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Trail Report – : Three Lakes – Brule River, Wisconsin – December 20, 2025

Reporter:Threelakeswi
Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 3 inches
Date of Report: December 20, 2025
Area Report:

The Oneida County trails are open.  Please use caution when riding as the trials are going to be icy. Hopefully we get more snow soon! Keep doing the snow dance


News and Reports:

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


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 – : Lake Gogebic | Bergland, Michigan – December 20, 2025

Reporter:AJ’s Walleye Lodge

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 8+ inches

Date of Report: December 20, 2025

Area Report:

Saturday, December 20th:
Bergland and Marenisco groomers have been out working and trails are reported to be in decent shape with some nice sections and also some not so nice. Caution is strongly advised. Lake traffic is not recommended at this time but we are getting closer each day. Gogebic Area Groomers appreciate the help from those riders taking down some of the whips and low branches. It’s slowly getting better but there are still quite a few out there so if anyone feels inclined, pack a shears and take some more out. At AJ’, we got brushed our AJ access trails, but there is still one turn that needs a tree taken out. If anyone feels inclined to removed that – there will be dinner for you at AJ’s! Thank you!!
Saturday’s forecast looks to be windy with steady snow showers for most of the day. All the riders who came into our place last night had nothing but favorable early season riding reports!
Here’s an update on Lake Gogebic Area Trail conditions:
• Trail 102: Bergland Groomers took two machines up 102 and it had it’s first groom of the season. Definitely not perfect but a step in the right direction.
• Trail 1 South: Groomed and in good shape from Marenisco north to Trail 100. Closed beyond that temporarily. South from Marenisco is groomed to PI. There are still some rough sections with quite a few whips/low branches yet.
• Trail 2: Groomed and smooth through Marenisco to the Trail 1 intersection.
• Trail 13: Rerouted at Trail 100 to the north and then heads east at Camp 6 Rd where it connects back into the old section. It’s panned all the way to the Trail 2/13 intersection but still lots of water and rough sections. Use caution!
• Trail 13 to Root Cellar is not opened, but hoping that it will be opened by the end of the weekend.
• Trail 100: Groomed from Trail 1 to M64 with some wet and rough spots. Panned from M64 to Trail 13 with some rough sections.
Forecast is calling for cold temps – some snow in the forecast – and keeping fingers crossed for a big storm over Christmas!
Thanks to all – looking forward to a great season and don’t forget to join a club where you ride: www.gogebicareagrooming.com!

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – December 20, 2025

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 6 on average – as much as 9 in the woods

Date of Report: December 20, 2025

Area Report:

12/20/2025 – 7:25 am – 18 degrees – High 26 

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
OPEN

Trails opened at 8am.  Very Early Riding Conditions. Trails much better north & east (beyond the bridge by Boat Sport). Photo on the right is 3 miles east of the bridge on 10E. Most of the wet/mushy areas froze over with the drop in temps on Thursday night into yesterday morning.  Went from 38 to 6.  With that said lots of icy spots.  Adventure Sledding. 

Yesterday’s temps were in the single digits early. Highs in the teens.  Currently it is 18 with a high today of 26.  SNOW for the next couple hours.  Some evil sun between 10am & 1pm.  Cloudy after that.  Low of 2 tonight.  Next SNOW Monday.  2 inches in the forecast                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            All 3 groomers out last night.  Combination of panning & inspecting.  Few trees down & removed.  Overall reports were “Not bad overall.”  Very Early Season Riding.  Here is what was panned last night:

Trail 10E entire trail to the turnaround beyond Anvil Lake
Trail 9 mile to the connect with Three Lakes
Spurs off Trail 10E to Chanticleer & Eagle Waters – REMINDER EAGLE LAKE NOT SAFE OR OPEN
Trail 10/13 through town both north & south
Trail 3 off of 10/13 east to Trail 1N – REMINDER EAGLE LAKE NOT SAFE OR OPEN
Trail 10/13 aka Wisconsin River Bridge trail at intersection both 10 heading W & 13 headed north panned.
Spur to Hwy G also panned                      

                                        Have been a few changes to the 2025-2026 Sno-Eagles trails  
                                                                    Right click on photo to enlarge

                                                                             

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 – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 1-2 inches of fresh snow to cover up the melting from yesterday

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

Trails are open!

We are letting them set today and hope people pack them down hard before we groom the entire system again. We are thinking they will set up nicely. North and west definitely has more snow so I would advise to head that way.

Have a better feel for conditions tomorrow.

News and Reports:

Please be safe on all water crossings. If they are not marked they are not safe.

Music trivia and snowmobile safety class Dec 27

Trail Report – : Three Lakes – Brule River, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Threelakeswi

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 3 inches

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

Oneida County trails open at noon today! The warm up and rain did melt some snow but we still have a few inches on the ground. It did help to make with the base better once the cold weather got here.  We are getting some snow maybe and inch or 2.  Looks like more snow on Saturday. Trails will be in early season condition, so please ride with caution. The lakes are not marked. Keep doing the snow dance!!

News and Reports:

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

Snowmobile Information:

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

When visiting downtown businesses please park sleds on the corner of Highway 45 and County Highway C. We have an area there called Shed the Sled. You can park there and walk to the downtown businesses. Please do not park on town roads or in businesses parking lots.

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 – : Mercer Sno-Goers, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Snogoer1

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-28

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

Our trail system held up great after the rain and warm weather, we received fresh lake effect snow overnight. All trails leading to Vilas county are now open.

8- Open/ Groomed
8a- Open/Passable, Not 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.

Groomers are holding off tonight due to the warm temps today, we don’t want to risk damaging the base we have, trails are holding up well, one more warm day tomorrow and forecasts look great going into the holidays!

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, ice is not safe at this time.

Trail Report – : Conover, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:snobuddies

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Thin

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

Here we go, the Vilas County trails officially open at 8am on Friday December 19th. 

This is going to be early season riding with a lot of thin areas of snow. The rain and warmer temps on Thursday didn’t do us any favors. Swamps have been packed down, but are thin for snow coverage. With all the down trees across the whole county, you will find several areas with sticks and mulch on the trails. All the clubs have spent several days to weeks cleaning up to get to this point. 

Please stay on the trails, riding off the trail to get fresh snow is trespassing and what leads to us loosing trails on private property. 

If lakes aren’t marked with barrels, please stay off till they are marked. Don’t stray away from barrels on marked lakes. 

There is a couple of systems that will clip the area, but only calling for 1-2”. 

Ride Right, Ride Safe

News and Reports:

UPCOMING EVENTS
Dec. 22 – Feb 27 – 7th Annual Poker Run
Dec. 30 – Conover’s Sledding & Skating Party, 4-7, Town Park, our Sno-Cat will be on site to pull the kids up the hill!
Jan. 10 – Trailside Roast with Phelps Snowmobile Club, 10-2, Trail intersection #500 near Blong Rd.
Feb. 7 – Italian Night, 4-7, Conover Rec. Center
Feb. 15 – Dublin’s Mimosa Breakfast Fundraiser
Feb. 28 – Poker Run Draw Party, 1-4, Twin Lake Pub
Mar. 7 – Groom-to-Ride Raffle Draw Party, 11-2, Derby Track
Mar.17 – St. Paddy’s Day Dinner, Club 45
 
 
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Jan. 13 – Burnt Bridge
Feb. 10 – Twin Lake Pub
Mar. 10 – Bauer’s Dam

Snowmobile Information:

Check out our clothing, merchandise, raffle tickets and more on our website https://conoversnobuddies.com/shop

To see where the Groomer is at, check out  Groomer Tracker  Half the cost of the app comes back to Conover Sno-Buddies to support grooming operations. 

Trail Report – : Stephenson County, Illinois – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Skinner

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 1″

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

Cedarville Snowtravelers trails are CLOSED. With the warm weather and the rain yesterday, it took us down to starting all over again, the trails we rolled still have a little base on them (not much) the Jane Addams maintained about a 3-to-4-inch base which is ice now, so if we can get snow we have something to start with 

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 6-10+- 1/2 to an inch new SNOW overnight

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

12/19/2025 – 5:41am- 6 degrees – High 14

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
OPEN AT 8AM TODAY – DECEMBER 19

The Vilas County Snowmobile Alliance agreed to open the Vilas County Snowmobile Trails Today Trails are in very early riding condition.  Eagle Lake & Catfish Lake are NOT OPEN due to unsafe ice conditions.  Here is the official announcement by the Vilas County Forestry, Recreation & Land Department

                                                                     

Roller coaster temps yesterday.  High of 38 & by 8pm last night it was in the low teens with winds & SNOW.  Only about an inch this morning east of Eagle River.  At 5:30 this morning it is 6 degrees with a high of 14.  More SNOW off & on over the next couple of days. Night time temps single digits with high of 25 tomorrow & 13 on Sunday.

Trails have been panned with the exception to trail 10/13 aka Wisconsin River Bridge just north of Eagle River.  As you ride you will run into all types of conditions.  Very early riding so slow down & ride right  

                                                                                                       Have been a few changes to the 2025-2026 Sno-Eagles map. 

                                                                   Right click on photo to enlarge

                                                                             

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