Reporter:Phil
Trail Conditions: Excellent
Snow Cover: 6 inches of new white gold
Date of Report: January 6, 2022
Area Report:
Nightly grooming continues. Riders and groomer operators are reporting very good to excellent riding. Should be a great weekend in Frosty Land.
News and Reports:
Check out www.frostysnoclub.com for upcoming events.
Snowmobile Information:
Please ride safe!
Reporter:Holly t
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: 15+ inches snow – 7+ inch base
Date of Report: January 6, 2022
Area Report:
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS IN FAIR TO GOOD RIDING CONDITION
January 6, 2022 – 7:14am 9 degrees – High to day of 14
Snow totals of 4-6 inches depending on location in Eagle River. More snow east & north of Eagle River.
Trails are in FAIR TO GOOD RIDING CONDITION. When we rode found all conditions. FAIR, GOOD & the grade coming into Eagle River from the south was EXCELLENT
Groomer Tracking System AP (GTS) shows no grooming last night.
REMINDER: Catfish & Eagle lake trails were marked & are NOW OPEN. To be safe stay by the orange reflective barrels. Note the spur from the northside Eagle Lake boat launch that leads to Eagle Waters is NOT OPEN at this time. Work in progress. Stay tuned.
Short report this morning. Hope to get out & see for myself the conditions of the trails. Report tomorrow.
KEEP DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!
See ya on the trails!!
Holly Tomlanovich
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News and Reports:
January – To build the Ice Castle need 3 more inches of ice on Silver Lake to start cutting the blocks. THINK COLD!
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
Reporter:ironsnowshoe
Trail Conditions: Open
Snow Cover: Trails are in good condition & being groomed on a regular basis
Date of Report: January 6, 2022
Area Report:
The Iron Snow Shoe Trails are all open and being groomed on a regular basis.
We received about 4″ of new snow yesterday (1-5-22).
Come enjoy our trails. Ride Safe.
January 22 & February 12, 2022…
Reporter:Joy
Trail Conditions: Fair
Snow Cover: Varies 12″ to 20″, Bases vary as well 1″ to 8″
Date of Report: January 6, 2022
Area Report:
According to the weekly Tower Area trail report:
• Taconite State Trail: By the end of the week, the entire trail from Ely to Hwy 73 will be groomed. Trail base is thin in spots. A few hills west of Hwy 53 have exposed rocks and need more snow to be fully covered with snow.
• Arrowhead State Trail: By the end of the week, the entire trail from the Taconite Trail junction near Tower to the Blue Ox Trail junction near International Falls will be groomed. Snow conditions improve as one goes north, starting around Cook and Orr. A small segment of trail between Ban Lake Rd and Crane Lake Rd (CR 23) remains ungroomed due to a swamp with thin ice remaining.
• Putnam-Fishing Lakes Trail: The DNR anticipates having the Fishing Lakes Trail groomed by the end of this week. Due to not enough snow to cover the rocks and two swamps with thin ice remaining, we anticipate grooming the Putnam Lake Trail next week.
• Soudan Underground Mine Lake Vermilion State Park Trails: The DNR anticipates having the trail groomed by the end of this week or early next week.
The DNR reminds riders to please use caution on the trails and stay to the right. There is active logging happening on a number of spots throughout the Grant-in-Aid and State Trail system. Please slow down and give trucks and logging equipment space. No motorized vehicles other than snowmobiles are allowed on State Trails or Grant-in-Aid snowmobile trails.
News and Reports:
This information is coming directly from an article published by Jesse White with the Mesabi Tribune dated today.
“Brad Dekkers, DNR assistant area supervisor out of the Tower office, said by email this week that officials would be grooming the two main state snowmobile trails in the area — the Taconite and the Arrowhead — ahead of this weekend.
“Quite a bit has changed with trail conditions and updates in the last week. Mainly, swamps have developed enough ice for us to groom through them, and the cold has stiffened up the trail surface quite a bit,” he said by email. “We will have the Arrowhead and Taconite almost entirely groomed by the end of the week, and we anticipate having the Fishing Lakes trail groomed as well.”
Dekker said conditions and snow levels still vary a bit from Ely to International Falls and that generally there is more snow and thicker trail base as one heads further north.
“Folks will be tagging rocks on the trails until we get a bit more snow. But with things groomed up and with this cold weather, trail riding will be chilly but fun,” he said.
The DNR is reporting that Taconite Trail, which covers 165-miles from Ely to Grand Rapids, has anywhere from seven to 19-inches of snow (depending on location), with a base of one to six-inches and is in “poor to fair” condition.
The David Dill/Arrowhead Trail, which extends from 10 miles west of Tower at the intersection with the Taconite Trail to Ericsburg, ten miles south of International Falls, has anywhere from eight to 22-inches of snow, with a one to eight-inch base and is also considered to be in “poor to fair” condition.
DNR officials say that by the end of this week, 95 percent of both trails will have been groomed at least once, some segments multiple times.
Reporter:Stretch
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: 6″ – 8″ Base
Date of Report: January 5, 2022
Area Report:
With over 100 inches of snow this year so far we’ve got snow in the Keweenaw and Copper Country. It’s snowed all day today and I’ve recorded a little over a foot in less than 24 hours. Keweenaw Snowmobile Club has been running all machines both day and night. Superior Snowmobile Club has been running every night taking care of the trails south of Toivola. I personally take care of Houghton/ Hancock to Toivola and it’s in very good shape right now. They are calling for temps to stay very cold for through the weekend which will help with trail conditions. If your planning on coming up you better make reservations soon a lot of places filling up.
Don’t forget the Masters Racing Circuit is holding the Winternationals Hillclimbs in South Range is coming up February 5th & 6th. Also I’ll be there with a groomer for those who would like to see what we use to give you that perfect ribbon.
Stretch
Reporter:Phil
Trail Conditions: Excellent
Snow Cover: Looking Great
Date of Report: January 5, 2022
Area Report:
If you like winter this was a very good day! If not….you should not be reading this anyway. Received a solid 4-5 inches of snow so far and still coming down. wind is picking up and temps dropped from 22 earlier to 10 right now. Should generate some lake effect in Land O. People who I talked to who rode Frosty trails on Tuesday had all positive comments before the snow so things should be whiter now for sure. This is going to be a good weekend for riding the Top Trails at the Top of Wisconsin.
News and Reports:
$500.00 in Treasure Quest booty could be yours. Pick up your treasure maps at Bent’s Camp or The Alley on Jan. 15…starting at 9 AM
Snowmobile Information:
Frosty club meeting Monday 6 PM at Town Hall. Hope to see you there.
Reporter:AJ’s Walleye Lodge
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: Good
Date of Report: January 5, 2022
Area Report:
Reporter:Toulish1
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: 6-10″
Date of Report: January 5, 2022
Snowmobile Information:
I will report tomorrow after I get a groomer report from Brian and Machelle from the bridge of Hornshoe1, or may go on patrol after I plow, but I am guessing we received 10″ here as of 2:30, and Matt is out plowing some of his accounts, and he is guessing over 12″ in spots. It is also still snowing casually. Either way, we are game on to groom! Mark
Reporter:cvsopresident
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 2″-%” trail base
Date of Report: January 5, 2022
Area Report:
We are panning and packing trails,but there is still not enough snow to open. There is snow in the forecast, just don’t know if it will be enough.
Jeff Myers
Reporter:minocqua
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: 8-12
Date of Report: January 5, 2022
Area Report:
Last nights storm dumped 5 inches and still snowing, our trails have been upgraded to good condition now and trails are turning out very nice after the groomers were out, This weekend they should be good and some of the best riding so far , colder temps will keep them flat. Lake Minocqua has been marked last week and most lakes were in the process last week except Tomahawk , Squirrel lake is also marked and they were marking the other lakes last week.