Northern Lights

Northern Lights is a short, flat cross-country ski route in Bayfield County Forest, on county land in Wisconsin. The out-and-back trip is about 0.34 miles long, with a high point of 1,112 feet and a low of 1,106 feet. The climb is nearly flat, with a total gain and loss of about 23 feet each, and the steepest stretch comes at about 0.1 mile in, with a grade of about 3 percent. Winter is the natural season for this route. Typical averages from the Bayfield Fish Hatchery weather station, about 3 miles away, show January highs around 23°F and lows near 4°F, while March runs warmer, with highs around 37°F. That station sits roughly 500 feet lower than the route, so temperatures on the trail run a little cooler. Several other ski routes lie close by. Sugar Bush is about 0.2 miles away, and Seagull Classic, Hessian's Cutoff and Deer Path Trail are all within a mile.