Blue Hills Trail

Blue Hills Trail CONDITIONS

LAST UPDATE:

December 21, 2024

The trails were bare before Thursday's 2" snowfall (December 19th). Groomers rolled (packed) most of the East Side trails December 20th -- rolling one half width and leaving the other half untouched.

If skiing on the new snow and the thin base, use extra caution -- look out for rocks and roots that could bring you down.

IMPORTANT UPDATES

snowfall

December 19/20: 2" dry, dense snow

View annual totals.

grooming & MOWING

Grooming Report / Plans:

December 20: rolled (packed) most of the East Side trails. Those trails were packed by rolling one half of the width of the trail, the other half was left untouched with 2" of standing snow on top of the previously bare surface.

weather forecast

The following information is current as of 9 am each day:

Light snow early. Partly cloudy. Chilly. 59% chance of 0.55" of snow, with a high of 22.46ºF and a low of 4.28ºF. Wind speeds at 6.63 mph.

Donors 2024-2025

Businesses

American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc.
BiOrigin Specialty Products (Ladysmith)
Blue Hills Trail Association Inc.
Chicago Northwest KOA
Classic Auto (Bruce)
EastMart (Ladysmith)
Eau Claire Ski Striders
Fast Wax
Gear West (Long Lake, MN)
Green Bay Packers
Jennie-O Turkey Store
Jump River Electric
Kwik Trip (Ladysmith)
Ladysmith Federal Savings & Loan
Lehman's Supper Club
Offering Hope Therapies (Ladysmith)
Out There Nordic Ski Shop (Rice Lake)
Patagonia
Kristine Paulsen Photography (Missoula, MT)
Rands Trucking (Ladysmith)
Reisner Dentistry (Ladysmith)
Rice Lake Tourism
River Country Co-op
Rusk County Forestry
Salomon Nordic
Scheel’s (Eau Claire)
Security Financial Bank (Ladysmith)
Spectrum Painting
Spring Street Sports (Chippewa Falls)
Tamarack Wetland Services / Anna DeMers
Toko Nordic
Walmart (Ladysmith)
Walmart (Rice Lake)
Weather Shield Employee LITE Foundation
Wieckowicz Law Office (Chetek)
Winter Greenhouse (Winter, WI)
Wisconsin DNR

Individuals

Anonymous
Terry & Mary Baker
Dan Bale
Chris Buslee
John Carr & Jackie Klein
Howard & Carolyn Chatterton
Michael Connly & Nancy Wagner
Karl Dedenbach & Christine Leisz
Steve Gest
Sally Griffin
Chuck & Lorraine Henning
Dominic & Nicole Hodkiewicz
Ron & Sylvia Jasperson
John & Nancy Kann
Mark & Peggy Kohler
Kent & Loretta Meng
Greg & Linda Mikunda
Voldemars & Linda Narins
John & Irene Olson
Gale & Jan Otterholt
Kirk Paulsen
Tom & Jan Paulsen
Dick & Mary Ann Pebler
Patrick & Katie Persons
Steve & Debra Porn
Kevin Potter
Nico & Stephanie Pronk
Kent Robarge
Terry Schissel
Steve Schleppegrell & Kathleen Laffin
Tim & Mary Shepardson
Jeff Sirek
William Smith & Mary Ocwieja
Jeff & Kim Sorenson
Bob & Elke Swanson
Dean & Denise Tabor
Aileen Tauchen
John & Gail Waldron
Kevin & Gwen Westlund
Bob Wieckowicz
Paul & Cathie Woita
John & Deb Ziemer

Trail Conditions