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Trail Report: Presque Isle, Wisconsin – January 2, 2017

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 14-16″

Date of Report: January 2, 2017

Area Report:

It’s a “Great Day For Snowmobiling”!!!!!!…..Overall our trails in the Presque Isle/Winchester area are in “Good To Very Good” Condition” even after a very heavy traffic weekend……There are areas on our system that can be called “Excellent”……The area known as “Consolidated” has been almost perfect first thing each morning…..Our Groomers are out every night to keep our trails in the best condition possible…….We had snowfall amounts around 6 inches over the weekend and there are predicted snowfall amounts of between 4-8 inches today and tomorrow…..Snow is predicted in smaller amounts the rest of the week also…..Below Zero Temps are coming in Wednesday thru Saturday and most “Trails” crossing lakes will be open after this cold spell…..Please only cross trails that are marked at this time though!!!!…..We have a great Raffle going this year to help support our costs of bringing you the best trails in the area…We are giving away a Ski-Doo 600 E-Tec and a Ski-Doo MXZ 600 Sport along with a Triton Trailer as the 3rd prize in our Raffle…..Tickets are $10 each or 6 tickets for $50 dollars…..Please buy tickets at all of our area Businesses to help support our efforts to bring you the best Trails possible…..100% of proceeds go to the costs of grooming…..Come on up and enjoy the wonderful Sport of Snowmobiling!!!!! Please consider joining and supporting our Sno-Bunnies Snowmobile Club at http://sno-bunnies.com. In joining, you can then get your WI Trail pass for just $10.

Trail Report: Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 2, 2017

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 5-10 inches

Date of Report: January 2, 2017

Area Report:

Boulder Junction Area Snowmobile Trail Report for January 2, 2017: Happy New Year! All trails in the Boulder Junction Trail System has been groomed in the last 24 hours. Our groomers have done a great job over the weekend with the heavy traffic and the snow they had to work with. There are still bare and icy corners and some sections of our trails with very low snow. Use caution. The trails are fair to good for early season riding. We do need more snow and we are expecting 1” to 3” in the next day along with colder temps. If we do get the additional 3” of snow it will really improve the conditions. Remember be safe, ride right and enjoy the ride!
Jim (Hammy) Hamilton
President Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club
Join us for these upcoming events:
January 7: Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Brat Fry
January 15: Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Breakfast
February 17 – 18: 9th Annual Frozen Tozen
February 19: Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Breakfast
March 4: Snowmobile Club Cabin Fever Party
For travel information and maps, visit boulderjct.org or call the Chamber at 1-800-GO-MUSKY.

Trail Report: Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 2, 2017

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 3-5″

Date of Report: January 2, 2017

Area Report:

All Washburn County snowmobile trails remain closed at this time. The clubs are out freezing down wet areas and packing the snow we currently have. Significant additional snowfall is still needed before trails can be opened for safe riding.

Trail Report: Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 2, 2017

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 3-5″

Date of Report: January 2, 2017

Area Report:

All Washburn County snowmobile trails remain closed at this time. The clubs are out freezing down wet areas and packing the snow we currently have. Significant additional snowfall is still needed before trails can be opened for safe riding.

Trail Report: Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 2, 2017

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Hard base in most areas – Snow cover

Date of Report: January 2, 2017

Area Report:

Sno-Eagles Trails Open
Fair Early Riding Condition

Light SNOW in the forecast today. 1-2 inches. High of 28 – Low of 27

Catfish Lake Loop is OPEN. Stay by the orange reflective barrels.

Eagle Lake Trails is CLOSED due to water. Stay off for safety sake

Grooming continued last night with the BR-180 and T-5 New Holland. Trails groomed from Eagle River:

  • Trail 13 heading west & then south to Trail 7
  • Trail 7 “Paintball field”
  • Trail 7 west to the St. Germain connect
  • Trail 13S to Trail 10E
  • Trail 10E to the Three Lakes connect including 9 Mile Trail & Chanticleer Trail
  • 13N – The “Bauers Dam run” to Conover connect
  • 17N/3N to Trail 1N
  • Manske Swamp area a part of Trail 3N is frozen with bumps & ungroomed in just that short section.  Could be mushy/wet.
  • 10W13N the WI River Bridge area is frozen with bumps & ungroomed at the bridge area. No reports yet of mushy/wet.
  • Trail 17S from Trail 7S to the Sugar Camp connect is not groomed. Reports of mushy/wet areas.
  • Section of Trail 17N from Trail 1N intersection to Phelps connect. There are reports of mushy/wet areas.

Report Trail Issues to Trail Boss Brian Scheid at
715.891.2332 or snoeaglesclub@gmail.com

THINK COLD!  Keep Doin’ the SNOW Dance!

Thanks for riding Sno-Eagles Trails!

See Ya On The Trails today!

Holly Tomlanovich
Communications Chair
Sno-Eagles, Inc.
PROUD GROOMERS OF THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185 – Early AM with more updates should conditions changes dictate.

News and Reports:

Torchlight Parade – January 21, 2017.  Staging at 5:30pm Leave at 6:00pm from the Trackside parking lot.  Call Holly at 715.617.4708 for more information

  • All are welcome!
  • Decorate your sleds with lights & other fun stuff!
  • Ride from Trackside using Trail 13 to the Railroad Depot & on down “the Grade” to Trail 10E
  • Trail 10E to the ERRA Sports Arena “the dome”
  • By choice onto Nutty Squirrel for dinner or head on back home or stay for the Falcons Hockey game
  • Meet Miss Sno-Eagle, Tori Sleeman
  • Decorated groomers will be part of the parade
  • Come on Join Us!  Let’s make this a huge parade!

RIDE WITH PRIDE RAFFLE TICKETS

  • $2 each or 3/$5 available from Sno-Eagles, Eagle River Chamber office & many businesses in Eagle River
  • Prizes – 1st prize SkiDoo MXZE 600 or CanAm Outlander 570. 2nd prize 55′ Flat panel TV or $500. 3rd prize Wkend at Eagle Waters Resort + dinner. 4th prize Wkend at Wild Eagle Lodge.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY TRAIL RIDES

  • Meet on Trail 13 (the Grade) in town between Historic Railroad Depot & Friendship House
  • 9am departure

MONTHLY MEETINGS – 6:30pm Snacks – Meeting at 7pm – All Welcome!

  • January 19 – Eagle River Inn (3 west of Eagle River near the 70W bridge)
  • February 16 – Eddie B’s White Spruce (Hwy 45N at the bridge)
  • March 16 – Eagle Waters (Hwy 70E to Rangeline Rd-follow the signs)
  • April 20 – Gordo’s (Hwy 45N across from Holiday North Gas Station)

BOARD MEETINGS – 7pm at the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame (Hwy 45N next door to the World Championship Snowmobile Derby)

  • January-May the 1st Tuesday of the each month

Trail Report: Sayner, Wisconsin – January 2, 2017

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 3 inches average on the trail

Date of Report: January 2, 2017

Area Report:

Traffic was extremely heavy over the New Year’s weekend. That was spectacular to see for our awesome area businesses!!!

We groomed every day this past weekend to try to keep up with the heavy traffic. On the average things are in fair condition. Some sections are great and a few not so great. I spoke with many riders and none had a complaint!

Most area lakes have been marked. Stay by the markers when crossing!!!

There is supposed to be a system beginning to move through the area later today. We are supposed to see perhaps up to 3 inches and some freezing rain. While you might not like to hear about rain – a little rain is good for adding badly needed moisture to our snow base. Then in perfect timing the temps are supposed to drop like a rock again Wednesday. IF this works out right – we could have some spectacular conditions by next the end of this week. (I will update this report Wednesday or Thursday to report how much snow we received.)

Logging continues on a few sections of our trail system. Watch for logging ahead signs and SLOW DOWN!!! Watch for signals from the loggers and obey them. DO NOT hassle them. If they are bothered or hindered too much in any way – please keep in mind – they have the right and option to shut that section of trail down!!! Please be patient. If you don’t want to wait – turn around and go another route.

Please ride safe! Slow Down and Ride Another Day!!!

News and Reports:

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Trail Report: Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 1, 2017

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Hard base in most areas – Snow cover

Date of Report: January 1, 2017

Area Report:

Sno-Eagles Trails Open
Fair to Good Early Riding Condition

The Christmas/New Year sledding week is almost over.  What a crowd of riders out there! All in all the trails have held up pretty good.  There are some trail sections that have dropped to Poor but on average still Fair Early Riding Condition.

Change of plans & grooming did happen last night & into this morning with the T-5 New Holland & the BR-180. Here are the areas that were not groomed according to what has been reported.

  • Manske Swamp area a part of Trail 3N is frozen with bumps & ungroomed in just that short section.  Could be mushy/wet.
  • 10W13N the WI River Bridge area is frozen with bumps & ungroomed at the bridge area. No reports yet of mushy/wet.
  • Trail 17S from Trail 7S to the Sugar Camp connect is not groomed. Reports of mushy/wet areas.
  • Some spurs of Trail 10E may not be groomed.
  • Section of Trail 17N from Trail 1N intersection to Phelps connect. There are reports of mushy/wet areas.

Report Trail Issues to Trail Boss Brian Scheid at
715.891.2332 or snoeaglesclub@gmail.com

Catfish Lake Loop & Eagle Lake Trails are now open.  Stay by the orange reflective barrels.  There are reports of some surface slush.  So be aware.  If that is of concern there are land trails going in the same direction that you can ride.  Check your trail map.

Nice job on Doin’ The Snow Dance!  Now get out & ride!

Happy New Year & GO PACK GO!

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 – Early AM with more updates should conditions changes dictate.

News and Reports:

Torchlight Parade – January 21, 2017.  Staging at 5:30pm Leave at 6:00pm from the Trackside parking lot.  Call Holly at 715.617.4708 for more information

  • All are welcome!
  • Decorate your sleds with lights & other fun stuff!
  • Ride from Trackside using Trail 13 to the Railroad Depot & on down “the Grade” to Trail 10E
  • Trail 10E to the ERRA Sports Arena “the dome”
  • By choice onto Nutty Squirrel for dinner or head on back home or stay for the Falcons Hockey game
  • Meet Miss Sno-Eagle, Tori Sleeman
  • Decorated groomers will be part of the parade
  • Come on Join Us!  Let’s make this a huge parade!

RIDE WITH PRIDE RAFFLE TICKETS

  • $2 each or 3/$5 available from Sno-Eagles, Eagle River Chamber office & many businesses in Eagle River
  • Prizes – 1st prize SkiDoo MXZE 600 or CanAm Outlander 570. 2nd prize 55′ Flat panel TV or $500. 3rd prize Wkend at Eagle Waters Resort + dinner. 4th prize Wkend at Wild Eagle Lodge.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY TRAIL RIDES

  • Meet on Trail 13 (the Grade) in town between Historic Railroad Depot & Friendship House
  • 9am departure

MONTHLY MEETINGS – 6:30pm Snacks – Meeting at 7pm – All Welcome!

  • January 19 – Eagle River Inn (3 west of Eagle River near the 70W bridge)
  • February 16 – Eddie B’s White Spruce (Hwy 45N at the bridge)
  • March 16 – Eagle Waters (Hwy 70E to Rangeline Rd-follow the signs)
  • April 20 – Gordo’s (Hwy 45N across from Holiday North Gas Station)

BOARD MEETINGS – 7pm at the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame (Hwy 45N next door to the World Championship Snowmobile Derby)

  • January-May the 1st Tuesday of the each month

Trail Report: Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 1, 2017

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Hard base in most areas – Snow cover

Date of Report: January 1, 2017

Area Report:

Sno-Eagles Trails Open
Fair to Good Early Riding Condition

The Christmas/New Year sledding week is almost over.  What a crowd of riders out there! All in all the trails have held up pretty good.  There are some trail sections that have dropped to Poor but on average still Fair Early Riding Condition.

Nightly grooming continues again last night & into this morning with the T-5 New Holland & the BR-180. Here are the areas that were not groomed according to what has been reported.

  • Manske Swamp area a part of Trail 3N is frozen with bumps & ungroomed in just that short section.  Could be mushy/wet.
  • 10W13N the WI River Bridge area is frozen with bumps & ungroomed at the bridge area. No reports yet of mushy/wet.
  • Trail 17S from Trail 7S to the Sugar Camp connect is not groomed. Reports of mushy/wet areas.
  • Some spurs of Trail 10E may not be groomed.
  • Section of Trail 17N from Trail 1N intersection to Phelps connect. There are reports of mushy/wet areas.

Report Trail Issues to Trail Boss Brian Scheid at
715.891.2332 or snoeaglesclub@gmail.com

Catfish Lake Loop & Eagle Lake Trails are now open.  Stay by the orange reflective barrels.  There are reports of some surface slush.  So be aware.  If that is of concern there are land trails going in the same direction that you can ride.  Check your trail map.

Remember not all lakes have trails & some are never safe. If your trail map does not show a trail or if there are no markers IT IS NOT SAFE.

Nice job on Doin’ The Snow Dance!  Now get out & ride!

Happy New Year & GO PACK GO!

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 – Early AM with more updates should conditions changes dictate.

News and Reports:

Torchlight Parade – January 21, 2017.  Staging at 5:30pm Leave at 6:00pm from the Trackside parking lot.  Call Holly at 715.617.4708 for more information

  • All are welcome!
  • Decorate your sleds with lights & other fun stuff!
  • Ride from Trackside using Trail 13 to the Railroad Depot & on down “the Grade” to Trail 10E
  • Trail 10E to the ERRA Sports Arena “the dome”
  • By choice onto Nutty Squirrel for dinner or head on back home or stay for the Falcons Hockey game
  • Meet Miss Sno-Eagle, Tori Sleeman
  • Decorated groomers will be part of the parade
  • Come on Join Us!  Let’s make this a huge parade!

RIDE WITH PRIDE RAFFLE TICKETS

  • $2 each or 3/$5 available from Sno-Eagles, Eagle River Chamber office & many businesses in Eagle River
  • Prizes – 1st prize SkiDoo MXZE 600 or CanAm Outlander 570. 2nd prize 55′ Flat panel TV or $500. 3rd prize Wkend at Eagle Waters Resort + dinner. 4th prize Wkend at Wild Eagle Lodge.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY TRAIL RIDES

  • Meet on Trail 13 (the Grade) in town between Historic Railroad Depot & Friendship House
  • 9am departure

MONTHLY MEETINGS – 6:30pm Snacks – Meeting at 7pm – All Welcome!

  • January 19 – Eagle River Inn (3 west of Eagle River near the 70W bridge)
  • February 16 – Eddie B’s White Spruce (Hwy 45N at the bridge)
  • March 16 – Eagle Waters (Hwy 70E to Rangeline Rd-follow the signs)
  • April 20 – Gordo’s (Hwy 45N across from Holiday North Gas Station)

BOARD MEETINGS – 7pm at the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame (Hwy 45N next door to the World Championship Snowmobile Derby)

  • January-May the 1st Tuesday of the each month

Trail Report: Crivitz, Wisconsin – December 31, 2016

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 5 to 8 inches

Date of Report: December 31, 2016

Area Report:

We did get about 2 inches of snow.  The trails are frozen and smooth.  That little bit of snow we got has helped.  I talked to a few riders and they are surprised how good the trails are.  There are some bad spots…but they are happy to be riding.    Happy New Year to you all.  Praying for more snow.

This has been a very busy summer and fall, working on permits to improve our trail system.  The Twin Bridge Park area has some huge changes thanks to the Marinette County Parks Department and Wisconsin DNR.  We have been able to take care of a culvert extension along Parkway Road north of County X.  We also, just finished the largest problem area in the park.  The swamp hole coming off the bridge has been rerouted slightly for a much safer trail.  We put in a culvert there allowing our groomers to get through, even early in the season!  Also, north of Twin Bridge Campground, were we had a wetland issue,  thanks to the new landowner, we were able to reroute with few problems to improve that area.  Landowners are such a big part of our trail system.  When you see them, thank them, wave and give them thumbs up!  Remember, use of their property is a privilege, not a right!

The Oconto county area of the trail has had our loyal excavator very busy.  He has bulldozed from Holtz Ranch Road north and over to LaFave Road, then…from Chickadee Road west to Boat Landing 11 Road.  He was even out there on a Sunday, trying to stay ahead of the cold weather.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH…

In addition to the new John Deere tractor that we purchased last year, we have now purchased another New Holland tractor for even better trail grooming. 

If you do try to ride…please be careful.  There is a swamp hole north of Bucks Ranch Road on the pipeline.  Snowmobiles can make it through.  There is caution tape there, please be aware.  OUR WATERWAYS ARE NOT SAFE.  We need snow and colder temps.

News and Reports:

Saturday, January 28 – 5th Annual Human Ice Bowling at Thortons Resort

Saturday, February 11 – High Falls Fish-o-Rama and Radar Run

Saturday, February 18 – Crooked Lake Fish-o-Rama

Saturday, February 27-Vintage Sled Ride at Thunder Lake Lodge

(any club members with events to be listed, please contact me…thank you