New snow this week, 4-5″, with another 4″ forecast for tomorrow.  All trail systems were groomed after the early week snowfall.  Skiing will be awesome this weekend.  There should be enough base for skiing to continue well through the month.
Rusk County offers 3 great cross country ski trails.  The Blue Hiills Trails.  35km of wide trails cut through the woods,  Trails are maintained by the Blue Hills Trail Association and conditions permitted, are groomed for freestyle and classic skiing.  www.bluehillstrail.comThe Ladysmith Area Trail Association maintains the 12 km Sisters Farm Trail System, located a few miles southwest of Ladysmith, as well as a 1 mile lighted loop trail at the Ladysmith High School.  Both trails, conditions permitting are groomed for classic and freestyle skiing.

All cross-country ski trails continue to be in excellent condition and are holding up well.  No new snow received this week, and temps have gone above freezing a couple of days.  Reports from trails include: good edge control and fast skates.  A classic track is set on all trails.  There should be enough base for skiing to continue well through the month.

More snow in the forecast, but trails are already in excellent shape.  Trails in Ladysmith and in the Blue Hills are groomed for classic and freestyle skiing and are in excellent shape.

Great trail conditions just got better. 6″+ of new snow was received in the past day, and once groomed, will improve an already good ski surface. Groomers will be out on all trails this week getting the new snow packed. It may take until the weekend to get trail systems groomed and classic track set.

Trails are expected to be in good condition on Wednesday or Thursday. More snow was received this past weekend, which improved the base on all trail systems.
Grooming was done on the Blue Hills Trails on Monday, but rain and warm temps persisted through Tuesday which has softened the trails. No trail use is requested until groomers get back on the trails on Wednesday. Late week grooming along with colder temps should create good conditions.

Sisters Farm and Ladysmith Lighted Loop trails also benefited from the additional snowfall, but won’t see any grooming until later in the week.

Enough snow fell over the weekend and groomers will be out on the various trail systems early this week. Conditions are unknown at this time, but plan on using rock skis until a based be established.

Trails will continue to have adequate snowcover for some time, especially the Blue Hills Trails. However, warm conditions during the day are limiting grooming and only providing a couple hour window in the morning (as long as temps get below freezing overnight), when skiing is good.

February 16, 2012
An additional inch or two of snow was received early in the week, firming up the base and providing great conditions on the Blue Hills Trails. Both sides of the trail system have been groomed (skating and classical), and good conditions are still being reported. Check out their website for current conditions http://www.bluehillstrail.com/
The Ladysmith Lighted Loop and Sisters Farm trails have preivously been groomed and tracked, howeverw arm weather is deteriorating trails.