AN SMT LANDS ON A CLOSED RWY AT RHI; WI. PLT NEVER RECEIVED A FULL BRIEFING ON WX AND RTE.

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ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL DAY; SUNNY; NO CLOUDS. I CALLED GREEN BAY FSS FOR FILING IFR FLT PLAN UP TO RHI AND BACK TO HOME BASE; UES (WAUKESHA; WI). FLT PLAN FILED AND BRIEFER TOLD ME OF WINDSHEAR ADVISORY BUT BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SUNNY WX; I DID NOT INSIST ON A FULL BRIEFING WHICH WOULD HAVE INCLUDED ALL PROBS WITH NAVAIDS AND NOTAMS TELLING OF THE CLOSED RWY 23 AT RHI (RHINELANDER; WI). I WAS CTLED BY ZMP PRIOR TO REQUESTING A DSCNT FROM CRUISE 8000 FT AND I ASKED THEM FOR THE WX AT RHI AND THEY GAVE ME WINDS OUT OF 230 DEGS; 7 KTS; NO TFC. 15 MI OUT I LISTENED ON RHI UNICOM AND HEARD AN ACFT ANNOUNCING INTENTIONS TO ENTER PATTERN AT RHI FOR RWY 23 AND I CANCELED IFR WITH ZMP AND WENT TO UNICOM TO ANNOUNCE MY INTENTIONS TO ENTER L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 23 RHI FULL STOP; THEN L BASE FOR RWY 23; THEN 2 MI FINAL FOR RWY 23. AT NO TIME DID UNICOM REPLY ABOUT RWY 23; NOR DID THE COMMERCIAL COMMUTER FLT ON THE GND AT RHI REPLY ABOUT RWY 23. ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 23; I NOTICED THE RWY HAD SNOW ON IT; BUT WITH RHI SNOWFALL DURING WINTER IT SEEMED NORMAL HAVING LANDED MANY TIMES AT RHI IN THE WINTER WITH WHITENESS COVERING THE RWYS. I LANDED ON RWY 23 WITHOUT ANY PROB. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT HOW COME NO REPLY ON THE UNICOM AT THE OFFICE OF THE LCL FBO; THEY SAID THEY WERE ON THE PHONE AND DO NOT HAVE TO REPLY OR RPT ABOUT CLOSED RWY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR OVER 90 DAYS. MY LOG SHOWS I LAST LANDED ON RWY 23 AT RHI ON OCT/XA/97 AND IT WAS OPEN THEN. ALWAYS INSIST ON FULL BRIEFING.