{"id":618,"date":"2017-02-26T19:53:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T01:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2018-01-27T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T01:41:10","slug":"wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Skis: Make-up ski at Eau Claire Tower Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After training to ski the Birkie, and eating a little extra during tapering, I was itching to get my skis on one more time this season. The snowstorm missed the Hayward\/Cable area, but had dumped up to a foot in areas of Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I checked the snow depth reports and SkinnySki.com and determined that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.eau-claire.wi.us\/departments\/departments-l-z\/parks-forest\/recreational-trails\/cross-country-ski-trails\/tower-ridge-recreational-area-cross-country-ski-trails\">Tower Ridge<\/a> in Eau Claire County was the best place to drown my tears in a pile-o-snow. I arrived to see a parking lot full of cars with Birkie and Korte stickers. There were so many skiers wearing the 2017 Birkie Participant hat &#8212; some were even wearing their race bibs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It was a warm day for a ski, in the mid-30&#8217;s. The snow that had fallen had compacted a bit on the trail. It was the kind of snow that would make an excellent snowman. I wore my ski new boots purchased that weekend in Hayward and\u00a0some light layers and joined the masses in wearing my Birkie hat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There were lots of smiles on the trail. Lots of us gathered at intersections to try to figure out which direction to take &#8212; meaning there were lots of us first-timers. I chatted with people from Minneapolis and bumped into maybe 20 MadNorSki club members.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-tower-ridge-ski-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-621\" src=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-tower-ridge-ski-map-1200x792.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-tower-ridge-ski-map-1200x792.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-tower-ridge-ski-map-800x528.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-tower-ridge-ski-map-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-tower-ridge-ski-map.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tower Ridge is a beautiful trail high in the hills with views of beautiful forests below. I didn&#8217;t get to ski the whole trail &#8212; rumor was that the groomer had a break down &#8212; but I really enjoyed the blue and yellow loop portions that I skied. The course was fairly flat, but had a few nice hills. The layout was a bit confusing for my taste and it seemed like the whole trail was two-way traffic, which is probably fine when there are fewer skiers out there, but there were a few hill climbs where I hopped out of the way for skiers heading down.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-618 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge\/05-sign\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/05-sign-320x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge\/04-view-from-lodge\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/04-view-from-lodge-320x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge\/03-bibs\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-bibs-320x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge\/02-lodge\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-lodge-320x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge\/00-cover-vista\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/00-cover-vista-320x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I was so happy to spend some time on my skis this weekend and Tower Ridge was a great place\u00a0to spend a couple of hours in the woods on my way home from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-the-2017-birkie-that-didnt-happen\/\">2017 Birkie that wasn&#8217;t<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After training to ski the Birkie, and eating a little extra during tapering, I was itching to get my skis on one more time this season. The snowstorm missed the Hayward\/Cable area, but had dumped up to a foot in areas of Wisconsin.\u00a0 I checked the snow depth reports and SkinnySki.com and determined that Tower&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wisconsin Skis: Make-up ski at Eau Claire Tower Ridge - Wisconsin Verbs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinverbs.com\/wisconsin-skis-make-up-ski-at-eau-claire-tower-ridge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wisconsin Skis: Make-up ski at Eau Claire Tower Ridge - Wisconsin Verbs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After training to ski the Birkie, and eating a little extra during tapering, I was itching to get my skis on one more time this season. 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