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Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 6-18+ inches on trails

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

January 9, 2020 – 8:06am 19 degrees

SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN EAGLE RIVER
Variety of ALL Conditions
Some icy corners

Bump up in temps today. 32 for a high & with the bump up SNOW in the forecast. Could be a wintery mix. 1-3 inches of SNOW forecast by the weather guys. Tomorrow, Friday high of 24 & low of 5. From then on temps are dropping into the teens for highs & teens at night. Next SNOW is out a bit, next Tuesday.

Today at 9am is the first Sno-Eagles Thursday Guided Trail Ride. Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 10/13 in downtown Eagle River. Near the Friendship House Restaurant.

Grooming overnight according to Groomer Tracking Systems show the following trails were groomed over the last 24 hours.

10/13 from the groomer barn heading south thru town down 3/Alt13 south to Three Lakes trails connect

10E from left off “the grade” completely to the east connect with Three Lakes. Including 9MI.

10/13 from the groomer barn heading north all the way to the 17N intersection

17N to 1 intersection

1 to the Eagle Lake Boat Launch (lake not open at this point)

13N to Bauer’s Dam turn around

70W to the St. Germain turn around

7 aka Paintball field to Hwy H

17S to Sugar Camp turn around

Uncle Kent’s

Caution Area

17S from 17/7aka Paintball Field intersection to the Sugar Camp connect. This area is improving as Club has been packing snow into the wet mushy areas to firm up. Several rough & mushy sections. Was groomed in last 24 hours.

Section of 10/13 from Hwy G to Adams Rd – this area had water & mushy/muddy areas. The Club is also working on this area packing snow in to firm up. Rough sections. Was groomed in last 24 hours.

Wisconsin River Bridge aka 10W/13N – frozen but very icy under snow. No regular grooming from the eastside trail & across bridge due to conditions so expect rough & potential for soft spots. West side section of trail much on Deep Lk Rd was recently groomed but is pretty rough.

Catfish & Eagle Lake Trails are NOT MARKED. Please stay off. A group is checking periodically for ice depth & slush. Stay tuned.

THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!

Bus week with no riding. Riding tomorrow! See you on this 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 9 – First Thursday Ride – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 13 – 9am

January 10-12 – Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed
January 17-19 – World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed

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 Club President, Howard Wolfe at 262.442.4876 to sign up for any event.

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 – : Phelps, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:Phelps Snowmobile Club

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 18″ to 24″

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

Grooming is on going. Tonight will be the first time we will groom trail 6, west of the fire tower, all the way through our swampy areas. Trail 6 east of the town, still has a detour. Please follow the posted signs and the 25 MPH speed limit on all roadways. Trail 17 is still detoured due wet area. Hopefully the cold temps the past 36 hours will firm it up for the weekend. The lake trails are marked. Please stay on the marked trail. It is the safest way.

News and Reports:

The January club meeting is Wednesday the 8th at the Habit. Cocktails at 5:30, dinner at 6:30 with a meeting to follow.

Trail Report – : Price County – Park Falls, Phillips & Prentice, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:Phillips/Park Falls Chambers

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-16

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

Snowmobile Trail Conditions
Fifield Sno Drovers 1/7/2020
All the trails in the Pike Lake area are in great shape with the exception of areas we’re not grooming yet due to water under the snow/ice. These areas are passible via snowmobile but may be a bit rough. This is the stretch of trail 101/10 from where it turns off the long straight-a-way leading to Northernaire/144 to the bridge at Fould’s creek. The trail 106/19 leading to Iron County remains closed until we get word that the Iron County club has been able to open their trail. We understand trail 101/10 is closed just east of Sugarbush Road due to open water in the swamp. The HOPE to reopen it on Thursday, 1/9 given the colder weather. The lakes are still not marked at this point due to slush and questionable ice conditions. While we’re hoping this cold snap improves the condition and we mark them soon, the best option is to stay off them until we’ve determined it is safe and mark them.

Rick

Lugerville Chasers 1/7/2020
Our trails are being groomed twice a week and are in good to excellent condition. We have a few bad spots that you need to take caution. First area is on Trail 80 going east and west. There are open water areas. We are hoping with cold temps that we can address these two areas. Good news is that you are able to sneak around both areas. Second area is on trail 90. Power company is updating power line poles so please drive slow in case they are on the trail.

Northwoods Hi Riders 1/7/2020
We have been grooming the highland areas around Solberg Lake, but still no major swamps. Trail 102 from Phillips to the 121 intersection above Gates Lake towards Wintergreen is groomed and in excellent riding condition. Trail 141 on the east side of Solberg is groomed and in excellent condition, trail 141 to Lugerville is partially groomed, and very rideable. Trail 112 out of Solberg Park is groomed, but there are logging operations going on along that trail. Trail 121 north of Solberg to Hick’s Landing area is NOT groomed due to the 2 major swamps on that trail, plus there are logging operations on each side of the swamps. Trails 121 going to Lugerville is not groomed east of Old 13 Road due to 2 swamps that are still not in condition to be groomed, but they are getting closer. You can ride the swamps with snowmobiles to get them packed down so they freeze, they are just a little choppy. Stay to the outside. Watch for small branches sticking into the trails. Solberg Lake is not marked as of yet, but maybe this weekend if it stays cold.

Prentice Bushbenders 1/7/2020
We have started grooming operations again and hope to have all trails that we can get to done by Wednesday night. The trails that have been groomed are in great condition. Areas that cannot be groomed yet because the swamps/creeks have not yet frozen down enough to get the groomer through are as follows; Trails 181 and 102 West and North of intersection 108. Trail 116 between County Road K and intersection 97a. Trail 120 North of Windy Lane. Trail 120 South of intersection 108 to the first gate. Trail 189 between Trail 102 (the Pine Line trail) and the Prentice Ogema Road. All trails are passable by snowmobile but the worst area are the 2 creeks North of Windy Lane. We are working on these areas daily and hope to be able to groom them within a week. Please ride safe and have fun.

Also it can not be stressed enough to only ride on marked trails. There were 2 fatalities this last weekend on Lake Nokomis when snowmobiles went through the ice.

Sno-Gypsies
1-6-20 The Tuscobia and Trail 80 were groomed yesterday. Today 80N, 89, 90 and 91 were done. Trail 91 west of Butternut lake was partially done but due to some open swamp it was not completed. If anyone feels adventurous you can ride it and open it up.

1/4/2020
Eisenstein Bushwackers
CAUTION OPEN WATER Trail 101
GO UP SUGARBUSH Firelane to 103 can go to wintergreen lake from there Partial opening of swamp between sugarbush firelane and the A frame park on Highway 70 its like 3 miles from 101 on sugarbush firelane up to 103
NoTE with assistance from the forest service shut the gates on this for 3 days to let it freeze down will be good to go when we open gates Thursday. Please use Trail 103 to Sugar Bush fire lane then south and opposite when coming to 101 from the south go approximately 3 1a2 miles to 103 and to winter green lake area TY for Patience

Price County has 500 miles of trail, maintained by 9 volunteer clubs. You’ll find beautiful scenery and wildlife along the trail system to enhance your experience.

Trail Report – : Watersmeet, Michigan – January 8, 2020

Reporter:Chamber

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Excellent!

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

U.P. Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club
34 mins ·
Thunder Riders are grooming daily and the trails are in very good to excellent condition. All water areas are gone.

Trail #3 from the Wisconsin border to Watersmeet very good condition, Watersmeet to Paulding very good condition. We have 2 logging project on this trail one north of Forest Rd 5250 (trail 150) and the other is north of Bond Falls Rd so please use caution and respect the loggers.

Trail #2 west of Watersmeet to Trail #1 south, very good condition

Trail #2 east of Watersmeet to Trail #107, very good condition

Trail #13 south to Cisco Chain, very good condition

Trail Report – : Tomahawk, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:jan

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: up to 20 inches

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

Lincoln county Zone 1 is open with the exception of Corr. 17 south of Hwy 51 Park and Ride and Corr. 19 south of Hwy. 86. Still working on getting these trails opened. Other trails have improved a lot in the last week, ranging from good to very good. Lake Alice and Silver Lake have been marked, but you MUST stay on marked trail.

Lake Mohawksin has NOT been marked yet. STAY OFF LAKE MOHAWKSIN!!

Oneida county trails are open except LAKES. Lake trails are closed.

TEMPORARY TRAIL CLOSURE – Trail 51 B north of Hwy K and south of Rocky Run Road will be closed Thursday Jan 9 and Fri Jan 10 due to utility work being done in the area.

Be careful. With the rain and warm weather there was a lot of water on the trails. The 8 E trail heading towards Jenny Lake Rd (8E & Bearskin intersection) is closed also until we can get through the creek just off Jenny Lake Rd.

Groomers are out where possible. We have to go around swamps as they are not frozen yet. Trail conditions should be improving daily as we get them packed. In some areas we are starting over again to get trails open.

PLEASE STAY OFF OF THE WATER.

Trail Report – : Minocqua, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:minocqua

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-18

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

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January 7, 2019 Pam Sobieski No Comments
Cross Country Cruisers Trail Report 01/07/2029
Hi everyone from the Northwoods!
The Cruiser Trails are in fantastic shape except for in the swampy areas which need to be packed down some more, so be aware!
Even though the Cruisers do not mark the lakes we have been informed by Greg from Slo’s that Big Arbor Vitae has 11-12 inches of ice BY THE MARKERS!
Little Arbor Vitae Lake was marked this weekend and again STAY BY THE MARKERS!
Going away from the markers could cause another tragedy like what occurred on Lake Nokomis, which I’m sure you’ve heard about.
Crossing the lakes are at your own risk!
The logging operations continue and the map we posted earlier with closures east of Hwy 51 still are in place. Trail 3/6 at 17 are closed and you cannot ride 6 to Sayner without taking a longer route. Trail 17 east of Hwy 51 up until trail 3/6 are shared with loggers. Watch out for trucks.
The Bearskin Trail has a detour south of Minocqua with signs out. Pay attention and follow the detours!

STAY ON MARKED TRAILS!

Have fun and ride right, safe and smart!

Trail Report – : Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:Manitowish Waters Chamber

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 15-20 Inches

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

TRAIL REPORT
Date of report: January 8th, 2020
Trail Conditions: OPEN ~ Fair

Took a ride Mon up to Yukon 51, NO water on trail 8 between MW and Lazy Ace (a bit bumpy but I’m sure they will be able to groom that soon) the grade (#17) was in Awesome shape! Hats off to Mercer Sno Goers & White Thunder Riders for keeping that in such great shape! We continue to hear great things about all the other Vilas clubs. Our trails are in fair condition. They will be upgraded by the weekend. Trail #2 & #8 are actually in good to very good condition. I rate fair overall because we still have a bumpy section connecting 6 to trail 2 but that will be groomed tonight. Trail 6 remains closed (you can ride the shoulder of Hwy W to access Winchester PI trails but PLEASE USE CAUTION). We will attempt to open trail 6 from the Jct of 2 and 6 by the weekend so stay tuned.
We had a very productive club meeting last night and are gearing up for our fundraisers.
REMEMBER THIS: ALL OF OUR GROOMERS ARE VOLUNTEERS. THEY SQUEEZE IN VOLUNTEER HOURS BETWEEN WORKING FULL-TIME JOBS. Most of us ride far less than you do, please remember that before you complain about conditions, we along with all other clubs, are busting butt to make your ride enjoyable.

Remember to use your hand signals, stay on marked trails, respect the deer on the trails AND STAY OFF OF THE LAKES THEY ARE NOT SAFE.

Upcoming events:
~Breakfast at Ye Old Shillelagh – Sunday, January 19th, 8am-Noon
~Breakfast at Pea Patch – Sunday, February 2nd, 8am-Noon w/ the Guns & Roses Drawing
~Winterfest Rendezvous and Snowmobile Drawing – Saturday, February 15th.
**We are looking for raffle items for the Winterfest Rendezvous. If you have raffle items you care to donate, please drop off at Pea Patch**
~Get your Arctic Cat and Guns & Roses tickets at area businesses
~Get your Sno Skeeters Garb at Dietz’s Service Station

Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 16-22 inches

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

Trail report for January 8, 2020 – Trails remain good. The weather the last few days has cooled down and last night throughout this morning has been in the single digits. This has kept our trails from melting. It snowed last night and looked like it was coming down pretty good while we were grooming but turned out to be just a dusting. There are warmer temps expected later this week and maybe a small wintery mix for Thursday. There is no significant amount of snowfall soon. The snow is starting to wear out on the trails and getting thin in areas but is still turning out flat when groomed. At least with the lack of snow on the trail it does not create big bumps. Please use extreme caution in all areas! Stay on marked trails! Remember to be safe, ride right, and enjoy the ride.

Jim (Hammy) Hamilton

BJSC President

Join us for these upcoming events:

January 11: Snowmobile Club Brat Fry
January 18: Wittig’s Big Fish Ice Fishing Tournament
January 19: Snowmobile Club Breakfast
February 1: Frozen Tozen Ice Fishing Tournament
February 15: Forest Frenzy Winter Triathlon
February 16: Snowmobile Club Breakfast
March 7: Snowmobile Club Cabin Fever Party

Trail Report – : Price County – Park Falls, Phillips & Prentice, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:Phillips/Park Falls Chambers

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-16

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

Snowmobile Trail Conditions
Lugerville Chasers 1/7/2020
Our trails are being groomed twice a week and are in good to excellent condition. We have a few bad spots that you need to take caution. First area is on Trail 80 going east and west. There are open water areas. We are hoping with cold temps that we can address these two areas. Good news is that you are able to sneak around both areas. Second area is on trail 90. Power company is updating power line poles so please drive slow in case they are on the trail.

Also it can not be stressed enough to only ride on marked trails. There were 2 fatalities this last weekend on Lake Nokomis when snowmobiles went through the ice.

Price County has 500 miles of trail, maintained by 9 volunteer clubs. You’ll find beautiful scenery and wildlife along the trail system to enhance your experience.

Trail Report – : Price County – Park Falls, Phillips & Prentice, Wisconsin – January 8, 2020

Reporter:Phillips/Park Falls Chambers

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-16

Date of Report: January 8, 2020

Area Report:

Snowmobile Trail Conditions

Also it can not be stressed enough to only ride on marked trails. There were 2 fatalities this last weekend on Lake Nokomis when snowmobiles went through the ice.

1/4/2020
Eisenstein Bushwackers
CAUTION OPEN WATER Trail 101
GO UP SUGARBUSH Firelane to 103 can go to wintergreen lake from there Partial opening of swamp between sugarbush firelane and the A frame park on Highway 70 its like 3 miles from 101 on sugarbush firelane up to 103
Note with assistance from the forest service shut the gates on this for 3 days to let it freeze down will be good to go when we open gates Thursday. Please use Trail 103 to Sugar Bush fire lane then south and opposite when coming to 101 from the south go approximately 3 1a2 miles to 103 and to winter green lake area TY for Patience

Price County has 500 miles of trail, maintained by 9 volunteer clubs. You’ll find beautiful scenery and wildlife along the trail system to enhance your experience.