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Trail Report – : Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan – February 27, 2018

Reporter:SaultSteMarie

Trail Conditions: Unknown

Snow Cover: Base is 3 inches.

Date of Report: February 27, 2018

Area Report:

Warm during the day and cold at night, though trails still fair to good shape. Groomers going out late night and early morning if cold enough. Supposed to have a couple days this week above 40, so we will see how trails hold up. With the high winds, watch for newly-fallen branches or trees!

We have a newly-plowed parking area at the beginning of Trail #8 under the International Bridge, which now has an all-season porta-john.

If you are staying in the Sault, please look at our list of supporters on our web page and give them your business. Please do that in all towns you visit. The grooming entities are all made up of volunteers who want you to support those who support us!

Remember, trail base is the amount of snow between your track and the ground below, not the amount of fluff piled up in the woods. 10 inches of snow compresses to less than an inch on the trail.

Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –

Base 2 – 4 inches -Trail is in good condition.

Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –

Base 2 – 5 inches -Trail is in good condition.

When going across the bridge in Brimley, make sure you go with the flow of traffic! Blowing and drifting occurs when you first leave Brimley.

Raco to Naomikong Trail #8 [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –

Base 3 – 7 inches – Trail is in good to excellent condition.

Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –

Base 2 – 5 inches – Trail is in good condition. Trail is now groomed past casino down to the Antlers.

We now have a marked trail going to Chippewa Motors. It starts once you come out of the woods east of M-129 off #449. It comes into their parking lot from behind if you need parts or service.

City curfew is from 1 am – 6 am. Remember, most City streets are open to traffic 20 mph, stop at all intersections, and ride on the right-hand side of street not on sidewalks. Watch for closed streets that are posted, mainly around the hospital, university, and state trunk lines.

Sault Ste. Marie to Kinross, Trail #49 –

Base 2 – 5 inches – Trail is in fair to good condition.

Make sure you follow the reroute once you cross the bridge going south at 7 Mile Road.

When the trail is running along roads, make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road.

Kinross loop & south to Pickford, Parts of Trail #49, #472, and #494 –

Base 1- 4 inches – Trail is in fair to good condition. Watch for trucks on trail.

Kinross to Raco & Rudyard, Parts of trail #472 & #480 –

Base 2 – 6 inches – Trail is in good condition. Watch for reroute signs just west of Kinross. Trail to Rudyard has been groomed but logging going on, too.

The Downtown Trail is signed and snow and barrels are on the Portage Ave. Bridge.

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News and Reports:

Stay tuned for more information about the 2019 attempt at the World’s Longest Snowmobile Parade!

Trail Report – : Crivitz, Wisconsin – February 27, 2018

Reporter:ironsnowshoe

Trail Conditions: Poor

Snow Cover: minimal

Date of Report: February 27, 2018

Area Report:

Well…we did get to ride yesterday…put on about 80 miles all on the Iron Snowshoe trail. The day started out beautiful. Trails were the best I had seen all year. However, the warm temperatures set in fast and everything is melting. There are now many bare spots, mud, water… The warm temperatures are predicted for several days. I hope Mother Nature changes her mind soon.

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – February 27, 2018

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: Snow cover dropping quickly due to temps in the 40’s

Date of Report: February 27, 2018

Area Report:

February 27, 2018 – 6:45am

TRAILS CONDITIONS FAIR

The temps were in the 40’s yesterday & will be there today as well. Trails that were in Good or even better conditions have down graded to FAIR in many areas. In town trails are POOR to FAIR with very mushy conditions & bare roads. Road trails for the most part have no snow on them. Moving out of town conditions improve but it is a struggle to get to them without a bit of adventure sledding. In woods trails particularly way out east, north & southwest are FAIR with even some areas of GOOD. Get far & few between. Trailering & dropping off to ride might be good.

The section of the Chanticleer Inn Trail off of Trail 10E that take riders to Eagle is mushy & wet at the entrance heading to the lake. Trail Boss is monitoring that area and will close if conditions continue.

Trail 1N logging operation continues in the section between the Town of Washington Town Hall & Eagle Lake. With the log piles and icy grainy conditions in that section it would be good to slow down. Minimal grooming due to the logging operation.

Catfish Lake Loop & Eagle Lake Trails are marked with orange easy to see reflective barrels. Please stay by the barrels to be safe. Reminder that the Catfish Lake Trail that ran from Braywood to Lumpy’s is not open. Please do not trespass on private land.

To keep the riding season going it’s going to take everyone Doin’ the SNOW Dance & THINKING COLD!!

See ya on the trails again real soon!
Holly Tomlanovich
Communications Chair
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:

March 6 – Board of Directors meeting Snowmobile Hall of Fame – 7pm
March 15 – Membership meeting Eagle Waters – election of officers and Board of Directors – Snacks at 6:30pm with meeting at 7pm
March 31 – Saturday Night Out at Lumpy’s – 5:30pm

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 – February 26, 2018

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Looks like winter

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:

Joe and I rode from Sunrise Lodge To Brew’s Pub for dinner and ran into Sandy from the Gateway and Dawn from the Pine Cone Cafe–relaxing after another hectic weekend. Trails were in good to excellent shape after day 1 of the warm up. We then headed west past Black Oak and into Conover trails—everything was excellent. Came home from the east and the Phelps and Frosty trails had been freshly groomed and were awesome. Did some off trail stuff til I got buried, but with lots of help from Joe we dug out and got home safe and sound! 2 more days of warm conditions—if we keep the sun away no worries. The groomers may have some work to do but I am confident we will have another good weekend of riding in Land O Lakes!

News and Reports:

Candlelight bowling Sat March 3 at the Alleys!

Trail Report – : Hayward / Sawyer County, Wisconsin – February 26, 2018

Reporter:haywardlakes

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 6 to 12 inches of base

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:

Sawyer County snow trails are OPEN and in EXCELLENT condition. We received well over 12 inches of snow in the past few days, and have a 6 to 12 inch base. Groomers have been out.

Trail 27/5 from Tuscobia to Rusk County line is still closed, as well as Trail 63N from Boedecker Rd to the Bayfield County line.

Lake trails are reported as in GOOD condition, please stay on the marked trails.

Thank you again for choosing Sawyer County as your riding destination! The fun continues so gear up and head out and ride!

Thank you to all groomers, club members and volunteers for your hard work to ensure us all of a successful ride!

Trail Report – : Price County – Park Falls, Phillips & Prentice, Wisconsin – February 26, 2018

Reporter:Price County Tourism Department

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 6-15 inches

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:

We received a total of 10 inches of fresh heavy, wet snow over the last few days. All snowmobile trails are being groomed on a regular basis and they are in very good to excellent condition after they are groomed. Road routes may become bare quickly due to warm temps predicted for this week. To view detailed trail condition reports, go to www.pricecountywi.net and click on the Reports link.

Some Price County trails are on private land. The use of the private land is a PRIVILEGE, not a right. Please stay on marked trails, especially across fields. There have been many complaints from landowners due to snowmobilers not staying on the trail and riding all over their fields. To avoid having these TRAILS CLOSED, PLEASE respect the private land that is open to snowmobiling.

Several miles of trail are open for winter ATV and UTV riding including the Flambeau Trail System, Solberg Trail, and Georgetown Trail. The Price County portion of the Pine Line Rail Trail (Prentice to Ogema), Snowmobile Trail 189 (Ogema to Timm’s Hill), and Snowmobile Trails 116, 181 and 118 (Prentice area loop) are also open to winter ATV and UTV riding when the trail is officially open to snowmobile use and the temperature is 28 degrees or colder.

You can order visitor information or maps from the Price County Tourism Department website, www.pricecountywi.net, or call 715-339-4505, plus you can listen to recorded trail reports or talk to the friendly Tourism Department staff.

News and Reports:

March 3 – Sno-Gypsies Pancake Breakfast & Trail Ride, Park Falls

DATE CORRECTION – March 4 – Driftsplitters Pancake Breakfast, Kennan

Trail Report – : Western UP, Michigan – February 26, 2018

Reporter:Western U.P. Snowmobile Report

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 9-24

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:

Western U.P. Trail Report – Western U.P. Bureau – 02/26

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:
Temps for the next few days will be near 40 with lows in the 20’s. We received 9-11″ of new snow this past weekend which will help the trail system. With our temp near 40 grooming will take place at night. Expect some rougher trails later in the day with traffic and grooming only at night. Use caution on corners they may be icy. Make sure you ride on your side of the trail, we want everyone to be safe.

PLEASE STAY ON TRAILS. WE HAVE BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS THAT SOME HAVE NOT BEEN STAYING ON TRAILS, RIDING ON UNMARKED TRAILS CAN LOSE EASEMENT FOR OUR TRAIL SYSTEM SO PLEASE STAY ON TRAILS!!!!!!

THE GOGEBIC RANGE TRAIL AUTHORITY REPORTS:

Trail 2 from Hurley to Ramsay US-2 Crossing is very good. Watch for Icy corners as you head east out of Ironwood! As you depart Ironwood past Walmart heading east the horseshoe-turns around the Transfer Station are getting icy, please ride right & ride cautiously
The rail-bed trail ENDS on the east side of the Keystone Bridge. The club grooms the bridge to maintain it for local access. The “old” trail to Wakefield is closed east of Verona Road. Tickets will be issued if you ride on this closed trail.

Trail 2 from Ramsay Crossing to Wakefield is good. The trail has improved dramatically this week with all the fresh snow, but the corners are icy and by midday we expect the traffic to have swept the corners. There have been several near-miss accidents due to riders not riding on their side of the trail or blowing through icy corners. We need everyone to ride safely through there at a reasonable speed to keep everyone safe. The hill climbs to Indianhead Big Snow Resorts are snow packed and smooth.

Trail 2 from Wakefield to Marenisco is very good. There is active construction 5 miles east of Wakefield use caution. Watch for icy corners from Wakefield to US HWY. 2 trail crossing.

Trail 8 from Bingo’s to Tula Crossing is very good. The trail has lots of snow on it and is a wide seasonal county road that is not plowed and makes for a fun trail ride.

Trail 160 from Walmart to Montreal River(WI) is very good. This is a very scenic trail with spectacular views. ENJOY!! There is logging near the Lake Road area, please slow down, remember logging trucks have the right of way.

Trail 11S is good to very good. The first 2 miles of the trail as it heads south towards Wisconsin from Trail 2 is plowed due to logging. Please yield to all commercial truck traffic. The trail is in great shape and is groomed from the Vilas County Wisconsin Line to Trail 2 completely, regularly. There are still a few thin areas and areas that need more brushing but the trail is fantastic.

LAKE GOGEBIC AREA GROOMER REPORT

Trail Conditions from the 23rd.
Received about 4” of snow Sunday and about 1-2” overnight on the North Shore of Lake Gogebic. Light to moderate snows are forecasted for the remainder of the week and the forecast is calling for below average temperatures.
Gogebic Area Groomers have reported that they are out on our trails daily and that everything is in good to very good condition.

U.P. THUNDER RIDERS OF WATERSMEET GROOMERS REPORT:

Groomers are running daily

Trail 2 east of Watersmeet – to the 107 – good
Trail 3 south of Watersmeet to WI – good -this trail gets tons of traffic and it gets rough between groomings, use caution over the bridges
Trail 3 north of trail 2 to bond falls – good with icy corners
Trail 3 north of Bond falls – good with icy corners
Trail 2 west of Watersmeet – good
Trail 13 south of trail 2 – good with icy corners

PLEASE STAY ON MARKED TRAILS. RIDING ON UNMARKED TRAILS CAN RESULT IN THE CLUB LOSING EASEMENT OF THAT TRAIL AND YOU POSSIBLE GETTING A TICKET…..

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Trail Report – : Washburn County, Wisconsin – February 26, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 7-13 inch base

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:

All of the Washburn County snowmobile trails are OPEN! Trails are in excellent condition with a 7 to 13 inch base. Saturday evening brought a fresh 6+ inches of powder. The new snow has been great addition to the already good base and even with the warmer temperatures we are expecting to keep a good base. Please be aware that the base might be a little slim at road crossings as we had a snowy dirt mixture before the new snow. Always use caution on the trails as volunteers are out grooming the trails to keep up with all the new snow we’ve received, please note that some of the trails may not be groomed yet due to the timing of the snow fall. Enjoy the trails!

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – February 26, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 7-13 inch base

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – February 26, 2018

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 7-13 inch base

Date of Report: February 26, 2018

Area Report:

All of the Washburn County snowmobile trails are OPEN! Trails are in excellent condition with a 6 to 10 inch base. Saturday evening brought a fresh 6+ inches of powder. The new snow has been great addition to the already good base and even with the warmer temperatures we are expecting to keep a good base. Please be aware that the base might be a little slim at road crossings as we had a snowy dirt mixture before the new snow. Always use caution on the trails as volunteers are out grooming the trails to keep up with all the new snow we’ve received, please note that some of the trails may not be groomed yet due to the timing of the snow fall. Enjoy the trails!