsin. This week's blizzard did break some trees across the trail so those need to be cleared and then more grooming done to the snow. It was absolutely beautiful today though. Just beautiful.

First Night Ski - Lapham Peak State Park

It's winter! Whooo Hooo! 8 - 10 inches of new snow just west of Milwaukee. The trails are groomed. Here's the report I filed last night before the cold blast set in.

First ski of the year! This last storm deposited about 5 inches of snow in the West Bend to Port Washington area and it made for some pretty decent skiing!