Trail Report For: Oconto County - 02/10/2012
Trail Report: Oconto County
Reported By: Corrine Thomson
Date of Report: 02/10/2012
Trail Conditions: Poor
Snow Cover: 3-5
Area Report: Lakewood received 3 inches of new snow this morning. Three groomers are out grooming the trails. Check out www.butlergetaways.com for more updated conditions after we groom.
Chute Pond is grooming again. The snow is fluffy and the trails are still in poor condition.
Three inches of fresh snow Friday morning. All of the Red Arrow trails were freshly groomed on Wed and Thur making for a great base. We are grooming the Nicolet Trail this morning and hope to hold the snow cover despite windy conditions. OK to use alternate groomed route north of salt shed along town road. We will let sleds pack down the woods trails on top of smooth base Saturday and groom as necessary later in the weekend. Trail conditions will vary from good to excellent depending on the base. From President John Brantmeier…check www.redarrowtownsend.com for latest updates.
Bagley – Brazeau open Friday, Feb. 10th. Trails in the woods are fair, and trails thru the fields are poor.
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Snowmobiling Information
When the snow begins to fall, high levels of snowmobile excitement abound in Marinette and Oconto Counties. Well marked and meticulously maintained trails meander through this region providing a true Northwoods riding experience.
Perhaps one of the most well known trails in the state is the Nicolet Trail 250 Mile Marathon, which offers a self-guided tour through the natural beauty of the Nicolet National Forest. State Corridor 7 offers a north-south route through the area from Townsend, through Lakewood and Mountain, continuing south toward Suring.
From this main route, riders can choose from unlimited destinations such as a trek on the Charlie Brown Trail System near Mountain. Maintained by the Chute Pond Snowmobile Club, this system provides fun and exciting loop trips through the forest area.
It also offers interconnecting trails that travel north toward Waubee and Pickerel Lake or travel east to the Caldron Falls and High Falls Reservoirs of the scenic Peshtigo River. From here riders join another famous trail network, the Iron Snowshoe Trails. This trail system, located just west of Crivitz, provides snowmobilers with some of the area’s best trailside pit stops.
North of Crivitz, snowmobilers can connect with State Corridor 3 for a journey north to the Dunbar, Goodman and Pembine areas. From this point riders have the option of taking a trek into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or traveling west across Wisconsin.
Throughout this region riders will find warm welcoming resorts to call home for their weeklong or weekend excursions. Plenty of trailside stops offer excellent food ranging from delicious steaks to juicy chicken and hamburgers.
