Reporter:Ryan Strand
Trail Conditions: Open
Snow Cover: 6-8”
Date of Report: January 2, 2021
Area Report:
Open for now check back frequently as conditions change. Rated as poor. Thank you.
Reporter:Holly t
Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 7 inches +-
Date of Report: January 2, 2021
Area Report:
January 2 – 6:24am 18 degrees – Low tonight of 18
TRAILS UPDATE
VILAS COUNTY SNOWMOBILE TRAILS OPEN
Trails are in on average Fair Early Riding Condition
Temps will be warmer today then yesterday so if you plan to ride it would good to get out early. Checking the GTS Trails app it looks like many clubs in county were out with the groomers in the last 24 hours. Riding today & will report conditions this evening. In the mean time THINK COLD & do a SNOW DANCE.
Here’s yesterday ride report:
Headed out on the trails mid morning yesterday. 8 degrees when we left. Live east of Eagle River. Took 10 heading west toward Eagle River. ROW had pretty much snow. Took spur to Catfish Lake at 12 Pines, which is marked with no slush at all. Off at Braywood Bay. Road route (10) to Bloom Rd & back on the trail(10). Frozen solid from Bloom Rd to Loon Lk Rd. Picked up the very smooth grade (10/13) headed north through town.
Crossed over to trail 17N near Derby Inn. 17N all the way to Phelps. Mixed bag on 17. Thin snow under the big pines. Otherwise lots of snow cover. Some hard ice. Not much snirt but some leaves. Some rough areas.
Picked up 6W in Phelps. There has been some rehab on 6W as you leave town so it had some rough areas but snow covered. 6W all the way to Land o’ Lakes. 6W has lots of different conditions. Far amount of snow on much of the 6W. Thin snow areas under the big pines & logging in a section of the forest. That section has logs docked along the trail & trail is plowed with mostly just hard ice. There’s a short stretch of 6W just as you come into Land o’ Lakes that is crusty.
Rode through Land o’ Lakes heading west on 6W & 5. On the west side of Land o’ Lakes there was a lot more snow. Headed south on 13 toward Conover. Snow covered deeper in some areas. Farther south on 13 the snow was not as deep as 6W & 5.
Took 3 aka Manske Swamp over to 17. It was frozen hard & as smooth as I’ve seen it in a long time. No mush or water. 17 back into Eagle River. Crossing back to 10/13 & through town. 10 heading east back home. All in all trails were way better than I thought they would be. Rating them on average FAIR EARLY RIDING CONDITION.
As reported Catfish Lake is marked & no mush or slush. Eagle Lake is not marked & not open & not safe. Remember if a lake is not marked or on a map with a trail it probably is not safe.
Good to get out & ride almost a 100 miles. Tomorrow we ride northwest out of Eagle River on 10 aka Wisconsin River Bridge trail. Heading to Sayner, Star Lake, Bouder Jct, Presque Isle & Manny Waters. Will report trail conditions tomorrow night.
Thanks to the clubs for all their hard work.
KEEP THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!
Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185 reporting conditions weekly
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News and Reports:
UPDATE – Sno-Eagles Wednesday & Thursday rides start has been moved forward to
January 13 & 14 SNOW conditions & totals permitting
Contact Club President, Howard Wolf at 262.442.4876 for more information
To volunteer or for more information on Sno-Eagles activities contact Howard Wolf at 262.442.4876
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
Newly Updated 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.
Newly Updated Groomer Tracking Systems (GTS) Gives you trails groomed in last 24, 48 & 96 hours
Reporter:Threelakeswi
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 4-5”
Date of Report: January 1, 2021
Area Report:
We have received a few inches over the past few days however it still isn’t enough to build a base and open the trails. We still need more snow. The swamps and lakes have frozen well this year so far.
Please stay off the trails. They are closed. You will get a ticket. We spend a lot of time securing these trails from private landowners, please don’t ruin it for us by riding them when they are closed.
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Reporter:Holly t
Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 7 inches +-
Date of Report: January 1, 2021
Area Report:
January 1 – 7:11pm 16 degrees – Low tonight of 10
TRAILS UPDATE
VILAS COUNTY SNOWMOBILE TRAILS OPEN
Trails are in on average Fair Early Riding Condition
Headed out on the trails mid morning. 8 degrees when we left. Live east of Eagle River. Took 10 heading west toward Eagle River. ROW had pretty much snow. Took spur to Catfish Lake at 12 Pines, which is marked with no slush at all. Off at Braywood Bay. Road route (10) to Bloom Rd & back on the trail(10). Frozen solid from Bloom Rd to Loon Lk Rd. Picked up the very smooth grade (10/13) headed north through town.
Crossed over to trail 17N near Derby Inn. 17N all the way to Phelps. Mixed bag on 17. Thin snow under the big pines. Otherwise lots of snow cover. Some hard ice. Not much snirt but some leaves. Some rough areas.
Picked up 6W in Phelps. There has been some rehab on 6W as you leave town so it had some rough areas but snow covered. 6W all the way to Land o’ Lakes. 6W has lots of different conditions. Far amount of snow on much of the 6W. Thin snow areas under the big pines & logging in a section of the forest. That section has logs docked along the trail & trail is plowed with mostly just hard ice. There’s a short stretch of 6W just as you come into Land o’ Lakes that is crusty.
Rode through Land o’ Lakes heading west on 6W & 5. On the west side of Land o’ Lakes there was a lot more snow. Headed south on 13 toward Conover. Snow covered deeper in some areas. Farther south on 13 the snow was not as deep as 6W & 5.
Took 3 aka Manske Swamp over to 17. It was frozen hard & as smooth as I’ve seen it in a long time. No mush or water. 17 back into Eagle River. Crossing back to 10/13 & through town. 10 heading east back home. All in all trails were way better than I thought they would be. Rating them on average FAIR EARLY RIDING CONDITION.
As reported Catfish Lake is marked & no mush or slush. Eagle Lake is not marked & not open & not safe. Remember if a lake is not marked or on a map with a trail it probably is not safe.
Good to get out & ride almost a 100 miles. Tomorrow we ride northwest out of Eagle River on 10 aka Wisconsin River Bridge trail. Heading to Sayner, Star Lake, Bouder Jct, Presque Isle & Manny Waters. Will report trail conditions tomorrow night.
Thanks to the clubs for all their hard work.
KEEP THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!
Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185 reporting conditions weekly
www.eagleriver.org for area events & area lodging – www.sno-eagles.org for club events
News and Reports:
Sno-Eagles Wednesday & Thursday rides set to start January 6 & 7 SNOW conditions & totals permitting
Contact Club President, Howard Wolf at 262.442.4876 for more information
To volunteer or for more information on Sno-Eagles activities contact Howard Wolf at 262.442.487
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
Newly Updated 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.
Newly Updated Groomer Tracking Systems (GTS) Gives you trails groomed in last 24, 48 & 96 hours
Reporter:Toulish1
Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 7+ inches
Date of Report: January 1, 2021
Snowmobile Information:
Vilas County trails opened today at 0800. Rode trail 1 from trail 17 at Fence Lake up to trail 51. Thin base on Stearns Lake Road and E. Boundary Trail, but rideable, not icey. Ran trail 51 to highway 51. Some bare spots, but overall pretty good.Just need caution and be on alert for ruts, exposed areas, and an occasional stone. Trail 17 into Woodruff from trail 1 thin with rock spots but overall pretty good for early season. Sled traffic wearing on it. Also ran 17 from the casino toward Mercer, but turned around due to rocks on the grade. I met upwards of 40 sleds today, and everyone I saw was showing caution. Wolf
Reporter:boulderwi
Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 5-7 inches
Date of Report: January 1, 2021
Area Report:
Vilas County snowmobile trails will open on Friday at 8:00 am. Upon this notice, we have groomed all of our trails to be ready for the opener.
Please keep in mind that we have had minimal snow and riding will be typical of early season riding conditions with some vegetation protruding through the base.
Minor caution to riders that will be riding on 2W between Whitney Lake Road and Keego Lake Road. There is a short section of trail with a few scattered truck ruts and potholes that have not been completely filled in with snow.
Welcome everyone, be safe, enjoy the trails and be respectful of other riders and our fragile trails at this time.
Think Snow!
Landy Roepke
Join us for these upcoming events:
January 9. Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Brat Fry Fundraiser at the Granary Family Restaurant. 11am-2pm
January 17. Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Breakfast Fundraiser at Gooch’s 2. 8:30am-11am
February 6. 13th Annual Frozen Tozen Ice Fishing Tournament. Boulder Lake. 8am-4pm
February 14. Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Breakfast Fundraiser. Boulder Beer Bar. 8:30am-11am
Reporter:haywardlakes
Trail Conditions: Poor
Snow Cover: 6-8 inches
Date of Report: January 1, 2021
Area Report:
Happy New Year!
Several trails lead to lakes that are not safe yet so those groomers will not groom a trail to a dead end. But you can find many great trails that lead to areas not on lakes or to the lakes that are staked. Those again are:
Tiger Cat Flowage
Little Round
Lost Land Lake
Chippewa Flowage
Osprey
Nelson Lake
Big Sissabagama
Namakagon
Moose Lake
Please remember trail 18 from Tiger Cat to Callahan is temporarily closed. Spider will be worked on Friday.
All other lakes are not safe enough to stake so please do not go on them! And the lakes that are staked be sure to stick to the marked trail for your safety.
We are moving into our 2021 riding season!! Ride safe and have fun!!
Reporter:Holly t
Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 7+- inches
Date of Report: January 1, 2021
Area Report:
January 1 – 6:04am 9 degrees – High of 28
TRAILS UPDATE – IT’S OFFICIAL
VILAS COUNTY SNOWMOBILE TRAILS OPEN TODAY!!!
JANUARY 1, 2021 – 8am!!!!
Trails are in Early Riding Condition
Today’s the day. Trails open at 8am. Are you ready to ride? Expect early riding conditions. In Eagle River area SNOW cover is about 7 inches. Heading out this morning & will have an update later today after dark. Check back.
It’s 9 degrees as I write. High of 28 & cloudy today. Next SNOW forecast Monday & Wednesday. Stay tuned.
Trail Boss reports all land trails in Eagle River are 100% open. Groomers drivers have worked over the last 2 nights to pan everything, get gates open & add a few signs. With 7 inches of SNOW there are thin areas. Return for a full update after dark today.
Catfish Lake Loop trail is marked & open. Eagle Lake is not marked & not open. Remember if a lake is not marked or on a map with a trail it probably is not safe.
Finally time to ride after 8am! See ya on the trails today!!
KEEP THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!
Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185 reporting conditions weekly
www.eagleriver.org for area events – www.sno-eagles.org for club events
News and Reports:
Sno-Eagles Wednesday & Thursday rides set to start January 6 & 7 SNOW conditions & totals permitting
Contact Club President, Howard Wolf at 262.442.4876 for more information
To volunteer or for more information on Sno-Eagles activities contact Howard Wolf at 262.442.4876
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
Newly Updated 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.
Newly Updated Groomer Tracking Systems (GTS) Gives you trails groomed in last 24, 48 & 96 hours
Reporter:snobuddies
Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 6-8
Date of Report: January 1, 2021
Area Report:
Happy new year everyone ! Our trails are in very early season conditions so please watch out for some ruts and other obstacles on some of the trails . I know trail 13 n has some rough areas and trail 12 on the high line heading towards Dublins also is rough until we get some more snow . The swamp on the cemetery spur is also closed also . There are signs and barrels saying the trail is closed and the gate is shut . I will be out at 6 a.m. to open gates so please ride safe and be cautious this weekend as I am sure it is going to be busy . Ride right and ride safe .
Your trail boss Chad
Reporter:haywardlakes
Trail Conditions: Poor
Snow Cover: 6-8
Date of Report: December 31, 2020
Area Report:
Several trails lead to lakes that are not safe yet so those groomers will not groom a trail to a dead end. But you can find many great trails that lead to areas not on lakes or to the lakes that are staked. Those again are:
Tiger Cat Flowage
Little Round
Lost Land Lake
Chippewa Flowage
Osprey
Nelson Lake
Big Sissabagama
Namakagon
Moose Lake
Please remember trail 18 from Tiger Cat to Callahan is temporarily closed. Spider will be worked on Friday.
All other lakes are not safe enough to stake so please do not go on them! And the lakes that are staked be sure to stick to the marked trail for your safety.
We are moving into our 2021 riding season!! Ride safe and have fun!!
Also remember to watch for those Sawyer County Snowmobile Friendly signs and take a selfie and share with us and Hayward Lakes VCB for a chance to win $$! Snap a selfie and post #sledsawyer2020