Reports Archive - Snowtracks

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – December 26, 2025

Reporter:Washburn County
Trail Conditions: Fair
Snow Cover: 6-8" Base
Date of Report: December 26, 2025
Area Report:

As of Thursday, December 25 at 8:00AM the Washburn County snowmobile trails officially opened for the season except for a portion of Trail 8 East, from Trail 39/8 or Intersection 35 to the Sawyer County line. This section is still being cleared and packed after the damage from the late November snowstorm. All other trails will be open. Should you encounter any trail damage such as down trees, limbs, debris, etc. please report that to Washburn County Forestry at 715-635-4490.

Please check surrounding county trail conditions as they vary from county to county.

You can find a full state snowmobile report by visiting the Travel WI Snow Report.

Trail Report – : Sayner, Wisconsin – December 26, 2025

Reporter:SaynerStar Lake Barnstormers

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Minimal

Date of Report: December 26, 2025

Area Report:

The weather is currently not our friend. We’ve got above freezing temps forecast today through Sunday. The good news is that we are expecting snow Sunday night into Monday and the temps look like they’ll be dropping and staying low for next week.

The Barnstormers have been out these past couple days and have groomed the majority of our system. There is limited snow cover, but most of the system is flat and rideable. Corners are going to be extremely icy right now and potentially hazardous. We will likely suspend grooming over the weekend until more snow arrives.

The warm temps these next three days won’t hurt us too badly, unless there is heavy traffic. The damage from riding on soft trails won’t be fixable without a decent amount of snow. If you are going to ride during these warmer days, please, please, please refrain from being too aggressive!

We do have one section that is down to the dirt and should be completely avoided! Trail 6-9-11 between TIN 204 and 225 is NOT RIDEABLE. Please stay off of this section until we get more snow!

Both Plum and Star have been reported to have 8″ – 12″ of ice. We are told that they’ll be marked as soon as there is enough snow to secure the barrels. It is still recommended to stay off the lakes until they are marked.

Ride RIght & Ride Safe!

Mark your calendars for these upcoming Barnstormer events:

Wednesday, December 31 – Breakfast at Sayner Pub from 9:00 – Noon. Blessing of the sleds at 12:30 under the arch.

Saturday, January 10 – Brats on the trail at TIN #217 from 10:00 – 4:00.

Saturday, January 17 – Breakfast at Stillwaters from 8:00 – 11:00.

Saturday, February 7 – Chili dump at The Murm from 2:00 – 5:00.

Sunday, February 15 – Pizza fundraiser at Hillside Tavern from 4:00 – 8:00.

Saturday, March 14 – Drawing for Snowmobile Raffle at Sayner Pub at 5:00!

Trail Report – : Three Lakes – Brule River, Wisconsin – December 26, 2025

Reporter:Threelakeswi

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 2-3 inches

Date of Report: December 26, 2025

Area Report:

Overnight we had freezing rain/drizzle giving us a about 0.10 inch of ice. Temps are 32 going for a high of 34. Saturday the high temp. is predicted at 35 with a chance of rain. Now the good news! Monday temps cool off and there is a good chance of measurable snow!!l Keep your fingers & toes crossed! Then we stay cold with some lake effect snow. Ride with cautionl if you do go out. Trails will be icy. Lakes are not marked yet and our trails in Forest County are not open.

News and Reports:

Dec. 27th – Chili Cookoff and Meat Raffle – Three Lakes American Legion -12-3

Jan. 15-17 Three Lakes Tavern League Poker Run- Party on Sat. at Spirit View

Jan. 24 – Chicken Soup “Cluck Off” -2-5 pm at Lindy’s Hideaway & Swamp Witch Inn.

Snowmobile Information:

The trail 7 from Spirit Lake to Maple Lake will be closed this season.

When visiting downtown businesses please park your sled at the Shed the Sled, corner of Highway 45 and County Highway A. Please do not park in businesses’ parking lots or town roads.

Website – https://www.threelakestrails.com

Groomer Tracking System -https://gts.groomertrackingsystems.com/map

Oneida Co Trail Map -https://www.oneidacountywi.gov/wp-content/uploads/Oneida-County-Snowmobile-Map.pdf

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – December 26, 2025

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Hard ic with new 1/10 inch of slipper ice on top

Date of Report: December 26, 2025

Area Report:

12/26/2025 – 10:am – 32 degrees – High 34

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
OPEN
Early Riding – Frozen Icy Base – Sleeting
MERRY CHRISTMAS

As of 6:54 am this morning, freezing rain/drizzle overnight resulting in 0.10 inch of ice everywhere. Foggy now which will continue through the day into tomorrow morning. Sleet in the PM tomorrow. Sunday sleet turning to SNOW. Monday forecast for 1 inch+ SNOW. Schiff on Tuesday. Back into the freezer for temps starting Tuesday, 1/30. Beginning Saturday 1/3 through Wednesday 1/7 SNOW off & on. PLEASE DO A SNOW DANCE!

Groomer Tracking System app shows no panning or grooming.

While the trail are open they are in need of COLD & SNOW.

Vilas County & the Vilas County Snowmobile Alliance voted to use donated safety funds for beacon lighting. It will be installed at the entrance/exit of lakes. They will flash red, green & white. This should help riders find the exit off the lake. Right click on the announcement to enlarge.

New spur off the Trig’s trail. It takes you Chubby’s Family Restaurant. Here is the location. Right click photo to enlarge.

Several reroutes & trail changes Right click to see an enlarged map

Bit of a grim report this mornin”

Think Cold! Are You Doin’ A Snow Dance!

Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Remember……Wherever you are RIDE RIGHT & SLOW DOWN

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES & EAGLE RIVER EVENTS – Everyone & Anyone Welcome – Member or Non Member – Check out www.snoeagles.org for more details. Click Events

January 2, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
January 8-11, 2026 – Concession at the 25th Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Races @ WCDC
January 18-20, 2026 – Weekday away – Mercer WI – Reservations
January 22, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
January 29 – February 1, 2026 – USA Hockey Pond Hockey National Championships
February 3, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
February 19, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
March 3, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
March 7, 2026 – Groom to Ride @ WCDC – Drawing at 2pm
March 19, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
April 7, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session

Snowmobile Information:

Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10 – Time to join a club!
Standard Wisconsin Trail Pass – $30
Out of State Trail Pass – $50
Vilas County Map It Trail App GPS style app of all trails in Vilas Cty. Plus includes the brown 3 digit emergency numbering system. If an emergency happens call 911 & give them that number. Find you quicker.
Groomer Tracking Systems (GTS) Gives you trails groomed in last 24, 48 & 96 hours

Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – December 26, 2025

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 6-8″

Date of Report: December 26, 2025

Area Report:

At 8:00 am it’s 32 degrees out with a wintry mix this morning and mild weather through
Sunday.
Despite the above freezing temps and no new snow this week, our trails remained in fair to
good condition.
Our groomers have been out and groomed 15N/6E on Christmas Eve and 15S on Christmas Day
afternoon. We will be grooming the rest of our trail system later tonight and tomorrow am. To
be ready for the weekend traffic.
With the warm temps and no new snow in sight, the trail conditions will deteriorate until
weather conditions improve.
Please ride safe and be aware of some remaining trail debris that will go away with more snow.
Look for an updated trail report on Monday, 12/30!
Landy Roepke
BJSC Trail Manager

News and Reports:

Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club events:

*All Season: Gooch’s Pizza Fundraiser*

1/18 Breakfast at Boulder Beer Bar 8:30am

2/12 Spaghetti Fundraiser at Rustic Roadhouse 4-7pm

2/15 Breakfast Fundraiser at The Guide’s Inn 8:30am

2/21 Trail Side Brat Fry at the Groomer Shed 11am

3/7 Cabin Fever at Gooch’s 2 4pm

Snowmobile Information:

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Trail Report – : Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin – December 26, 2025

Reporter:Toulish1

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 2-6″

Date of Report: December 26, 2025

Snowmobile Information:

I won’t get out today, but trailboss Nick reports our trails as “fair”. Sled traffic over the holiday, Coupled with warm temperatures, has deteriorated a lot of what we have. It’s 8 o’clock Friday morning and the whole area is coated with ice. It looks to be warm during the day over the next couple of days. Weather underground is predicting 6 inches of snow Sunday. We will just have to wait and see what transpire is over the next couple of days. Mark

Trail Report – : Mercer Sno-Goers, Wisconsin – December 25, 2025

Reporter:Snogoer1

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-28

Date of Report: December 25, 2025

Area Report:

8- Open/ Groomed

8a- Open/ Groomed

9- Open/ Groomed

9a- Open/ Groomed

10- Open/ Groomed

10a- Open/ Groomed

10e- Open/ Groomed

11- Open/Groomed

12- Closed

12a- Open/ Groomed

12b- Open/ Groomed

14- Open/ Groomed

17n- Open/ Groomed

17s- Open/ Groomed

19- RR #2 is Open/ Groomed, 19S to Vilas Open/Groomed, Lazy ace to CTY J- Closed

19b- Closed/ Partially Groomed

20- Open/ Groomed

21- Closed/ Rolled

51e- Open/ Partially Groomed

182b- Open/ Groomed

182- Open/ Groomed

Closed = Impassable, trees & Brush or trails leading to lakes.

Partially Groomed = Wet Swamps, no access with Tractors yet.

Trails are overall in good condition.

Our crew is out working nonstop, we are continuing packing swamps and clearing trails. If you’d like to help clear brush we still have two trails left that have major damage that more help would be greatly appreciated, please reach out to our Trail Boss.

Stay off the lakes until marked.

Trail Report – : Bayfield County, Wisconsin – December 25, 2025

Reporter:BayfieldCounty

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 4″ to thin

Date of Report: December 25, 2025

Area Report:

No new snow has been received since the last report, trails are holding up ok. Projected wintry mix Thursday/Friday may make for icy trail conditions. Clubs are reporting low snow on many trails. Low snow means rougher trails, please ride with caution.

We also are dealing with quite a few trail issues through private land, temp closures, hopefully. It is NEVER okay to go around a closed gate or trail closed sign. Clubs put in a lot of hard work securing these trails and working with private landowners. If you go on a closed trail, we risk losing the trail permanently. Detailed report from each club below.

News and Reports:

Apostle Island Snowmobile Club – All trails remain in rideable condition in the Cornucopia and Bayfield area very rough terrain because of low snow pack. The trail into Bayfield remains closed at this time because of landowner issues. Trail one from Happy Hollow to Echo Valley has bare spots in places and very rough. Trail 51 from the crosstown freeway to Jody Road will be rerouted because of Logging in the area watch for signs. Trail 40 remained in excellent shape to Herbster/Port Wing.

Barnestormers – Barnes area trails are groomed and in great shape

Corny Sno-Goers – See Apostle Island update above.

Drummond Dirt-Sno Jacks – Trails in the Drummond area have been groomed and are in Fair shape. The stick trail across lake Owen has not been put up as of yet, and ice conditions are unknown. Trail 63 from Drummond to Grandview remains rideable though a little thin, not enough snow to fill holes. North of Grandview towards Mason conditions deteriorate. Trail 4 from Mason to Sanborn is in poor shape. Many dirt clumps in fields, and even wooded areas are quite thin with snow. Trail 4 going into the village of Mason from trail 63 has been groomed but again thin conditions. Trail 4 from Mason to Delta remains temporarily closed with projected opening of January 1st.

Namakagon Trail Groomers – Merry Christmas to all! NTG trail system has been panned and packed with a good start to a nice base. All trails are open and in decent shape. We have slowed down grooming hoping for more snow, so you will find bumps. We don’t want to tear up the base we have. If we can keep the snow and not have any bare spots for sun to get there and eat our base up, we should have a great riding season. You may still come across a small rock or twigs. We appreciate your help in throwing them off the trail. Pay forward! Enjoy your Holidays and ride safe!

Northern Adventures – No new report

South Shore Trails Club – Trail 1 west to Waino and east of Port wing have been groomed, there are some areas where the brush still need more trimming but all areas are passable. Snow is thin and corner are slippery for the rain last week, please use caution in the corners. Trail 40, 43 were also groomed and will have fresh grooming by this weekend. Trail 3 and 66 will also be groomed this weekend, snow conditions are packed but thin at this time.

Waino – Trail 1 from Waino to Port Wing is rideable

Washburn Valhellers – Our trail system has been either rolled or groomed at least once with a start to a nice base. All trails are open and rideable with early season conditions. We have postponed our grooming, waiting for more snow, as we don’t want to tear up the base we have. Trail #13 from Valhalla to Washburn is still ridable but gets thin on #13 between Washburn and Ashland.

White River Ramblers – See Drummond’s update above

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – December 25, 2025

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Looks like Winter…NICE

Date of Report: December 25, 2025

Area Report:

Merry Christmas!

Trails are in Good to Very Good shape even with the warmer daytime highs around 30 degrees, Traffic has been light and the groomers have been out. Lakes are being marked. Please stay on the marked trails.

News and Reports:

December 27….which is this Saturday join us for Snowmobile Safety Class at 8 am and Music Trivia at 5:00 pm.

New Frosty Hats and glasses are now available at Sunrise Lodge. Plus Frosty signs too.

The Frosty Online store is open…check it out at www.frostysnoclub.com

Snowmobile Information:

Ride Sober and Ride Safe.

Trail Report – : Ashland County, Wisconsin – December 25, 2025

Reporter:info@visitashland.com

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 5-8

Date of Report: December 25, 2025

Area Report:

Snowmobile Report – December 25, 2025

Ashland County Snowmobile trails will partially open on Thursday, 12/25/25.Trails are panned but not groomed.

OPEN :

Trail #13-Highbridge south to Price County line.

Trail #11-Iron County line to Trail #13/77 intersection.

Trail #77-Clam Lake

Trail #9/25-Clam Lake north to God’s Country intersection which meets with Trail #90 to Bayfield County.

Trail #9a

Trail #13a-to intersection of Trail #11

Trail #12-Butternut to Iron County

ALL ASHLAND COUNTY SNOWMOBILE TRAILS NORTH OF HIGHBRIDGE ARE CLOSED due to low snow depth.

Please remember this is early season riding. Trails are still in need of additional brushing, and swamps and creeks are not all frozen. please ride right, ride sober and ride with caution.

Reminder everyone that the Ashland Waterfront Trail is not open to motorized vehicles, including snowmobiles and ATVs. Anyone caught riding on the Ashland Waterfront Trail will be ticketed.

When snowmobiling please stay on the trail. A lot of Ashland County snowmobile trails are on farmers land, be respectful so we don’t lose our easement to their property. Snowmobiles may not be modified, or operated, to amplify or otherwise increase the total vehicle noise above the originally manufactured snowmobile noise level. Ashland County Recreation Enforcement.