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Trail Report – : Mercer Sno-Goers, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Snogoer1
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: 12-28
Date of Report: December 19, 2025
Area Report:

Our trail system held up great after the rain and warm weather, we received fresh lake effect snow overnight. All trails leading to Vilas county are now open.

8- Open/ Groomed
8a- Open/Passable, Not Groomed
9- Open/ Groomed
9a- Open/ Groomed
10- Open/ Groomed
10a- Open/ Groomed
10e- Open/ Groomed
11- Open/Groomed
12- Closed
12a- Open/ Groomed
12b- Open/ Groomed
14- Open/ Groomed
17n- Open/ Groomed
17s- Open/ Groomed
19- RR #2 is Open/ Groomed, 19S to Vilas Open/Groomed, Lazy ace to CTY J- Closed
19b- Closed/ Partially Groomed
20- Open/ Groomed
21- Closed/ Rolled
51e- Open/ Partially Groomed
182b- Open/ Groomed
182- Open/ Groomed

Closed = Impassable, trees & Brush or trails leading to lakes.

Partially Groomed = Wet Swamps, no access with Tractors yet.

Groomers are holding off tonight due to the warm temps today, we don’t want to risk damaging the base we have, trails are holding up well, one more warm day tomorrow and forecasts look great going into the holidays!

Our crew is out working nonstop, we are continuing packing swamps and clearing trails. If you’d like to help clear brush we still have two trails left that have major damage that more help would be greatly appreciated, please reach out to our Trail Boss.

Stay off the lakes, ice is not safe at this time.




Trail Report – : Conover, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:snobuddies

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Thin

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

Here we go, the Vilas County trails officially open at 8am on Friday December 19th. 

This is going to be early season riding with a lot of thin areas of snow. The rain and warmer temps on Thursday didn’t do us any favors. Swamps have been packed down, but are thin for snow coverage. With all the down trees across the whole county, you will find several areas with sticks and mulch on the trails. All the clubs have spent several days to weeks cleaning up to get to this point. 

Please stay on the trails, riding off the trail to get fresh snow is trespassing and what leads to us loosing trails on private property. 

If lakes aren’t marked with barrels, please stay off till they are marked. Don’t stray away from barrels on marked lakes. 

There is a couple of systems that will clip the area, but only calling for 1-2”. 

Ride Right, Ride Safe

News and Reports:

UPCOMING EVENTS
Dec. 22 – Feb 27 – 7th Annual Poker Run
Dec. 30 – Conover’s Sledding & Skating Party, 4-7, Town Park, our Sno-Cat will be on site to pull the kids up the hill!
Jan. 10 – Trailside Roast with Phelps Snowmobile Club, 10-2, Trail intersection #500 near Blong Rd.
Feb. 7 – Italian Night, 4-7, Conover Rec. Center
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
 
 
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Jan. 13 – Burnt Bridge
Feb. 10 – Twin Lake Pub
Mar. 10 – Bauer’s Dam

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 – : Stephenson County, Illinois – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Skinner

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 1″

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

Cedarville Snowtravelers trails are CLOSED. With the warm weather and the rain yesterday, it took us down to starting all over again, the trails we rolled still have a little base on them (not much) the Jane Addams maintained about a 3-to-4-inch base which is ice now, so if we can get snow we have something to start with 

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – December 19, 2025

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 6-10+- 1/2 to an inch new SNOW overnight

Date of Report: December 19, 2025

Area Report:

12/19/2025 – 5:41am- 6 degrees – High 14

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
OPEN AT 8AM TODAY – DECEMBER 19

The Vilas County Snowmobile Alliance agreed to open the Vilas County Snowmobile Trails Today Trails are in very early riding condition.  Eagle Lake & Catfish Lake are NOT OPEN due to unsafe ice conditions.  Here is the official announcement by the Vilas County Forestry, Recreation & Land Department

                                                                     

Roller coaster temps yesterday.  High of 38 & by 8pm last night it was in the low teens with winds & SNOW.  Only about an inch this morning east of Eagle River.  At 5:30 this morning it is 6 degrees with a high of 14.  More SNOW off & on over the next couple of days. Night time temps single digits with high of 25 tomorrow & 13 on Sunday.

Trails have been panned with the exception to trail 10/13 aka Wisconsin River Bridge just north of Eagle River.  As you ride you will run into all types of conditions.  Very early riding so slow down & ride right  

                                                                                                       Have been a few changes to the 2025-2026 Sno-Eagles map. 

                                                                   Right click on photo to enlarge

                                                                             

Think Cold!  Are You Doin’ A Snow Dance!                                      

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 2, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
  • January 8-11, 2026 – Concession at the 25th Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Races @ WCDC
  • January 18-20, 2026 – Weekday away – Mercer WI – Reservations
  • January 22, 2026 – General Meeting 7 pm @ Veterans Resource Center
  • January 29 – February 1, 2026 – USA Hockey Pond Hockey National Championships
  • February 3, 2026 – BOD meeting 6 pm @ Veterans Resource Center – Closed Session
  • 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 – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – December 18, 2025

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 10-12″

Date of Report: December 18, 2025

Area Report:

Welcome to the 25/26 snowmobile season! Our trails will be opening on Friday, 12/19 at 8:00
am.
After the Thanksgiving snow storm, we have spent over 700 manhours of clearing our trails in
the last few weeks to get ready for the season.
All of our trails have been cleared and panned to get ready for the opener. They will be in early
season riding condition and you may encounter some forest debris on the trail and will
encounter some thin spots due to all the heavy equipment used to clear the trails.
Our trail conditions will range from fair to very good depending on the trail. Best riding will be
on our road trails which are Nixon Lake Road on 8E, Keego Road on 2W, Old B on 6E, and Day
Lake Road on 8W/51. Trail 8W from Boulder Junction to Manitowish Waters will have some thin
spots in the hills.
Please ride safe and be aware of some remaining trail debris that will go away with more snow.
Look for an updated opening weekend trail report on Monday, December 22nd.
Landy Roepke
BJSC Trail Manager

News and Reports:

Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club events: 

*All Season: Gooch’s Pizza Fundraiser*

1/18 Breakfast at Boulder Beer Bar 8:30am

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

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

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

3/7 Cabin Fever at Gooch’s 2 4pm

Snowmobile Information:

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

Trail Report – : Sayner, Wisconsin – December 18, 2025

Reporter:SaynerStar Lake Barnstormers

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Minimal

Date of Report: December 18, 2025

Area Report:

The Vilas county trail system will officially open at 8:00 am tomorrow (12/19/25) morning!

Warmer temps these past few days have not been welcome.  Our minimal base has gotten thinner and the rain today is not helpful.  We had intended to do some additional panning today, but that would likely do more damage than good.  We’ll need to have colder temps before we go back out.

If you plan to ride these next few days, please be aware that the conditions are not ideal.  We need several more inches of snow to completely fill remaining ruts and to provide a good solid base.  You’ll see better conditions in the northern parts of our system.

Please DO NOT cross any lakes that have not been marked!  

Remember, riding off of a designated trail is trespassing!  Please be respectful of the property owners that allow trails to run through their properties. 

A huge thank you goes out to dozens of volunteers that helped us clean up all the damage from the Thanksgiving snow storm.  We could not have gotten the trails ready this soon without you.

Ride RIght & Ride Safe!

Mark your calendars for these upcoming Barnstormer events:

Wednesday, December 31 – Breakfast at Sayner Pub from 9:00 – Noon.  Blessing of the sleds at 12:30 under the arch.

Saturday, January 10 – Brats on the trail at TIN #217 from 10:00 – 4:00.

Saturday, January 17 – Breakfast at Stillwaters from 8:00 – 11:00.

Saturday, February 7 – Chili dump at The Murm from 2:00 – 5:00.

Sunday, February 15 – Pizza fundraiser at Hillside Tavern from 4:00 – 8:00.

Saturday, March 14 – Drawing for Snowmobile Raffle at Sayner Pub at 5:00!

Trail Report – : Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin – December 18, 2025

Reporter:Toulish1

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 612″

Date of Report: December 18, 2025

Snowmobile Information:

OK snow fans, the Vilas County Alliance has decreed that we will open trails tomorrow, Friday. CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION. Stay off of the lakes. There is not a lot of snow in some spots, so ride casual. Even though the Raven Lake area trail is cool, and wide open, there are a LOT of big rocks on the side. Same holds true for the trail that runs from East Boundary up on 5 towards Gresham Lodge. The sign “Stay on the trail or stay home” can read “Stay on the trail or wrassle with a rock”. Also, please take note of the tons and tons of timber our clubs moved off the trail. WOW – those people, and a lot of old timers to boot, cut a LOT of busted trees. Stay safe, have fun, and keep doing your snow dances. Mr. Bigg

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – December 18, 2025

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: There is snow….but less than last weekend

Date of Report: December 18, 2025

Area Report:

Frosty Club trails are open to ride north into Michigan. The rest of Vilas County opens Friday at 8AM-FINALLY!

News and Reports:

Snowmobile safety class Dec 27 at 8AM

Music Trivia Dec 27 at VFW. Doors open at 5:00 PM

Trail Report – : Stephenson County, Illinois – December 18, 2025

Reporter:Skinner

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 8+

Date of Report: December 18, 2025

Area Report:

Cedarville Snowtravelers trails are CLOSED. It is 41 degrees at 7am this morning with fog and light rain, needless to say our trails took a hard hit over night. The trails all had been rolled and were in real good shape, we are hoping that the base we built will hold up thru this. We will update when things change.