No recent first-hand knowledge of these trail conditions, but based on
current snow depth maps, it looks like XC at both the Northern and Southern
Kettles is very marginal. They got about the same amount of snow as we got
in the northern suburbs of Chicago on Sunday (approximately 4 inches on
1/4/04). Due to the cold weather the next week (1/5 to 1/10) we still had
skiable snow last weekend. But thawing last Sunday and Monday (1/10 and
1/11) brought our snow depths to approximately 2 inches here and it looks
like that is the current depth at the Kettles. Forecasts are for some
additional snow through Saturday that may add 2 more inches for the Northern
Kettle Moraine (less expected for the Southern Kettle Moraine) which would
maybe allow some skiing there.

Eight hours is a long way to drive for marginal conditions, but you can
probably get first-hand reports from Wisconsin DNR personnel (phone numbers
available on their web site).

Jack

"b6" wrote in message
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Does anyone have a snow/trail report for the Kettle Moraine area of
WI? I live about 8 hours drive away but would love to get back to that
great area for some XC this weekend if the snow is there. Thanks for
any observations,