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Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 10, 2020

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 6-18+ inches on trails

Date of Report: January 10, 2020

Area Report:

January 10, 2020 – 6:43am  25 degrees

SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN EAGLE RIVER
Good to Fair Conditions

The wintery mix yesterday didn’t bring much precip.  Some mist & some SNOW.  High for today has been reached. 5 for a low tonight. Teens for highs for the next couple of days.  Cold over night.  Riding should be GOOD!

Plenty of grooming overnight. Pretty much the entire system according to Groomer Tracking Systems showing the following trails were groomed over the last 24 hours: 

10/13 from the groomer barn heading south thru town down 3/Alt13 south to Three Lakes trails connect 

10E from left off “the grade” completely to the east connect with Three Lakes entirely.  Including 9MI & GrampGrahm/aka 1.

10/13 from the groomer barn heading north all the way to the Conover connect

3N aka Manske Swamp

17N from Chain o’ Lakes Rd to Columbus Rd

1 to the Eagle Lake Boat Launch (lake not open at this point)

13N from Croker Rd to Bauer’s Dam turn around

10W/13N east & west side trail to the approaches to the Wisconsin River Bridge. Not the bridge area

Uncle Kent’s

70W to the St. Germain turn around

7 aka Paintball field to Hwy H

17S to Sugar Camp turn around

Caution Areas

17S from 17/7aka Paintball Field intersection to the Sugar Camp connect.  This area is improving as Club has been packing snow into the wet mushy areas to firm up. Several rough & mushy sections.  Was groomed in last 24 hours.

Section of 10/13 from Hwy G to Adams Rd – this area had water & mushy/muddy areas.  The Club is also working on this area packing snow in to firm up. Rough sections. Was groomed in last 24 hours.

Wisconsin River Bridge aka 10W/13N – frozen but very icy under snow.  Grooming of the eastside trail & westside trails(Deep Lk Rd). No grooming across bridge due to conditions so expect rough & potential for soft spots.

Catfish & Eagle Lake Trails are NOT MARKED.  Please stay off.  A group is checking periodically for ice depth & slush.  Stay tuned. 

THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE! 

Busy week with no riding.  Riding tomorrow! See you on this trails!

Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club

News and Reports:

Events
January 9 – First Thursday Ride – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 13 – 9am
January 10-12 – Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed
January 17-19 – World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed
January 25 – SNO(Saturday Night Out) – Kickback Grill – Hwy 45N adjacent to the Hiawatha Inn – 5:30pm Social time & 6:00pm Dinner – ALL Welcome!
Contact Club President, Howard Wolfe at 262.442.4876 to sign up for any event.

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.
Groomer Tracking Systems (GTS) Gives you trails groomed in last 24, 48 & 96 hours

Trail Report – : Phelps, Wisconsin – January 10, 2020

Reporter:Phelps Snowmobile Club

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 18″ to 24″

Date of Report: January 10, 2020

Area Report:

Less traffic and colder weather has help to keep our trails in excellent condition.  Trail 6 west of town has been groomed all the way through swamps and all.  Trail 6 going east is still detoured.  Hopefully soon we will be able to get through once the wet area there freezes up.  Please obey posted speed limit on the roadways.  Trail 17 is set to open back up for snowmobile traffic.  Please use caution where that area of closure was.  We will not be grooming that area until we feel it has stiffen up enough to support our tractor and drag.  For up to the minute grooming status, please download the groomer tracking system app from your app store.  Follow the Phelps Snowmobile Club on Facebook and visit our website at http://phelpssnowmobileclub.com

Trail Report – : Hayward / Sawyer County, Wisconsin – January 10, 2020

Reporter:haywardlakes

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 9 to 16 inches

Date of Report: January 10, 2020

Area Report:

Great news riders!!

Tuscobia has a great report on the section from Winter to Ojibwa, they are ooen, re-froze and grooming! Fabulous news!!

Other trail news, trails from the Chippewa Flowage to the north are reported to be wonderful!! The lakes are quite bare of snow but have great ice and we did see about an inch of fresh snow yesterday and we have several days that forecast this week of fresh snow, some days an inch others 1-3″ so this is great to see some fresh snow, especially on the lakes! The temps continue to be cold and we have a great base! Groomers in the Seeley Hills, Hayward, Nelson Lake, east of Hayward, Moose Lake, Lost Land Lake area continue to go out. Many through the county are gearing up to follow now that things are cold and lakes and swamps are froze.

Surrounding counties, Ashland (re-open!), Bayfield, Washburn and Price are open. Barron and Rusk have moved from closed to partially open.

This is great news to see the southern part of the county getting the right conditions and your trail miles have extended! Grab your sleds and gear and come out and ride!

Trail Report – : Walworth County, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:Ryan Strand

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: None

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

Snow is finally in the forecast for the weekend!  But it appears actual totals are not known as of yet.    Please remember to stay off trails until they are officially posted as open.  The Walworth County snowmobile trails have been separated into two zones: Zone 1 (North) and Zone 2 (South).  If needed this may come into effect for this storm and it is your responsibility to know which trails are open and closed.   A map detailing the zones and trail updates can be found on our website: http://www.walworthcountysnow.com/ You can also visit our Facebook page for updates as well as call our snow phone at (262) 742-2664.  

DO NOT RIDE ON CLOSED TRAILS IT IS CONSIDERED TRESPASSING!   Check the website, Facebook or call prior to riding!  If there is an update it will be posted as soon as we have one.  Thank you & LET IT SNOW!

 

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 6 – 12

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

All Washburn County Snowmobile Trails are open at this time. Trail conditions are fair with a  6 to 12 inch compacted snow base.  It has been a difficult year for snowmobile trail maintenance; Our local clubs are doing the best they can.  Significant warm temperatures and rain for days has been followed by 3 to 7 inches of new snow received on December 30th.  Caution is advised throughout the trail system.  Lake ice is still not safe at this time, including Long Lake and the Spider Lake Chain.  Swamps and wet areas on the trail system are likely to have standing water in places.  Some wet areas will not have been groomed with heavy equipment yet.  Also, please be aware that constant trail grooming will be occurring throughout the week.  Many trails will not be freshly groomed on January 1st.

Trail Report – : Hurley, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:Lodging

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 36-45

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

❄️❄️Hurley Area Snow Report Thursday January 9, 2020 

 


The White Thunder Riders groomed all North Iron County Trails yesterday and today and rate everything as EXCELLENT.   We continue to stress the importance of riding cautiously as there may be some water spots.  STAY OFF THE LAKES AND FLOWAGES.

Trail 15 to 15A is now open with NO REROUTE. 


Trail 6 in the Whitecap Mountains Resort area has an active logging operation.  Use CAUTION.  (Between E and E)

Trail 160 in Michigan is OPEN with a reroute.

We would like to remind everyone to STAY on the TRAIL.  Stay OFF the lakes and flowages.  RESPECT our landowners.  If you come upon a groomer WAIT for the groomer driver to come to a complete stop and signal for you to continue. 

Everyone think SNOW and COLD!!!  We will provide an update tomorrow.   

Come join us this weekend as the White Thunder Riders celebrate 50 years of grooming the Northwoods.  The celebration begins at 2:00 pm Saturday at the groomer shack located at 4610 W County Rd C, Trail 15.  Food, beverages and raffles.  Live Music by local band “Grey Goat” beginning at 4:00 pm.  Everyone is welcome!!

                              Ride RIGHT.  Ride SAFE.  STAY together.

Trail Report – : Ashland County, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:info@visitashland.com

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 6-8

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

Ashland County Snowmobile Report January 9, 2020
Ashland County trails are OPEN AND IN OVERALL FAIR CONDITION. Ride at your own risk. There is possible standing water in some areas. Stay on the trail! Much of the Ashland County snowmobile trail system uses private property and could be lost if the property owners experiences issues. The most common complaints are snowmobiles not staying on trails or going off into fields that are not part of the trail, and loud noise from non-stock muffler systems. Respect the trail system. The Tri-county corridor is open

Trail Report – : Kenosha County, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:Nick

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: none

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

Do to area flooding many trails are closed especially along the DePlaines river. Areas in the northwest corner of Zone 2 are problematic. You can expect trail closingings in this are as well. 

As stated previously the trail connecting Kenosha County to Racine County along the west frontage road north of 

Cty Hw A is closed. 

 Work continues on the power lines adjacent to Hw 50 causing some dificulties. Caution is advised.

The Twin Runners snowmobie club as replaced it’s aging Tucker with a more current model so we can expect to see this on the trails once we get snow. 

The current map is now divided into Zones. Zone 1 is primarily all trail west of Hw 45 with Zone 2 being east of that line

Be sure to call the trail hotline befroe riding to insure trail/Zone openings

Remeber to check the trail hotline once we do receive snow. 

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Looks like winter

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

Tempted to put excellent for trail conditions as I have not found a bump in 2 days…but a little warmer today and weekend traffic is coming so we will leave it at good. The entire Frosty Club trail system was groomed last night and trails are flat and fast so please be careful. Water hazards are gone —for now. Billdice and I did a little boondocking yesterday and we found lots of powder and most of the water spots were freezing up. Never a better time to Ride the Top Trails at the Top of Wisconsin…Frosty Club!

News and Reports:

Frosty Club Christmas Party at Bent’s Camp Monday Jan. 13 at 6pm…$20.00 white elephant gift exchange.

Snowmobile Information:

Join us at the Gateway Lodge for Comedy Night Sunday January 19th….Call the Gateway for tickets and more info. Another great Frosty Club fundraiser. 

Fundraisers coming up:

PigSkin Poker Run, Meat Raffle, Radar Run, Candlelight Bowl, Cash Raffle…..gotta get a new groomer!

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 9, 2020

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 6-18+ inches on trails

Date of Report: January 9, 2020

Area Report:

January 9, 2020 – 8:06am  19 degrees

SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN EAGLE RIVER
Variety of ALL Conditions
Some icy corners

Bump up in temps today. 32 for a high & with the bump up SNOW in the forecast. Could be a wintery mix. 1-3 inches of SNOW forecast by the weather guys.  Tomorrow, Friday high of 24 & low of 5.  From then on temps are dropping into the teens for highs & teens at night.  Next SNOW is out a bit, next Tuesday.

Today at 9am is the first Sno-Eagles Thursday Guided Trail Ride.  Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 10/13 in downtown Eagle River.  Near the Friendship House Restaurant. 

Grooming overnight according to Groomer Tracking Systems show the following trails were groomed over the last 24 hours.  

10/13 from the groomer barn heading south thru town down 3/Alt13 south to Three Lakes trails connect 

10E from left off “the grade” completely to the east connect with Three Lakes.  Including 9MI.

10/13 from the groomer barn heading north all the way to the 17N intersection

17N to 1 intersection

1 to the Eagle Lake Boat Launch (lake not open at this point)

13N to Bauer’s Dam turn around

70W to the St. Germain turn around

7 aka Paintball field to Hwy H

17S to Sugar Camp turn around

Uncle Kent’s

Caution Area

17S from 17/7aka Paintball Field intersection to the Sugar Camp connect.  This area is improving as Club has been packing snow into the wet mushy areas to firm up. Several rough & mushy sections.  Was groomed in last 24 hours.

Section of 10/13 from Hwy G to Adams Rd – this area had water & mushy/muddy areas.  The Club is also working on this area packing snow in to firm up. Rough sections. Was groomed in last 24 hours.

Wisconsin River Bridge aka 10W/13N – frozen but very icy under snow.  No regular grooming from the eastside trail & across bridge due to conditions so expect rough & potential for soft spots.  West side section of trail much on Deep Lk Rd was recently groomed but is pretty rough.

Catfish & Eagle Lake Trails are NOT MARKED.  Please stay off.  A group is checking periodically for ice depth & slush.  Stay tuned. 

THINKING COLD & DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE! 

Bus week with no riding.  Riding tomorrow! See you on this trails!

Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club

 

News and Reports:

Events
January 9 – First Thursday Ride – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 13 – 9am
January 10-12 – Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed
January 17-19 – World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed
January 25 – SNO(Saturday Night Out) – Kickback Grill – Hwy 45N adjacent to the Hiawatha Inn – 5:30pm Social time & 6:00pm Dinner – ALL Welcome!
Contact Club President, Howard Wolfe at 262.442.4876 to sign up for any event.

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.
Groomer Tracking Systems (GTS) Gives you trails groomed in last 24, 48 & 96 hours