Groomers went out this morning at Forestville with the Ginzu equipment and we are pleased to report that the skate lane is coming along nicely. There is some thin cover in places however. All Forestville trails inside 17K will be groomed or roll packed but if you are skiing in the area please use extreme […]
Trail Reports
Noquemanon Ski Marathon and Marquette Trail 50 competition
Announcing a fun new (somewhat informal) competition! Our NTN friends at Marquette Trail 50 have partnered with us to offer a combined competition. We’ll offer a yet to be determined prize to the lowest combined time for the 50K at the Marquette Trail 50 Ultramarathon and the 50K Noquemanon Ski Marathon. 1 prize for lowest combined time […]
Course improvements and updates
Newsletter #3 is available! This is a big one folks…quite a few course improvements and updates to cover for this January. Click here or visit the Archived E-newsletter tab for details.
Newsletter #2 is available! Read up on the 50K wave changes. Click here or visit the Archived E-newsletter tab. See you out on the trails!
Trail reports and updates will be provided periodically through the Fall and Winter. Course/trail reports will become more regular as race weekend approaches and course conditions become important to monitor. Until then, stay up to date on all of the important race information here on the website, on the social media channels, and the Noque […]
Event Announcements and Reminders – Friday, January 27th 2017
Race registration, race packet and bib pick-up, and ski expo will be from 5:30 pm until 10:00 pm tonight at the NMU Superior Dome Please bring ID to packet pick-up. All skiers will need to sign a waiver at bib pick up. Full details on race changes and bus schedules will be available at […]
Important Race Information – Courses and Schedule Finalized
The UPHS Noquemanon Ski Marathon’s goal is to provide a safe, quality, and fun course for all racers. Due to forces outside of our control (weather, snow conditions, etc) there have been decisions made regarding course start and finish locations as well as timing. We strongly feel that all changes made allows us to provide […]
Course update 1/25/17
We spent most of yesterday afternoon checking out many of the potential areas of concern on the first half of the marathon course. We found very good skiing at Al Quaal (start of the full marathon). Good snow depth throughout the west end of the course (6-9 inches of snow depth), but very soft and […]
Trail Report 1/24/17
Please note – course conditions have been changing rapidly. Stay up to date here on and the race facebook page. Currently registered racers may also receive e-mails regarding course changes. Temperatures continued to be warm yesterday and will be above freezing today until below freezing temperatures are expected for the rest of the week. Yesterday’s […]