Former Michigan Cup racer and current member of the Bridger Ski Foundation Pro Team Reid Goble has had a great couple weeks. First, he won the Minneapolis SuperTour race. Then he won a gold medal serving as a guide in the Paralympics. Finally, he's been chosen to race in the Men's 10km interval start classic race (3/20) at the FIS World Cup Finals in Lake Placid NY. Way to go Reid!
Randall, Mancuso Skiers Helping Japan
4/15/2011 - By US Ski Team
In an effort to make a difference, Julia Mancuso and Kikkan Randall joined skiershelpingjapan.com, by donating part of their World Cup Finals prize money to help the many affected areas of the March earthquake and tsunami.
Registration opens for 2012 Birkie today
4/15/2011 - By Birkie
Race Registration for the 2012 Birkie, Korte & Prince Haakon Events is NOW OPEN!
Turman, Soderman, Liebner and Banerud named MVS at NMU
4/14/2011 - By Calvin Larson
Christina Turman, Marie-Helen Soderman, Andy Liebner and Martin Banerud were named Most Valuable Skiers. All were named to the All-Central Collegiate Ski Association First Team.
Pere Marquette Rail-Trail Partially Closed for Surfacing Project
4/12/2011 - By DNR
The Department of Natural Resources announced that the portion of the Pere Marquette State Rail-Trail from Evart to east of Partridge Avenue in Clare County will be temporarily closed for the months of June and July.
USSA SuperTour 2011 Standings
4/11/2011 - By US Ski Team
Congratulations overall leaders Lars Flora and Holly Brooks; sprint leaders Michael Sinnott and Holly Brooks; and to distance leaders Brian Gregg and Holly Brooks.
Rossignol RED, WHITE BLUE Program
4/8/2011 - By Ira Edwards
The RED-WHITE-BLUE Support Program is designed as an incentive plan for those athletes and programs that are truly serious about ski racing. It is also a feeder program for our Elite Team, which is in turn a feeder to the US Ski Team.
Randall, Freeman Newell head to Cross Country Ski Areas Association Conference
4/7/2011 - By Holly Wolfe
Fischer Skis and Swix Sport today announced they are sponsoring the participation of U.S. Ski Team members, Fischer ski and Swix pole athletes Kikkan Randall, Kris Freeman and Andy Newell at the 2011 Cross Country Ski Areas Association (CCSAA) Annual Conf
How to use a manure spreader to make a cross country ski trail
4/6/2011 - By Bill McConnell
Three videos and step by step instructions on how to use a manure spreader to make a cross country ski trail...
Summer ski storage waxing
4/6/2011 - By Ian Harvey
Here are Toko's recommendations for storage waxing of skis.
An April XC Ski at Huron Meadows Metropark
4/5/2011 - By Mike Muha
Take a pile of snow, protect it, then groom it out...and you have cross country skiing in April in southeast Michigan!
Photos from the Huron Meadows Ski Folly
4/5/2011 - By Mike Muha and Spencer Ruffner
Photos from the April 2, 2011 cross country ski folly at Huron Meadows Metropark.
UPCOMING
FRI, MAR 27, 2026
2026 US Ski & Snowboard SuperTour Finals - 1.5km classic sprint
Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 535 Lost Nation Road, Craftsbury Common, VT
SAT, MAR 28, 2026
2026 US Ski & Snowboard SuperTour Finals - 4 x 5km mixed gender club relay
Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 535 Lost Nation Road, Craftsbury Common, VT
Team NSR End-of-Season and Groomer Appreciation Party!
Huron Meadows Metropark Ski Center, 8765 Hammel Rd, Brighton, MI 48116
SUN, MAR 29, 2026
2026 US Ski & Snowboard SuperTour Finals - 40km freestyle mass start
Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 535 Lost Nation Road, Craftsbury Common, VT
TUE, MAR 31, 2026
Citizen’s Night Ski Race Series
Main MTU Trailhead, Michigan Tech Trails, Houghton, Michigan
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LATEST TRAIL CONDITIONS
SUN, MAR 22
Forbush Corner: The weird concrete snow that we received from the last storm turned into sugar mush yesterday once it was groomed. It rained this morning and is close to freezing. It's to warm to groom with the Pisten Bully at this time. We are going to try to use the Tiddtech to smooth out the skate lanes on the loop. If the base is too soft for the snowmobile we will not continue grooming. Classic tracks are icy at this. Colder temps tonight will allow us to groom on Monday. Base is in great shape with 100% coverage.
SAT, MAR 21
Forbush Corner: We did a full system groom for skate and classic today. Temperatures never did go very much below freezing overnight, and as temperatures and skier traffic rose through the day the wet corn snow on the skate deck was churned into mush, and skiers were getting a workout and leaving ruts that will take some deeper tilling to remove. The classic tracks were the best. Skins and zeros were hooking up and glide was pretty decent. Temperatures are not going below freezing until Monday, so no grooming tomorrow. If you come out bring your classic skis. We have set tracks on the whole system. Skating will not be ideal and we need to limit the ruts. If you have to skate, we ask that you stay on the man-made snow loop. We can till deeper there to remove them than the other trails. But we are still shortening the life of those trails.
Stokely Creek: Yesterday's groom was about the same today. Never warmed enough yesterday to transform the surface, plus a half cm of fresh snow overnight. A bit soft and slow for my liking to be honest. Inside scoop: the Bombardier will groom todays new snow on the inner core trails tomorrow morning. Only a partial system, but it should be ultra primo!! Go around twice.
FRI, MAR 20
Stokely Creek: Pretty close to perfect tracks, but skate lane was a bit soft in spots since so much fresh snow. Saw a Long Tailed Weasel on Sayer Creek, in the track! He couldn't resist the perfect grooming.
Cross Country Ski Headquarters: We attempted to clear the Rolling Hills trail yesterday, but the falling ice from the trees made it too precarious. We will not be grooming the practice field today or tomorrow due to warmth, but we will try to groom it Sunday morning. Trappers Cabin and Blizzard are still covered in sticks and pine needles, but 'skiable'. Everything else is closed. This will be the case for Saturday as well, and we will reassess Sunday morning.
Forbush Corner: We plan on being open today but the overnight rain and temps above freezing do not bode well for any new grooming. Temperatures go below freezing tonight so we plan on a full system groom for Saturday.
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