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MINOCQUA, WI (WSAU-WXPR) - Wednesday is opening day for Minocqua Winter Park. The park got 10 inches of snow with the last snow storm. Mark Stuber is ...

Credit PIXABAY.COM With an eye on Minocqua Winter Park & Nordic Center becoming a year-round tourist destination, representatives from there updated the Minocqua town board Wednesday on plans to construct mountain bike trails at the popular cross-country ski facility. Last February the Ski Touring Foundation received a $5,000 room tax grant from Let’s Minocqua Visitors Bureau/Chamber of Commerce to cover half the cost of a feasibility study with the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) to develop a trail concept plan. “This plan will be the first of a multi-step process to add w...

1:17 “We are now operating,” said Mark Stuber, the chalet coordinator at Minocqua Winter Park. “We have been biting our nails waiting for enough snow and we finally got it.” After a late start to the ski season, Stuber said their core trails are groomed and ready for classic skiing. Cross-country ski trails in Rhinelander, WI are also open to skiers. The Rhinelander Area Silent Trails Association finished grooming trails in the area. Dennis Zielinski, the association’s grooming foreman, said the trails have been compacted, but not tracked. “Ski it, but don’t have too high of exp...