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Trail Report: Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 31, 2017

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Hard base – Snow covered

Date of Report: January 31, 2017

Area Report:

Trails Good to Fair Condition

Snow started late yesterday afternoon with fine heavy at times wet snow.  Too wet so it took time for it to accumulate. All said & done only about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inches of SNOW total. So yes it time to DO THE SNOW DANCE! Pushing the SNOW up north. Weather guys forecast a little more SNOW on Wednesday.

Trail Boss reports no grooming last night.  Groomers out again tonight.  Trails have a hard base with loose SNOW on top.  Traffic yesterday was very low.  Trail are in Good to Fair Condition.  In town snirt at the crossing.  This is caused by the sand & salt put on the roads being dragged onto the trails. 

Not seeing much in the line of problem areas other than it is icy under the new SNOW so you might notice sled slipping or “squirrelly” as you ride.  Even on the straight aways.

Catfish Lake Loop & Eagle Lake Trail are OPEN & safe by the orange reflective barrels.  No surface slush.

***ALERT***
The WI River Bridge portion of Trails 10W/13N is CLOSED. Due to high water from the dam.  It is FENCED/GATED.  DO NOT GO AROUND THE BARRIERS.
Extreme Danger beyond the barriers.

Time to start Doin’ The Snow Dance!

Groomer Show in St. Germain on Wednesday, February 1.

See Ya On The Trails!

Holly Tomlanovich
Communications Chair
Sno-Eagles, Inc.
PROUD GROOMERS OF THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185 – Early AM with more updates should conditions changes dictate.

 

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES SNO HUNT – January 13-February 28, 2017 – for more information contact Dave Mrczynski at 715.891.8584.

  • A fun snowmobile scavenger hunt with bonus point & prizes
  • Register at local businesses

RIDE WITH PRIDE RAFFLE TICKETS – Drawing 12 Noon, February 25, 2017 at TrackSide.

  • $2 each or 3/$5 available from Sno-Eagles, Eagle River Chamber office & many businesses in Eagle River
  • Prizes – 1st prize SkiDoo MXZE 600 or CanAm Outlander 570. 2nd prize 55′ Flat panel TV or $500. 3rd prize Wkend at Eagle Waters Resort + dinner. 4th prize Wkend at Wild Eagle Lodge.

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY TRAIL RIDES

  • Meet on Trail 13 (the Grade) in town between Historic Railroad Depot & Friendship House
  • 9am departure

MONTHLY MEETINGS – 6:30pm Snacks – Meeting at 7pm – All Welcome!

  • February 16 – Eddie B’s White Spruce (Hwy 45N at the bridge)
  • March 16 – Eagle Waters (Hwy 70E to Rangeline Rd-follow the signs)
  • April 20 – Gordo’s (Hwy 45N across from Holiday North Gas Station)

BOARD MEETINGS – 7pm at the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame (Hwy 45N next door to the World Championship Snowmobile Derby)

  • January-May the 1st Tuesday of the each month

Trail Report: Price County – Park Falls, Phillips & Prentice, Wisconsin – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 8-10+ inches

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

Click Here to order a Price County Snowmobile Map.

To view DETAILED TRAIL CONDITION REPORTS, visit the Price County Tourism website at www.pricecountywi.net and click on the Reports link. We have about an inch of fresh snow on the ground with 2-5 inches more on the way. All snowmobile trails are open and in good to fair condition. The trails have a hard, smooth base and with this fresh snow they should groom up perfectly. The trails remain open through March 31, 2017.  Approximately 100 miles of our motorized trails welcome winter ATV and UTV riders. To order travel guides or your snowmobile trail map, visit our website at www.pricecountywi.net.

News and Reports:

Visit our online Calendar of Events for details – http://www.pricecountywi.net/calendar.aspx?CID=23
February 5, 2017 – Club Breakfast, Elk River Pioneers Snowmobile Club
February 11, 2017 – Dance & Raffle, Northwoods Hi-Riders Snowmobile Club
February 17 & 18, 2017 – Poker Run & Raffle, Elk River Pioneers Snowmobile Club
February 18, 2017 – Winter Picnic, Elk River Pioneers Snowmobile Club
March 5, 2017 – Club Breakfast, Catawba Driftsplitters Snowmobile Club

Trail Report: Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 8-12

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

Date: January 30
Trail condition: Fair
Posted by: Barry Hopkins
Winter is back, colder temperatures and some light snow today.
We have been grooming and I hear good things about our trails…..But I think I better go see for myself, so off I go.  I’ll update again tomorrow! Its time to ride!

News and Reports:

Remember our upcoming events:
**Club breakfast at the Pea Patch – this Sunday 8-noon and Guns/Roses Raffle

**Winterfest Rendezvous Sat Feb 18th

Trail Report: Hayward / Sawyer County, Wisconsin – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 1-5 inches

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

Hello Snowmobilers!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

The forecast calls for about 4-6″ today and that is wonderful news for the Northwoods! The groomers will be out in full force when we get 4-6″!

Sawyer Co trails are OPEN and as of this morning (prior to this current  snow fall) the trails have anywhere from a 0-5″ base depending on whether you are on the wooded trails or in the open trails along the roads. The wooded trails are fair to poor. There are scattered bare spots along the roads but there has been dustings over the weekend which doesn’t account for much but does turn things white and the temps are colder so that white is staying. The lakes have at least foot of ice on them and are in fair conditions as they are smooth but slick.

There is one exception to the lakes, Lake Hayward has open water under the bridge along Hwy 77 and near the Market Place entrance, the entrance areas have been roped off so please for your safety, stay off of Lake Hayward.

The temps will continue to be in the teens as a high for the week and through the weekend, perfect riding weather!

Ashland and Bayfield County are partially open, Price Co is open, Washburn and Rusk Counties are closed. We will update on those counties with any change.

We will be updating trail conditions when this snow fall ends and we predict a good update!

Trail 36 from Flambeau to Price Co line  is rerouted back to the old trail along Hwy W.

Trail Closures:

Trail 63 north of Seeley from Bodecker Rd to Bayfield Co line is CLOSED

Trail 5/27 from Tuscobia south to Rusk Co line is CLOSED.

Trail 6 from Tuscobia by Ojibwa north to the Chippewa Flowage, also CLOSED.

As always… thank you to the club members and volunteers for their hard work and to you for visiting and enjoying Sawyer County!

Trail Report: Ashland County, Wisconsin – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 2-6

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

Snow is happening in Ashland County right now!!! Hopefully we will have good news to report tomorrow. As of now the Snowmobile Trails in Ashland County are now partially open but not groomed at this time. The open trails listed below are in poor condition. Be cautious! There is water and slush on the trails. Mellen South is open. Bayfield County Trail 90 South is open. Ashland to Mellen is closed. Ashland to Trail 90 is closed.

News and Reports:

Ashland Area Events:  Visit www.visitashland.com for more information.

February 4: Mellen: Copper Falls Candle Light Ski.
February 18: Ashland: Book Across the Bay
February 18: Glidden: Toilet Seat Races.
February 25: Butternut: Clause Kraetke Memorial Ice Fishing Jamboree.
February 26: Mellen: Annual Ice Fishing Contest on Lake Galilee.

Trail Report: Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 8-12

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

Date: January 30
Trail condition: Fair
Posted by: Barry Hopkins
Winter is back, colder temperatures and some light snow today.
We have been grooming and I hear good things about our trails…..But I think I better go see for myself, so off I go.  I’ll update again tomorrow! Its time to ride!

News and Reports:

Remember our upcoming events:
**Club breakfast at the Pea Patch – this Sunday 8-noon and Guns/Roses Raffle

**Winterfest Rendezvous Sat Feb 18th

Trail Report: Presque Isle, Wisconsin – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 14-18″

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

Hey Snowmobilers!!!!!…Conditions are improving in the Presque Isle/ Winchester area…….We received about 4-5 inches snow over the weekend and we have snow in the forecast today and Tuesday…..I would rate our trails as mostly “GOOD”….We will continue grooming each night to take advantage of the incoming snow…..We have colder weather coming on Thursday and Friday which will continue to help our lakes….Please… still use caution on any Lake in the area……

We have a great Raffle going this year to help support our costs of bringing you the best trails in the area….The drawing will be On February 19th at 1:00 pm. at the P.I. Pub in Presque Isle… We are serving a breakfast /Lunch combo until the Drawing starting at 8:30 am…Please come early and Buy tickets….We are giving away a Ski-Doo 600 E-Tec and a Ski-Doo MXZ 600 Sport along with a Triton Trailer as the 3rd prize in our Raffle…..Tickets are $10 each or 6 tickets for $50 dollars…..Please buy tickets at all of our area Businesses to help support our efforts to bring you the best Trails possible…..100% of proceeds go to the costs of grooming…..

Come on up and enjoy the wonderful Sport of Snowmobiling!!!!!

Please consider joining our Club at http://sno-bunnies.com. In joining, you can get your WI Trail pass for just $10.

Trail Report: Lake Gogebic, Michigan – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: Fair

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

For the week of Jan 30 – Feb 6:

Colder temperatures (especially at night!)  and snow is in the forecast and just what we need to get our conditions back in shape.   We had about 7” of snow last night and there’s snow forecasted for almost every day this week.    Trail conditions continue to improve daily and we had riders in that said that the “were actually not bad at all” and they also said that they were a lot better than the expected.     Groomers have been out and are working hard to get this back in shape.     1 South is still plagued with wet spots and an impassable spot on trail 12 between Greenland and Ontonagon was reported, however, it was also reported that the “trail was groomed to perfection on the way up to it”.

As previously posted, please stay on the trails in Bergland. You are not allowed to ride the highway through town and may be ticketed. You can only access the gas station by following the trail through the park and crossing directly across from the gas station from Antonio’s Restaurant.  If riding the roads through Merriweather (down to the Hoop ‘N Holler Tavern or to the lake) please remember to ride at the posted speed limit of 25 mph and stay to the side and as always be aware that this is a residential area and watch for traffic.    Also, access through the Walleye Lodge to the Lake is limited to their guests and customers. 

There’s a lot of winter and good riding to be had.   Just waiting for Mother Nature to turn her snow machine back on.    She likes to keep us on our toes with her “reality checks”.      We appreciate everyone’s cooperation and we look forward to seeing you very soon!!

Have a great week….

 

Jim & MB

AJ’s Walleye Lodge

906-575-3557

Trail Report: Bergland, Michigan – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: Fair

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

For the week of Jan 30 – Feb 6:

Colder temperatures (especially at night!)  and snow is in the forecast and just what we need to get our conditions back in shape.   We had about 7” of snow last night and there’s snow forecasted for almost every day this week.    Trail conditions continue to improve daily and we had riders in that said that the “were actually not bad at all” and they also said that they were a lot better than the expected.     Groomers have been out and are working hard to get this back in shape.     1 South is still plagued with wet spots and an impassable spot on trail 12 between Greenland and Ontonagon was reported, however, it was also reported that the “trail was groomed to perfection on the way up to it”.

As previously posted, please stay on the trails in Bergland. You are not allowed to ride the highway through town and may be ticketed. You can only access the gas station by following the trail through the park and crossing directly across from the gas station from Antonio’s Restaurant.  If riding the roads through Merriweather (down to the Hoop ‘N Holler Tavern or to the lake) please remember to ride at the posted speed limit of 25 mph and stay to the side and as always be aware that this is a residential area and watch for traffic.    Also, access through the Walleye Lodge to the Lake is limited to their guests and customers. 

There’s a lot of winter and good riding to be had.   Just waiting for Mother Nature to turn her snow machine back on.    She likes to keep us on our toes with her “reality checks”.      We appreciate everyone’s cooperation and we look forward to seeing you very soon!!

Have a great week….

 

Jim & MB

AJ’s Walleye Lodge

906-575-3557

Trail Report: Washburn County, Wisconsin – January 30, 2017

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 2-4″

Date of Report: January 30, 2017

Area Report:

Due to recent warm temperatures and rain, Washburn County snowmobile trails are now closed.  Significant new snow will be needed for the trail system to reopen this winter. Think snow!