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Our current 4 month calendar

The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee welcomes newcomers and prospective members to any of our events.

To add an event, email details to nordicskiclub.mke@gmail.com.

The Nordic Ski Club will occasionally list events sponsored by other organizations. The Club and these other organizations are separate and distinct. The Club provides information without compensation about other events solely as a service to members or guests who may be interested in such outings. The Club has no control or voice in managing these events.  Members and guests should exercise their own judgment and participate in these events cautiously and at their own risk.


Upcoming events

    • Tuesday, April 16, 2024
    • 10:00 AM
    • Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center

    Want to experience a National Wildlife Refuge and to unplug from the stresses of daily life and reconnect with our natural surroundings? On Tuesday, April 16th at 10:00 am, NSCM will have the opportunity to hike and go through the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center.

    Liz Herzmann, Wildlife Conservation Educator-Wildlife Management is willing to spend a few hours explaining the history of the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States. It is a critical rest stop for thousands of migrating ducks and Canadian geese. We will enjoy opportunities for wildlife observation, photography, hiking, tours, and lunch.

    Three visitor centers and numerous trails and other outdoor facilities are available. Within the Visitor Center, they have a short over-view movie and an interactive exhibit educational area. They have a $2 fee for this. Then a boardwalk to hike anywhere from 3-5 miles. If anyone cannot or not want to walk that far, they can drive to the Palmatory shelter for our picnic. The shelter is a beautiful setting for lunch overlooking metal art and the Marsh.

    With interest, we may opt to drive to Ledge Park (10 minutes away) which has rock out-cropping and a one-mile trail to hike. After this you may want to bring a cooler and experience LeRoy Meats. This, too, is optional and has all fresh meats for sale in a local community.

    What to bring: $2 Cash for the interactive exhibit, dress for the outdoors, your picnic lunch to eat at the overlook and shelter, and a smile to enjoy the day! Any questions and R.S.V.P. to Elly Miller 262-313-7280 by April 10th.

    Directions from Milwaukee: Hwy 41 North to Hwy 33 to Hwy 28 East. (Approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.)

    Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center, N7725 Highway 28, Horicon, WI

    https://horiconmarsh.org/visit/explorium

    Meet by the Parking area of the Life Size Mammoth!  Hope to see you there!

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Friday, April 19, 2024
    • 6:00 PM
    • Elks Lodge
    Register

    Groundbreaking for a new, larger lodge at Lapham Peak State Forest was held in March. The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee has contributed to the lodge, as have individual club members. We'll get an update on the Lapham Lodge construction at our club's end-of-the-season meeting April 19. And despite the warmest Wisconsin winter on record, the snowmaking project at Lapham Peak provided snow for ski lessons, ski races and just-for-fun cross-country skiing. Learn how important snowmaking was to skiers. Turning our focus to next winter, Program Committee Chair Paul Keber will talk about our ski trip planning. And you'll also get a preview of NSCM spring and summer events. The club will provide free pizza (if you sign up in advance). There will be a cash bar.

    WHAT: Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee season-ending meeting
    WHEN: Friday, April 19, 6:00 to 10:00 pm
    WHERE: Elks Lodge 400, 2301 Springdale Rd, Waukesha
    ENTER: from lower level back parking lot
    FOOD: Pizza (including vegetarian choices). Cash bar.
    SIGN UP: Food is free if you register by April 17

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Saturday, April 27, 2024
    • 9:00 AM
    • Schuetze Rec Center-Activity Room, Waukesha

    Waukesha Parks, Recreation & Forestry invites you to this free 2 hour public T'ai Chi celebration with special guest and master instructor Bob Goodwin. No experience necessary!

    Schuetze Rec Center-Activity Room, 1120 Baxter St, Waukesha, WI

    Contact person: Kayleen Kauffman, 262-501-9280

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Sunday, April 28, 2024
    • 1:00 PM
    • Mitchell Park, Brookfield

    Mitchell Park in Brookfield is home to the Wilson Center for the Arts, a playground, a dog park and plenty of green space. It makes a nice starting point for an afternoon hike to nearby Fox Brook Park. A paved path across from Mitchell leads to a boardwalk (if the water isn't too high) past an archery park to Fox Brook Park. The paved path at Fox Brook takes you around a small lake.

    Restrooms are available at Fox Brook, but not always at Mitchell Park. At the moment there is no Wilson Center performance on April 28, the day of our hike. So we can park free either in the Wilson Center lot or in the lot at the dog park next door, where we will meet at 1:00 pm. Mitchell Park's address is 19900 River Rd, Brookfield, and you can get to it easily from W Capitol Dr (just west of Brookfield Rd), where you turn south on Mitchell Park Rd.

    This is an easy hike that probably won't take more than an hour one way. If you want to hike only one way, we will have at least one car at Fox Brook Park, 2925 N Barker Rd, Brookfield; Barker Road ends at Capitol Drive. You need a Waukesha County Parks permit to enter and park at Fox Brook. We can have another car or two at Mitchell Park (free parking).

    Please call hike leader Paula Brookmire beforehand to let her know how long you want to hike and if you need a ride back to Mitchell Park: 414-491-4636 (cell/text) or 414-527-0040 (home landline). Paula will do the hike only one way, from Mitchell to Fox Brook. There also are restaurants nearby if a group wants lunch beforehand or dine afterward or visit Kopps Custard on Brookfield Road at Bluemound Road.

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Saturday, May 11, 2024
    • 9:30 AM
    • Greenfield County Park in West Allis

    It’s time to wake up those lazy sit bones! Dust off your bicycle, lube the chain, and fill up those water bottles! Join fellow Nordics for a you-set-the-pace 30 mile out and back pedal on the New Berlin/Glacial Drumlin bike trail. The trail is a mix of mostly flat terrain with an occasional, gradual incline/decline as it passes along and through natural areas as well as winds through urban Waukesha. An added perk on this spring ride, expect the loud and energetic spring peepers’ mating calls lining the route.

    Topping off this enjoyable ride, we’ll stop halfway for coffee or lunch at the charming Mama D’s in Wales.

    Circle the date in your calendar: Saturday, May 11, 2024. Park at the “splash pool” at Greenfield County Park in West Allis. Ride starts at 9:30 am. Please let ride leader, Jane Stoltz (1jmstoltz@gmail.com or, cell: 414-378-1691) know by May 9th if you plan to attend.

    Note:  Glacial Drumlin is a state trail.  Bring your state trail pass with you.

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Sunday, May 12, 2024
    • 10:00 AM
    • Waubedonia Park west of Fredonia.

    Join the Glacier State Paddlers for a fun day canoeing on the Milwaukee River from Waubedonia to Grafton. The trip will start on the Milwaukee River in Waubedonia Park west of Fredonia. You can get there by taking Hwy 57 north to Fredonia and going west about 1 mile on Cty A and Cty H.

    We leave at 10:00 am to shuttle vehicles from the start before beginning the trip, so please arrive before then. The trip distance is about 13 miles. A shorter 6-mile trip to Ehlers park is available. Please bring a bag lunch and beverage for the trip and gloves to protect your hands. Call GSP trip leader and Nordic member David Rosenberg at 414-975-2298 to reserve a spot on the trip and to get additional trip details. Identify yourself as a Nordic Ski Club member.

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Sunday, May 19, 2024
    • 10:00 AM
    • Lime Kiln Park, south Grafton

    Join the Glacier State Paddlers for a fun day canoeing or kayaking on the Milwaukee River from Grafton to Thiensville. The first half of this 10-mile trip will have some twisty turns, and the second half will be easy.

    The trip will start at Lime Kiln Park just south of Grafton and will end at Village Park in Thiensville. You can get to the start by taking the Hwy 60 Grafton exit off I-43. Turn left and go west 1.5 miles, then turn left on Hwy 57 (Wisconsin Ave). After 1.75 miles, turn left on W Falls Rd and after 0.25 miles turn right on Green Bay Rd and the park which will be a short distance from there.

    We leave at 10:00 am to shuttle vehicles from the start before beginning the trip, so please arrive before then. The trip should take a little over 3 hours. Please bring a bag lunch and beverage for the trip and gloves to protect your hands. Call GSP trip leader and Nordic member David Rosenberg at 414-975-2298 to reserve a spot on the trip and to get additional trip details. Identify yourself as a Nordic Ski Club member.

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Tuesday, May 21, 2024
    • 3:30 PM
    • Hartland Public Library

    This event is a 3 part adventure.

    Part One: Meet at the Hartland Public Library at 3:30 for an out-and-back hike along the Ice Age Trail.

    Part Two: Dinner out in Hartland, an Ice Age Trail community.

    Part Three, at 6:30-7:30, a talk at Hartland Public Library by photographer & journalist Cameron Gillie, about his book "Around Wisco: Hiking the IAT." He'll discuss the people, places, photography and publishing that were part of his hiking experience.

    Event leader: Kayleen Kauffman, 262-501-9280

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.

    • Friday, May 31, 2024
    • 9:30 AM
    • Village Bowl, Menomonee Falls

    Opportunity knocks for all bicyclists on Friday, May 31, 2024! Join fellow Nordics for a ride on Waukesha County’s “Bugline” starting in Menomonee Falls.

    The “Bugline”, a converted Milwaukee Road right-of-way, is paved and 15.6 miles in length. The trail route itself is variable: mostly tree lined as it passes through quiet, small communities, including Lannon, Sussex and North Lake, and, beware, at times, crosses busy, intersecting rural roads. It’s an ideal pedal to ease into the bike season as the terrain tends to be flat with gradual inclines/declines, and one hefty hill after you’re warmed up.

    This “no cue sheet,” out-and back-ride starts promptly at 9:30 am. We’ll be meeting at the southwest corner of the Village Bowl parking lot (N86W18330 Main Street, Menomonee Falls, WI). Approximate length of the ride is 30 miles. If interested, there is a map online. There will be an optional, outdoor lunch stop on the way back at the tasty Loca Latte in Sussex.

    Contact Jane Stoltz (1jmstoltz@gmail.com, or phone 414-378-1791) by May 29th if you plan to join in.

    The Nordic Ski Club of Milwaukee (NSCM) continues to follow recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Wisconsin authorities regarding Covid-19 safety. Know that your participation in any event is at your own risk. Before attending any NSCM outing or event, please check with the event leader. Use good judgment and continue to keep us all safe.


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