Cross Country Skiing in Wisconsin

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Map of Wisconsin Ski Areas

Wisconsin, with more than 90 cross-country ski areas, ties with its neighbors, Michigan and Minnesota, for the title of nordic paradise. As with its neighbors, many of the trails are operated on a non-commercial basis. Trail fees are therefore usually quite low or often not required at all. But the services available at these areas are quite minimal so pack a lunch. The Chequamegon and Nicolet National Forests groom a total of over 300 km of trail.

Each year over 5,000 skiers descend on the town of Cable to test their abilities in the American Birkebeiner, North America's largest ski race (see the XC Events page).

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Cross Country Ski Areas in Wisconsin

Location	Length	Nbr of Ratings	Average Rating
Northern Wisconsin
1 Superior Municipal Forest	26 km
2 Douglas County Ski Trails	20 km
3 Forest Point Resort	17 km
4 Brule River State Forest	11 km
5 Teuton and Valkyrie Ski Trails	22 km
6 Mt Ashwaby Ski Area	40 km
7 Cedar Trail	12 km
8 Uller Trail	30 km	1	4.5
9 Montreal Ski Trails	10 km
10 Copper Falls State Park	22 km
11 Namekagon Ski Trails	6 km
12 Drummond Ski Trail	17 km
13 Rock Lake Ski Trails	22 km
14 Penokee Mountain Ski Trail	12 km	1	4.5
15 West Torch River	12 km	1	4.5
16 Mukwonago Ski Trails	18 km
17 Telemark Resort	50 km	2	3.5
18 Birkebeiner Trail	52 km
19 Tomahawk Lake Park	10 km
20 Grantsburg Nordic Ski Trail	11 km
21 Brandt Pines Trail	14 km
22 Frederic Area Trails	9 km
23 Timberland Hills	26 km
24 Blue Hills	32 km	1	4.0
25 Oxbo Trails	14 km
26 Flambeau Hills Trails	23 km
27 Wintergreen Ski Trail	13 km
28 Newman Springs Ski Trail	11 km
29 Round Lake Trail	21 km
30 Mecca Ski Trails	25 km
31 Palmquist's	35 km
32 McNaughton Trails	16 km	1	4.0
33 Raven Trail	16 km
34 Madelaine Trail	15 km
35 Minocqua Winter Park	75 km	3	4.5
36 Razorback Ridges Ski Trail	20 km
37 Escanaba Trail	18 km
38 Nordmarka Ski Trails	11 km
39 Washburn Trail	25 km	2	4.0
40 Anvil National Recreation Trail	20 km	1	5.0
41 Eagle River Nordic (Nicolet North)	24 km
42 Fay Lake Resort	12 km
43 Lauterman Nat'l Rec. Trail	16 km
44 Ed's Lake National Recreation Trail	10 km
45 Lakewood Cross Country Ski Trail	22 km	3	5.0
46 Nicolet Nordic Ski Trails	18 km
47 Jones Spring Trail	18 km
48 Maranatha Ski Trail	7 km
49 Paust's Wood Lake Resort	30 km	1	4.0
50 Marinette County XC Ski Association	40 km	1	2.0
51 Moccasin Lake Trail	10 km	1	3.5
52 Jack Lake Trails	18 km
53 Merrill Public Trails	55 km	1	4.0
54 Council Grounds State Park	9 km
55 Trail Farm	30 km	1	4.5
56 Sitzmark Ski Trails	21 km
57 Interstate State Park	17 km
58 Willow River State Park	13 km
Central Wisconsin
59 Hoffman Hills State Rec. Area	13 km	1	4.0
60 Red Cedar State Trail	20 km	1	4.0
61 Hickory Ridge	20 km
62 Lake Wissota State Park	12 km
63 Tower Ridge Ski Area	20 km	1	4.0
64 Levis/Trow Mound Trail	19 km	1	4.5
65 Nine Mile Forest	30 km	3	5.0
66 Navarino Wildlife Area	20 km
67 Wild Wolf Inn	10 km
68 Bear Paw Inn	13 km
69 Brown County Reforestation Camp	25 km	1	4.0
70 Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve	15 km
71 Potawatomi State Park	17 km	1	4.0
72 Whitefish Dunes State Park	10 km
73 Peninsula State Park	31 km
74 Newport State Park	40 km
Southern Wisconsin
75 Iola Winter Sports Club	15 km	3	4.7
76 Standing Rocks County Park	23 km	1	4.0
77 The Ridges	25 km
78 Sandhill Wildlife Area	24 km BC
79 Black River Falls State Forest	40 km
80 Perrot State Park	13 km
81 Just-N-Trails	12 km
82 Wildcat Mountain State Park	12 km
83 Woodside Ranch Resort	20 km
84 Red Pine Ski Trails	22 km
85 Green Lake Conference	Center closed?
86 Point Beach State Forest	18 km	1	3.0
87 Sheboygan Jaycee Ski Trails	16 km
88 Kettle Moraine SF Northern Unit	30 km	2	5.0
89 Mirror Lake State Park	28 km	1	3.0
90 Devil's Lake State Park	27 km
91 The Springs Resort	30 km
92 Governor Dodge State Park	30 km
93 Blue Mound State Park	15 km	1	4.0
94 Dane County Parks	28 km
95 Lapham Peak / Kettle Moraine SF	24 km
96 Kettle Moraine SF Southern Unit	48 km	1	4.5

Index of Wisconsin XC Ski Areas

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