| date | comments and author's site of origin |
| 9/2/07 | Thank you for the beautiful trail system. --Fox Lake, IL |
| 9/1/07 | Sven was hiking here. --Germany |
| 8/31/07 | Thanks to the Amazing Dozen - chainsaw crew worked the new trail, shed team sided the building. Way to go! |
| 8/21/07 | Built a beautiful building for the groomers' snowcat. --Blue Hills Trail Association volunteers |
| 8/15/07 | The Bruce cross country team was here!!!! --Bruce, WI |
| 8/12/07 | Husband working up here, brought family to
visit, love the trails. 6 month old baby talked practically the whole
way. Beautiful day! --South Beloit, IL Went blackberry picking on the trails - what an experience. Am pooped. --Cottage Grove, MN |
| 8/7/07 | Liked the cabin, loved to see the outhouses!! --Exeland, WI |
| 8/5/07 | Top notch facilities. --Big Bend, WI |
| 7/28/07 | Came here for the first time. It's so beautiful out here. This place reminds me of home in Alaska. --Alaska |
| 7/19/07 | Did a small hike up past this warming house. Beautiful trail - yummy raspberries & lots of whining from our 2 1/2 year old twins because of the "prickly grass" --Stoughton, WI |
| 7/15/07 | Took a drive with our family, was a nice day. Found some nice raspberries!!! --Birchwood, WI |
| 7/14/07 | Rode both sides - east & west - trails are good
- dry - most cut - nice riding - in the 70s partly sunny - nice day - no one
here. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 7/6/07 | Great nature area to venture. Awesome time! --author's location unknown |
| 7/5/07 | We found this place accidentally while biking thru the area. We used the warming house as a cooling house out of the mosquito's reach while having lunch. This truly is God's country! Beautiful! Thanks. --author's location unknown |
| 6/29/07 | Biked the WestSide 'til dark. Thanks to the mower. The new wood trail signs are very nice. Nice night 70 degrees F no wind - good sunset full moon - perfect. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 6/21/07 | Camping out at Murphy Flowage - doing some
geocaching too! --author's location unknown My son & I, walking softly taking in the great north woods. Thanx mother nature. --author's location unknown |
| 6/19/07 | Out and about today sightseeing with a friend.
This place & trails are awesome! --author's location unknown Here to try the West Side trails. Very windy today so we're hoping it'll keep those black flies at bay! --Madison, WI |
| 6/9/07 | Very difficult on mt. bike, lots of horseflies too, very beautiful trail. Blue Hills is awesome. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 5/14/07 | Ran 1-23-32-24-3-2-31-22-1. That section of trail should be tick free... based on the number I picked off. It was a fun run nonetheless. --Bruce, WI |
| 5/11/07 | Gorgeous day for a hike. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 5/2/07 | Yeah!!! Hiking season returns! Biking too. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 4/23/07 | Passing by on my way back to work. I love this building -- great ski trail system. --Duluth, MN |
| 4/18/07 | Ran outer loop. Saw 2 porkies, 3 grouse, 1 deer and 3 bears. Kind of wet on the back loop! --author's location unknown |
| 3/24/07 | Morning skiking, now time for afternoon biking -- what better way to wear out the kids? --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/22/07 | Snow disappearing, too soft to skate, too sloppy to hike, perfect day to go for a skike! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/20/07 | Skiing better than expected - isn't it always?
Thanks. --Eau Claire, WI Spring arrives, but winter's hangin' on. Enjoyed a fairly fast glaze at 38 degrees F with the sun offering 2 more hours of skiing! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/19/07 | We skied 1-23-2-20-11-21-1 & it was beautiful. We saw 4 nice deer between 1 & 23. We walked the bare slope at 11-21. Probably our last ski this season. Thanks for turning this ski season into a great one! --Apple Valley, MN |
| 3/18/07 | Very pleasant ski - good snow - good company.
--Ladysmith, WI Fun skiing 1-2" powder on WestSide crust - ungroomed - but able to go anywhere! --Ladysmith, WI Wonderful Sunday morning ski. Enumerated the worlds' problems. Great last ski of the season! --Ladysmith, WI A great day of skiing! --Bruce, WI Wonderful ski, beautiful day and great company - nothing better! --Rice Lake, WI 7 p.m. Last ski? Last but not least. --Hillsdale / Rice Lake, WI |
| 3/17/07 | Happy St. Patrick's Day! Awesome ski today
- Thanks. --Ladysmith, WI Thanks for grooming, it was great. --author's location unknown Core loop with a few St. Paddy's Day portages -- a great day to be a nordic o'skier. --author's location unknown |
| 3/16/07 | I skied a loop in 4" of fresh snow -- lots of work! --Minnetonka, MN |
| 3/15/07 | Trip down memory lane -- 7 to 30 the long way. Crust skiing at its finest 4:30-6:15 p.m. Eat your heart out! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/13/07 | 60 degrees F & no snow in my front yard -- but 2-4" soft saturated base allowed waxless striding on a Spring-like evening. Windless pastel sunset -- amazing! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/11/07 | I was first on the trail at 9:30 a.m.
Rocket fast -- great control (thanks to the groomer). Had my fastest
time ever up-over-down-up. Trails started to soften at 10:30.
Great ski!! --Minnetonka, MN Awesome ski. Thanks to the groomer! Caramel corn was great! Thanks you guys!! See you next week? --Rice Lake, WI Fun day to be outside! Wind in the treetops was giving a porkie a ride. Nothing like spring skiing. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/10/07 | A bit crusty but BEAUTIFUL. Loved it.
Must come back. --Brookfield, WI Beautiful area, must come back. --Rockfish, IL Saw some snow fleas. --Chippewa Falls, WI This is better than watching Vikings!! --South Saint Paul, MN Gorgeous March skiing this morning. --Ladysmith, WI Beautiful sunny day! Great skiing for March. --Eau Claire, WI Thanks for the track & great skiing, AND the caramel corn. --Chetek, WI Sunny, 46 degrees F at 5 p.m., 39 degrees at 6:30. Skied 'til dark, where is everybody! No hat, no gloves, short sleeves -- awesome sunset -- awesome trails -- could have skied in boxers or briefs? Snow firmed up nice the later it got -- hail to the groomer. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/9/07 | Light rain at start -- trails a bit soft but in
great shape. --Rice Lake, WI Blue sky, sunshine, steady drip off eaves - 40 degrees. Snow a bit soft, sorry about the ruts we left... waxless classic were perfect. --Stillwater, MN |
| 3/8/07 | Overcast, -2 degrees C, wonderful creamy fast surface (apple date bar) -- skiing was good, too! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/7/07 | 20 degrees F, sunny, no wind, beautiful snow.
Great day. Thank you for your hard work. --Rice Lake, WI Memorable sunset ski -- blazing powder down the s-curve. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/6/07 | Classic skiing good despite a little snow during the ski -- however, all the snow in March is much welcome. Skating was perfect this a.m. on a little freshly packed corduroy too. Surprised to see a couple more skiers playing hooky on this beautiful Monday afternoon. Thank you for a remarkable ski. --Eau Claire, WI |
| 3/5/07 | 15 degrees F and bright March sun -- conditions like January in years past -- squeaky, firm & fast. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/4/07 | Beautiful sunny day. Met lots of skiers on
trails. Thank you for grooming. --Bruce, WI Yabadabadoo! --Ladysmith, WI Thanks Carolyn for the excellent grooming! And thanks to the popcorn lady :) You guys rock! --author's location unknown First time here -- great trails & awesome treats! --Cumberland, WI Awesome snow & treats! Thank you! --author's location unknown The trail was beautiful! Thank you. --Sarona, WI This was our first time skiing in the Blue Hills -- gorgeous weather, beautiful trails! Thanks to all who volunteer to keep this great thing going! --Rice Lake, WI Good skiing lots of fun :) --author's location unknown Much better firmer skiing here than at Timberland Hills yesterday. --author's location unknown |
| 3/3/07 | A beautiful day to ski, great snow, & groomers
hard at work getting the trails in shape. Thanks! Hope to be
back soon. Thanks for the goodies! --Apple Valley, MN 26+ inches of snow 2/24 - 2/25 - 3/1 - 3/2 & able to enjoy fairly firm conditions for skating -- wow! Nice to see so many happy faces in the warming house enjoying this late taste of winter. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/28/07 | Everything has firmed up - it was FANTASTIC!
--Ladysmith, WI Very glad I was able to enjoy the trails today. They were great. --Holcombe, WI |
| 2/27/07 | Base is soft & squeaky, conditions pristine -
great day to be on snow! --Chetek, WI Best Blue Hills Ski this year. --Hillsdale & Rice Lake, WI |
| 2/25/07 | Great time today in the new snow. Skied
some in the fresh grooming, some in the deep. --Hugo, MN WOO-HOOOO! New snow!! Nice job on the snow track. First time on trails today & I loved 'em. Will be back. Thanks to all who maintain, etc. --Stillwater, MN |
| 2/17/07 | Good skiing for the amount of snow we have. Birkie one week to go - pray for snow! Hail to the groomer! Thanks. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/16/07 | Fast. First time skied here all "winter."
--Hillsdale, WI Used 1st class Atomics & enjoyed every minute. --Rice Lake, WI Skated core loop with good skis - conditions acceptable to good. --Apple Valley, MN |
| 2/15/07 | Skied the EastSide. Just around
everywhere. The wind is out of the south, very sunny. No one
else here but me. --Bruce, WI 15 degrees F, bright sunshine, squeaky fast hardpack on the WestSide - fun times! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/11/07 | We skated the road 1-33-21 & it was pretty good.
What a heat wave! It's 12 degrees F with a slight breeze. Now
for a classic run. Thanks for the grooming. --Apple Valley, MN We're back -- it was 13 degrees F when we started -- that's 10 degrees more than yesterday!!! Balmy conditions. --Chetek, WI Skied WestSide, then came over to the EastSide. Beautiful day to be in the woods. Good grooming. --Bruce, WI |
| 2/10/07 | Core loop was great. Cabin is warm.
Thanks. --Chetek, WI Enjoyed the St. Moritz of Rusk County. Thanks for the trails! --Bruce, WI |
| 2/9/07 | Classic skied 1 to 28 & back -- not bad. Now to ski a few Ks on the WestSide. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/3/07 | Nice day! Thanks for keeping the cabin
warm. --author's location unknown -5 degrees F, nice to experience some real winter days. --Sarona, WI First time skiing Blue Hills. Good time!! --Holcombe, WI |
| 2/2/07 | Heading over to the WestSide to try the lollipop loop. 0 degrees F & sunny. --Apple Valley, MN |
| 1/20/07 | Despite the limited snow, we had a great time skiing! Thanks for the grooming. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 1/19/07 | Beautiful day! Not a lot of snow - enough to have a wonderful time. Feel so blessed to live close to such wonderful trails. We both enjoyed the day very much. We love the warming house. Enjoyed our lunch here. Thanks! --author's location unknown |
| 1/16/07 | First skiing here this season! Just out & back on the freshly rolled gravel road. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 1/6/07 | No race, but great time was had by all - good food, nice hike & great conversations! Thanks everyone! --Rice Lake, WI |
| 1/1/07 | Happy New Year! Thank goodness we finally have at least a little bit of snow! Though not enough for skiing, we all enjoyed a gorgeous hike and especially liked taking photos of the snow-laden branches. Here's to a great New Year with more snow! --Missoula MT / Pullman, WA |
| 12/28/06 | 1 1/2 to 2 inches of heavy snow at 30 degrees F. A taste of winter at last! Lovely day. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 12/25/06 | Beautiful cold Christmas day. --Colfax, WI |
| 12/24/06 | Just enough snow to give my rock skis a few more scratches. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 12/17/06 | We had a wonderful time hiking the trails with our grandchildren. Thank you! --Westfield, WI |
| 10/12/06 | 1st blustery snowfall of the season - 1/2-inch of styrofoam pellets. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 10/5/06 | Beautiful day for a hike. Blue skies & sunny. --Holcombe, WI |
| 10/1/06 | What a nice getaway. Beautiful trails! --Ladysmith, New Auburn, WI |
| 9/26/06 | Leaves are beautiful on the trails! --author's location unknown |
| 9/6/06 | Beautiful day. Nice trails. Excellent company. Looking forward to skiing this winter. --Chetek, WI |
| 9/2/06 | Beautiful land & trails! Relaxing & peaceful. Good job! Thanks. --author's location unknown |
| 9/1/06 | Thanks for all the effort. Great trails. --author's location unknown |
| 8/24/06 | Great day to hike, 70 degrees & breezy, sun came out too! Great trails, nice beaver ponds and "wow, holy mushrooms!" --Ripon, WI |
| 8/23/06 | Geo caching -- gorgeous trails! --author's location unknown |
| 8/4/06 | I wanna live here! --author's location unknown |
| 7/27/06 | Here today for a hike -- the trails are lovely
-- love the warming house -- would love to build one like it!! I know
my donation is well spent! Thanks for all you do. --author's location
unknown Nice place. Love it up here. --Pepin, WI |
| 3/28/06 | White crystal beauty now drips from the eaves, collects in pools and tumbles over rocks in delight. We enjoyed our last ski for the season. A sincere thank you to all who make Blue Hills Trails a really great place to visit -- It's beginning to feel like a home away from home. See you next season! --Baldwin, WI |
| 3/27/06 | Skiing -- not too bad for late March. Time to golf. --Hillsdale, WI |
| 3/26/06 | A little ahead of the window, but good skiing
none the less. Thanks for a great season. --author's location unknown Fini. Congrats. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 3/25/06 | Hooray for the grooming! --Ladysmith, WI "Hero skiing" at its best! Thanks! --Ladysmith, WI Merry XMas a little late. Deal or no deal!! Blue Hills skiing vs. Florida sunshine. Awesome skiing!! Thanks groomers. --Black River Falls, WI Got here a little late, but we loved the skiing. The outdoors is king. Thanks. --author's location unknown Thanks much for the trail conditions -- see you next year! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 3/24/06 | Fresh corduroy everywhere. Thanks.
--author's location unknown Thank you, thank you, thank you for grooming 'the outback' --Ladysmith, WI Thanks for grooming for us die hards. Bonus skiing is a Gift from God, which should be enjoyed. Best ski season in 10 years. You have made this old man happy. --Hillsdale, WI |
| 3/22/06 | There is still an amazing amount of snow. --Barron, WI |
| 3/21/06 | Window skiing 9:45 - 11:45. Can't
complain. --Ladysmith, WI Lunch in cabin, then spring skiing -- hope to make it into April! --Barron, WI |
| 3/20/06 | 1st day of Spring. Had a nice day to ski.
Trails are great. --Holcombe, WI Sunny day, but the snow is still fast 10:30 - 11:40 a.m. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/19/06 | We had a looong wonderful ski -- the best ski of
the year! Started at 9 & skied to 11:30 -- perfect conditions -- very
fast -- excellent control -- good company. Thank you. --Minnetonka, MN The Best ski of the year! Thanks. --Ladysmith, WI How do you do all you do? Great season. --Rice Lake, WI Good trails... for mid March... Thanks. --author's location unknown |
| 3/18/06 | Wonderful day to be in the woods! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 3/14/06 | Winter wonderland today! Lovely, deep snow! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/12/06 | We enjoyed a great ski --author's location unknown |
| 3/11/06 | It is overcast now, but beautiful... Thanks for the candy cane, left a charm (in exchange). --the four Bears (author's location unknown) |
| 3/6/06 | Our grandchildren learned a bit about back country skiing. It was fun. --Apple Valley, MN |
| 3/5/06 | We skied while the snow was falling. First time x-country skiing for our 2 grandkids. It was great. --Apple Valley, MN |
| 3/4/06 | Yabadabadoo! Great Spring skiing! Is
it Spring? --Ladysmith, WI Thanks for the great grooming!! Thanks for the treats! Great to see your groomer enjoying the chance to ski. --author's location unknown Nice area, great treats!! From Russia with love. --author's location unknown So this is snow... so this is skiing... so this is what it's like to wipe out! --- perspective from somebody born in Egypt. --author's location unknown What a beautiful day. --La Crosse, WI Most beautiful day of the season! Trails were great! Thanks much to the groomers!! --Chippewa Falls, WI It was fun! I had a great 7k ski. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 3/3/06 | Perfect! Thanks RCTA. --Minneapolis, MN |
| 3/2/06 | New snow, we worked hard, but what a gorgeous
day! --author's location unknown Gorgeous, hi-fluoro, sunset ski! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/1/06 | We had a nice, warm March 1 ski. It was 30◦+,
& a little windy. The snow was pretty good, wonderful morning! --Apple
Valley, MN First time back in the Blue Hills since the Birkie. Wonderful to ski alone again. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/28/06 | One last February day of skiing -- Bode, eat my dust! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/26/06 | Great day to be skiing! It's great to be back on our home trails. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 2/25/06 | Perfect day. Sunny, blue skies & great grooming! Thanks to all. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/24/06 | Very nice! So much better than skiing in
Illinois. --Illinois Great time, nice trails, be back again. --Oak Creek, WI |
| 2/23/06 | 20◦
F, sunny, 1/4-inch fresh snow, perfect. Birkie 2 days away. If
you live anywhere near the Blue Hills -- you are a lucky person.
--Ladysmith, WI Perfect afternoon -- best ski all year! --Madison, WI Perfect blue wax day!!! Felt like 1 million $. Great way to work out the kinks after 9-hour drive. --Northwest Indiana |
| 2/22/06 | Today was the first time I skied 3→2. Wow is that beautiful! I took the recipe for Blue Hills 3-Loop-Around Power Morsels. Two great treats. Thank you for all you do for the trail. --Birchwood, WI |
| 2/20/06 | What a beautiful day! We enjoyed a couple of hours improving our skating technique. We are improving, but not ready to race most of the skaters we see out here. Thanks for the grooming & caramel corn. --Apple Valley, MN |
| 2/19/06 | Fantastic! Beautiful blue skies, fast skis
-- groomed core loop. Can't beat that! --Ladysmith, WI Thanks a ton you groomers, officers, et al -- this place is a gem. --Rice Lake, WI The best. --Ladysmith, WI 3 Jerrys from Rice Lake out for a quick Birkie tune-up. Great conditions. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 2/18/06 | Beautiful day but sooo cold. Trails were
really nice, thanks. --author's location unknown 0◦ F, wonderful ski today. --Ladysmith, WI Terrain was beautiful!! Thanks for a lovely warming hut, great folks around & a nice system! --author's location unknown 4:30 p.m. 5◦ F, skied 'til 7, red sunset, clear starry sky -- perfect. Saw 13 deer, no wolves. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/17/06 | We had a nice ski in the sun. It was
around zero degrees F with a brisk wind, so we had to keep moving. We
are heading out for a classic run after lunch here in the warming house.
Thanks for the treats. --Apple Valley, MN 3 p.m. Pretty blue skies with Mother Nature turning on the fans on high. Peaceful out there. This was our first time here. Thanks for all your work in making this so awesome. --author's location unknown |
| 2/16/06 | Birkie 8 days away. Good trails as always.
Thanks RCTA. Treats in the cabin are super. --Ladysmith, WI A bonus ski this morning -- caught the calm before the storm. Fast & fun skiing on the core loop. --Bruce, WI |
| 2/15/06 | Great skiing today, although a bit chilly at the start. Snow is getting faster as the day warms. Thanks for the nice grooming job. --Chippewa Falls, WI |
| 2/14/06 | First time cross country skiing. Great fun! Nice warming house & snacks. Pleasant surroundings. --Eau Claire, WI |
| 2/12/06 | Third straight day of great skiing. --Blue Island, IL |
| 2/11/06 | The best ever! Thanks! --Ladysmith,
WI It just keeps getting better each day. Thank you. --Blue Island Boys Magical -- thanks for all of your hard work. --Altoona, WI Nice conditions for a great trail. --Ann Arbor, MI 20 degrees F, no wind, Awesome, skied 'til dark. --author's location unknown |
| 2/10/06 | Great day to ski the Blue Hills. Great
snow!!! Thank you to the groomer!!! --Blue Island, IL Beautiful trails! --Chicago, IL Ditto. Thanks! --Plymouth Great! So beautiful with the new snow! Thanks! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/9/06 | 8:30 a.m. 1◦
F Partly sunny, hard & fast trails -- back loops super -- thanks groomer --
maybe 2" of snow on the way -- we are lucky -- Birkie fever! --Ladysmith, WI Great place. Great warming hut. Very thoughtful people. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 2/8/06 | Back loops were superb! --Ladysmith, WI Very peaceful out here. Came out after work stayed to 5:20 p.m. Beautiful sunset! --Bruce, WI |
| 2/7/06 | A hug for the groomer (thanks for your dedicated
grooming). --Chetek, WI This was the best ski ever! Hurry (groomer) & get your skis! Thanks for a great job. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/5/06 | Trails look good!! --BHS ski team Beautiful day. Great ski. --Wyoming, MN Superbowl Sunday --- why be a spectator when you can ski like the wind! Thanks. --Cameron, WI "You got it!! "I'll take kick wax any day" --author's location unknown |
| 2/4/06 | Great snow!! Classic skied core loop
early, a little cold but awesome grooming. Skated core loop in
reverse, that's fun, try it!! No snow in Black River Falls, thank you
Blue Hills. --Black River Falls, WI What's all the soft white stuff on the ground? It's no where near as fast as the stuff I'm used to. --Chippewa Falls, WI Great skiing -- Great Grooming, good job!! --author's location unknown --author's location unknown Thank you thank you thank you. --author's location unknown |
| 2/3/06 | Classic skied. Good tracks except big hill
icy & snowplowing tought. --Eau Claire, WI Blue Hills Brownies. Mmmm. --author's location unknown |
| 2/2/06 | 8:30 a.m. 22◦
F partly sunny -- awesome -- fresh snow January 31 -- hail to the groomer!
--Ladysmith, WI Another beautiful winter day. Sunshine & wonderful trails. Thanks RCTA for keeping up the good work. --Bruce, WI Happy GroundHog's Day! Tried to catch it before it got too warm -- very slow but good training. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/1/06 | Got up at dawn this morn & make some coffee cake
to go with the new snow. --author's location unknown Looks like winter again! Snow was a little wet & slow. Still it's the best place to be. We had a great ski. --Bruce, WI |
| 1/31/06 | Great trails. Thanks to your groomer.
Best skiing of the year. --author's location unknown Spectacular job on the trails! Perfect day. Brownies to top it off -- can't ask for more! Thank you SO much !!! --author's location unknown Great day on the trails. Outside loop was nice & pristine. --author's location unknown |
| 1/30/06 | Trails were great. --Holcombe, WI Nice grooming! Nice to see snow again! --author's location unknown Great job grooming. --author's location unknown I could fill the rest of this log book waxing poetic about how great skiing was today! Mother nature threw us a curve ball with high temps & rain over the past week, but our groomer hit it out of the ski park today! The best ever! --Ladysmith, WI Best conditions of the season. Thanks for the diligent grooming. --Barron, WI/ Best conditions I've had this ski season. Really good trail. --Bruce, WI |
| 1/26/06 | BBH -- Beautiful Blue Hills -- 8:30 a.m. 13◦
F. Sunny -- sparkly snow -- trails packed, a little icy but awesome --
high today of 42◦ F
yuck -- need more snow -- 1 month 'til Birkie! --Ladysmith, WI Tried to appease the god of skiing (Ullr) by throwing some sticks. 33◦ F at 11:30. --Ladysmith, WI Classic track still holding up. Thanks for the treats. --author's location unknown 3 guys from Minnesota -- need help with fish boning! Great day on the water! --author's location unknown |
| 1/25/06 | Another great day in the Alzheimer's abatement program. --author's location unknown |
| 1/24/06 | Great trails. Almost died! But it
was great!! --author's location unknown A great ski. Trail today was fun, wind was strong! Eau Claire, WI |
| 1/23/06 | Great ski -- trails wonderful! --Eau Claire, WI Very nice skiing. --Chippewa Falls, WI Great trails. Thanks to all that groom! --Ladysmith, WI Best ski ever! Hated to stop. Thanks groomers. --Ladysmith, WI This is my son's 25th birthday. Wishing he could be here to enjoy this. --Ladysmith, WI Great! Another refugee from Eau Claire. --Eau Claire, WI |
| 1/22/06 | Great grooming!! It's always a treat to be
the first on the smooth corduroy!!! Thanks for the treats, too!! --Eau
Claire, WI Fantastic winter day. Thanks to all the volunteers -- this is what we all wait for. --Rice Lake, WI The snow was awesome!! --Rice Lake, WI Our first time here (from Eau Claire where the snow is non-existent). The trails were beautiful. What a great warming house. Thanks! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 1/21/06 | We skied the WestSide ungroomed loop
(C-D-F-G-H-I). It was beautiful backcountry skiing. Lots of
trees across the trail. We then skated the groomed area which also was
great. --Apple Valley, MN Wonderful weather -- great trails. Thanks. --Apple Valley, MN Good day, good trails, good hosts. --Chippewa Falls, WI I liked the hill on #11. My mom fell three times. --Eau Claire, WI Excellent skiing as always! Great day for kicking both East & West. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 1/20/06 | First time this season & it was well worth the
drive. Trails are in really good shape. Thanks! --Eau Claire, WI Amazing snow! Twin Cities has only ice. --author's location unknown Creamy it is, eh? Dancing on skis today. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 1/19/06 | Cloudy, 20◦
F, perfect weather, thanks for water & goodies. --Ladysmith, WI We had a nice skating session, then did the race course on classics. The snow was gently falling the whole time. What an enjoyable time. --Apple Valley, MN |
| 1/18/06 | Wonderful track! --author's location unknown |
| 1/17/06 | Great job grooming! Winter is back! Fantastic skiing -- as always. --Barron, WI |
| 1/16/06 | Cloudy day but good skiing. Many thanks to whoever cleared & groomed the back trails. --author's location unknown |
| 1/15/06 | Best X-C around -- great sun shine, and
fantastic caramel corn -- thanks again Blue Hills. --author's location
unknown Skiing the back loops was a blast! --Ladysmith, WI Skiing was really nice & fast! Thanks for all your efforts! --author's location unknown Best skiing this year! --Menomonie, WI Thanks for the great skiing. I brought my daughter out & she enjoyed the trail & the warming house. P.S Thanks for the caramel corn. --author's location unknown Thanks for the goodies! & beautiful trails! --author's location unknown |
| 1/14/06 | I love the NorthWoods. --author's location
unknown Thank you for great trails -- the 7 loop was fun. --Chippewa Falls, WI Moonlight ski gathering -- great tales of the NorthWoods, wonderful food & conversation! A couple daring skiers entered the dark woods about 9 p.m. (moon was hidden); thank you RCTA!! --Weyerhaeuser, WI |
| 1/13/06 | Skied the back loops. Virgin trails soft, yet fast. A nice contrast to the hard packed icier stretches of the core loop. Enjoyed it all. --Hillsdale, WI |
| 1/11/06 | Another wonderful day of skiing! Creamy texture, fast! Shirtsleeve weather, like February. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 1/10/06 | Thanks! What a beautiful spot -- everyone
who lives here is so lucky to have a gem like this. Great warming hut
-- thanks for the snacks. --La Crosse, WI Classic skiing was excellent -- tracks were great. --Barron, WI Great classical skiing. Thanks so much for all your efforts. --Eau Claire, WI |
| 1/7/06 | This is the best skiing I've done in 16 years. I live in Indiana now! ---Indiana |
| 1/6/06 | What a great day to be out & ski, had a
wonderful time. --Holcombe, WI Fast skating today with good edge control. See you at the Blue Hills Ascent. --Hillsdale, WI |
| 1/5/06 | Wonderful! Better than expected, due to great grooming effort. --Twin Cities, MN |
| 1/4/06 | What a great night to ski. Very peaceful. Enjoyed. --Holcombe, WI |
| 1/2/06 | First time out skate skiing for me. It was a little rough first learning but I can see this is a sport that actually may make winter a lot more fun! Loved it! --Rice Lake, WI |
| 12/31/05 | Wonderful skiing, and ...such a great grooming
job. Had a great ski! --Apple Valley, MN Great skiing last night & this morning. --Cornell / Cameron, WI Great job grooming! I love the sound of silence in the tall trees. --author's location unknown Nice to be back again! Good job grooming. Had a wonderful night ski with headlamp. Hope we get a little more snow & cold to smooth things out, but wonderful none the less. --Chippewa Falls, WI |
| 12/25/05 | Celebrated Christmas out on the trails.
Love & joy & peace to all. --author's location unknown Nice toilet poetry. --author's location unknown |
| 12/23/05 | Bah, humbug! 34◦ F, drizzle, light rain. All I want from Santa is more snow. Trails are sticky at best. -- Ladysmith |
| 12/22/05 | 38◦ F, sunshine, only a few sticky areas -- good skating to celebrate the solstice. --Ladysmith |
| 12/18/05 | First time here -- new member. --Rice Lake Ski conditions are better today. Blue skies, lots of sunshine. We will be back again to train for the Kortelopet. --Bruce |
| 12/16/05 | First time out, 22◦
F, back in the skis again, ya-hoo! --Ladysmith Used my best skis. Plenty of snow. A bit soft but still the best ski of the season. Thanks to all who make this beautiful getaway possible. --Rice Lake |
| 11/18/05 | Sticky, snowy day -- 5+ inches, first snowfall the past few days. Winter wonderland again. --Ladysmith |
| 9/3/05 | Trails wonderful. Wildflowers beautiful & plentiful. Thank you so much. Blue Hills are the best. --author's location unknown |
| 8/20/05 | Great place! Blackberries were delicious! --author's location unknown |
| 7/27/05 | I'm up in the area for work but had some free time & decided to check out the trails on my bike. Wow - the solitude & scenery are great. I can't wait to come up here again with a friend & go further back in. Thanks for providing such a great rec trail. --Lake Mills, WI |
| 7/5/05 | Very nice place. Just stopped by to see. --Reedsburg, WI |
| 6/5/05 | Biking on trail, conditions for biking are great. Lots of mosquitoes. --author's location unknown |
| 5/31/05 | Biking on the road, but the EastSide is too wet for biking. Haven't tried the WestSide. --Ladysmith |
| 4/9/05 | Geocaching. Winds picking up, nice sunny day, wood ticks are out, snow is gone! --Birchwood & Brill, WI |
| 4/3/05 | What a laugh-out-loud fun day on skis! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/27/05 | Happy Easter. Had a great time! --author's location unknown |
| 3/26/05 | Great Easter weekend skiing -- what a fun way to welcome Spring! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/25/05 | 9:45 a.m. Sunny, 30◦ -- great Spring skiing! --author's location unknown |
| 3/23/05 | Thanks for the great season! --Ladysmith, WI A perfect day -- a little soft but very skiable. --author's location unknown Beautiful sunset ski with moonrise over my shoulder -- midday sticky yielded to sunset glaze. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/21/05 | 5:15-6:15 p.m.
What a way to finish out the season. Trail was firm 99.9% of the time.
--author's location unknown First day of Spring! Unbelievable skiing. --Bruce, WI Welcomed in the first day of Spring with a delightful ski. --Bruce, WI So did we. --author's location unknown |
| 3/20/05 | 7:30 a.m. Trails were not icy at all. Unbelievable for this time of year. Thank you for the wonderful grooming. --Sarona, WI |
| 3/19/05 | Big storm was not
that big, but fresh snow & grooming were nice. The sun stayed hidden
which kept things nice. We will be back! --Stillwater, MN Thanks for the excellent grooming! --New Richmond, WI |
| 3/18/05 | Wow! A
thousand roller coaster rides wouldn't begin to compare to today's
exhilarating, effortless, skiing-on-feathers ski! Ladysmith, WI Too bad we missed out on the big storm. With 12" more it would be good skiing on May Day. As it is, it's great skiing now. --Barron, WI |
| 3/17/05 | Had a wonderful ski
this morning on the 1 1/2 inches of fast, new powder we received yesterday.
Love that quiet air-cushioned ride! --Bruce, WI Thanks for continuing to groom the trails. Effortless skiing. Will see you again after the 12 inches of new snow. --Rice Lake, WI Wow! What a magical sunset ski -- riding a fast, fresh cushion of snow. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/15/05 | Red sky at night, skiers delight! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/13/05 | A religious experience. My best ski of the
season. What a joy to skate again -- sooo
easy! I was the first set of tracks on the new grooming. Thanks
for all your help this year keeping the classic track groomed. I
needed every kilometer of trainig to survive. --Minnetonka, MN Unbelievable, awesome, fantastic. The best skiing of the season. It's a sad day 'cause I'm putting my skis away, but I am heading to sunny Florida. I think the groomers deserve a vacation (how about a beer on the beach). --Black River Falls, WI Fantastic! Great grooming! --Rice Lake, WI Couple from Twin Cities. Absolutely beautiful forest, trails, day, weather and silence. Appreciated the lack of snowmobiles. --Twin Cities, MN Super! This is what dreams are made of! --author's location unknown Trail report card: A+++! Beautiful trails, scenery & snow. Thanks for hard work. --Bloomer, WI Fantastic ski. Sunny day, new snow, 25◦, perfect trail. Could be my last ski of the year, but what a day to remember. Thanks everyone. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 3/12/05 | Oh my gosh – I
don't think I've seen the trail any prettier! It almost brings tears
to one's eyes – in fact, I was crying out loud coming down 13-12-11-21.
What a blast! --Ladysmith, WI Cold this a.m. Sooo very glad we stopped in the storm last night or we'd never come here, it was such a peaceful pleasure. --author's location unknown Wow! What a day! Great grooming, great snow!! --author's location unknown |
| 3/11/05 | Late snowfall & snowshoes = JOY! Do
yourself a favor & check out the WestSide, it's all but unused today.
--Turtle Lake, WI Warmer than predicted 30◦F. Conditions went from snowing fat flakes to whiteout to glazing sunshine & back again, several times. Thanks to the groomers. --Rice Lake, WI March skiing – the joys of being a local – that's why we live here. --author's location unknown |
| 3/9/05 | Core loop freshly groomed. Great skiing conditions. Hats off to grooming crew, you guys are the best. Glad I took the drive up from Eau Claire. --Eau Claire, WI |
| 3/8/05 | Cold & windy today, but sunny & beautiful if you
keep moving (too windy to stop for long & admire the scenery). Didn't
do any skiing, just snowshoes & took some great photos & video. Snowshoes = $150 Gas to get here = $20 Being able to snowshoe again after surgery = priceless --Turtle Lake, WI |
| 3/5/05 | Remarkable! --Cameron, WI We are coming back for sure! --author's location unknown Awesome hills & awesome scenery! --author's location unknown |
| 3/3/05 | Great trails &
facility! Thanks. --Eleva, WI Wondrous! Absolutely fantastic! --Ladysmith, WI Great trails, great grooming! --Eau Claire, WI Thank you for all that maintain the trails! --Ladysmith, WI How does it get better? Thanks to all. --author's location unknown |
| 3/2/05 | Fabulous trails!
--Eau Claire, WI A wonderful sunny afternoon on spectacular trails. Thanks again for the terrific grooming. --Ladysmith, WI Trails are in top notch condition. Thanks to all for your hard work & fantastic grooming. --Birchwood, WI |
| 3/1/05 | The trails just keep getting better as the winter progresses. Another fantastic ski today. --Barron, WI |
| 2/28/05 | Nothing but praise & raves
– great job. --Ladysmith Awesome trails!! First time we have ever been here. We will be back. --Minneapolis, MN |
| 2/27/05 | Post Birkie bliss!! New snow, great trails, and your cozy warming hut. Gracias. --author's location unknown |
| 2/25/05 | Awesome trails first time I've been here! Everyone who runs this trail system is doing a great job! --Chicago, IL |
| 2/24/05 | Beautiful trails – enjoyed the light snowfall, the quiet, & the beauty of the forests. --Chippewa Falls, WI |
| 2/23/05 | 10 a.m., 11◦F
no wind, sunny , awesome. Keep your eyes on the trail your hands upon
your poles. --Whitewater, WI Where is everybody? Do people actually go to work on days like this? Have a great Birkie y'all. Thanks for the trail. --Cameron, WI We skipped work to come today. 2½ hour drive each way is worth it! Followed by pie at Norske Nook. --White Bear Lake & Mahtomedi, MN Perfection! & thanks for the snacks. On to the Birkie. --Chicago, IL |
| 2/22/05 | 9 a.m. 19◦F no wind – RCTA rocks! I can ski for miles & miles & miles – oh yea! Beautiful. Thanks! --Whitewater, WI |
| 2/21/05 | Splendid!! Virgin corduroy on fresh snow.
I think I have a new favorite ski trail. --Red Wing, MN What a lovely afternoon for skiing. Snow & trail conditions are wonderful. I wish I had more energy to ski longer. --Ladysmith Red sunset in your face – full moon at your back – perfectly groomed trails – Priceless! 5 days 'til the Birkie. --Whitewater, WI |
| 2/20/05 | 2nd time out this winter. Let's see how
long before I cough up a lung. --author's location
unknown Great trails both yesterday & today. --Glenview, IL |
| 2/19/05 | Wonderful – great
trails. --3 people from the Twin Cities Snow!!!! Great trail system. --Wyoming, MN & St. Paul Thanks for grooming! Beautiful trails. --author's location unknown |
| 2/18/05 | 13 degrees F, beautiful as always, many thanks.
--Illinois 12 degrees F at 3 p.m., just starting to snow. Beautiful, it sure has set up well since Feb. 16. --Barron, WI |
| 2/16/05 | Great trails. --Chippewa Falls, WI |
| 2/15/05 | Nice trail. --Cambridge, WI |
| 2/13/05 | Never has a group done so much with so little for so many for so long. Thank you. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 2/12/05 | Oooolalaaaa! --author's location unknown Fast trail, beautiful day in the woods. --Rockford, IL Priceless! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 2/11/05 | Trail groomers &
mother nature get thumbs up! --author's location unknown Beautiful day. Thank you. --Prior Lake, MN TGIF skiing the Blue Hills! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/10/05 | Fast, firm, flat & creamy. Best conditions of the season. --Bruce, WI |
| 2/8/05 | Outstanding!
--Barron, WI Outathisworld fun! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/7/05 | Without question my best skiing of the year. Freshly groomed fast & fun & I'm the only one here. Great personal day for mental & physical health. Bring on the 'Birkie.' Thanks. --Black river falls, WI |
| 2/6/05 | Upper 30's snow holding. A little tacky/packy but relatively firm & fast enough to be fun. --Bruce, WI |
| 2/5/05 | 1st car in the lot
this a.m. 16◦F at 7:30. Hard pack fast skiing,
loosened up around 11 for great edge control. Great job all!
--Black River Falls, WI Gorgeous scenery on a sunny spring-like day! --St. Paul & Farmington, MN |
| 2/4/05 | 10 - 11 a.m. –
Magic! Thought this weekend was going to be a bust. Wrong.
--Barron, WI 3:30 p.m. Just wonderful, warm, & beautiful today. A fine day to be on the trail. --Bayport, MN |
| 2/3/05 | I caught & skied the window 'til it closed! Yeeeeeearrrrh! --Ladysmith |
| 2/2/05 | Awesome! Solid & fast outer loop. Thanks! --Rice Lake, WI |
| 2/1/05 | Great skiing with clouds protecting the trail --
fast, fun -- back loops in great shape. Thanks to all who contribute!
--Ladysmith Thank you grooming team for opening up my favorite part of our system (7-30) --Ladysmith |
| 1/31/05 | Great -- as always! --Barron, WI It was great! Beautiful trails!! Great place for my kids, 6 & 9, to begin! Gorgeous, peaceful scenery. Wonderful conditions. Great place to make memories. --author's location unknown Thanks for all your hard work & time expenditures.... so we can play in style in God's creation. --Cameron, WI |
| 1/30/05 | Great ski! Thanks. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 1/29/05 | Whoowee! I don't want to leave.
--Ladysmith, WI Awesome trails. We had a great time & a good workout! Saw some deer running along the way. Thanks, my brother was the champ. --author's location unknown Our first time here this season -- everything was in great condition. Thanks. --Edina, MN Appreciate the excellent grooming! Thank you for the email trail conditions -- a source of ski fantasy for me given the frustrating snow conditions in the Cities. --Today a fantasy come true! --Shoreview, MN Fantastic trails -- groomed to perfection. --Bruce, WI |
| 1/28/05 | Thanks. We are from Chicago & novices & had a great time. --Chicago, IL |
| 1/26/05 | Perfect day! The trails are as good as
they have ever been -- especially the classic track. --Ladysmith Great fun! Thanks. --author's location unknown |
| 1/25/05 | Perfect! --Ladysmith |
| 1/24/05 | You meet the nicest people on this trail! --St.
Paul, MN Great job getting the air out of the big snow. Great skating today! --Ladysmith, WI Best day of skiing this season! --West Bend, WI |
| 1/23/05 | Once again groomed to perfection! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 1/21/05 | Great snow -- excellent time! --Eau Claire, WI Great trails -- we will be back! --Wausau & St. Paul I salute Mitch Mode, for he best describes the beauty of these wondrous experiences on snow. --Milwaukee, WI |
| 1/19/05 | Fantastic classic conditions. Thanks! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 1/16/05 | Cold, -3◦F.
Skated, actually kind of fast over the icy trail. Fun! --Rice Lake, WI The pleasurable skiing continues! --Rice Lake, WI A great weekend of classic skiing! --Barron, WI Had a great afternoon of skiing. Nice day, trail was in good shape. Thank you. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 1/13/05 | Fabulous! Thanks to the groomers.
--author's location unknown Today was The best ever! The ice sheathed tree tops were beautiful. When the wind blew, the ice sprinkled the trail making it lightning fast! Big thank you to our groomers! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 1/11/05 | Trail is awesome! --author's location unknown Great job! Fantastic skiing. Well worth the 80-mile drive! --Osceola, WI Thanks for a wonderful ski! It can't get any better? --author's location unknown What a day! It was the best ever! Ever! --Ladysmith, WI The trails were excellent. We had sooo much fun. --Eau Claire, WI You are doing a great job at grooming the trails. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 1/10/05 | Fresh snow, bright sun. Doesn't get any
better. --Ladysmith, WI Agreed! --Minneapolis, MN I was here & you were not now you are here & I am not. Have fun! --author's location unknown |
| 1/9/05 | Thank you to all the RCTA volunteers; especially
those groomers who are so reliable with trail prep for all of us!
Thanks, thanks! --Weyerhaeuser,
WI Thank you so much! This was the best skiing we've had all year. Also -- I really appreciate the wonderful treats & extra things you do to make the experience awesome! --author's location unknown Great trails & treats. --Chippewa Falls, WI Great. Thanks to RCTA for upkeeping this area & thanks for the treats. --author's location unknown Great day on trail. Thanks so much for your excellent grooming. --Rice Lake, WI Thank you Thank you Thank you --author's location unknown |
| 1/6/05 | What a beautiful day. I really like the new race course. Much improved. Also like your accurate online grooming reports. --author's location unknown |
| 1/5/05 | Thanks to the groomers! Today was the best ever! --Ladysmith |
| 1/4/05 | Perfect spot for my first time cross-country
skiing. --Paris, France Enjoying X-Mas break from WAZZU with a fast ski. --Pullman, WA |
| 1/3/05 | Screaming (fun) downhills & fast uphills.
Skated in a.m., classic in p.m. Toko violet klister (18 to -4) worked
great for kick. --author's location unknown Thanks for the great day! --Eau Claire |
| 1/2/05 | Great trails! Thanks for making it happen. --Ladysmith |
| 12/29/04 | Perfect, a little light snow for 30 minutes or
so in the hills -- most trails look freshly groomed again -- Awesome!
Thanks again RCTA! --Whitewater, WI Beautiful place to start as a beginner. --Eau Claire, WI As always freshly groomed & great snow conditions. --Alma Center, WI Fabulous! Thanks so much. --Maple Grove, MN Outstanding. Beautiful frosty trees. Great grooming --Eau Claire, WI Yes! Finally some snow! Incredible job grooming, outstanding trails... new signage makes for easy route finding through the silvery landscape. Happy New Year... think snow! --Baraboo, WI Amazing snow cover, given that out on Highway 8 there's no snow! Great grooming job! --Brooklyn Center, MN What a beautiful place. So peaceful. Grooming was great! Nice to have skiable snow. --Plymouth, MN |
| 12/28/04 | Heard good reports on skinnyski.com. They
were right. Great skiin, beautiful trails. Thanks. --Eau Claire,
WI 10 a.m. 17◦ partly sunny. Why would anyone be on a beach when you could be here? --Whitewater, WI Haven't been x-country skiing in 10 years. It was just like riding a bike. I loved the trails! --San Diego, CA My 1st time out. 10 years alpine skiing, snowboarding, 20 years surfing -- all of which doesn't prepare you for x-country! I loved it. I had a great time. I only fell down 8 times. Wisconsin rocks! --San Diego, CA Great to be on snow again. --Bloomington, MN Trails are groomed perfect. Always "very" fun to ski the Blue Hills. --Eau Claire, WI Beautifully groomed as always! Appreciate the snacks! --Eau Claire Beautiful system! --Chicago, IL |
| 12/27/04 | Senior High ski team. 43 + 8 adults.
Awesome skiing! --Maple Grove, MN 1st time out -- awesome as always. No snow at all at home. Thanks to RCTA --Whitewater, WI |
| 12/26/04 | You have done
outstanding work here & it is greatly appreciated. Very fun day! --author's location unknown Awesome! --Rice Lake, WI Visiting from Colorado. What a great place you have! --author's location unknown |
| 12/25/04 | Merry Christmas! The new race course 'rocks'! ⅓ up, ⅓ down, ⅓ flat! Fun! See you! Keep up the great work! --Barron |
| 12/24/04 | Great ski for -10◦F! Keep up the good work! --Barron, WI |
| 12/23/04 | Love the track on the road. Love the caramel corn -- thank you! --Ladysmith |
| 12/21/04 | Great trails, 1st time here. --Chippewa Falls, WI |
| 12/19/04 | Thanks for the facilities, about 0◦ F at noon. --La Crosse, WI |
| 12/18/04 | Great work on the trails! Awesome efforts.
--Eau Claire, WI Thanks for maintaining the trail, & we appreciate the website, too! Several of us from Ride & Glide enjoyed the trail today! --St. Paul, MN With no new snow & falling temps I thought conditions today wouldn't be as good as yesterday & in fact they were better thanks to shoveling snow & grooming. --Bruce, WI |
| 12/15/04 | Wow -- great job on the trails & grooming.
I'll be back! --Minnetonka, MN What a cool warming hut. Thanks for providing some H2O & chocolate so I could get a sugar kick to ski for hours! Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! --author's location unknown |
| 12/8/04 | Really fast, especially in the morning. It's great to be back -- first time here this season. --Ladysmith |
| 12/5/04 | Saw some nasty divots on the downhills. The snow warmed up just enough to enjoy my first real ski. Thanks. --Chippewa Falls |
| 12/3/04 | Very nice! Beautiful day. Great
skiing for what little snow you had. I'm tiring of the 55 mile drive,
but as usual, it's always worth it! --author's location unknown Yee-hah! Great day -- snow just starting to set up this afternoon. Way to go, groomers!! --author's location unknown |
| 11/1/04 | We had a great walk on the great trails & beautiful time together. --Exeland, WI |
| 10/27/04 | It's a somber, gray day & the woods have a more quiet & subtle beauty. Did some shovel work again. The trails are shaping up for good ski season. --Bruce, WI |
| 10/15/04 | The trees are so beautiful & bright it looks as
tho the sun is out even tho it isn't. --author's location unknown It was fun & beautiful. And very wet too, and cool. What an awesome place. --Saint Francis, MN |
| 10/11/04 | Beautiful autumn day. 70's still! The clear blue sky & lots of colored leaves on trees! Thank you! for all the hard work to keep up the trails!! --Cottage Grove, MN |
| 10/8/04 | Love the hills! Beautiful! --Eau Claire |
| 10/5/04 | At last I visit the beautiful blue hills. How I treasure & love this Wisconsin wildwoods. Everywhere I look the maple glows red, yellow, and here... the blue hills. --author's location unknown |
| 9/27/04 | First time here -- not the last time! We love it. --author's location unknown |
| 9/26/04 | Thank you 4 your beautiful trails, the trees are beginning to turn. --author's location unknown |
| 9/22/04 | Bruce cross-country team ran the trails! We love your trails. Thanks. --Bruce, WI |
| 7/31/04 | I love it out here, it's nice & quiet. And it's a good place to get your mind off of work. --author's location unknown |
| 6/3/04 | Thanks for providing this for us all -- 40-year visitor to Weyerhaeuser. --Sharon, WI |
| 5/29/04 | What a beautiful area. It's a blast to explore. Can't wait to live around here. --Baraboo, WI |
| 4/8/04 | Good corn snow, here & there; otherwise, pretty bare. --Ladysmith |
| 4/2/04 | Me & my shadow skied all over the EastSide. --Ladysmith |
| 3/28/04 | Still lots of snow despite rains & warmup. Well compacted trail, waxless striding OK. --Ladysmith |
| 3/27/04 | Skied 4K. Too soft. I love this place. --Menomonie, WI |
| 3/22/04 | This is a great place to ski. This area is
beautiful & your grooming outstanding. The whole aura of this place is
fun & inviting. --author's location unknown Awesome place! Keep up the great maintenance & grooming. --author's location unknown |
| 3/21/04 | Patent pending for Helx dispenser on back of
Ginzu groomer. Fine Helx mist on all trails made for the fastest
skiing yet! --Ladysmith, WI Fantastic! Unspeakably great. If I were a poet I might be just able to express how wonderful the skiing is. Thank you groomers, you are the best! --Twin Cities Best conditions of my life! Wonderful blessed ski. --Twin Cities Great time! Beautiful trails. I always like coming here. Were a lot of people skiing today, which is great so late in the season! 'Til next year. --Shoreview, MN |
| 3/20/04 | Phenomenal skiing on the EastSide! Thanks. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/18/04 | Thanks for the great grooming! Fun ski.
--Barron, WI Thrilling sunset ski -- WOW! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/17/04 | WOW! Hats off to the groomers! Midweek in middle of March. --Hudson, WI |
| 3/16/04 | March 13 was great, today fabulous! Firm trail & pole plants, blue sky, sun, perfect temp. Thanks. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 3/15/04 | Fine late winter skiing 31 degrees F -- finest set tracks I've ever been in -- anywhere. Thanks. --Bruce, WI |
| 3/13/04 | After early snow/ice... beautiful trails for skiing. --author's location unknown |
| 3/12/04 | Beautiful! Still looks like mid-winter,
but with wonderful signs of spring (wildlife, not snow melting!).
Thanks for the grooming. This area's certainly been blessed with the
snow this season, & you know what to do with it! --author's location unknown Beautiful day, lottsa snow, good grooming; I resisted the Peeps. --Shoreview, MN |
| 3/10/04 | EastSide trails groomed pretty well for skating.
The weather was beautiful, & the skiing was fun -- as always. --Barron, WI First time up here; from River Falls. Beautiful area & trails... appreciate the updates on the web. --River Falls, WI |
| 3/8/04 | I just love it here. Just what the doctor
ordered. --author's location unknown This is the first trail in three days of skiing that's been groomed for skating. That includes the Birkie trail. Way to go groomers! --author's location unknown |
| 3/7/04 | RCTA -- thank you for the great trail system.
Thank you too for the treats! --Minneapolis It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings & baby, it ain't over yet! What a fantastic grooming job! Fast! Beautiful -- words don't do it justice. --Ladysmith, WI Thanks for grooming the trails! It was fun! --Blaine, MN |
| 3/6/04 | Simply fantastic!! The groomers were out working hard again, thanks for all your time & efforts on this marvelous trail system. Great day. --Black River Falls, WI |
| 3/4/04 | I skied between 1 & 2 p.m. There was plenty of snow everywhere, although it was rather slow. Keep your stick on the ice & your boards on the snow! It's not over yet. --author's location unknown |
| 3/3/04 | I hope it gets colder. --author's location unknown |
| 3/2/04 | I'm going into withdrawal. Bring back winter! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 2/29/04 | Very scenic, 2nd day out. Nice weather
too. --Des Moines, IA I've got blister on my klister! Very enjoyable - wonderful! --Des Moines, IA Great fun. --Rice Lake |
| 2/28/04 | Now I know how a hamster feels running, running,
running on the wheel only to stop when he drops dead. Today I caught
the "window" & skied 'til I dropped! Thank you groomers for giving us
that wheel! It was the best Spring skiing ever! --Ladysmith Thank you groomers for making this great skiing possible! You have done a wonderful job all season & we all appreciate it. --Chippewa Falls, WI Here's to the best groomers in the world: Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! --Barron, WI It was an awesome day for skiing. --author's location unknown |
| 2/27/04 | Sweeeet! --author's location unknown What a swell setup! Thank you "volunteers" for keeping the trails great. --Marshfield & Eau Claire, WI |
| 2/25/04 | Great snow, great grooming. --Bruce, WI Zen teachings say: live in the present & use your Helx warm NOW! --author's location unknown Thankya, thankya, thankya for the grooming, for all your work. --author's location unknown |
| 2/21/04 | Great time, moist snow -- yet sunny & beautiful.
Met wonderful people from Ladysmith. Keep up the trails. --Milwaukee
Nordic Ski Club Beautiful day -- once we finally got here. Sunny -- great grooming -- awesome. --St. Paul |
| 2/16/04 | First time here, not last though! Fast track, screamin' hills, sweet treats, what else could a guy want? --Eau Claire, WI |
| 2/15/04 | Great snowshoeing. --Cameron, WI Great trails, thank you. --Australia Thanks for the excellent trails. --Eyota, MN Our first time here, cold snow would have been much worse without the excellent grooming. Loved the beautiful trails. Thanks! --Roseville, MN |
| 2/14/04 | Great trails, great treats. Thanks! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 2/13/04 | Trails are great! My waxless skis really glide well at sunset on the hardpack. --author's location unknown |
| 2/9/04 | Lovely beyond words! --author's location unknown I can relate to a little kid having to be dragged off the playground kicking & screaming. It was so perfect today! Like skiing on feathers. --author's location unknown |
| 2/7/04 | Our first time here -- great trails. Thanks to all the volunteers. --author's location unknown |
| 1/26/04 | I was listening to a program on WPR about
happiness & the psychologist gave the website as authentichappiness.org.
I think he got it wrong. It is -- or should be -- authentichappiness.bluehillstrail -- where any troubles seem to vaporize
into thin air --author's location unknown In the words of Howard Dean -- YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH! --author's location unknown |
| 1/25/04 | I had a wonderful time skiing! Thanks for the snow! --author's location unknown |
| 1/24/04 | Wonderful trails, had a GREAT time
skiing. --Owatonna, MN Hi. I really enjoyed it here! --Czech Republic, Europe What a wonderful day! Trails were excellent & so well marked. Excellent job. Cheers to the volunteers & their great effort. --Woodbury, MN S & S skiing, this trail is awesome. Well groomed, pristine, & caramel corn! Thanks volunteers. Great trail! --author's location unknown |
| 1/23/04 | Worth the drive! --Guttenberg, IA |
| 1/21/04 | Great job grooming! --author's location unknown Best skating this winter. --author's location unknown |
| 1/19/04 | It was about -4 when I started to ski & I wondered how wise this was. It took about 1K to realize how great the skiing would be. Excellent trails. --Menomonie, WI |
| 1/18/04 | You have snow! And it rules! Thank
you groomers! Wonderful. --Chippewa Falls, WI Great place! --Owatonna, MN It was fun. Hope to come back again soon. --Eau Claire, WI |
| 1/17/04 | Best skiing in the world. --Bjorn Dahlie, Norway My mom passed away 2 weeks ago today! I think I was with her out there today. It was truly heaven! --author's location unknown 1st time here -- thank you for such a nice trail system -- complete with snow! --Eau Claire |
| 1/16/04 | Thanks! We had an incredible time. --author's location unknown |
| 1/15/04 | Wonderful trails & very well marked. Thank you so much! --author's location unknown |
| 1/9/04 | Perfect mid-winter skiing! The best conditions I've skied for the last 2 years. Great grooming has changed the ice into a real treasure this time. These trails are fantastic today! --Chippewa Falls |
| 1/8/04 | Oh...My...Gosh! The trails were so fast!
You wanna know how fast? They were so fast I had to snowplow on the uphills to keep from going airborne! Big thank you to the groomers!
--author's location unknown Greased lightning at sunset! --Ladysmith |
| 1/2/04 | I'm so glad you've got snow!! You groom
these trails so wonderfully!! Hats off to the groomers. --author's
location unknown Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the great job grooming :-) Thank you also for the treats! --author's location unknown |
| 12/31/03 | 1st time here! Almost turned back because it looked like no snow -- pleasant surprise! Great trails. --author's location unknown |
| 12/30/03 | Trails were freshly groomed after the warm
weather & so the skiing was great. Thanks so much. --Chetek, WI The big hills on 33/34 were awesome, they were so, so big. This skiing place is awesome. --author's location unknown |
| 12/29/03 | What?! No caramel corn? Oh well, the skiing was great anyway. Team Chatterton comes through with the grooming. --author's location unknown |
| 12/26/03 | Awesome! We'll be back next week for the
race. --Riverbrook Well done. What a great place! Great trails. Thanks. --author's location unknown Fantastic trails. Freshly groomed. Beautiful warm, sunny day with perfect snow! What a day! Thank you! --author's location unknown This was great -- thanks!! --author's location unknown The trails were marvelous & very well groomed. Thanks so much. --author's location unknown |
| 12/25/03 | 1st time out -- good to be back -- Awesome trails as usual -- thanks RCTA -- Merry Christmas to all & to all a good ski. --Whitewater, WI |
| 12/22/03 | Wonderful ski! I'll be back! --author's
location unknown Love that texture! The skating lane is too pretty to ski on! Another great grooming job. --Bruce, WI |
| 12/19/03 | This is what the makers of Blue Extra had in
mind! --author's location unknown Great! This was our 1st time x-country skiing. We love it & are making it our new winter sport! --Rice Lake |
| 12/17/03 | Absolutely wonderful. This is the best I've seen it in many years, perhaps ever. Many thanks to the groomers & others who made it possible. --author's location unknown |
| 12/16/03 | What a rush to be the first one to ski on today's new snow! Skis were fast, even with 2" of new snow. --Rice Lake |
| 12/14/03 | Happy, happy skiing! It's gorgeous out here! Thanks for the great grooming! We must have all been good this year -- Santa gave us an early present! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 12/13/03 | Super skiing, so nice to be out early!! Hills are in great shape. Thanks to whoever is responsible. --author's location unknown |
| 10/9/03 | Julia & Alexandra. --Germany |
| 10/6/03 | Great trail. Lovely woods! Thank you. --Hot Springs, Arkansas |
| 9/15/03 | Wonderful day for a ride. The trails are marvelous. --Waukesha, WI |
| 8/30/03 | Great day for a bike ride. Love the trails. Thank you! --author's location unknown |
| 7/24/03 | Berry pick'n, some raspberries, few blackberries. Lots of deer flies. Great day -- great place. --author's location unknown |
| 6/28/03 | Beautiful place -- we really hope no one ruins this place. --author's location unknown |
| 6/3/03 | Lovely day & beautiful spot! --Victoria, Texas |
| 5/21/03 | A great spring day but quite cool at 9:15 a.m. This is really a lovely spot -- congratulations to you all! --Pullman, WA |
| 5/17/03 | Happy Syttende Mai. A beautiful cabin & trails! --author's location unknown |
| 5/16/03 | Wolves howling at night. Nice cabin. Like the skylights. --author's location unknown |
| 5/1/03 | Beautiful log cabin. I want one like it in Colorado where we are from. Thanks. --author's location unknown |
| 4/23/03 | Spring is sprung -- great day for a bike ride! Thanks! --author's location unknown |
| 4/16/03 | My wonderful dog took his last walk here today. Goodbye Dodge. --author's location unknown |
| 4/12/03 | Nice place. Beautiful surroundings. Thanks. --author's location unknown |
| 3/22/03 | Beautiful day. Beautiful scenery. I'll definitely be back! --author's location unknown |
| 3/16/03 | I don't want the snow to leave. Need more winter & skiing. It's always fun here. Broke in my new skate ski boots & skis. Also enjoy this nice cabin, it's great! --Chetek |
| 3/14/03 | A day too late for perfection, but well worth the trip. The slow going gave me more time to enjoy these beautiful trails. Still firm enough to ski on @ noon. I just had to make it here at least once this year. Glad I did! --author's location unknown |
| 3/13/03 | My first day skiing in the Blue Hills this year. Conditions were worthy of the gods. Best skiing of the season. Farewell to hemlock canyon, cathedral chapel. Got faster as temps dropped. Thanks RCTA. --Rice Lake |
| 3/11/03 | Nice! I hope the weatherman is wrong for the next few days!! If this was destined to be my last ski of the year, it was definitely enjoyable -- ending on a high note. --Cumberland |
| 3/10/03 | 1st time here. Appreciate well-marked trails & grooming. Beautiful day -- cold, slight breeze, blue sky. Snow cold & slow but at least you have snow. We have zilch in northern Minnesota. Thanks! --author's location unknown |
| 3/5/03 | Beautiful sunny morning -- great skating &
tracks. --Bruce, WI Great job grooming! --Rice Lake |
| 3/2/03 | Lots of fun -- great trails -- a wilderness adventure. --author's location unknown |
| 2/16/03 | Great trails. Grooming was great.
Will be back. --author's location unknown Great skiing/perfect weather. --Eau Claire |
| 2/15/03 | I now own a pair of "rock skis" -- but then
again, I needed some! Thank you for keeping the trails open!!
--author's location unknown Great skiing! And thanks for the caramel corn and candy. We greatly enjoyed ourselves today. Thanks to the groomers! --Chippewa Falls Our first time -- thanks for taking care of such a nice trail system -- we're grateful not to be hearing snowmobile drones for a while. --Minneapolis |
| 2/14/03 | West Side is great!! Try it, you'll love
it. Thanks! --author's location unknown Best grooming of the year (Ever!) Nice and level. --Mikana, WI |
| 2/12/03 | A fine winter afternoon in the woods. --New Brighton, MN |
| 2/9/03 | Wow! What a day -- fast trails. --Twin Cities |
| 2/8/03 | Like skiing on feathers. --author's location
unknown I love cross country skiing, and this is a really good place! --author's location unknown First time here -- it's a treasure! --author's location unknown Thanks for the grooming. Best skiing of the year! --Chippewa Falls Great on the WestSide! Reminds me of the huckleberries there this last summer! --Rice Lake |
| 2/6/03 | Great snow. Thanks for the great job of grooming the trails. --author's location unknown |
| 2/2/03 | Audie -- fast -- almost too fast to keep up with our skis! Fun! --Ladysmith |
| 2/1/03 | Fast skiing on Audie! --Chippewa Falls |
| 1/26/03 | Stopped to visit. Saw on the Internet. Loved it! From the Cities, but have a cabin 20 miles away. --Twin Cities |
| 1/2/03 | Ride & Glide Ski Club -- used warming house for changing before going to Audie Flowage. --Twin Cities |
| 1/1/03 | Out for a hike -- what a gorgeous day for the New Year! We do wish there was more snow for skiing... hopefully soon! Can't complain too much about the weather though. --Ladysmith |
| 12/14/02 | Hiked the ski trail -- beautiful day... did some trail "improvement." Diese gegend erinnert mich an den schwarz wald (The area reminds me of the Black Forest, Germany). --author's location unknown |
| 12/8/02 | Mountain biking in December. Why not. --author's location unknown |
| 11/19/02 | Aired the dogs out. Beautiful 50 degree day! --Ladysmith |
| 11/15/02 | We walked 4 miles with a little sun. I walked 11/16 with 1" of powder & still snowing at 2:30 p.m. See you in Jan. & Feb. --Watersmeet, MI |
| 11/12/02 | Absolutely an amazing day! --author's location unknown |
| 10/24/02 | Sun is shining. Leaves are falling. Just a touch of snow. 40° -- beautiful. --Hudson, WI |
| 10/18/02 | 1st snowfall of the season! 1" wet snow -- counting on lots more! --author's location unknown |
| 10/5/02 | Beautiful fall colors! You give such a warm welcome. --Minneapolis |
| 9/28/02 | Walked the rainy trails and encountered sodden hemlock stands, muddy slopes, idle logging equipment. Had a fine hike and tip my hat to the stalwart breed that can ski these precipitous trails. --author's location unknown |
| 9/21/02 | Entertained by barred owl while performing trail work. --Ladysmith |
| 9/14/02 | Trails sloppy but still great area -- keep it going. Met one ATV owner who wanted to run trails -- I stopped him & gave him a speech. Also one grouse hunter -- otherwise great wilderness hike. Coming again 10/18. --Watersmeet, MI |
| 9/12/02 | Stopped in to check out the place. It's awesome. --Fairbanks, Alaska |
| 9/10/02 | First visit here. Nice job!! Plan to hike all the trails throughout this week. --Peoria, IL |
| 9/9/02 | Wow! What a difference 5 years makes! Nice building -- 76° last night at Remote 1 campsite on Perch. --St. Croix Falls, WI |
| 9/3/02 | --Mundelein, IL |
| 9/1/02 | Fabulous trails -- a little muddy, a few mosquitoes, but otherwise... Fabulous. --Ladysmith |
| 8/26/02 | Great cabin. Nice spot. --author's location unknown |
| 8/25/02 | Maggie & Pat, showing off navigation skills again -- high 80's today, imagine! --author's location unknown |
| 8/24/02 | Visitors from Osceola, WI. --Osceola, WI |
| 8/22/02 | Awesome. My 4 yr olds loved this place. What a gift to all of us that enjoy the outdoors!! Thanks. --author's location unknown |
| 8/21/02 | Wet day for biking, great place to get out of the weather. --author's location unknown |
| 8/19/02 | I'm glad I decided to buy a bike. --Rice Lake |
| 8/13/02 | Awesome biking on the WestSide. Hot, Great Hills, Great Fun! --Ladysmith |
| 8/5/02 | Great day -- nice weather, but lotsa bugs. Swampy trails made for tough hiking, but we had fun anyway. -- Indeed. --Ladysmith |
| 7/24/02 | Very, very nice spot!! Great warming house & biffs. Clean & well maintained. We'll be back! --author's location unknown |
| 6/16/02 | Happy father's day to all dads. Great place to stop and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us. May we never be too busy to enjoy life! --Birchwood, WI |
| 6/14/02 | Pretty area! Skeeters so bad our lab had to be sprayed. And she actually put up with it. Needed: a food supplement that when eaten is slowly exuded from the skin and protects you from mosquitoes. --author's location unknown |
| 6/2/02 | Nice day in the Blue Hills, of course they all are. --Chetek |
| 5/17/02 | We also encountered Mr. Porcupine. Great evening walk! --author's location unknown |
| 5/5/02 | Close encounter of the porcupine kind. --Ladysmith |
| 4/20/02 | Great evening walk with nature. --author's location unknown |
| 4/6/02 | 2 hr + wonderful spring ski. See you next year. Thanks! --author's location unknown |
| 4/5/02 | We skied the WestSide and it was perfect.
No tracks for stride, but we made our own with no problem. 33 degrees
and sunny. --Apple Valley, MN Bright - sunny day. Summer on skis. Not lightning fast, but relaxing in the sun. --Rice Lake Melting snow slowed the flow, but we got to ski once mo(re). Face plant between 19 and 4. --Rice Lake Lotsa wolves howlin' out here, just like Alaska! --author's location unknown |
| 4/1/02 | We are a couple of April Fools for skiing. --Chippewa Falls, WI |
| 3/31/02 | Easter -- still real good. --Bruce, WI |
| 3/30/02 | Nice Lodge. Haven't been here for awhile.
Thanks for the water. Gorgeous day. Beautiful mix of blue +
cumulus. Rock hard crust on trail and off. Greatly enjoyed
wandering at high speed between trees and over beaver dams. Long live
March. --Twin Cities Took off from letter F to flowage. Birch forest spectacular. Thanks for the great year. --Rice Lake, WI |
| 3/28/02 | Another beautiful, beautiful day! Pretty slow & soft -- at times I felt like I was skiing on a feather bed -- but I'm definitely not complaining! How could I when I'm skiing in a t-shirt & jeans & the sun is out? 'Tis heaven, this place. --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/27/02 | One more one more one more time. --Ladysmith, WI Unbelievable. Ready to fertilize the lawn in Eau Claire, but up here it's like a mountain resort. Yummy food. Thanks for the groomin & trackin. Great work! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 3/25/02 | John went down the icy hill; Mary came tumbling after. --author's location unknown |
| 3/23/02 | I have found winter!! --Winona, MN |
| 3/21/02 | Best skating we've had all year. Dave's grooming made it like skiing on ball bearings. Beautiful snow coming down now. --Bruce, WI |
| 3/20/02 | In like a lion, Out like a lion -- let's keep this winter party going! Let's ski on Easter Day and be doubly blessed. I'd sign my name but I'm supposed to be at work. Thanks for the trails. --author's location unknown |
| 3/18/02 | What a treat to come home for Spring break and still have good snow! It was warm, so the snow was a tad soft, but hey! It was gorgeous! Very sunny so freckles are having a heyday! Thanks for keeping the trails in such great condition! All of you at RCTA deserve a round of applause! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/17/02 | Best ski of the season for me. --Twin Cities Skiing was great! I loved it! We had the best time ever! --author's location unknown |
| 3/16/02 | One more time! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/10/02 | It was great! --Ladysmith, WI |
| 3/8/02 | Very much worth the 2.5 hour drive! Beautiful and fun to ski. Thank you! --Maple Grove, MN |
| 3/7/02 | Oh man! Oh man o man o man! The trail was so good and my skis so fast I never had to pole once. In fact I had to snowplow on the uphills to keep from getting airborne at the tops. This is what dreams are made of! --author's location unknown |
| 3/5/02 | Wonderful conditions - so much better than around the Twin Cities where there is only bad lake skiing. --author's location unknown |
| 3/3/02 | Beautiful SUN-DAY!! Five of us from
the Twin Cities coming up north to find SNOW and salvage a disappointing
winter! Great trails! --Minneapolis-St. Paul Very good ski conditions. Always enjoy these trails over many years. Thanks to work put in to keep trails good and for the candy. --Ladysmith, WI The classic tracks were outstanding. These were definitely the best striding conditions all winter!! --Barron, WI |
| 3/2/02 | 1st time here. Well done, great
conditions. --Deerfield, WI Good skiing. --Madison, WI Thanks for the great caramel corn. We always try to get up for some of that! Oh, the skiing was great, too! Thanks for all of your hard work! --Eau Claire, WI |
| 2/25/02 | First time out with our girls, we had a great time. Loved the trails and had a wonderful afternoon. Thanks for the treats! --Chetek, WI |
| 2/24/02 | My first & ? only time out at Blue Hills this year. Crust skiing today/fast some ruts but beats "glacier" skiing in the Twin Cities by a lot! --Twin Cities |
| 2/23/02 | Awesome trails! We had a great afternoon
skiing. Thanks so much. --Minneapolis, MN Thanks for the fun and treats. --Chetek, WI |
| 2/22/02 | Thanks --Minneapolis, MN Great fun! --Madison, WI |
| 2/21/02 | The Birkie is on -- the snow is back -- This
place is Awesome! I took an RCTA membership -- I'm in! --Elkhorn, WI Good luck to all you Birkie skiers! --Park Ridge, IL |
| 2/20/02 | Winter has returned! Beautiful day to ski. --Barron, WI |
| 2/17/02 | Thanks -- made our snow chasing worthwhile. On to the Birkie! --Twin Cities |
| 2/16/02 | Great WestSide skiing this morning. Tracks were even set! What a nice job of early grooming. Thanks for the excellent work. --Apple Valley, MN |
| 2/14/02 | Skiing was better than we expected and much
better than class. --Flambeau H.S. P.E. class Happy Valentine's Day to the godmothers of the Blue Hills Trails. Thanks for all you do --Exeland |
| 2/10/02 | Skied 2 hours. Did not get that 6" last
night. Gorgeous day sunny & blue 32 degrees. Awesome warming
house. Keep up the great work --author's location unknown Tried to bike but still too much snow for that. What's a person to do? --Rice Lake, WI |
| 2/2/02 | Yay! 6 more weeks of winter!! --author's
location unknown I've been here lots of times. I skied! I sledded. It was fun! The snow was awesome. --author's location unknown Great trails & cabin! What a wonderful place. --Minneapolis, MN Great day! --Wayzata, MN |
| 1/31/02 | What a beautiful day! Fresh snow & nice skiing. Thanks for the chips & nice place to take a rest! --author's location unknown |
| 1/21/02 | It was a nice sunny day. We need more snow, but the trails were still good. Thanks for all of the effort. --author's location unknown |
| 1/18/02 | We appreciate your wonderful, well-kept warming house and pit stops. The kleenex was needed, the chocolate good, and the flower a nice touch of elegance. We'll be back. --South St. Paul |
| 1/7/02 | My first ski of the season -- very nice -- much better than I expected! Tomorrow I'm doing the West Side. --Ladysmith |
| 12/31/01 | Enjoyed the skiing greatly! First good ski of the year!! Thanks for the good grooming job. --Chippewa Falls |
| 12/30/01 | Full moon, Jupiter, & the Northern Lights, & the whole fam damily. Doesn't get much better than that! --Ladysmith |
| 12/28/01 | Need more snow, but we had a very enjoyable time. We went to 3 to 24A and back. Couldn't believe the number of downed trees. Great job of clearing the trails. Thanks to all. --Twin Cities |
| 12/20/01 | Great trails to hike, we know to come here when there's snow! Beautiful warming hut & nice outhouse. Thanks! --author's location unknown |
| 12/2/01 | Contingent from Eau Claire made the trip, eager to get on the snow. Awesome! But our rock skis earned a few more battle scars. --Eau Claire, WI |
| 9/5/01 | Thank goodness for people in the world who love & care enough about nature to help preserve it & yet share it with others. This is our third time here starting four years ago. We tent camped Audie Lake & spent hours canoeing, & hiking on islands enjoying the beautiful gifts it offers. When not canoeing, we mountain bike on trails. Hope to make it up during snow to ski sometime too. Great new restrooms & warming house!! --Stone City, IA |
| 8/18/01 | Say yeah to biking, camping, hiking, swimming!! Can't wait for the snow to descend so I can warm my toes after that most exhilarating sport of all, x-country skiing! --Plum City, WI |
| 7/16/01 | Beautiful cabin! Real nice -- thanks. --Milwaukee, WI |
| 5/19/01 |