Reporter:Phil
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: lightly snowing
Date of Report: November 10, 2020
Area Report:
Won’t be too long as the beautiful fall weekend is a thing of the past. We need COLD and then SNOW as there is a ton of water in the swamps.
Ride Right and Ride Safe!
News and Reports:
The Benefit Breakfast at Sunrise Lodge scheduled for December has been postponed until March 13 and 14–Covid permitting.
Reporter:Neillsville Granton Trailbusters
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 0″
Date of Report: November 5, 2020
Area Report:
Our trails are CLOSED for the season. Be aware riding on closed trails is trespassing and fines apply, not to mention it could cause long term trail closures!
Snowmobile Information:
Our club has been active for 32 years now. We started out as a small club in 1988 named The Neillsville Rec Riders, designing ATV routes that accessed the Clark County Forest Trail System, via roads. We then created our first cross county un-groomed snowmobile and winter ATV trail system from Neillsville to Granton. In 1993 we purchased a used Bombardier groomer to start grooming our trail for snowmobiling. In 1996 we expanded our snowmobile and winter ATV trail system from Neillsville to the Clark County Forest Trail near Hatfield.
In 1997 we added a tractor and new drag to our grooming fleet to keep up with the grooming schedule. In 1999 we further expanded our growing trail system with a snowmobile trail running from Granton to Sherwood. In 2001 we made a big achievement in trail devolpement by creating a snowmobile trail from Neillsville to Loyal, giving us a total of 56 miles in groomed snowmobile trails across private lands. In 2002 we had to add a second tractor and drag to keep up with the high grooming demand. After receiving heavy, drifting snows during the ’06-’08 seasons while continuing to get stuck with our tractors, we felt the need to add a newer tracked groomer to our fleet.
We purchased a Piston Bully trailer groomer to keep up with the demanding trail grooming where our tractors fell short, in deep snow and eliminated 1 tractor and drag! We groom our trails 20′ wide where ever possible and they are the best marked in the county, you won’t get lost on our trail system! In 2010, we had to cease the operation of winter ATV use on all of our snowmobile trails, due to increasing abuse from disrespectful ATV’ers creating problems on private lands. Moving forward in 2011 we strive to keep up with the best snowmobile trails in the county and that is out main focus moving on. Upgrading in 2017 we purchased a 2007 Prinoth BR180 tracked groomer adding two tracked machines to our fleet.
The Clark County Forest ATV and Snowmobile Trails are maintained by the Parks and Forest Department as well as the 9 other clubs that maintain the rest of the trails in Clark County. Our club would not be where it is today without the help and permission of the 89 landowners who allow us to cross their lands. With out them we would have no trails. All of our members that help out, donate their time and it is much appreciated when we get compliments on how well of a job we have done.
Reporter:AJ’s Walleye Lodge
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: Closed
Date of Report: October 27, 2020
Area Report:
Welcome back to the tail end of Sled Season ’20 and if our recent 14+” of snow is any indication, then we are off to a great start! Groomers are conducting routine maintenance on equipment, work days are taking place to brush and sign trails, and businesses are working to ensure that they have all the proper protocal in place to ensure that we all have a safe and healthy season!
We look forward to seeing eveyone, and as always, we will do our best to keep you updated on weather and trail conditions in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We hope that you and your family enjoy a great Halloween weekend!!
Please support the clubs where you ride!!!!
Gogebic Area Grooming (Lake Gogebic Area)
Gogebic Range Trail Authority (Wakefield and West)
Please feel free to send me an email is you have any suggestions or input for our reports!! Thanks much and we’ll look forweard to seeing everyone soon!!
Mary Beth – AJ’s Walleye Lodge
Reporter:Phelps Snowmobile Club
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 3″-6″
Date of Report: October 23, 2020
Area Report:
Looks like winter is trying to come early. It looks more like Thanksgiving then a week before Halloween. Can’t wait to see what November has instore for us. Our club had it’s annual brushing day last Saturday. Lots of wet conditions and a few large trees over the trail. Most of the trail system has been gone over and cleared. We will be making sure all our signs are in place after the rifle deer season. Keep checking back for trail opening after December 1, 2020. If you don’t belong to a club, we ask that you consider. Snowmobile clubs are the ones who mark and maintain the trail system here in the state of Wisconsin. Please support the clubs where you ride.
News and Reports:
November 12, general meeting at the Gateway Lodge. 5:30 cocktails, 6:30 dinner with meeting to follow. Please contact Karen Petts before November 6.
Reporter:boulderwi
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 0
Date of Report: September 26, 2020
Area Report:
Looking forward to seeing snow fly and hitting the trails! Make your plans now for the upcoming season. For travel information contact the Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-GO-MUSKY or visit boulderjct.org.
Reporter:Holly t
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: None
Date of Report: September 23, 2020
Area Report:
Good afternoon,
Second day of Fall & time to think about Winter & snowmobiling in Vilas County with it’s over 600 miles of trails!!
Clubs throughout the County are busy, busy working on trail easements, reroutes, storm damage clean up, brushing & signing. Some of the clubs in the western part of the County have lots to clean up from the tornado back in August. It was on the ground for 6-8 miles so plenty to clean up.
So if you are a member of any club in Vilas County get a hold of the Trail Boss or President & off to volunteer to help get the trails all set for a December opening.
Boy oh boy. Can’t wait to say “See Ya On The Trails!!
Holly Tomlanovich
Reporter:Phelps Snowmobile Club
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: None
Date of Report: September 20, 2020
Area Report:
Snowmobile season is fast approaching. Trail preparations are under way. Please join a club to support our sport
Reporter:brandiniron
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 0
Date of Report: March 31, 2020
Area Report:
The groomed Trails are Closed for the season.
See you next season.
Reporter:ironsnowshoe
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: Snowmobile Trails are Closed
Date of Report: March 16, 2020
Area Report:
Thanks to all the riders that came and rode on the Iron Snow Shoe Snowmobile Trails. We had a Great Snowmobile Season!
All Trails are CLOSED to ALL vehicles which began on Monday, March 16, 2020.
We do NOT know a date for re-opening the ATV/UTV trails. We’ll post that information when Marinette County tells us what that date will be. We expect trails will be closed for several weeks. Depends on the weather.
THINK SPRING & STAY HEALTHY