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Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 27, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 5-12 inch base

Date of Report: January 27, 2018

Area Report:

All of the Washburn County snowmobile trails are OPEN! The snow event of January 22nd resulted in 2 inches of new snow in the northern part of the county, while the southern sections of the county received 7 to 9 inches of the fresh white stuff. Trail conditions are currently good, with a 5 to 12 inch groomed base. Always use caution on the trails as you may encounter active trail grooming equipment. Enjoy the trails!

Trail Report – : Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 27, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 5-12 inch base

Date of Report: January 27, 2018

Area Report:

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 27, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 5-12 inch base

Date of Report: January 27, 2018

Area Report:

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 27, 2018

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: Base holding covered with loose snow

Date of Report: January 27, 2018

Area Report:

TRAILS FAIR

Groomers waited to go out until late last night grooming north & northwest. Includes trails 13N, 10W, 7, 3N & the One Way 13c Loops near & by the Buckatabon Shelter.

The high of 30 has been reached already this morning. Temps will continue to drop all day with a low of 13 tonight. For the next 3 days weather guys are saying teens for highs during the day. Singles digits above & below zero. One night overnight temps in the teens.

Lots of traffic on the trails this weekend. So as you ride please be sure to stay on the right side of the trails. That goes for hills, corners and straight aways. As you ride and leave towns the trails will improve.

Here are a few continuing reminders on the trails:

Trail 1N logging operation continues in the section between the Town of Washington Town Hall & Eagle Lake. Clearly marked with signs. Minimal grooming on this trail.
Wisconsin River Trail – 10W/13N & Manske Swamp – 3N – 10W/13N Snow covered and pretty smooth. No bumps at the approach to the bridge on 10W/13N.

CATFISH LAKE LOOP & EAGLE LAKE TRAILS ARE NOW BOTH MARKED AND OFFICIALLY OPEN. PLEASE STAY BY THE ORANGE REFLECTIVE BARRELS TO BE SAFE. COULD BE SOME SURFACE SLUSH THIS MORNING. REMINDER THE CATFISH LAKE LOOP TO LUMPY’S IS NO LONGER A TRAIL.

If you are riding zip on over to the “grade” to check out the 2018 Eagle River Area Fire Department ICE CASTLE!!!! Located adjacent to the downtown “grade” trail by the Historic Railroad Grade. The lights installed change colors. Ice benches as part of the Castle let you take photos of your group. Check out this link Eagle River Ice Castle to check out a video of the Ice Castle building. Holding up well in the warm up.

Next on the Winter events schedule is the 13th Annual LaBatt Blue Pond Hockey set for February 9-11 on Dollar Lake east of Eagle River. Check out the is link LaBatt Blue Pond Hockey for info.

THINK COLD & Keep Dancin’!

See ya on the trails!

Holly Tomlanovich
Communications Chair
Sno-Eagles, Inc.
PROUD GROOMERS OF THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club

News and Reports:

Every Wednesday & Thursday throughout the snowmobiling season – Sno-Eagles Guided Trail Ride. Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 13 in town at 9am. All are welcome. Trail conditions permitting.

January

Jan 26-28 – Women on Snow
January 27 – Saturday Night Out – Nutty Squirrel – 5:30pm
Jan 31 – Feb 2 – Weekday Ride-A-Way

February

Feb 6 – Board of Directors meeting, Hall of Fame
Feb 9-11 – 13th Annual LaBatt Blue Pond Hockey on Dollar Lake
Feb 15 – Member Meeting – Eddie B’s – 6pm
Feb 18 – Celebrate Snowmobiling Dignitary Ride & Gathering
Feb 24 – Ride With Pride drawing – TrackSide – 12noon
Feb 24 – Trail Ride following Ride With Pride drawing
Feb 24 – Saturday Night Out – Silver Leaf – 5:30pm

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

Trail Report – : Three Lakes – Brule River, Wisconsin – January 27, 2018

Reporter:Threelakeswi

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 6-8″

Date of Report: January 27, 2018

Area Report:

Here are your current conditions:

Mother Nature was kind of a spoiler today. The sun came out and caused a little hectic. The road trails are a little beaten up. Once you get in the wooods things have held up a little better. They are still in good shape. You may find a little snirt, but it’s nothing to worry about. You may find a icy corner or two, so use caution.

Lakes are all marked, please stay close to barrels.

Please visit our Facebook page for more info.

Trail Report – : Neillsville, Wisconsin – January 26, 2018

Reporter:Neillsville Granton Trailbusters

Trail Conditions: Poor

Snow Cover: 2-7″

Date of Report: January 26, 2018

Area Report:

Most Clark County Snowmobile Trails are OPEN, with the exception of all the clubs trails maintained by the Neillsville-Granton Trailbusters and trail from Loyal south to Chili, due to lack of sufficient snowcover. Trails in the northern part of the county will have the most snowcover base. Please be advised that riding on closed trails is trespassing and fines apply.

Snowmobile Information:

Our club has been active for 30 years now. We started out as a small club in 1988 named The Neillsville Rec Riders, designing ATV routes that accessed the Clark County Forest Trail System, via roads. We then created our first cross county ungroomed snowmobile and winter ATV trail system from Neillsville to Granton. In 1993 we purchased a used Bombardier groomer to start grooming our trail for snowmobiling. In 1996 we expanded our snowmobile and winter ATV trail system from Neillsville to the Clark County Forest Trail near Hatfield.

In 1997 we added a tractor and new drag to our grooming fleet to keep up with the grooming schedule. In 1999 we further expanded our growing trail system with a snowmobile trail running from Granton to Sherwood. In 2001 we made a big achievment in trail devolpment by creating a snowmobile trail from Neillsville to Loyal, giving us a total of 56 miles in groomed snowmobile trails across private lands. In 2002 we had to add a second tractor and drag to keep up with the high grooming demand. After receiving heavy, drifting snows during the ’06-’08 seasons while continuing to get stuck with our tractors, we felt the need to add a newer tracked groomer to our fleet.

We purchased a Piston Bully trailer groomer to keep up with the demanding trail grooming where our tractors fell short, in deep snow and eliminated 1 tractor and drag! We groom our trails 20′ wide where ever possible and they are the best marked in the county, you won’t get lost on our trail system! In 2010, we had to cease the operation of winter ATV use on all of our snowmobile trails, due to increasing abuse from disrespectful ATV’ers creating problems on private lands. Moving forward in 2011 we strive to keep up with the best snowmobile trails in the county and that is out main focus moving on. Upgrading in 2017 we purchased a 2007 Pinoth BR180 tracked groomer to supplement and someday replace out Piston Bulley.

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – January 26, 2018

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Big Snow Banks

Date of Report: January 26, 2018

Area Report:

If that was the extent of our warm up we survived. 38 degrees with a little sun made some corners snirty but the groomers will go out tonight and work their magic. Trails in the woods are awesome. some dirty snow on highly traveled area but…..life as a snowmobiler in Land O Lakes is Great!

News and Reports:

Pig Skin Poker Run is underway—still time to join us at Bent’s Camp!!!

Trail Report – : Keweenaw Peninsula / Houghton-Hancock, South Range, Copper Harbor, Michigan – January 26, 2018

Reporter:tpeters

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 26″-36″

Date of Report: January 26, 2018

Area Report:

Sorry it took me so long to update the report this week, it has been a long couple of weeks! All trails are still open and being groomed. There is a good base on the trails, even going thru town. Crossing roads and some parking lots are bare, but most still have some snow in them. Today will be too warm to groom during the day, but it is plenty cold at night for grooming. Today will be warm, trails will get sloppy, but after today they will be back in order. Temps will be cooler starting tomorrow and a few inches of snow each day. Pray for a little Canadian clipper to come across the big lake and drop some lake effect on us! There are a ton of riders in town, its going to be another busy, busy weekend in the Keweenaw out on the trails.

Please slow down and enjoy your riding. There are a lot of people out there and there is no reason to be flying around the corners or down the trails. Respect private property and other riders on the trails. Stay off of the water. The canal between Houghton and Hancock is not safe for riding. No one wants to be dragged out of the water and pay a bunch of money to get their sled out. Really ruins a vacation. Save the drinking for after the riding. Stay sober out on the trails.

Have fun out there,

Tammi the Trail Goddess

Trail Report – : Sayner, Wisconsin – January 26, 2018

Reporter:SaynerStar Lake Barnstormers

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12 to 18 in the woods

Date of Report: January 26, 2018

Area Report:

Our trails start off this Friday good to excellent thanks to the snow from last Monday. The forecast is calling for upper 30s to low 40s today. With the fresh snow – the trails should handle this short warm up – especially if riders take it easy on them today. We will be out doing a full groom throughout the weekend, into Monday.

As always, ride with caution and be ready for icy corners. Many corners can start the day snow covered but end up icy with traffic.

Please continue to be cautious on the lakes. The weight of more snow can force the ice down which pushes water up through cracks to form a slush pocket. The slush pockets can come and go.

News and Reports:

There are logging operations in the following locations: Trail 9 between Hwy 70 (TIN 364) and Ross Lake Rd (TIN 225), Trail 7 between Wharton Lake Rd (TIN 218) and Old K (Tin 217), and Trail 7 between Hwy K (TIN 216) and Lake Laura Rd (TIN 214). There is also logging in the Jean Lake Rd area of Trail 7 North, between TINS 227 & 800. That logging should be in the woods off the trail.

(TIN = Trail Intersection Numbers)

Please watch out for these logging areas. Slow down and stay out of the way of the loggers. DO NOT hassle the loggers. They have the right to close down sections of any trail they are logging near or using. If they get hassled too much, that is exactly what they will do – shut that trail down. The logging operations can run at anytime of the day or night. Loggers use some of the trails to drive in and out. So please be watchful in logging areas for trucks on the trail.

Snowmobile Information:

We have a Fund Raiser coming up at Murmuring Waters on Saturday February 3rd. Click here for details!

Click here for the Barnstormers events calendar!!!

This Saturday, January 27th, is the Jesse Roman Memorial Vintage Snowmobile Show. It starts at 9am and runs until 4pm. It is centered around Sayner Pub. Proceeds raised go to the Vilas County Historical Museum.

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Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 26, 2018

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 15-18 inches

Date of Report: January 26, 2018

Area Report:

Trail report for January 26, 2018: VERY GOOD CONDITION. We have been grooming our trails this week and will continue to groom on a full schedule throughout the weekend. With the additional snow we received at the beginning of the week has really helped make our trails very nice. We have enough snow to lay out a nice flat trail. We expect to have heavy traffic on the trails this weekend so be sure to lookout for other snowmobiles on the trail. Our temps are supposed to get above freezing for the weekend and this could degrade our trails very quickly. There still is very little snow in the active logging areas. Our corners can be bare and icy. Remember to be safe, ride right, and enjoy the ride.

Jim (Hammy) Hamilton
BJSC President

Check out snow conditions by viewing our WEBCAM located outside the Chamber office on Hwy M.

Join us for these upcoming events:

February 3: Frozen Tozen Ice Fishing Tournament
February 17: Forest Frenzy Winter Triathlon
February 18: Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Breakfast
March 3: Boulder Junction Snowmobile Cabin Fever Party

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