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Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 21, 2019

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 4-8 inches

Date of Report: January 21, 2019

Area Report:

Trail report for January 21, 2019 – Trails good to fair. We had a very heavy amount of traffic on our trails over the weekend. There has been a lack of snow and it has been very cold. This morning the temp was a low of -24 below zero. We are expected to get snow during this week but will have to wait to see how much we will get. We need some fresh snow to improve our trails. The corners and other areas are very icy. Please use caution. With the subzero temps you can be subject to extreme cold weather injuries very quickly. Watch out! A big Thank You goes out to all the volunteers and everyone involved who made the Snowmobile Club Breakfast at Gooch’s Sunday a success. Remember to be safe, ride right, and enjoy the ride.

Jim (Hammy) Hamilton, Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club President

Join us for these upcoming events:
February 2: Frozen Tozen Ice Fishing Tournament
February 16: Forest Frenzy Winter Triathlon
February 17: Snowmobile Club Breakfast
March 2: Snowmobile Club Cabin Fever Party

Trail Report – : Stephenson County, Illinois – January 21, 2019

Reporter:Skinner

Trail Conditions: Poor

Snow Cover: Over 4 in spots none in others (thanks to the wind)

Date of Report: January 21, 2019

Area Report:

Our trails are open. Rode 85 miles on them last Saturday, Jane Addams was good but the more you went north the thinner the snow got, the fields have snow but there are bare spots were the wind blew it but other area of the field it might have over a foot. Jim our groomer driver was talking about maybe trying to smooth up trails on Monday and try to get ready for snow on Tuesday, they are saying maybe 3″ and that ( if it don’t blow again) would make the trails good Please if you are riding STAY ON MARKED TRAIL and please don’t forget to feed the trail boxes at the watering holes. Will update as things get better (or worse)

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 21, 2019

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Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: Hard ice base – snow covered

Date of Report: January 21, 2019

Area Report:

VILAS COUNTY TRAILS TO INCLUDE SNO-EAGLES TRAILS ARE OPEN!
Still Early Season Riding Trails Good to Fair

January 21 2019 6:33am – 19 below – High of 14

Monday morning & the weather guys were wrong.  19 to 21 BELOW ZERO this morning!  High of 14.  The good news is SNOW is in the weather guys forecast both Tuesday & Wednesday! Tonight about an inch.  Tuesday 1-3 inches. Wednesday less than an inch.  Even with the really cold temps there were lots of riders out.

With the sub zero temps the groomers went out early to groom.  Most trails were groomed last night.  Please give those drivers a thumbs up when you see them.  They groom so we all have good trails to ride.

Best riding is heading east, northeast, north, far northwest, south & southeast.  The trails heading west are thin on SNOW so hard for the groomers to correct trail conditions.  The SNOW coming will improve all areas.

There is snirt at the road crossings. Plenty of sanding has been done on the roads due to the icy conditions. Same for many road trails.  It is icy underneath everywhere so slow down.

Sno-Eagles Country has 2 areas that have one-way trails.  10E is a one-way trail from the ERRA Sports Arena all the way out to Nicolet Mini Mart.  The other is the 13’s up near Buckatabon Bridge & Bauer’s Dam area.  Clearly marked with DO NOT ENTER signs.  Plus trail signs are backwards if you are going the wrong way.

EAGLE LAKE TRAIL & CATFISH LAKE TRAIL ARE MARKED & OPEN. Stay by the reflective orange barrels.  Do not drift away from the barrels as it is not safe to do so.  Remember not all lakes have trails so if you don’t see marker do not ride on it to be safe.  These are the only 2 lakes that are marked in Sno-Eagles Country.  No other lake trails. 

Also there is a dusk to dawn speed limit of 55 MPH.

Continue DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE & THINK COLD!

See ya on the trails! 

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


News and Reports:

  • Wednesday & Thursday – Trail Rides – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on “the grade” Trail 13/3 at 9am.  Contact Club Pres., Howard Wolf 262.442.4876
  • Friday-Sunday, January 25-27 – Women On Snow!
  • Saturday, January 26 – SNO (Saturday Night Out) – White Stag(7141 Hwy 17 N, Sugar Camp, WI) – 5:30pm Social time – 6:00pm Dinner
  • Tuesday, February 5 – Sno-Eagles Board meeting – 6:00pm – International Snowmobile HQ – Hwy 45N next door to the Derby Track
  • Friday-Sunday, February 8-10 – LaBatt Pond Hockey – Dollar Lake – Hwy 70E to Dollar Lk Rd
  • Tuesday-Thursday, February 12-14 – Sno-Eagles Week Day Away – Florence, WI
  • Thursday, February 21 – Sno-Eagles General Member meeting – Ed B’s White Spruce – Hwy 45 at the bridge

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

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 20, 2019

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Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Unknown

Snow Cover: Hard base. Could use more snow

Date of Report: January 20, 2019

Area Report:

VILAS COUNTY TRAILS TO INCLUDE SNO-EAGLES TRAILS ARE OPEN!
Still Early Season Riding Trails Good to Fair

January 20 2019 6:25am – 10 below – High of 4

Holy moly another deep freeze day.  This will continues through Monday when the temps will go to teens during the day & 10 degree above overnight.  Very cold again yesterday morning & the same thing this morning.  If you are going out riding be sure to dress warm in layers.  Ride with another rider & stop a few more times to warm up.

Lots of riders out even with the sub zero temps. The Groomer Drivers have been doin’ a great job with the trails in Sno-Eagles Country.  Heading out every night to groom & pan the trails.  Driving home in my car again from the Derby Track last night at about 8:45pm one of the groomers was heading back into town on Trail 10E.  When you meet the drivers give them a thumbs up!  They groom in some cases nearly all night.

A little Lake Effect SNOW yesterday.  Never know about the Lake Effect start DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE to bring that SNOW down from over Lake Superior.  All in all the trails need more SNOW.  Which looks to be on Monday. 1-3 inches according to the weather guys.

Best riding is heading east, northeast, north, far northwest, south & southeast. Not a lot of changes.  Here’s a breakdown of areas:

  • All are SNOW covered. From Eagle River 10E is very snirty & rough from Loon Lake Rd through the woods to Bloom Rd.  It improves in the 1 way section at the Sports Arena all the way out to Phelps & Three Lakes trail connects.  That is both ways. Out & back.
  • Heading south 3/13S aka “the grade” it good until the sections where you come out onto Bloom Rd. Icy, snirty & rough areas.  No word or report on the trails into Three Lakes.
  • With the cold not much change.  Heading north with all the traffic 3/13N aka “the grade” is SNOW covered but the section after you cross Adams Rd is rough.  Needs more SNOW to fix that.  West on 10/13 aka Wisconsin River Bridge there are good & rough areas.  Icy at the bridge. 17N has is a mixed bags of riding.  Same with 1 that heads to Eagle Lake from the north.
  • The trails heading west are thin.  That starts at the Town of Lincoln Town Hall to close to the Eagle River Inn.  When you cross over to the north side of the road to cross the Rec Bridge.  Improves there.  Heading south on 7/17S it’s pretty good to the turn onto 7 aka the Paint Ball Field. In the woods on 7S good. Heading south on 17S was very mushy.  Cold last night should have changed that.  Heading west on 70 thin until after you cross Hwy 70W neat Zeman Rd.  Snow covered on the south side of the road.  Thins out when you cross over to the north side of the road.  The high hill on the north side across from the Wisconsin river is icy & snirty.

Going to see snirt at the road crossings. Plenty of sanding was done on the roads. Same for many road trails.  It is icy underneath everywhere so slow down.

Sno-Eagles Country has 2 areas that have one-way trails.  10E is a one-way trail from the ERRA Sports Arena all the way out to Nicolet Mini Mart.  The other is the 13’s up near Buckatabon Bridge & Bauer’s Dam area.  Clearly marked with DO NOT ENTER signs.  Plus trail signs are backwards if you are going the wrong way.

EAGLE LAKE TRAIL & CATFISH LAKE TRAIL ARE MARKED & OPEN. Stay by the reflective orange barrels.  Do not drift away from the barrels as it is not safe to do so.  Remember not all lakes have trails so if you don’t see marker do not ride on it to be safe.  These are the only 2 lakes that are marked in Sno-Eagles Country.  No other lake trails. 

Also there is a dusk to dawn speed limit of 55 MPH.

Lengthy report today.  Now get out & ride!

See ya on the trails! 

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

 

 

News and Reports:

  • Wednesday & Thursday – Trail Rides – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on “the grade” Trail 13/3 at 9am.  Contact Club Pres., Howard Wolf 262.442.4876 
  • Friday-Sunday, January 25-27 – Women On Snow! 
  • Saturday, January 26 – SNO (Saturday Night Out) – White Stag(7141 Hwy 17 N, Sugar Camp, WI) – 5:30pm Social time – 6:00pm Dinner

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

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – January 19, 2019

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: white

Date of Report: January 19, 2019

Area Report:

Our guests from Sunrise Lodge have been riding the Frosty Club trails, and over to Sayner/Boulder Junction area, and have said the trails are all in good to excellent condition. Its a chilly one out today, but the weekend has started out great. 

Trail Report – : Phelps, Wisconsin – January 19, 2019

Reporter:surtrac

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 8-10″

Date of Report: January 19, 2019

Area Report:

11.00 AM Clear+10 deg.
Good morning,well we finally were able to get thru.all wet areas with our groomers
in the last few days.
Not much new snow in the last 2 weeks,from what I have heard all our trails are
in good to very good condition.On trail #6E just outside of town logging operations
have just started,the area is marked as such so take it easy thru.that section.
The lake is marked so PLEASE follow the orange barrels please as there are fishermen
out there,we all need to get along!!!
Dick

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 19, 2019

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Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Icy hard base with snow cover

Date of Report: January 19, 2019

Area Report:

VILAS COUNTY TRAILS TO INCLUDE SNO-EAGLES TRAILS ARE OPEN!
Still Early Season Riding Trails Good to Fair

January 19 2019 7:05am – 8 below – High of 10

Day 3 of the cold.  This will continues through Monday when the temps will go to teens during the day & 9 degree above overnight.   If you are going out riding be sure to dress warm in layers.  Ride with another rider & stop a few more times to warm up.

Groomers have been doin’ a great job with the trails in Sno-Eagles Country.  Heading out every night to groom pan the trails.  Driving home in my car from the Derby Track last night at about 11;30pm one of the groomers was heading back into town on Trail 10E.  When you meet the drivers give them a thumbs up!

No SNOW yesterday.  Lake Effect or the real variety. Start DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE to bring that SNOW down from over Lake Superior.

Pretty much the same trail report as yesterday.  With the cold not much change.  Best riding is heading east, northeast, north, far northwest, south & southeast.  All are SNOW covered. From Eagle River 10E is very snirty & rough from Loon Lake Rd through the woods to Bloom Rd.  It improves in the 1 way section at the Sports Arena all the way out to Phelps & Three Lakes trail connects.  That is both ways. Out & back.

Heading south 3/13S aka “the grade” is good until the sections where you come out onto Bloom Rd. Icy, snirty & rough areas.  No word or report on the trails into Three Lakes.

Heading north with all the traffic 3/13N aka “the grade” is SNOW covered but the section after you cross Adams Rd is rough.  Needs more SNOW to fix that.  West on 10/13 aka Wisconsin River Bridge there are good & rough areas.  Icy at the bridge. 17N has is a mixed bags of riding.  Same with 1 that heads to Eagle Lake from the north.

The trails heading west are thin.  That starts at the Town of Lincoln Town Hall to close to the Eagle River Inn.  When you cross over to the north side of the road to cross the Rec Bridge.  Improves there.  Heading south on 7/17S it’s pretty good to the turn onto 7 aka the Paint Ball Field. In the woods on 7S good. Heading south on 17S was very mushy.  Cold last night should have changed that.  Heading west on 70 thin until after you cross Hwy 70W near Zeman Rd.  Snow covered on the south side of the road.  Thins out when you cross over to the north side of the road.  The high hill on the north side across from the Wisconsin river is icy & snirty.

Going to see snirt at the road crossings. Plenty of sanding was done on the roads. Same for many road trails.  It is icy underneath everywhere so slow down.

Sno-Eagles Country has 2 areas that have one-way trails.  10E is a one-way trail from the ERRA Sports Arena all the way out to Nicolet Mini Mart.  The other is the 13’s up near Buckatabon Bridge & Bauer’s Dam area.  Clearly marked with DO NOT ENTER signs.  Plus trail signs are backwards if you are going the wrong way.

EAGLE LAKE TRAIL & CATFISH LAKE TRAIL ARE MARKED & OPEN. Stay by the reflective orange barrels.  Do not drift away from the barrels as it is not safe to do so.  Remember not all lakes have trails so if you don’t see marker do not ride on it to be safe.  These are the only 2 lakes that are marked in Sno-Eagles Country.  No other lake trails. 

Also there is a dusk to dawn speed limit of 55 MPH.

Continue DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE & THINK COLD!

See ya on the trails! 

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

 

 

 

News and Reports:

Wednesday & Thursday – Trail Rides – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on “the grade” Trail 13/3 at 9am.  Contact Club Pres., Howard Wolf 262.442.4876
Friday-Sunday, January 25-27 – Women On Snow!
Saturday, January 26 – SNO (Saturday Night Out) – White Stag(7141 Hwy 17 N, Sugar Camp, WI) – 5:30pm Social time – 6:00pm Dinner

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

Trail Report – : Stephenson County, Illinois – January 19, 2019

Reporter:Skinner

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: TRAILS OPEN IN THE CEDARVILLE AREA

Date of Report: January 19, 2019

Area Report:

The trails in the Cedarville area will OPEN today Saturday as we have over 4″ of snow overnight. The gates on the Jane Addams trail will be opened by 9 am this morning. All trails are marked but have not been used this year so take your time and be careful. If all goes OK today and trails get packed in today we will groom tomorrow. I will update tomorrow, but the snow we been waiting for is here so get out there and use it. PLEASE FEED OUR TRAIL BOXES as all the money goes back in to make the trails better for YOU and stay on marked trail as we do have winter wheat out there. “STAY ON TRAIL OR STAY HOME”

 

Trail Report – : Stephenson County, Illinois – January 19, 2019

Reporter:Skinner

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: TRAILS OPEN IN THE CEDARVILLE AREA

Date of Report: January 19, 2019

Area Report:

The trails in the Cedarville area will OPEN today Saturday as we have over 4″ of snow overnight. The gates on the Jane Addams trail will be opened by 9 am this morning. All trails are marked but have not been used this year so take your time and be careful. If all goes OK today and trails get packed in today we will groom tomorrow. I will update tomorrow, but the snow we been waiting for is here so get out there and use it. PLEASE FEED OUR TRAIL BOXES as all the money goes back in to make the trails better for YOU and stay on marked trail as we do have winter wheat out there. “STAY ON TRAIL OR STAY HOME”