The trails have been diligently tended since since 1990 by the Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

The club provides regular updates on conditions on its Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/p/Menominee-Range-Nordic-Ski-Club-Inc-100057521796713/.

It also handles the regular grooming on the cross-country skiing trails to ensure the “skate lanes have nice clean corduroy,” as the message posted Saturday morning stated. It accommodates both skate skiing and a stride track for traditional skiing.

The park has four different trail loops dedicated for cross-country skiing that combined extend for 3.5 kilometers, or about 2.2 miles. They are:

Some participants in the Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club's youth ski league relax in the Rangers Cabin after hitting the trails at City Park in January. (Courtesy photo)

— Nice N’ Easy, 1.2 kilometers;

— Deer Pen Loop, 0.7 kilometers;

— Kingsford Loop, which is 0.5 kilometers and designated for experts; and

— Turkey Trot, 1.1 kilometers.

The trails allow access through some of City Park’s more secluded and wooded areas, organizers said.

The Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club worked earlier this decade to renovate Rangers Cabin, which serves as a base for cross-country skiing activities in City Park. (Courtesy photo)

The club has a youth ski league that meets on Sunday and is open to pre-kindergarten through high school students. Its youth equipment program can even outfit kids who want to participate but might not have skis of their own. A Facebook post this month indicated more than 20 were in the program this winter.

The club and park Feb. 14 also hosted the Great 8 Winter Games snowshoe and cross-country skiing races for fourth through eighth grade students from several area schools.

Menominee Range Nordic Ski Club operates in the park out of Rangers Cabin, which was renovated both inside and out earlier this decade, including construction of a new chimney.

In addition to the cross-country skiing, City Park has a roughly 2-mile, all-purpose winter trail for walking, running, snowshoeing or even fat tire biking. Dogs even are welcome if accompanied, on leash and cleaned up after, the club said.

Those using the all-purpose trail are asked to follow the yellow tags with snowshoes and only use the marked crossings for going over the carefully groomed cross-country skiing trails.

This all-purpose trail can be accessed at either the tennis court parking lot or the cul-de-sac.

City Park is at the end of West A Street in Iron Mountain. The park also offers a public sledding hill during winter.