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Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 17, 2025

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 4-6 inches

Date of Report: January 17, 2025

Area Report:

Welcome to opening day of the 2025 snowmobile season. It’s been a long time since we have
had a trail report, but we finally got enough snow to open our trails.
At 8:00 am it is 29 degrees out with a high of 35 today followed by colder temps for the
weekend.
All of our trails were panned in mid-December which will help as most trails will have an ice
base. After our recent snow, all of our trails were panned this week and ready to go.
Please keep in mind that our trails are opening with minimum snow cover and at best will be in
early season riding conditions with some icy corners and possible thin spots that have been
exposed to the sun.
Best riding will be on our road trails which are Nixon Lake Road on 8E, Keego Road on 2W, Old B
on 6E, and Day Lake Road on 8W/51.
If you are in our area this week, enjoy our trails and stop in and support our local businesses.
We will be hosting a breakfast at Boulder Beer Bar this Sunday, January 19th from 8:30 am to
11:00 am.
Look for an updated trail report on Monday, January 20th .

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!

January 18: Food sales at Wittig’s Point Resort Ice Fishing Tournament 11am-2pm

January 19: Breakfast Fundraiser from 8:30-11am at the Boulder Beer Bar

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

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 – : Phelps, Wisconsin – January 17, 2025

Reporter:Phelps Snowmobile Club

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 5″-7″

Date of Report: January 17, 2025

Area Report:

!!!! NORTH TWIN HAS A MASSIVE ICE HEAVE FROM THE NOTHE SHORE TO THE SOUTH SHORE.  PLEASE STAY ON THE MARKED TRAIL FOR SAFE CROSSING ON IT.  SOME OF THE HEAVE IS OVER 3 FEET IN HEIGHT WITH ICE PUSHED FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS.  SLOW DOWN AND STAY ON THE MARKED TRAIL!!!!

News and Reports:

Trails are open but are in early season conditions.  There is an ice base with powdered snow on top.  Corners will be icy and watch how you hit the throttle.  Cruising along and hitting the gas will cause the rear end to kick around.  go easy on the gas.  Also, breaking will not grab like it usually does.  Give yourself room to stop.  Ride Right and enjoy the Phelps area.

Snowmobile Information:

Phelps Radar Run set for January 25, 2025, at the Great Escape from 10-2.  Radar Run, Food, beverages, raffles, and loads off fun.

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – January 17, 2025

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 4-5 inches – more east & north panned

Date of Report: January 17, 2025

Area Report:

January 17 – 7:05am – 27 – High 36

Sno-Eagles
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
 Vilas County Parks & Rec announcement below
Trails open today, 1/17 at 8am



This trails open this morning with very, very early riding conditions.  Particularly in the southern half of Vilas County.  Trails have been panned and at this writing are frozen.  So if you choose to ride today, conditions will be icy so SLOW DOWN not just in the corners, everywhere. And RIDE RIGHT. Temps are going to rise today so expect conditions to change quickly today.  Best riding is in Northern Vilas County.  Consider trailering up there.

The warm up is one day. Tomorrow high will be low 20’s and below zero tomorrow night.  Then we head into the deep freeze with below zero temps both day & night until Wednesday.  Some small Lake Effect Clipper coming through.  No SNOW totals.  Next bet on SNOW is end of this month.  Stay tuned.

Here are the Sno-Eagles Trail updates for the 2024-2025 season.   Be sure to pick up a new map.

There’s a re route of Trail 3 aka Manske Swamp.   Here is a map of the re route.  Right click for a bigger image.

Trail 17 aka Hiawatha Trail has be rehab-ed. No more going in that wet mushy section just before Kick Back & Hiawatha motel. Alt Trail 13 that heads south to Three Lakes remains CLOSED. Right Click for larger image

Trail 17S that connects with the Sugar Camp trails remains the same but there is a short re route where Eagle River Sno-Eagles connect with the Sugar Camp Snowmobile Club by Ripco Rd.  Another landowner closure. 

Alt Trail 13 to Three Lakes remains closed.  A short section is open to local traffic to allow riders that live in that area to get north into Eagle River & to pick up Trail 10E.

If you haven’t already,  it’s time to renew your membership and purchase your discounted Trail Pass from the AWSC.  Sno-Eagles  AWSC Click on these links to do both/

If you decide to ride SLOW DOWN & RIDE RIGHT!   Be careful out there!

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

 

 

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES & EAGLE RIVER EVENT
January 16 – 19, 2025 – 62nd World Championship Snowmobile Derby @ WCDC
January 23, 2025 – General Meeting 7 pm – LP Pizza & Pasta (Buckshots Downtown)
January 31, 2025 – February 2, 2025 – Weekend Away – Mercer WI
February 7, 2025 – February 9, 2025 – USA Pond Hockey – Dollar Lake
February 13, 2025 – Legend Laps – WCDC
February 21, 2025 – February 23, 2025 – World Series of Racing WCDC
February 20, 2025 – General Meeting 7 pm Chanticleer Inn – E. Dollar Lk Rd off Hwy 70E
March 4, 2025 – BOD meeting 6 pm – World snowmobile HQ
March 14, 2025 – March 15, 2025 – AMSIOL National Sno-Cross @ WCDC
March 15, 2025 – Groom to Ride @ Trackside – Drawing at 5pm

Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – January 16, 2025

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 4-6 inches

Date of Report: January 16, 2025

Area Report:

Trails open tomorrow, Friday, January 17th at 8am!! 

Early season riding condition, be safe and have fun!

 

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!

January 18: Food sales at Wittig’s Point Resort Ice Fishing Tournament 11am-2pm

January 19: Breakfast Fundraiser from 8:30-11am at the Boulder Beer Bar

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

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

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 – : Ely, Minnesota – January 16, 2025

Ely, MN Chamber of Commerce

Reporter:Ely Chamber of Commerce/Explore MN Visitor Center

Trail Conditions: Poor

Snow Cover: 4-8 inches

Date of Report: January 16, 2025

Area Report:

Taconite State Trail, Arrowhead State Trail, Putnam/Fishing Lakes Trails, and Lake Vermilion Soudan Underground Mine State Park Trails

With the new snow we got this past weekend, we have been able to get groomer equipment out on the trail system in most places and get an initial groom in. Where the trails go through swamps and exposed areas, they are showing grass and ground after the first grooming pass. But overall trail conditions are much better than they were before grooming.

We will be grooming as much of the Arrowhead and Taconite State Trails as possible before this coming weekend. As mentioned in previous trail reports, the two segments of the Taconite from Big Aspen to Pfeiffer Lake and from the Blackbear trail to the junction with the Arrowhead are rough and have areas of shelf ice. These two segments may remain ungroomed until we get more snow, but stay tuned for further updates over the next couple days.

The Putnam-Fishing Lakes Trail and Lake Vermilion Soudan Underground Mine State Park trails remain ungroomed. Stay tuned for further updates over the next couple days.

We still need more snow throughout our trail system, especially in the swamps and beaver ponds. Use caution especially when riding through these areas as we are still finding shelf ice and even open water in places. Watch for hummocks and stumps in swamps and ponds.

There is active logging in a number of locations throughout the Grant-in-Aid and State Trail system. In those areas, slow down and give trucks and logging equipment space.

Trail conditions will be changing quite a bit over the next few days, so continue to monitor trail conditions online at https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snow_depth/index.html

Snowmobiling conditions:0-3 inches. Conditions: Poor  Groomed: No

Bear Head Lake State Park:  

On Friday, January 17th, we hope to set track with the limited amount of snow we received this week. This trail provides rolling topography through birch and pine stands. You may see a variety of wildlife ranging from deer, wolves, ruffed grouse, and pine martens.

Snowmobiling conditions: Trail Base: 1-2 Inches Good. Base: 1-2 inches

News and Reports:

Join us on February 1, 2025, for our annual FunRun, which supports our local trails.  For more details on the event, please visit www.snowmobilefunrun. com.  Early registration is $25/person.  Same-day registration is $30.  Great prizes and the event happens snow or no.

Trail Report – : Minocqua, Wisconsin – January 16, 2025

Reporter:minocqua

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 4-6

Date of Report: January 16, 2025

Area Report:

http://We know that most of you are wondering when the Forest Riders Trails will open. The short answer is “not until we get more snow”. Trails in Oneida County are overseen by the Oneida County Snowmobile Council – which consists of the 9 clubs in the Country plus a representative from the Oneida County Forestry Department. Decisions on trail opening are made by this Council, and require a super-majority of the clubs to vote to open the trails. All trails in the county must open and close together. Currently there is not enough snow to safely open the trails. Opening the trails before there is sufficient snow creates the risk of damaging the land the trails run through. For our Forest Rider trails – we have over 100 land-use agreements with different land-owners, and have a responsibility to manage the trails in a way that respects these lands. Losing usage of land from even 1 land-owner could significantly impact the ability to keep trails open. Opening the trails without enough snow also risks damage to your snowmobiles, and to our grooming equipment. Our all-volunteer team of Forest Riders trail maintenance and groomers has been doing everything possible to prepare the trails in advance for opening once we have more snow. Our trails have been packed by our groomers and groomer-team members have run snowmobiles across all swamp areas to pack them down and form a good base. Once a decision has been made to open Oneida County trails there will be a PSA announcement. Clubs will have 24 hours after the announcement to do final trail preparations. We will also post on the Minocqua Forest Riders Facebook page and website. Minocqua Forest Riders Facebook Minocqua Forest Riders website

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – January 16, 2025

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: lightly snowing

Date of Report: January 16, 2025

Area Report:

The Frosty Club trails as well as the rest of the Vilas county trail system will open Friday at 8am. Trails will not be great so please slow down and be safe. At least we can get to the businesses and the Michigan trails which have a free riding weekend this weekend. Been a long time comin’

News and Reports:

Comedy Night Sunday at the Gateway Lodge. Get your tix at the Gateway in advance or at the door. Look forward to laughing with you there.

Candlelight Bowling next weekend at The Alley. Call or stop in to the Alley to reserve your space.

Trail Report – : Minocqua, Wisconsin – January 16, 2025

Reporter:minocqua

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 4-6

Date of Report: January 16, 2025

Area Report:

Vilas County are opening there trails at 8:00 am Friday the 17th, remember that there are some bare spots and ruts that need more snow to fill in, we have a ice base with little snow on top so its going to be very slick so go slow. Temps tomorrow will be in the 30s and come Sunday the bottom falls out with single digits for highs and double digits below zero at night for 3-4 days. I have not seen anything about Oneida County yet but will keep you posted .What we need is 6 inches of heavy wet snow

Trail Report – : Sayner, Wisconsin – January 16, 2025

Reporter:SaynerStar Lake Barnstormers

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Minimal

Date of Report: January 16, 2025

Area Report:

Here we go!!  The Vilas county snowmobile trails OFFICIALLY OPEN at 8:00 am, Friday, January 17!!

It’s certainly been a long wait.  Please keep in mind that our snow cover is very thin and the trails are going to be icy, especially in the corners.  The Barnstormers will maintain trail conditions the best we can, but without additional snow, there won’t be much we can do.  As long as everyone is aware that we don’t have ideal conditions yet, we can get out and finally enjoy some riding!

There are ongoing logging operations on trails 15 and 11.  Remember that logging personnel have the right of way.  They also have the right to shut down trails, so please be respectful.

While you’re out there, remember to stop by the amazing businesses that keep us operating.  Check out our upcoming events:

Saturday, Jan 18:  Snowmobile Breakfast @ Stillwaters.  8:00 – 11:00 AM

Saturday, Feb 8:  Chili Dump @ Murmuring Waters.  2:00 – 5:00 PM

Sunday, Feb 16:  Pizza Fundraiser @ Hillside Tavern.  4:00 – 8:00 PM