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Trail Report – : Mercer, Wisconsin – January 29, 2025

Reporter:MercerCC

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 1-3

Date of Report: January 29, 2025

Area Report:

❄️ Trail Report as of 1.29.2025 ❄️
 
Mercer Sno-Goers:
All groomers are out tonight making those trails flat before the warm up coming Thursday. Trails are thin, icy in spots, and rocks showing. Conditions vary from fair to poor but are rideable. We are still in early season riding conditions. Please slow down out there, everybody’s safety should always be on your mind.
 
 
Silent Sports Reports: 
MECCA Trails:
Mercer picked up two inches of lake effect snow early this morning. Groomers are out setting track and laying down corduroy on the skate lanes. Surface is a bit soft.
 
Winman Trails:
SKI: Crew was out early this morning regrooming the entire system after about an inch of new snow yesterday. Not that amount we were hoping for, but still nice to receive a fresh layer and groom the entire system.
Joel was out on Tuesday with the leveling drag continuing to make minor adjustments as we can with any new snow to provide the best skate deck possible. Total base is 4-5 inches so not a lot of depth to work with but happy to have full coverage and “A Ski” conditions.
Overall very good to excellent ski conditions today and the temperature is almost ideal. Get out and enjoy.
 
FAT BIKE: All fat bike trails were groomed Monday morning. There is about an inch of new snow on top of a firm base. We are going to hold off on grooming until Friday. That way any ice that may form on Thursday during warm conditions can get reconstituted with the snow.
Plan is to temporarily close the fat bike trail system on Thursday at 11am and reopen at 5pm. This will protect the base and prevent ruts with the warm, sunny weather on Thursday afternoon.
 
SNOWSHOE: Snowshoe trails are open and will be a great option. Snowshoes are required. Remember, we offer free to borrow snowshoe in the chalet if you need.
 
SLEDDING: Sledding hill is open and in great condition. As always, parents please monitor your kids if they are on the sledding hill for everyone’s safety.
 
 
To view our Area webcams, please follow this link: https://mercercc.com/about-the-area/web-cams/

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 29, 2025

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 3 inches+ added to the 7 on the ground – Hard icy base

Date of Report: January 29, 2025

Area Report:

January 29, 2025 – 5:45am – 19 degrees – High 21 – Low tonight 13

Sno-Eagles
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
OPEN – Early Riding Condition to Fair Condition
Partial Grooming overnight

Finally some wet SNOW yesterday into last night.  About an 1 yesterday during the day with another 3+ last night. Temps popped up yesterday with some afternoon sun. Teens overnight.  Great for grooming! Today temps will start to drop early holding the SNOW.  Then another temp pop up above freezing on Thursday & some sun. For the weekend highs in the 20’s & lows in teens to single digits.  More SNOW on Saturday afternoon.  Looks like 1 inch +-

Trails are still in early riding for the most part with some moving up to Fair.  Here is what GTS Tracking is reported groomed:

  • Trail 10/13 north from the Groomer Barn to the connect with the Conover Sno-Buddies trails
  • Trail 10/13 aka Wisconsin River Bridge trail to the intersection on the west side
  • Trail 10W from the intersection on the west side to include Trail 7N & Trail 1
  • Trail 10/13 south from the Groomer Barn to to Trail 13/70 heading west to the St. Germain Bo Boen connect
  • Trail 7S/17 intersection off Trail 13/70 south along Hwy 17S.  NOTE AT PRESENT SUGAR CAMP TRAILS NOT OPEN AS OF THIS MORNING – Check for updates with Sugar Camp club for updates
  • Trail 10E not groomed.  If you ride beware that THREE LAKES TRAILS ARE NOT OPEN AS OF THIS MORNING – Check for updates with Three Lakes Trails for updates. 

Suggest buying a map.  All 11 clubs in Vilas have a map that has their area on one side & the entire County on the other side.  There have been several re routes in Sno-Eagle Country and in other clubs.

Riding is adventure sledding right now.  Not perfect.  Not bad!!  There was a fatality this past Saturday in Vilas County.  Please, please slow down!

Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Remember……RIDE RIGHT & SLOW DOWN
Eagle River Visitors Guide or Trail Map Click or Call 715.479.6400

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Trail Report – : Mercer Sno-Goers, Wisconsin – January 28, 2025

Reporter:Snogoer1

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 1-3″

Date of Report: January 28, 2025

Area Report:

All groomers are out tonight making those trails flat before the warm up coming Thursday. Trails are thin, icy in spots, and rocks showing. Conditions vary from fair to poor but are rideable. We are still in early season riding conditions. Please slow down out there, everybody’s safety should always be on your mind.
Thank you to everybody who has been coming up here and supporting our businesses, let’s keep it going!

Trail Report – : Conover, Wisconsin – January 28, 2025

Reporter:snobuddies

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 3-5″

Date of Report: January 28, 2025

Area Report:

Went out for a ride today, put another 60 miles on around Conover and into Phelps. Trails are thin for snow. I would rate them poor to fair. We did find some good trails out there, tend to be the lesser traveled sections. There isn’t enough snow on the trails to go out and groom. Some areas will be bumpy and corners are icy or blown out. The snow we have gotten recently has been light fluffy snow. We are watching the forecast for the coming week, the pattern is suppose to shift and bring us several chances at some measurable snow. Keep doing the snow dance. 

News and Reports:

Trail 12 from the RR grade TIN 732 to County K TIN 731 has ruts from ATVs. There isn’t enough snow to fill the ruts. We put signs at each end of the trail for Caution Next 1 mile and Rough Trail. Use caution when traveling this area. 

The Cemetery Trail from TIN 724 to TIN 725, and south to TIN 727 at Church Rd is thin for snow cover. You will find a few bare spots, There is a hill between TIN 725 and TIN 726 at Lindberg Rd that was bare from sleds going up it. The swamp area did freeze up, so it is good to go.

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. 

Snowmobile Information:

Conover Sno-Buddies Events

Dec 22-March 1  2025 Poker Run  Get your cards at participating locations. Draw party at R&R Twin Lake Pub March 1st

Feb 11th – General Membership Meeting at R&R Twin Lake Pub @ 5:30pm

Mar 1st – Poker Run Draw Party at R&R Twin Lake Pub @ 1:00pm 

Mar 11th – General Membership Meeting at Bauer’s Dam @ 5:30pm

Mar 15th – Groom-to-Ride Raffle Drawing & Party @ 1:00pm at Track Side

Mar 17th – St. Paddy’s Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner @ Club 45 – 4:00pm to 8:00pm

May 25th – Log Cabin Fundraiser – 3:00-7:00pm at Log Cabin. 

Aug 9th – Roadside Brat Fry & Bake Sale – 8:00am to 2:00pm at Jensen-Akins Hardware

Aug 31st – Brats & Beer Fundraiser – 11:00am – 4:00pm at Burnt Bridge Tavern

Oct 18th – Trail Brushing and Kick Off Party. Meet at Groomer barn at 9:00am.  After brushing, enjoy lunch at Conover Recreation Center (Right next to groomer barn) 

Trail Report – : Minocqua, Wisconsin – January 28, 2025

Reporter:minocqua

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 1-4

Date of Report: January 28, 2025

Area Report:

our trails still remain closed until further notice, lack of snow and 40 degrees coming Thursday will not help things. small 1-2 inch snows are all were getting, we need a 6 inch wet heavy snow to get the trails open. The Cruisers in Vilas county are doing a good job of keeping our trails smooth but again need more snow.

Trail Report – : Hayward / Sawyer County, Wisconsin – January 28, 2025

Reporter:haywardlakes

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 0-5

Date of Report: January 28, 2025

Area Report:

A warmup is underway, unfortunately. No additional trail reports at this time, but lake riding remains good, except for the numerous ice heaves all around the area. Take note that Trail 31 across Lac Courte Oreilles is closed at this time. Please use other trails as a route around.

⚠️LCO – TRAIL 31 CLOSED Ice heave across whole lake from west side of Chicago Bay to the Whitefish Creek/Golden Shores area. ⚠️

***PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STAY ON THE TRAIL AS THERE ARE MANY HEAVES AND MORE CAN FORM AT ANYTIME! DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND AT SAFE SPEEDS. WE HAVE NOTED EXISTING HEAVES WE KNOW ABOUT BUT THIS WARNING APPLIES FOR ALL LAKES. CRUCIAL FOR YOUR SAFETY!!

Just to recap the heaves reported:
⚠️Nelson Lake – Hard Rock Cr to main Lake. Is not marked, club will monitor it this week.
⚠️Round Lake – across from Busse to Linden boat launch. Does run across the trail and there are caution signs at the heave near the marked trail area.
⚠️Long Lake – Little Bear to Boy Scout land. Is marked
⚠️ Chippewa Flowage – Sisko’s Pine Point Resort by landing. They have stakes warning ⚠️ Second heave reported going south in narrows towards Cranberry Lake on east side of Flowage. Not staked, will check it this week
⚠️Grindstone – in front of Williams Bay. Not staked
⚠️Lake Namakagon- between Garden Lake & Namakagon, just off of Duck Point

Trail Report – : Hurley, Wisconsin – January 27, 2025

Reporter:hurley@hurleywi.com

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 2-4

Date of Report: January 27, 2025

Snowmobile Information:

Trails are open; early season riding conditions. Anticipating 2-4 more inches over the next couple days.

Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 27, 2025

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 1-4″

Date of Report: January 27, 2025

Area Report:

At 8:00 am it is 22 degrees out with cloudy skies with light snow starting today into tomorrow.
All of our trails were groomed or panned prior to this past weekend. We tried to preserve our
thin base and pulled new snow in where we could. Because of the colder temps and cloud cover, our trails have held up to the traffic. That will
change with any warmup and sunny conditions which we are expecting to see on Thursday.
Our trails are in fair condition with a 1”- 4” base with some icy patches and dirt starting to come
through. Our road trails are in very good condition and our road and town routes still have
enough packed snow on them. We did lose a groomer this week and will be down to 1 groomer. We will get out and groom
after this upcoming snow.  Look for an updated trail report on Thursday, January 30th .
Landy Roepke
BJSC Trail Manager

News and Reports:

Upcoming Events: 

December – February 6: Snowmobile Northwoods Weekend Getaway Sweepstakes

December-March: Gooch’s Pizza fundraiser starts, stop in and support him and the club by ordering a pizza!

February 8: Trailside Brat Fry 11am-2pm at the Groomer Shed *weather permitting*

February 16: Breakfast Fundraiser from 8:30-11am at The Guide’s Inn

February 20: Spaghetti Feed 4-7pm at The Rustic Roadhaus

March 1: Cabin Fever starting at 4pm at Gooch’s 2

Find all event details on our website at boulderjunctionsc.org!

Snowmobile Information:

Now is the time to renew or start a new membership! You can find all the information on our website here: https://boulderjunctionsc.org/join-our-club/ or contact the club directly at boulderjunctionsc@gmail.com.

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 27, 2025

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: Varying hard frozen now base – thin lake snow on top

Date of Report: January 27, 2025

Area Report:

January 27, 2025 – 8:54am – 23 degrees – High 30 – Low 18 – Snow on the way

Sno-Eagles
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
OPEN – Early Riding Condition
Partial Grooming overnight

Heavy traffic in Eagle River & throughout Vilas County this past weekend.  Most trails are still covered with very hard frozen SNOW base & thin loose SNOW on top.   SNOW moving in around noon today for a couple of hours with more tonight 6pm to 11pm.  Then more on Tuesday.  Steady early then on & off throughout the rest of the day.  Totals all over the place from 4 to 8 inches.  Let’s hope it is 8. 

The GTS (Groomer Track System) app reports the following trails groomed overnight

  • Trail 10E – Including Club trail to Eagle Lake Trail, GrampGrahm Club trail that heads to Eagle Waters & 9Mile Trail
  • The Grade into Eagle River – That’s from Trail 10 right turn & into Eagle River
  • Trail 10/13 through Eagle River all the way north to Conover connect
  • Trail 10/13 aka Wisconsin River Trail section heading west
  • Trail 10W & 7 toward St. Germain BoBoen/Sayner Barnstormers trails
  • Trail 1 down to Hwy G – North & west of town
  • ONEIDA COUNTY TRAILS ARE NOT OPEN AT THIS TIME.  Trail 17S/7 connect to Oneida Trails. Trail 70W as you approach St. Germain is partially in ONEIDA COUNTY.  Riding Trail 10E be sure to head toward Phelps NOT Three Lakes as those trails are in ONEIDA COUNTY.

Suggest buying a map.  All 11 clubs in Vilas have a map that has their area on one side & the entire County on the other side.  There have been several re routes in Sno-Eagle Country and in other clubs.

Riding is adventure sledding right now.  Not perfect.  Not bad!!  There was a fatality this past Saturday in Vilas County.  Please, please slow down!

Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Remember……RIDE RIGHT & SLOW DOWN
Eagle River Visitors Guide or Trail Map Click or Call 715.479.6400

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SNO-EAGLES  & EAGLE RIVER EVENTS – Everyone & Anyone Welcome – Member or Non Member