Tag: Palmquist Farm

Palmquist Farm cross-country ski review and photo essay

Palmquist Farm cross-country ski review and photo essay

  Palmquist Farm is located just west of Wausau, Tomahawk, and Merril in the small hamlet of Brantwood. The Farm is a beautiful area with wonderful cabins and amazing food. The highlight of the location is the 20-24 miles of cross-country ski trails. This review just looks at the trail system itself and not the [...]

Night cross-country skiing at Palmquist Farm deserves a bright light

Night cross-country skiing at Palmquist Farm deserves a bright light

Stories have been written and songs have been sung about night swimming, but what about night cross-country skiing. A quick google search finds some advertisements, a few pictures, a blog post or two, but no songs for night skiing. Very little fan fair for a very enjoyable enterprise. Palmquist Farm in Brantwood, Wisconsin has a [...]

New trailer: Men in Black part IV the cross-country ski version

New trailer: Men in Black part IV the cross-country ski version

The new Men in Black part IV trailer is out. Coming to a cross-country ski trail near you is the famed septet of cross-country skiers trying to keep the world safe from mayhem. Each one has a secret power and together they are invincible. From left to right here is the motley crew with their [...]

Palmquist Farm Wisconsin cross-country ski trails photo essay

Palmquist Farm Wisconsin cross-country ski trails photo essay

Palmquist Farm in Brantwood, Wisconsin has over twenty miles of cross-country ski trails. Along these miles of ski trails are many pine trees. I never tire of pine trees covered with snow along a trail. Some sections of trail at Palmquist are quite narrow, so it is a lot of fun skiing through narrow corridors [...]

Wisconsin night cross-country skiing at Palmquist Farm

Wisconsin night cross-country skiing at Palmquist Farm

When the night falls on Palmquist Farm in northern Wisconsin it does not mean the cross-country ski adventure is over for the day. Thanks to an over half-mile cross-country ski trail lit up with Christmas lights, skiers can loop themselves into oblivion all night and get their fix into the wee hours. The purpose of [...]

Idyllic winter scene at a Palmquist Farm cabin

Idyllic winter scene at a Palmquist Farm cabin

This picture is the idyllic winter scene at a Palmquist Farm cabin near Tomahawk, Wisconsin. We have falling snow in front of a cabin with cross-country skis laid to rest on the stairs of a front porch. On top of the front deck is a fresh pile of split wood. Moving to the window we [...]

Palmquist Farms cabin fire prior to cross-country skiing

Palmquist Farms cabin fire prior to cross-country skiing

The name of this website is Wisconsin Outdoors, but sometimes what happens indoors is a big part of the outdoor experience. When cross-country or downhill skiing one of the best parts of the adventure is the before and after experience in the hotel, lodge, or skiing resort. Palmquist Farms near Tomahawk, Wisconsin have beautiful cabins [...]