Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: Deep deep snow over the hard ice base
Date of Report: March 8, 2019
Area Report:
EAGLE RIVERS TRAILS
On average GOOD with VERY GOOD
March 8 2019 6:32am – 5 below – High 31
It’s Friday & the weekend is here! Temps will be warming. Partly cloudy today & mostly cloudy Saturday. SNOW moving in Saturday night. Weather.com says 3-5 inches of SNOW. There are other forecasts for 4-8 inches. Guess we wait & see.
Plenty of SNOW everywhere. SNOW is deep & the trails are great. With warmer temps the conditions will begin to change. So get out & ride.
As for trail conditions. Trails are filled with plenty of SNOW. With the sun out during the day & cold nights there will be some SNOW that softens up during the day & gets crusty over night. SNOW levels will drop. But SNOW is very deep. With that in mind off trail riding is never recommended & with this deep SNOW doubly so. Corners are in many sections are piled high with loose SNOW. There is still SNOW on the trail with no blow outs. Icy conditions on some sections of the road trails. All in all it’s really GOOD to VERY GOOD riding out there. If you are riding sure you noticed that Trail 17N is sitting very high up. Same with sections of 10E. Please read the important updates for more info. As of yesterday even with the sun mush at the crossings was minimal.
Grooming again last night.The gts.groomertrackingsystem reports everything groomed except these 3 sections:
Paintball field aka 7
70W to St. Germain connect
1N to the Eagle Lake boat launch
Everything else groomed.
These important updates continue:
There is 1 logging operations going on where there is a need to use parts of the trails. Trail 13N by Deep Lake Rd. Plus utility work on 7 near Sugar Camp on the high line.
The snowbanks at driveway crossing & road crossings are still high. Road crews are still out winging road banks. Expect some blocked road & driveway crossings. Please stop & cross with caution.
Still seeing some signs buried in the deep SNOW.
EAGLE LAKE TRAIL & CATFISH LAKE TRAIL ARE MARKED & OPEN. Lakes are drifted & lots & lots of slush under the SNOW especially on Catfish Lake. Drifting on Eagle Lake is much worse than on Catfish Lake.
The 2 one-way trail areas are 10E from the ERRA Sports Arena all the way out to Nicolet Mini Mart. The other is the 13’s up near Buckatabon Bridge & Bauer’s Dam area. Please be aware that for now signs will be buried in many locations. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK A MAP SO YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF THESE TRAILS.
See ya on the trails. Get out & ride it is great out there!
Holly Tomlanovich
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Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
News and Reports:
Wednesday & Thursday – Trail Rides – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on “the grade” Trail 13/3 at 9am. Contact Club Pres., Howard Wolf 262.442.4876
Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 – USSA Series Snowmobile Race – World Championship Derby Complex
Thursday, March 21 – General Member meeting – 6:30pm gathering with 7pm meeting – Eagle Waters Resort
SNO(Saturday Night Out) – Pike’s Pine Isle – 5:30pm gathering with 6pm dinner – 1261 Pine Isle Rd, Three Lakes
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.