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Cross-country ski trails in Wisconsin

130 venues, 1,159 km of trail

Wisconsin has 130 groomed cross-country ski venues on XC Index, with 1,159 km of trail mapped between them. The largest trail systems are Minocqua Winter Park Ski Shop near Minocqua (80.3 km), Birkie Trail near Cable (49.2 km) and Mt. Ashwabay Ski Trails near Bayfield (41.5 km). The biggest clusters are around Madison (20), Minocqua (20) and Cable and Hayward (20).

A perfect day on the Birkie Trail
A perfect day on the Birkie Trail · January 2023

Wisconsin cross-country ski conditions

0 of 130 venues have snow on the ground; 61 have snow in the forecast for the next four days. The snowiest:

VenueOn the groundNext 4 daysLatest report
Penokee Mountain TrailMellen0 in5.1 in—
Catherine Wolter Wilderness AreaPresque Isle0 in4.8 in—
Copper Falls State ParkMellen0 in4.1 in—
Montreal TrailsPence0 in3.9 inFeb 25, 2026
Escanaba TrailBoulder Junction0 in3.5 in—
MeccaMercer0 in3.3 in—
Uller TrailIron Belt0 in3.3 inFeb 25, 2026
Raven TrailsWoodruff0 in2.6 in—
Madeline Lake TrailWoodruff0 in1.7 in—
Nordic trails near Park FallsPark Falls0 in1.6 in—

16 venues here post condition reports we track. Most recent: Blue Hills Trail (Nov 8), Jack Lake Trails (Nov 5), Timberland Hills (Nov 2), Timberland Hills West (Nov 2) and Machickanee (Oct 27).

Updated Nov 11, 13:00 UTC. An Open-Meteo model estimate, not a grooming report.

A typical Nov 11

There is usually no snow on the ground at any venue here on Nov 11. That is the median of the last 10 winters in NOAA’s SNODAS snow analysis; the map’s Typical layer shows it everywhere.

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