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Penokee Mountain Ski Trail

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Trails: The Penokee Mountain Ski Trail provides 12 km (7 miles) of groomed cross-country ski trails in the Chequamegon National Forest west of Mellen. The two stacked loops are best suited to intermediate skiers.
Trail fees: Trail pass
Snow report: Chequamegon-Nicolet XC Report
Nearest town: Mellen, WI
Web site: Chequamegon National Forest
Trail map: Pick up a map at the Forest Service office or download from their website.
Equipment rentals: No
Ski lessons: No
Other winter activities:
Facilities: Outhouse toilet, warming shelter
Lodging on site:
Lodging nearby: Ashland region has a few motels and other accommodations.
Tourism info: Ashland County Chamber
Weather report: for Mellen
Location of trails: The Penokee Mountain trailhead is about 3 miles west of Mellen on County Highway GG. The parking lot is on the north side of the highway.
Map of local region: Penokee Mountain Trails

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Number of ratings: 1
Average rating: 4.50  

Name of area: Penokee Mountain Ski Trail
Times that I have skied there: A few times
I last skied there in: Jan, 2000
Trails that I skied: the whole thing
My favorite trails:
Trail marking: Very good
Trail grooming: Fair
Rating: 4.5 stars
What I liked: Great layout, easy to ski in segments. Half day trips are very doable. Nice wilderness like setting. Mostly uplands
What I disliked: some of the areas get quite windy.
Comments: Watch out on the approaches to the fire roads. They are usually abrupt declines with large plowed snowbanks at the bottom. I broke a fiberglass ski once when I came down one of these and my ski straddled the plowed embankment.
Submitted by: Andy McRae
from: Rice Lake, WI
Date submitted: Dec 21, 2002

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