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Trail Report – : Three Lakes – Brule River, Wisconsin – January 24, 2020

Reporter:Threelakeswi

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 20-25”

Date of Report: January 24, 2020

Area Report:

Our trail system is open with the exception of the trail noted below. We have received more snow over the past few days with more in the forecast Trails are in excellent condition. We have a very good base. We are grooming on a nightly basis. Remember it is law to yield to the groomer.

Trail 13 to sugar camp from rice lake road to sugar camp trails is closed until further notice. It is not safe with running water in the swamp.

Spirit, maple, townline, moccasin, round, crystal, island, and planting ground lakes are completely marked. Medicine and big stone lakes are partially marked. Stay within 10’ of the barrels to insure safe ice. If you don’t see barrels assume unsafe ice.

If you come across a tree that has fallen or something that you may see unsafe, please message us on Facebook. Please try and get the trail or the tin(trail identification number) that are located at all intersections.

Please be safe out there, it has been a horrific fall getting the trail system open this year with all the storms. We have thousands of hours getting trails ready for your safety and enjoyment.

If you like our trails, be sure to put a few dollars in our donation boxes in your favorite establishment, if you see something you don’t like, message us on Facebook and let us know, we will do what we can to fix it.

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 24, 2020

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Holy Moly! Ton of SNOW on the trails

Date of Report: January 24, 2020

Area Report:

January 24, 2020 – 7:16am 28 degrees

SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN EAGLE RIVER
Good on average
Lots of traffic

SNOW. SNOW. SNOW. Fine steady SNOW nearly all day yesterday. 2-3 inches. Chance of SNOW today with most tonight. 1-3 inches. Looks to be cloudy for the next week. Great for trail conditions. NO EVIL SUN. Could use temps colder so……THINK COLD!

With a couple feet plus on the trails please stay on the marked trails. Private landowners are letting the clubs use their land. We as riders must stay on the trails or we will lose trails.

Catfish & Eagle Lake Trails are MARKED & OPEN. Stay by the Orange Reflective Barrels to be safe.

Groomer Tracking System shows in the last 24 hours nearly all trails groomed. When you see a groomer gives the drivers a thumbs up.
Here are the few sections not groomed:

Alt13 aka 3S from 10/Alt13 intersection to the Three Lakes turn around
City trail from Trigs Shell to Bloom Rd.
City trail – behind O’Reilly crossing to Trig’s Shell to Bloom Rd
Chanticleer Inn trail to Eagle Lk
Uncle Kent trail

Caution Areas

In general found trails sections especially in swamps have rough areas. Bumps have set in the base & even with lots of snow coverage it is hard to correct. Sections on 13N beyond Hwy G very rough, Loon Lk Rd to Bloom Rd section of 10E very rough, section of 17N from trail 1 to Columbus Rd rough. 70W section from Sundstein Rd running past the Lincoln Townhall heading west to Synergy rough sections. 17S from Paintball field to Sugar Camp connect. Don’t be tempted to ride off trail.

Holy Moly lots of traffic last night. It’s the start of the weekend. Are you ready to ride?!? With the traffic please stay on the right side of the trails. That includes corners & hills.

KEEP THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!

See you on the trails!

Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club

News and Reports:

Events

January 24-25 – Women on Snow

January 25 – SNO(Saturday Night Out) – Kickback Grill – Hwy 45N adjacent to the Hiawatha Inn – 5:30pm Social time & 6:00pm Dinner – ALL Welcome! Contact Cheryl Storms 715.479.5599 by January 24

January 31-February 2 – Weekend Away to Tomahawk

Snowmobile Information:

Handy Snowmobile Links
Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10
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 – : Hayward / Sawyer County, Wisconsin – January 23, 2020

Reporter:haywardlakes

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 9-16 inches of snow

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

Hello Riders!

It has been a great week of riding! The trails have a fabulous base and lots of snow, the lakes have good ice and now in the last week with the new snow falls there is snow on the lakes! What else to report other than it’s excellent out there!

Groomers are always out grooming trails and making sure signage is where it needs to be. This group of volunteers is pretty amazing with their work and dedication they put in! They are out all week repairing from the busy weekends and preparing for the next. This last weekend brought an abundance of riders with the 3 day weekend and excellent conditions. Many groomers are out on the weekends but may not log quite as many hours due to safety with the heavy traffic. With a lot of snow, a great base and a lot of traffic, bumps can get created so please remember if you’re on a trail and you find it to be rough it is more than likely due to being a heavily traveled trail and it’s not due to neglect by a groomer. Sawyer County is pretty spectacular with their system and how they divide their trails between clubs evenly and log their hours, we want to be able to groom as the logged hours are what assist the county in funding for the trails so they are out there all the time! But if you do encounter a trail condition you find needs attention please let us know, it so easy to do! Just pop on sawyercountyalliance.com and on the right side you will see Report a Trail Issue and you can enter the info, it’s that easy! That gets sent to the appropriate area where it gets promptly reported to the trail captain of that section. We always appreciate the extra set of eyes out there!

Speaking of grooming there is a trail update for trail 6 from Ojibwa to Airborne Rd is still closed and the detour is still in place. The crew did remove some down trees and determined grooming could resume from Airborne Rd to the dam.

Lake Hayward is now staked all the way across.

Surrounding counties are open and excellent as well.

The trails are amazing, the scenery is beautiful, the weather temps are perfect, get out and ride!

Trail Report – : Antigo/Langlade County, Wisconsin – January 23, 2020

Reporter:langlade

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 18-22

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

The Langlade County snowmobile trail system (Zones A & B) is open with restrictions as of 8 a.m Thursday, January 2, 2020.

Several trail segments will remain closed until further notice due to storm debris from the July windstorm or standing water. These include the following trails between:

Intersection 49-58 (Elcho area)
Intersection 62-77 (Summit Lake to Pearson area)
Intersection 63-68 (Jack Lake area)
Intersection 101B- 98 (Lily Area)

Click here to view the closed segments. Click here to download the 2019-2020 Langlade County Snowmobile map.

In addition, all lake trails in Langlade County remain closed until they are clearly marked by the local snowmobile club.

Numerous logging operations are ongoing throughout Langlade County, on both public and private lands. Please reduce speeds and use caution as these shared trails/roads will be plowed with occasional vehicular traffic. Stretches of trail may be rough with standing water in low-lying areas. Riders are advised to stay on the marked trail.

These trails will be open to ATV’s after January 9, 2020. ATV’s are not allowed on snowmobile trails when the temperature is above 28° F.

UTV’s are not allowed on the Langlade County Snowmobile trail system.

Langlade County Forestry Department

Trail Report – : Tomahawk, Wisconsin – January 23, 2020

Reporter:AOXEN

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: up to 20 inches

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

Lincoln County’s funded snowmobile trails (County Administrated Trails) in Zones 1, 2,3 and 4 are OPEN.

Zone 1 trails remaining closed are as follows: Corridor 19 south of Highway 86 and Corridor 17 west from Intersection #65 to Intersection #33. All other Zone 1 trails are open.

Trails are in good-very good condition with some trails being rough and icy in some areas.

Winter ATV trails in Zones 2,3 and 4 are OPEN.

All trails are closed to winter ATV use when the temperature is above 28 degrees F.

Be aware of Trail Closed signs, stay on marked trails only and respect private land.

For up to date Lincoln County trail conditions, log on to: www.co.lincoln.wi.us or call our Trail Hotline at 715-539-1033.

This report will be updated when conditions change.

MOST ONEIDA COUNTY TRAILS ARE OPEN.

Some lakes have been marked. Ride and stay on marked trails ONLY.

Trails are in good-very good condition. Groomers are out where possible.

The following trail closures will be in effect until further notice:

Hodag Sno-Trails (McNaughton Area):

Funded Trail Corridor 12 is closed from TIN247 (Intersection of Trail 12 and 47)

Three Lakes Trails:

Funded Trail Alternate 13 is closed from TIN 122 (Rice Lake Rd) through TIN 022 (intersection north of Burnham Lk)

Please check the current conditions on the Chamber’s website at www.gototomahawk.com

This report will be updated when conditions change.

Trail Report – : Ely, Minnesota – January 23, 2020

Reporter:Ely Chamber of Commerce/Explore MN Visitor Center

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 15-35″

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

GENERAL INFORMATION: Trails are reported to be in excellent condition, groomed and holding up well. Several area lakes are now staked, and riders are asked to please ride in staked areas to ensure best conditions. As always, even when conditions are their best, it’s still wise to use caution when venturing onto the ice on foot or machine. Also, there are two organized rides going on – the Northland 300 and the Fun Run- so above average traffic on some of the area trails is expected.

Area Trails: Tomahawk trail is reported to be in great condition, and conditions on Grassy Loop, Burntside, Shagwa, Little Long, Mud Lake and White Iron Lake are also reported to be really good. Grooming is complete to Mattila’s shelter and Birch Lake is now staked for snowmobile trails to Hidden Bay. Cedar Lake is still not staked; snowmobilers should use Cloquet Line instead. Everything else is staked and groomed. As always, please stay on staked trails.

Arrowhead State Trail: Snowmobiling: Condition-Very Good Trail – Groomed Base – 2-6” The Arrowhead State trail is the backbone to an extensive Grant-in-Aid trail system that travels through remote areas. TRAIL CONDITIONS: The entire trail has been groomed from the Taconite State Trail junction north to the Blue Ox trail.

Bearhead Lake State Park: Snowmobiling: Condition – Very good Trails – Groomed Base 5-12” TRAIL CONDITIONS: The Taconite Trail and Cub Lake Spur to the Trail Center are both in very good condition.

Bearhead State Park trails provide rolling topography through birch and pine stands. You may see a variety of wildlife ranging from deer, wolves, ruffed grouse, and pine martens. You can snowshoe anywhere in Minnesota’s state parks and recreation areas, except on trails that are specifically groomed for another activity, such as snowmobiling or skiing.

Lake Vermilion – Soudan Underground Mine State Park: Snowmobiling: Condition – Very Good Trails – Groomed Base – 2-6” TRAIL CONDITIONS: These trails are fully groomed and in very good condition. For all trails use caution at all times. Please travel at appropriate speeds and stay to the right. There are two organized trail rides this week, the Northland 300 throughout the week and weekend, and the fun Run on Saturday between Ely, Babbitt, and Tower/Fortune Bay. No motorized vehicles other than snowmobiles are allowed on State Trails or Grant-in-Aid snowmobile trails.

The park has 5 miles of snowmobile trails that connects from the Taconite State Trail to the Lake Vermilion ice trail. The ride takes you through old growth pines and young aspen forests with large wetland complexes to view along the way. You can snowshoe anywhere in Minnesota’s state parks and recreation areas, except on trails that are specifically groomed for another activity, such as snowmobiling or skiing.

Putnam/Fishing Lakes – Bear Island State Forest: Snowmobiling: Condition – Very Good Trails – Groomed Base – 2-6” The Putnam and Fishing Lakes Trails traverse forested, rolling topography through birch, ash, and pine stands. Several small lakes dot the landscape along these scenic trails. TRAIL CONDITIONS: Riders should be aware that there are active logging operations on multiple sections of the trails. Please travel at appropriate speeds and stay to the right.

Taconite State Trail: Snowmobiling: Condition – Very Good Trails – Groomed Base 2-6” Taconite State Trail stretches one hundred sixty-five miles from Grand Rapids to Ely through many scenic vistas of rolling hillsides, lakes, rivers and forest. TRAIL CONDITIONS: The entire Taconite is groomed from Ely to Hwy 73. With the recent snow in the last week, and early-season traffic, the trails are holding up well and looking great!

Taconite Spur West – Last groomed 1/22/20

Taconite Spur North – Last groomed 1/22/20 – Beware of continued logging operations underway!

Stony Spur East – Last groomed 1/20/20

News and Reports:

Upcoming snowmobile events include:

2020 Snowmobile Fun Run January 25, 2020

Northland 300 Snowmobiling for Special Olympics January 22-26

Black Wood Blizzard Tour January 29- February 1

More information on these events can be found by visiting our website at http://www.ely.org/mn/events

Trail Report – : Dickinson County, Michigan – January 23, 2020

Reporter:msertich7751

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 15 to 20 Inches

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

Our trails are in excellent condition! The groomers are running daily and by Friday,most of our system will be done 3 to 4 times.Remember,anywhere you see a (WET AREA) Sign,Be very cautious.We have a number of areas that have water flowing across the trail.The reroute on trail 115 has and is being groomed.We are getting new snow almost daily now.THINK SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trail Report – : Walworth County, Wisconsin – January 23, 2020

Reporter:Ryan Strand

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 7″

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

Our trails are groomed, it has been snowing since last night and continues to snow today. More is in the forecast through the remainder of the week into the weekend. Please check back for updates as things are quickly changing. Reminder you can check here, our Facebook page, our website listed below or the trail hotline listed below. Please stay off until the trails are officially announced as open! Thank you.

262-742-2664

http://www.walworthcountysnow.com/

BELOW IS A LIST OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS:

Jan. 25, 2020 – East Troy Snow Trojans will host their Brat Bash. It will be held at Pit Stop 67 (Formerly Not too Far Away) from 11 – 5 pm.
Feb. 1, 2020 – Lyons Sno-Bums Chili Days/Raffle is being held at Ye Olde Hotel in Lyons from 12Noon – 4pm
Feb. 8, 2020 Whitewater Meat Raffle is being held at the Real McCoy’s from 1 – 4pm. The meat is coming from Sorgs.
Feb. 15, 2020 – Sharon Drift Skippers is having their Annual Raffle at Kip N’ Deb’s in Sharon. The event starts at 5 pm with Meat Raffles. The money drawing will be at 7pm and there is also a Silent Auction.

Trail Report – : Bayfield County, Wisconsin – January 23, 2020

Reporter:BayfieldCounty

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 12-24 inches packed

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

Trails in Bayfield County continue to be in excellent condition. We received a bit of fresh snow this week, quite a bit in the north, and there is more snow in the forecast for the northern part of the county for Thursday and Friday. Should be more great riding this weekend!

Namakagon Trail Groomers: We received about 6-8″ of new snow last week from Wed – Sat. Have about a 12″+ base. Trails are in excellent condition. They were groomed on Monday 1/20 and Wednesday 1/22. Also groomed thru Bibon Swamp on 1/22. Hoping to get back out again on Friday.

Barnes Barnestormers: Barnes area trails are in excellent condition, they all will have been groomed twice by Friday noon. Enjoy the ride.

Drummond SnoJacks: All Drummond area trails are in excellent condition. Recent snow has added to the base and is now >16″. There was heavy use of the trails last week but all will be groomed again before the weekend. Caution still advised for the rough section of trail 63 towards Grand View at Arne Carlson Road.

Frosty’s Vintage Riders: Mason/Delta/Iron River all in excellent condition, freshly groomed, west delta road use caution as it has turned icy underneath

Iron River: All trails in Iron River area have been groomed (Trail #3 from Iron River will get groomed Thursday) we are starting to get some icy spots on hills. But all is good.

Washburn Valhallers: Trail #13 from Washburn to Valhalla was fresh-groomed 1/20 and is in excellent condition. We will be re-grooming Trail #13 North and South by the weekend and both trails are expected to be in excellent condition. We still have 1-block section of trail #13 south blocked off due to deep water and ice. There is an easy go around that is being partially groomed.

All the trails in the Valhalla area are in excellent condition. With 18 inches of fresh snow this week. Currently there is utility work and logging operation on Trail 51 so use caution in that area signs will be posted.

South Shore (Port Wing, Herbster, Cornucopia): Trail 1 was groomed Wednesday. Trails 40 & 41 plus 19 will be done Thursday. All trails awesome.

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 23, 2020

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Plenty of SNOW

Date of Report: January 23, 2020

Area Report:

January 23, 2020 – 8:07am 28 degrees

SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN EAGLE RIVER
Good on average

SNOW moved in after lunch yesterday. 2 inches +-. Light SNOW all day today. Forecast of another 2 inches. Light SNOW for Saturday & Sunday. No firm totals. Temps high 20’s & low 30’s. Winters hanging around. Time to ride!!

There is plenty of SNOW so please stay on the marked trails. Private landowners are letting the clubs use their land. We as riders must stay on the trails or we will lose trails.

Catfish & Eagle Lake Trails are MARKED & OPEN. Stay by the Orange Reflective Barrels to be safe.

Groomer Tracking System shows in the last 24 hours the following trails were groomed:

Trail 10/13 from groomer barn south to Alt 13/aka 3S to Three Lakes turn around
Trail 10E from Alt 13/10 intersection to Bloom Rd
City trail from Trigs Shell to Bloom Rd.
Trail 70W from behind the Dairy Queen to near the 70W/7/17S intersection
Trail 10/13 from groomer barn north to Conover connect
Trail 17N from 13/17 intersection north to Mankse Swamp aka 3N
Manske Swamp aka 3N

Caution Areas

In general found trails sections especially in swamps have rough areas due to set bumps.

It’s Thursday & the Sno-Eagles Guided Trail Ride. Meet at 9am in town, Trail 10/13 at the historic railroad depot by the snow carved snowmobile.

KEEP THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!

See you on the trails!

Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club

News and Reports:

Handy Snowmobile Links

Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10
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

Snowmobile Information:

Events

January 22 – Wednesday Sno-Eagles guided trail ride – meet at 9am in town on 10/13 by the historic railway depot & snow snowmobile – across from Friendship House
January 23 – Thursday Sno-Eagles guided trail ride – meet at 9am in town on 10/13 by the historic railway depot & snow snowmobile – across from Friendship House

January 24-25 – Women on Snow

January 31-February 2 – Weekend Away to Tomahawk