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Trail Conditions
Blue Hills Trail CONDITIONS
Tuesday - morning update
Click here for helpful maps that show our open trails.
Spring is here, there's lots of snow remaining.
Yesterday morning (Monday), the classic track was fairly well defined, with a mild-moderate amount of litter deposited by brisk winds over the weekend. Good classic skiing if you can tolerate the trail litter. As a spur-of-the-moment decision, the skate lane on the modified East Side Core Loop was touched up early Monday morning and provided good skate skiing. The side trails on the East Side (and Excelsior Road on the West Side) also had good skate skiing Monday. Beautiful first day of Spring with temps reaching the upper 30s.
A very destructive mid December ice storm (visit our blog for photos etc) shut down our trails for a short time. Fortunately we've been able to open 60% of our East Side trails, and Excelsior Road is open on the West Side.
Snowshoers: the Ridges Snowshoe Trail is cleared of tree damage, we prefer you use that as your first option. If snowshoeing on the groomed ski trail, please snowshoe well to the side. Click here for a blog post regarding the new 'Highland Loop'.
IMPORTANT UPDATES
Autumn 2022, loggers cut a large timber sale on the East Side in the vicinity of the Otter Slide and Far East trails (those trails are the furthest 'east' trails). This winter loggers are hauling those logs to market using a route to the east and mostly separate from the ski trails. Click here for a map showing the involved trails.
snowfall
March 17: 1" from blustery snow showers in the evening
March 16: 1/4" rain, then 1" windblown snow
grooming & MOWING
Grooming Report / Plans: Click here to see maps of the open trails
March 20 (Monday morning): touched up the skate lane on the modified East Side Core Loop.
March 17 (Friday evening): groomed the skate deck on all the open trails, and set classic track on the frequently traveled trails.
weather forecast
Donors 2022-2023
Businesses
Ace Hardware (Ladysmith)
American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc.
Artisans (Glen Flora)
Backroads Coffee & Tea
Blue Hills Trail Association Inc.
Bullis Pond Dental (Eau Claire)
Canoe Bay Lodge (Chetek)
Chicago Northwest KOA Holiday (Tom & Sylvia Weber)
Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic (Dr. Roger Gray)
Christie Mountain
Classic Auto (Bruce)
Cobblestone Hotel & Suites (Ladysmith)
CTW Corporation (Augusta / Milwaukee)
EastMart (Ladysmith)
Eau Claire Ski Striders
Farm & Fleet (Rice Lake)
Fast Wax
Flambeau Correctional Center
Gear West (Long Lake, MN)
Green Bay Packers
Haack Orthodontic Clinic (Rice Lake)
Jennie-O Turkey Store
Jump RiverElectric
Kwik Trip (Ladysmith)
Ladysmith Federal Savings & Loan
Ladysmith Fresh Market
Lehman’s Supper Club (Rice Lake)
Madshus North America
Marshfield Clinic (facilities in Ladysmith & Rice Lake)
Michael Perry / sneezingcow.com
New Moon Ski Shop (Hayward)
Offering Hope Therapies (Ladysmith)
Out There Nordic Sports (Rice Lake)
Patagonia
Kristine Paulsen Photography (Missoula, MT)
Rands Trucking (Ladysmith)
Stephen Reisner Dentistry (Ladysmith)
Rice Lake Tourism
River Country Co-op
Rusk County Forestry
Rusk County Pharmacy (Ladysmith)
Rusk County Tourism
Salomon Nordic
Scheel’s (Eau Claire)
Security Financial Bank (Ladysmith)
Self Image Fitness (Ladysmith)
Spring Street Sports (Chippewa Falls)
Superior Choice Credit Union (Ladysmith)
Tamarack Wetland Services LLC (Rice Lake)
Tony Lumber
Wally's Saw & Gun (Bruce)
Walmart (Ladysmith)
Walmart (Rice Lake)
Weather Shield Employee LITE Foundation
Wieckowicz Law Office (Chetek)
Winter Greenhouse
Winter Woodworks (Winter, WI)
Wisconsin DNR
WTSO.com (Wines 'Til Sold Out)
Xcel Energy
Zacho Sports Center (Chippewa Falls)
Individuals
Anonymous
Dan Bale
Ty & Maren Bernicke
Chris & Stephanie Bixler
John Carr & Jackie Klein
Howard & Carolyn Chatterton
Michael Connly & Nancy Wagner
Mike & Cindy Cragg
Phil Fuhlman & Jan Tazelaar
Steve Gest
James & Sally Griffin
Chuck & Lorraine Henning
Dominic & Nicole Hodkiewicz
Ron & Sylvia Jasperson
Dann Kann
John & Nancy Kann
Dean & Mary King
Mark & Peggy Kohler
Lori Larsen
Sally Lewis
Tim & Cynthia Lynch
Kent & Loretta Meng
Greg & Linda Mikunda
Wally & Linda Narins
Avery Newman
Rick & Mary Noonan
Gary & Gaila Olsen
John & Irene Olson
Gale & Jan Otterholt
Kirk Paulsen
Tom & Jan Paulsen
Dick & Mary Ann Pebler
Steve Poethke
Steve & Debra Porn
Kevin Potter
Mike Prasher
Nico & Stephanie Pronk
Eric Replinger
Jean Replinger
Kent Robarge
Moshe & Heidi Schein
Steve Schleppegrell & Kathleen Laffin
Bob Schwartz
Geary & Kay Searfoss
Bill Smith & Mary Ocwieja
Jeff & Theresa Stanley
John & Ann Stien
Bob & Elke Swanson
Dave Swanson
Dean & Denise Tabor
John & Gail Waldron
Tom & Sylvia Weber
Steve Weiss
Kevin & Gwen Westlund
Bob Wieckowicz
Paul & Cathie Woita
John & Deb Ziemer
