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Trail Report – : Iron County, Michigan – March 20, 2023

Reporter:Colleen

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 10-15 inches

Date of Report: March 20, 2023

Area Report:

This will probably be my last trail condition report for the season… we will be heading south ourselves in another week or so. Currently, trails are open… clubs are grooming mainly at night with the cooler temps.  Highs are forecasted to be in the Mid 30’s through Wednesday this week…  and then temps slowly start to climb into the 40’s possible on Thursday and into the weekend.

We have snowmobilers here staying with us through Wednesday and they are saying the trails for the most part are in good condition still.  With exception to road crossings and any road riding in town.  Northern & western trails are in good shape.. plenty of snow on them.. southern trails are starting to get thin… especially when approaching highly trafficked areas… coming into the towns and gas stations and such.

Some snow is in the forecast for Tuesday night… not calling for much I saw (2-3 inches) last time I looked.

If you got a chance to come and ride this past season.. we hope the trails were good.. we hope you had a wonderful time and look forward to your return next year!  And to BOTH of our Snowmobile Clubs and members… THANK YOU all for keeping the trails groomed and as smooth as possible this past snowmobile season.  Lots of time and work goes into keeping our trail system open each year!!  And last but not least… “THANK YOU” to the landowners who allow the trails to cross onto their property. Without you we wouldn’t have a trail system in Iron County to enjoy!!  

Happy and Safe Tails to everyone and hopefully we will see y’all soon!!  Don’t forget…  AtV season is coming up next!!  🙂

 

Trail Report – : Hayward / Sawyer County, Wisconsin – March 20, 2023

Reporter:haywardlakes

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 9-10 Inches

Date of Report: March 20, 2023

Area Report:

Groomers will be out as long as the weather and equipment will allow. There were some groomers with equipment failures over the weekend. Check the GTS app for the most up-to date groomed trails. Enjoy the late season riding as long as you can and remember to plan your rides ahead and check with businesses for seasonal closures.,

As always, ride safe and enjoy!

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – March 20, 2023

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 6+

Date of Report: March 20, 2023

Area Report:

Washburn County snowmobile trails are still open at this time. Area Clubs & County Staff are reporting good conditions after the recent snowfall.  All trails have been groomed and everything has hardened due to the recent cold weather. Please note that a section of Trail 25, from County Highway D heading north to Nice Lake Road is closed for the remainder of the season.* Be on the look out for any additional trees/branches that may come down after the recent snow storm. If there are trees or other debris in the trail please contact Washburn County Forestry at 715-635-4490.

Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – March 20, 2023

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 12-16 inches

Date of Report: March 20, 2023

Area Report:

Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Trail Report – Monday, 3/20/2023

  •  12”-16” Base, Groomed and in Good Condition

At 8:00 a.m. it’s 13 degrees out with sunny skies and a high of 32 degrees.

We last groomed 8E and 15S early Sunday morning.

We have a slight daytime warmup coming this week, but will cool down at night and will allow the trails to remain rideable through the week.

We have 11 days left of the season, so get out and enjoy some good riding while you can.

Check in Wednesday, 3/22 for an updated trail report.

Enjoy our trails and local businesses this week and as always “Ride Right” and be safe.

Landy Roepke, BJSC Trail Manager

Trail Report – : Tomahawk, Wisconsin – March 20, 2023

Reporter:Tomahawk Chamber of Commerce

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 2-4″

Date of Report: March 20, 2023

Area Report:

 

LINCOLN COUNTY: All Zones Open. (See new segment closures below.)

ONEIDA COUNTY: Open.

Trail conditions are currently fair to good. High traffic areas and those exposed to sun may be thin or bare. Wooded and shady stretches are better.

FOR YOUR SAFETY, keep to marked trails on lakes and rivers!

Zone 1 Trails remaining closed are as follows: Trail 86 from Intersection #25 to the Taylor County Line. Corridor 21 from Hwy M north of Homestead Road to the Taylor County Line. Corridor 17 from Mountain Road north to the Oneida County line. Trail 49A from Lily Lake Road north to Intersection #1. 

ATVs are only allowed on designated trails when temperatures are below 28F. No UTVs.

As always, we remind riders to stay on marked trails. Off trail riding is trespassing and could result in closure or loss of trails and citations and fines for those who participate.

News and Reports:

Zone 1 partial closures: Corridor 17 from Mountain Road north to the Oneida County line. Trail 49A from Lily Lake Road north to Intersection #1. Trail 86 from Intersection #25 to the Taylor County Line. Corridor 21 from Hwy M north of Homestead Road to the Taylor County Line.

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – March 20, 2023

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Plenty of SNOW over hard ice base

Date of Report: March 20, 2023

Area Report:

March 20 2023 7:25am – 14 – High 33

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
All Conditions
Trails can remain open until midnight March 31st

Winter continues in Eagle River & all of Vilas County.  Still lots of SNOW.  Next SNOW tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday.   Time to ride!

Rode about 80 miles yesterday afternoon.  Trails are Good to Excellent with a few exceptions.   Left from 10 east of Eagle River.   Heading west into town on the one way.  It was ragged until crossing Hemlock Ln off of Hwy 70.  From there into town Good.  Even Taylor Lk Rd & Pine Ln.  10/13 “the grade’ into town was Excellent to Very Good.  Through town solid SNOW cover all the way to crossing by Leif’s Cafe.  From there until 17N intersection breaking down.  17N to 3 and 3 Very Good to Excellent to 10/13 heading north.  Some rough at the beginning of 10/13.  The rest Good to Excellent all the way across WI River bridge & 13N. Picked up 45N in Conover.  It was Good with a couple of corner sun burn throughs.  Conover 3 to 13 Very Good.  13 Very Good to Excellent back to Eagle River.  Ran through town and headed south on Alt 13 to Three Lakes which was  Excellent!  13W to Sugar Camp to Eagle River connect.  Excellent!  13 to 70 along Hwy 17 Good to Very Good.  70 to town Good to the Rec Bridge by Eagle River Inn.  Fair from there to Oak Ln crossing.  Into town Good until Sundstein Rd crossing.  Poor from there to 10/13/70 intersection by DQ.  Headed home.  Grade great. 10 still Good.  One on south side was loaded with SNOW and drifted with some banks at road crossings.  All in all a GREAT ride!

Grooming last night

  • 10/13 south through town
  • 10E to include 9mile & Granpa Grahm
  • 70W to St. Germain connect
  • 13S heading south to Sugar Camp connect
  • 7 aka Paintball field to west Sugar Camp connect
  • 10/13 north from groomer barn groomed to include WI River Bridge – Club trail that ends at Hwy G NOT GROOMED
  • 17N to 3 aka Manske Swamp

Remember as you ride & meet a groomer the equipment is NOT able to leave the trail due to it’s weight.  Pull over & stop.  Wait for direction from the driver.  Give ’em a thumbs up.  They groom so we can ride!

Please ride on the right side, slow down, limit alcohol & no off trail riding.

                                                
Businesses on the 2 marked lakes, Catfish & Eagle have removed the barrels. Lots of slush & with temps dropping there was concern the barrels would freeze in & be hard to remove. 

Take The Pledge, Protect Snowmobiling access for today’s and future snowmobilers (snowmobilerspledge.com)

 

THINK COLD!!!  Keep DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!! 

See ya on the trails!   Maybe this year we’ll ride ’til midnight on the 31st!

Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
715.479-5185 Trail Updates

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES EVENTS

March 25 – SNO (Saturday Night Out) – Honey Bear – 5pm gathering – 6pm dinner – Hwy 70W
April 1 – Groom to Ride Raffle Drawing & Bucket Raffle – 1pm – WCDC – Hwy 45N
April 4, 2023 – Sno-Eagles Board Meeting  – 6pm – Snowmobile Museum – Hwy 45N
April 20, 2023 – Sno-Eagles General Member Meeting- 6pm – Blue Heron – Chain o’ Lakes Rd off Hwy 45N

Snowmobile Information:

Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration 
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10 – Time to join a club!
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 County.  Has all trail alerts. 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
Snowmobile Wisconsin – Know before you go!

Trail Report – : Phelps, Wisconsin – March 20, 2023

Reporter:Phelps Snowmobile Club

Trail Conditions: Excellent

Snow Cover: 15″-20″

Date of Report: March 20, 2023

Area Report:

Well, they say it’s the first day of spring.  It’s still winter here in Phelps and the trails are great.  If your looking for the end of the season ride, come on up.  Trails are in great shape with plenty of snow in the woods.  There are some bare spots in the open and the road routes blacktop has opened and closed with each new snowfall.  Temps this week has highs in the mid to upper 30’s to start off with and low 40’s towards the end.  Maybe 1″-3″ of snow coming Tuesday-Thursday.  Please watch for changing conditions and as always, “Ride Right”

News and Reports:

Pencil in on your calendars, The Phelps Summer Ride.  We are looking at June 24, 2023 for a party at the Lakefront Pines Park in Phelps with food, Beverages, entertainment and fun for all.  More information coming to our website and Facebook page.  Please look us up and like us.

Snowmobile Information:

https://www.snowmobile-ed.com/wisconsin/studyGuide/50105102/ 

https://snowmobilerspledge.com

http://phelpssnowmobileclub.com

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – March 19, 2023

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: Excellent

Date of Report: March 19, 2023

Area Report:

Rode last night—Awesome.

Rode more today with Joe–he got stuck…but we got out. All was excellent as well.

The end may be near…but not yet. 

News and Reports:

Ride Right

Ride Safe

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – March 19, 2023

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 7+- new SNOW over hard ice snow covered base

Date of Report: March 19, 2023

Area Report:

March 19 2023 6:23am – 10 – High 35

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
All Conditions
Trails can remain open until midnight March 31st – Conditions permitting

Total of 7+- inches of SNOW. Some was LES coming off Lake Superior.  Cold again this morning. High of 35 today. Typical March weather. 30’s + during the day.  Teen & low 20’s at night.   SNOW in the forecast for Tuesday to Thursday morning.  No totals yet.

With the sleety rain a couple of days ago the base is even thicker than it was.  Cold night time temps are helping that.  SNOW on top.   Trails are in really GOOD shape in the woods.  Pretty GOOD everywhere else too. With the hard ice underneath it’s “fast” & slippery so slow down.  Riding again this afternoon.  A bit of “spring riding”.  Report tomorrow.

No grooming last night. All trails were groomed prior to the sleet a few nights ago.  Then the new SNOW.  For now to prevent damage the heavy equipment is parked.  Stay tuned.

With the number of accidents & fatalities this season will keep reminding you:

When you come upon a group of sleds in front of you on the trail.  Passing them can get you in trouble.   Have been seeing this all winter.  When an entire group passes, by the time the last sled passes, a sled could be coming from the other direction.

Remember as you ride & meet a groomer the equipment is NOT able to leave the trail due to it’s weight.  Pull over & stop.  Wait for direction from the driver.  Give ’em a thumbs up.  They groom so we can ride!

Please ride on the right side, slow down, limit alcohol & no off trail riding.

                                                
Businesses on the 2 marked lakes, Catfish & Eagle have removed the barrels. Lots of slush & with temps dropping there was concern the barrels would freeze in & be hard to remove. 

Take The Pledge, Protect Snowmobiling access for today’s and future snowmobilers (snowmobilerspledge.com)

THINK COLD!!!  Keep DOIN’ THE SNOW DANCE!! 

See ya on the trails!   Maybe this year we’ll ride ’til midnight on the 31st!

Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
715.479-5185 Trail Updates

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES EVENTS

March 25 – SNO (Saturday Night Out) – Honey Bear – 5pm gathering – 6pm dinner – Hwy 70W
April 1 – Groom to Ride Raffle Drawing & Bucket Raffle – 1pm – WCDC – Hwy 45N
April 4, 2023 – Sno-Eagles Board Meeting  – 6pm – Snowmobile Museum – Hwy 45N
April 20, 2023 – Sno-Eagles General Member Meeting- 6pm – Blue Heron – Chain o’ Lakes Rd off Hwy 45N

Snowmobile Information:

Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration 
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10 – Time to join a club!
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 County.  Has all trail alerts. 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
Snowmobile Wisconsin – Know before you go!