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Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – February 1, 2026

Reporter:Holly t
Trail Conditions: Excellent
Snow Cover: Thick Hard Ice - plenty of loose SNOW on top
Date of Report: February 1, 2026
Area Report:

2/1/2026 – 1:45pm – 27 – High 28

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
Very Good to Excellent
 Ice Base – Loose SNOW
As you ride should you come across any issues pleased call Dan at 262.951.6519.

Weather pattern did a total change.  For the next week highs in the 20’s with some teens during the day.  Night time single digits & some below zero.

6 miles east of Eagle River Lake Effect pretty much every night.  Schiff to not measurable. Supposed to be some SNOW, haven’t yet. After that next SNOW is Thursday.  No totals

Been riding.  Surprised at the conditions.  Plenty of loose SNOW on top of the icy base.  Lots of corners icy.  Rode north & west/southwest yesterday.  Eagle River, Conover, Land o’ Lakes & Phelps ton of traffic.  Large groups.  Met 60 sleds in a 20 mile section.

Mix of riders from running too fast with the high traffic to brand new to the sport riders.  Both brought riders on the wrong side in the corners.  Corners everywhere icy with loose SNOW on top. Please RIDE RIGHT!!!  

Here’s what trails were like yesterday with the huge amount of sleds:

10E one way heading to town from my house was in Very Good shape all the way in.  

Grade 10/13 was also Very Good.  Through town some chop but not bad.

10/13 heading north out of town a lot of chop in Eagle River & Conover.  Improved a little where 10/13 connects to Trail 3 to Trail 12 & back to 8 & then to 45. Large groups & tons of riders. Best heading north was Trail 6 from where Conover & Land o’ Lakes meet heading north into Land o’ Lakes Trails. 

In Phelps trails, even with the Radar Run weren’t bad.  Rode 12, 12A & a short section of 17.  North Twin was terrific.

Later rode west out of Eagle River Trail 70/13/7.  Section from Sunstein Rd was the best I have seen.  Section after crossing Oak Ln was rough & washboardy all the way to where you come out by Kerber Rose Accounting.  From there mostly ok.  Crossing Hwy 70 by Eagle River Inn took awhile with a ton of vehicle traffic. From there to turn on to Trail 17/7 Good. Some blow out corners. Trail 7 aka Paint Ball Field was GOOD halfway then washboardy. 

The Sugar Camp trails were fantastic everywhere.  Less traffic.  Few icy corners. Plenty of grooming!!

Back on 7 to 17/7 to 70 & into town. Grade heading south was rough. Trail 10 east was way rough & choppy.  Especially from the Hockey Arena (the Dome) all the way home. The trail to Pond Hockey was heavily used.

GTS – Groomer Tracking System shows almost all Eagle River trails groomed last.  Club Trail off of 10W that comes out on Hwy G & the Trigs Trail that take you gas where NOT GROOMED.  Glad all groomed as they all were rough. 

Doing Snowmobile Club bookkeeping today.  Ridin’ again tomorrow.  
See ya on the trails!                     
Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES  & EAGLE RIVER EVENTS – Everyone & Anyone Welcome – Member or Non Member – Check out www.snoeagles.org for more details. Click Events

  • February 3, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
  • February 5, 2026 – SNO)Sno-Eagles Night Out) at Burnt Bridge – 5pm
  • February 14, 2026 – Trailside Cookout – Eagle River Farmers Market 10-3
  • February 19, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
  • March 3, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
  • March 7, 2026 – Groom to Ride @ WCDC – Drawing at 2pm
  • March 19, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
  • April 7, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session

Snowmobile Information:

Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration 
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10 – Time to join a club!
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 – : Conover, Wisconsin – February 1, 2026

Reporter:snobuddies

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 8-12”

Date of Report: February 1, 2026

Area Report:

We saw a lot of snowmobile traffic Friday and Saturday. With the sun out and temps rising to 20 degrees, the trails took a beating. There was a lot of moguls and blown out corners. We did our best to flatten them back out. 

There is some snow in the forecast for Sunday into Monday. We could use some fresh snow to freshen everything up. Road crossings are starting to get that brown snirty color to them. Most road routes are still snow covered which helps. 

I’ll be back out Sunday night to hit the trails and whatever I didn’t get on Saturday night. 

I will cover groomer etiquette again because Saturday night I had a sled try to pass the drag before I was ready for him to do so. He didn’t have enough room and drag hit his sled. Any groomer will move over as far as they can, and then dim/flash their lights that he is ready for you to pass. Or when you see the groomer coming at you, look for a safe spot to get off the trail. There was another group that had plenty of room to get up off the trail so I could slowly pass them. Most sledders had good etiquette last night, but all it took was one group of younger riders that didn’t know what to do.

Be safe out there, Ride Right! 

News and Reports:

UPCOMING EVENTS
Dec. 22 – Feb 27 – 7th Annual Poker Run
 
Feb. 15 – Dublin’s Mimosa Breakfast Fundraiser
Feb. 28 – Poker Run Draw Party, 1-4, Twin Lake Pub
Mar. 7 – Groom-to-Ride Raffle Draw Party, 11-2, Derby Track
Mar.17 – St. Paddy’s Day Dinner, Club 45

Snowmobile Information:

Check out our clothing, merchandise, raffle tickets and more on our website https://conoversnobuddies.com/shop

To see where the Groomer is at, check out  Groomer Tracker  Half the cost of the app comes back to Conover Sno-Buddies to support grooming operations.

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 30, 2026

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 6 – 8″ Base

Date of Report: January 30, 2026

Area Report:

At this time ALL Trails in Washburn County are now officially open. With the recent snow accumulations trails are now packed and groomed and have a sustainable trail base. Additional snow accumulations have helped the trails out tremendously and grooming reports have been coming in with positive feedback. All trails across the County are in good condition. Remember that grooming and maintenance activities continue throughout the season. Use caution while riding, watch for trail equipment, and enjoy the trails responsibly. If you encounter any trail issues such as downed trees, limbs, or debris, please report them to Washburn County Forestry at 715-635-4490.

Please be advised that ice conditions continue to vary and traveling on any lake is never 100% safe. Washburn County Forestry does not maintain anything past the high ground point. Please use caution if you are out on any lake.

Trail Report – : Three Lakes – Brule River, Wisconsin – January 30, 2026

Reporter:Threelakeswi

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 15 inches

Date of Report: January 30, 2026

Area Report:

We are finally out of the deep freeze! It is supposed to be in the 20″s this weekend, so it will be great riding. Trails are in excellent shape and we are grooming all weekend. This weekend is our Chicken Soup “Cluck Off” at Lindy’s Hideaway & Swamp Witch Inn. Stop out and warm up with some awesome chicken soups. 

News and Reports:

Jan. 31 – Chicken Soup “Cluck Off” -2-5 pm  at Lindy’s Hideaway & Swamp Witch Inn.

Feb. 7 – Three Lakes Trails Gun & Meet Raffle – 5-8 pm at Spirit View Lakeside 

Feb. 13-15 Three Lakes Tavern League Poker Run – Party on Sat at The Three Lakes American Legion

Jan. 15-17 Three Lakes Tavern League Poker Run- Party on Sat. at The Three Lakes American Legion

Jan. 24 – Chicken Soup “Cluck Off” -2-5 pm  at Lindy’s Hideaway & Swamp Witch Inn.

Feb. 7 – Three Lakes Trails Gun & Meet Raffle – 5-8 pm at Spirit View Lakeside 

Feb. 13-15 Three Lakes Tavern League Poker Run – Party on Sat at Spirit View Lakeside

Snowmobile Information:

Watch for ice heaves on the lakes. Use caution, slow down with all the snow dust, and stay close to the barrels. 

The trail 7 from Spirit Lake to Maple Lake will be closed this season. 

When visiting downtown businesses please park your sled at the Shed the Sled, corner of Highway 45 and County Highway A. Please do not park in businesses’ parking lots or town roads.

Town roads are NOT trails unless they are marked as a snowmobile route.  You can use a town road to get from your house to the closest trail.

Website – https://www.threelakestrails.com

Groomer Tracking System -https://gts.groomertrackingsystems.com/map

Oneida Co Trail Map -https://www.oneidacountywi.gov/wp-content/uploads/Oneida-County-Snowmobile-Map.pd

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 30, 2026

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: Hard ice base – plenty of snow on top

Date of Report: January 30, 2026

Area Report:

1/30/2026 – 7:14am – 9 below – High 12

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
Very Good to Excellent
 Frozen Icy Base – Hard SNOW Cover – Fresh SNOW needed

As you ride should you come across any issues pleased call Dan at 262.951.6519.

Daytime warming up.  20’s during the day. Single digits above zero.  This should last for the next week.

As for SNOW schiff of SNOW Sunday. Then no new SNOW til Thursday into Friday of next week.  Looks to be a couple of inches.  Superior is still open so hoping for some Lake Effect.

There is plenty of SNOW but we could use some fresh stuff.  Icy in spots. Didn’t find any real ice or bare spots.  Ice base is holding.

GTS – Groomer Tracking System reports almost a full grooming session yesterday into this early AM.  Here’s a shot from GTS                         

 

Green – groomed overnight. Blue – groomed 1/28-29. Orange – groomed 1/27-28.
Black – groomed over 4 days ago
Right Click to enlarge

    Trail Updates

     Reminder that Trail 13S does not run all the way to Three Lakes as a portion was closed.  The Club is working on a reroute.

     Eagle Lake was marked by businesses. There are 3 color safety lights at entrance & exit from/to the lake trail       

     Catfish Lake is NOT MARKED. Uncertain it will open as there are no businesses open on the  lake this winter.  If you have not ridden the lake in the past DO NOT ATTEMPT at night. There are spots that can be thin or even open water. NO safety lights

                      Have been a few changes to the 2025-2026 Sno-Eagles map.  Right click on photo to enlarge  

Pond Hockey this weekend.  Traffic east might be heavier.
See ya on trails!                     
Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Remember……Wherever you are RIDE RIGHT & SLOW DOWN

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES  & EAGLE RIVER EVENTS – Everyone & Anyone Welcome – Member or Non Member – Check out www.snoeagles.org for more details. Click Events

  • January 29 – February 1, 2026 – USA Hockey Pond Hockey National Championships
  • February 3, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
  • February 5, 2026 – SNO)Sno-Eagles Night Out) at Burnt Bridge – 5pm
  • February 14, 2026 – Trailside Cookout – Eagle River Farmers Market 10-3
  • February 19, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
  • March 3, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
  • March 7, 2026 – Groom to Ride @ WCDC – Drawing at 2pm
  • March 19, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
  • April 7, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session

Snowmobile Information:

Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration 
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10 – Time to join a club!
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 – : Dickinson County, Michigan – January 29, 2026

Reporter:msertich7751

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: About 2 Ft

Date of Report: January 29, 2026

Area Report:

The Trails are in Excellant condition and are Groomed daily.Some areas have been groomed 3 times! Please come and check them out.Also check out our great places to eat!!      THINK SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Trail Report – : Chippewa County, WI – January 29, 2026

Reporter:cvsopresident

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 2-7”

Date of Report: January 29, 2026

Area Report:

Chippewa County Snowmobile Trails will remain partially open with update starting starting Thursday Jan 29th at noon. The southwest area of the county will remain closed. See map below for updated closed area. Ride with caution as snow cover varies greatly across the County. (Updated January 28th 2026)

Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 29, 2026

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-14″

Date of Report: January 29, 2026

Area Report:

At 8:00 AM it’s -1 degrees out with sunny skies and warming up to 10 degrees today followed
by a warmup into the low twenties by the weekend.
We last groomed 15N/6E Tuesday night, 2W/8W/51 Wednesday evening and 8E/15S/11 early
this morning. Generally, the trails are in very good shape being flat with plenty of snow base.
We do have a few problem spots that have developed moguls due to the heavy traffic. One is
the combined 2W/8W trail from town out to the 8W/2W intersection which has been double
groomed to keep smooth. The other is a small section of 15S south of Nebish Road which has
some depressions along the way in which we are working on daily to smooth out. Once you get
south of the 15S/11 Sayner intersection, the trail is great down to County N.
Please ride safe while on our area trails and stop in and patronize our local businesses.
Look for an updated trail report on Monday, 2/2.
Landy Roepke
BJSC Trail Manager

News and Reports:

Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club events: 

*All Season: Gooch’s Pizza Fundraiser*

2/12 Spaghetti Fundraiser at Rustic Roadhouse 4-7pm

2/15 Breakfast Fundraiser at The Guide’s Inn 8:30-11am

2/21 Trail Side Brat Fry at the Groomer Shed 11-2pmam

3/7 Cabin Fever at Gooch’s 2 4-8pm

Snowmobile Information:

Stay up to date on trail conditions and the latest news by signing up for the snowmobiling ENewsletter here. 

Trail Report – : Ashland County, Wisconsin – January 29, 2026

Reporter:info@visitashland.com

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 8-10 inches

Date of Report: January 29, 2026

Area Report:

Snowmobile Report – January 27, 2026
Trails in Ashland County are OPEN and in Excellent conditions.  Best condition in years. 

One Reroute:   starting 1/18 due to logging operations: Trail 11 to Iron County will be detoured. You need to follow Nig Rein Rd to Camp E Rd to reconnect at Bear Track Rd!

Reminder everyone that the Ashland Waterfront Trail is not open to motorized vehicles, including snowmobiles and ATVs. Anyone caught riding on the Ashland Waterfront Trail will be ticketed.

When snowmobiling please stay on the trail.  A lot of Ashland County snowmobile trails are on farmers land, be respectful so we don’t lose our easement to their property.

Trail Report – : Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan – January 27, 2026

Reporter:SaultSteMarie

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 30″+

Date of Report: January 27, 2026

Area Report:

 
❄️ Trail 8- Soo to Raco- excellent
❄️ City Trails – part of 49, 449, 497, and the I500 trail- excellent (being groomed as I type this)
❄️ Trail 49- Soo to Kinross- good. All water holes are packed and panned. May have some drifts in open areas.
❄️ Trail 49 south of M80 and the 494 loop- excellent
❄️ Trail 472 to 480 to the Raco gate- good – Go slow by the new bridge on 480 as there is stone there, that will be snow covered in time.
❄️ Trail 480 from the Spile Dam turnaround to the Raco Powerline ( trail 8 ) – excellent
❄️ Raco Powerline- excellent
❄️ Trail 889 The Mission Hill Loop- excellent
Remember, we are on Groomer Tracker!
Ride safe everyone!