{"id":212,"date":"2015-02-14T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2015-02-14T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T20:57:42","slug":"wisconsin-skis-what-to-wear-when-its-really-really-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-what-to-wear-when-its-really-really-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Skis: What to Wear When It’s Really, Really Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date:\u00a0February 14, 2015
Total time:\u00a01 hour
Distance: 5.4 miles<\/p>\n

I headed out to Elver Park in Madison<\/a> today to do a shake-out ski one week before the Birkie.<\/a> It\u00a0was a sunny\u00a0seven\u00a0degrees and stupid windy with gusts up to 30 mph. Originally I was thinking about heading North to ski, but North = even colder, so I was thankful that there’s still enough snow to ski on here in Madison. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The course at Elver was great. The groomers had freshened everything up there was some loose powder on the trail which made it easy to control speed on the steep downhills. There wasn’t a deep base, but there is still enough to skate on and it is nice to be in the woods, out of the wind.<\/p>\n