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Trail Report – : Price County – Park Falls, Phillips & Prentice, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:Price County Tourism Department

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 3 – 6 inches of new snow

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

All trails are open and they are in excellent to very good condition with ongoing trail grooming. The trails have about 3 – 6 inches of fresh snow as of Saturday. To view detailed trail conditions from snowmobile club trail reporters, go to www.pricecountywi.net. Please stay on marked lake trails for your safety.

News and Reports:

Upcoming Events:
February 10 – Northwoods Hi-Riders Valentine’s Day Dance, Phillips
February 16 & 17 – Elk River Pioneers Poker Run & Picnic, Phillips
February 24 – Northwoods Hi-Riders One-Day Poker Run, Phillips

Trail Report – : Ashland County, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:info@visitashland.com

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 3-8 inch base

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

Reporter: ashchamber@centurytel.net

ALL trails in Ashland County are now all open, groomed and in good condition. The tri-county corridor is open and groomed. More snow would always be a great bonus!!!!! Trails are in good riding condition.

Call 800-284-9484 to receive a Ashland County Snowmobile map.

Trail Report – : Ashland County, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:info@visitashland.com

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 3-8 inch base

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

Reporter: ashchamber@centurytel.net

Call 800-284-9484 to receive a Ashland County Snowmobile map.

Trail Report – : Ashland County, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:info@visitashland.com

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 3-8 inch base

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

Reporter: ashchamber@centurytel.net

Call 800-284-9484 to receive a Ashland County Snowmobile map.

Trail Report – : Ashland County, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:info@visitashland.com

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 3-8 inch base

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

Reporter: ashchamber@centurytel.net

Call 800-284-9484 to receive a Ashland County Snowmobile map.

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 18 inches or so on the ground

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

Trails are in Great shape. It is amazing what a little cold weather will do to keep the trails in excellent condition–even on the weekends. Trail 6 west of Land O Lakes is a beautiful winter wonderland. The trail to Bent’s and the trail to Sunrise are in the best shape in years. Thank You groomers! I know the Gateway lodge and Thunder Bay Resort had an opening for this weekend—call quick as Land O is the place to be for winter fun.

News and Reports:

Frosty Club Radar Run President’s Day Weekend. Registration starts at 10 and runs at 11. Bikini Run is at 3 pm

Trail Report – : Washburn County, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 5-10 inch base

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

All of the Washburn County snowmobile trails are OPEN! Trails are in good condition with a 5-10 inch base after receiving about 3 to 4 inches of fresh snow. Always use caution on the trails as you may encounter active trail grooming equipment. Enjoy the trails!

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – February 6, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 5-10 inch base

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

Trail Report – : Western UP, Michigan – February 6, 2018

Reporter:Western U.P. Snowmobile Report

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 9-24

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

Western U.P. Trail Report – Western U.P. Bureau – 02/06

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:
Temps for the next couple of days are going to be in the single to low double digits during the day and below zero at night. Grooming is ongoing for all clubs. Use caution on corners they may be icy. Make sure you ride on your side of the trail, we want everyone to be safe.

PLEASE STAY ON TRAILS. WE HAVE BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS THAT SOME HAVE NOT BEEN STAYING ON TRAILS, RIDING ON UNMARKED TRAILS CAN LOSE EASEMENT FOR OUR TRAIL SYSTEM SO PLEASE STAY ON TRAILS!!!!!!

THE GOGEBIC RANGE TRAIL AUTHORITY REPORTS:
01/31/2018
One of our groomers is down for repairs. We don’t know what the timeline is for getting it repaired. Be patient we now have only one groomer to work with, we will get to all the trails when we can.
Overall conditions are good to very good.
Please stay on your side of the trails, we want everyone to be safe.

Trail 2 from Hurley to Ramsay US-2 Crossing is good to very good. This was last groomed on the morning of the 2/5.. You will still encounter some thin spots along with icy corners. Use caution when riding.
The rail-bed trail ENDS on the east side of the Keystone Bridge. The club grooms the bridge to maintain it for local access. The “old” trail to Wakefield is closed east of Verona Road. Tickets will be issued if you ride on this closed trail.

Trail 2 from Ramsay Crossing to Wakefield is fair to good. The decent from Indianhead Mountain to Wakefield as you travel eastbound on trail 2 needs more snow. The trail by Sunday Lake in Wakefield is thin and has icy corners.

Trail 2 from Wakefield to Marenisco is good to very good. There is active construction 5 miles east of Wakefield use caution. Watch for icy corners from Wakefield to US HWY. 2 trail crossing.

Trail 8 from Bingo’s to Tula Crossing is good to very good. Please stay on your side of the trail and use caution on corners.

Trail 160 from Walmart to Montreal River(WI) is good to very good. This is a very scenic trail with spectacular views. ENJOY!! There is logging near the Lake Road area, please slow down, remember logging trucks have the right of way.

Trail 11S is good to very good. Last groomed 2/5. The first 2 miles of the trail as it heads south towards Wisconsin from Trail 2 is plowed due to logging. Please yield to all commercial truck traffic. The trail is in great shape and is groomed from the Vilas County Wisconsin Line to Trail 2 completely, regularly. There are still a few thin areas and areas that need more brushing but the trail is fantastic.

LAKE GOGEBIC AREA GROOMER REPORT was last reported on the 2/1/18.
Trail Conditions:
Good News: The DNR has given approval for us to reopen Trail 100 to East Shore Road which puts snowmobilers within a 1/4 mi of Lake Gogebic. Groomers are out on it right now and it is in good shape (4.5 mi from trail 13 to East Shore Rd).

Trail 13: Good to very good. Trail 100 is open and has been groomed from Trail 13 to the
East Shore Rd. From there you can follow left to Slate River/ Lake Gogebic and if you make a right you can run East Shore Road. Received some snow and hopefully, that will cover bare spots on the roads.
Trail 1 to Presque is in fair condition and recently groomed.
Not much base and about ½ down dirt are showing.
Trail 1 and 13 are being groomed frequently as we have stationed one of our groomers in Marenisco!
Trail 1 N/Corridor 8: groomed and in very good condition.
Trail 102 in good to the very good condition.
Trail 8 East has been groomed, because of weather, it could not be groomed all way. That will be groomed weather permitting.

U.P. THUNDER RIDERS OF WATERSMEET GROOMERS REPORT:
Groomer Report 2/5/18
Trails are good with some fair areas. We do have some thin areas and icy corners so use caution. The groomers are running daily. Lots of thumbs up from riders so the trails must be riding well!
Trail 2 east of Watersmeet – to the 107 – good but thin in areas
Trail 3 south of Watersmeet to WI – good/fair -this trail gets tons of traffic and it gets rough between groomings use caution over the bridges
Trail 3 north of trail 2 to bond falls – good thin areas and icy corners
Trail 3 north of Bond falls – good
Trail 2 west of Watersmeet- good with thin areas
Trail 13 south of trail 2 – good with icy corners

PLEASE STAY ON MARKED TRAILS. RIDING ON UNMARKED TRAILS CAN RESULT IN THE CLUB LOSING EASEMENT OF THAT TRAIL AND YOU POSSIBLE GETTING A TICKET…..

Trail Report – : Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan – February 6, 2018

Reporter:SaultSteMarie

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Base is 4 inches

Date of Report: February 6, 2018

Area Report:

The Radar Run is this Saturday, February 10^th, from 10 to 3 on Trail 49, south of town.

Trails are in great shape; we survived race weekend.

We have a newly plowed parking area at the beginning of Trail #8 under the International Bridge, which now has an all-season porta-john.

If you are staying in the Sault, please look at our list of supporters on our web page and give them your business. Please do that in all the towns you visit. The grooming entities are all made up of volunteers who want you to support those who support us!

Remember, trail base is the amount of snow between your track and the ground below, not the amount of fluff piled up in the woods. 10 inches of snow compresses to less than an inch on the trail.

Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –

Base 2 – 5 inches -Trail is in excellent to outstanding condition.

Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –

Base 3 – 6 inches -Trail is in excellent to outstanding condition.

When going across the bridge in Brimley, make sure you go with the flow of traffic! Blowing and drifting occurs when you first leave Brimley.

Raco to Naomikong Trail #8 [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –

Base 4 – 7 inches – Trail is in excellent to outstanding condition.

Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –

Base 3 – 5 inches – Trail is in good to excellent condition. Trail is now groomed past the casino down to the Antlers.

We now have a marked trail going to Chippewa Motors. It starts once you come out of the woods east of M-129 off #449. It comes into their parking lot from behind if you need parts or service.

City curfew is from 1 am – 6 am. Remember, most City streets are open to traffic 20 mph, stop at all intersections, and ride on the right-hand side of street not on sidewalks. Watch for closed streets that are posted, mainly around the hospital, university, and state trunk lines.

Sault Ste. Marie to Kinross, Trail #49 –

Base 2 – 5 inches – Trail is in good to excellent condition.

Make sure you follow the reroute once you cross the bridge going south at 7 Mile Road.

When the trail is running along roads, make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road.

Kinross loop & south to Pickford, Parts of Trail #49, #472, and #494 –

Base 3- 5 inches – Trail is in good condition. Watch for trucks on the trail.

Kinross to Raco & Rudyard, Parts of trail #472 & #480 –

Base 2 – 6 inches – Trail is in good to excellent condition. Watch for reroute signs just west of Kinross. Trail to Rudyard has been groomed, but logging is going on, too.

The Downtown Trail is signed, and snow and barrels are on the Portage Ave. Bridge.

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