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Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – February 28, 2019

Reporter:Holly t
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: Plenty of SNOW over a hard ice base
Date of Report: February 28, 2019
Area Report:

EAGLE RIVERS  TRAILS
GOOD to VERY GOOD
Trail clearing continues

February 28 2019 7:18am  – 11 below  – High 23

Next SNOW forecast for Friday with totals of 1-2 inches.  Daytime temps through Saturday in the 20’s & teens.  Single digit below zero at night.  Starting Sunday single digits above during the day until next Wednesday & below zero every night.

Grooming continued yesterday & last night.  Trail Boss reports following trails groomed:

  • 3N aka Manske Swamp
  • 17N
  • 10W13N aka Wisconsin River Bridge area
  • 13N to Conover connect

Riding is still sketchy.  Recommend downloading the Vilas County MapIt trail app. It gives you the 3 digit emergency numbers & trail locations throughout the County.  Be sure to turn on gps function on your phone to show you where you are on the trails.

Here are some important updates:

Trail 10W/13N aka Wisconsin River Bridge Trail is Closed 

There is 1 logging operations going on where there is a need to use parts of the trail. Trail 13N by Deep Lake Rd. Plus utility work on 7 near Sugar Camp on the high line.

The snowbanks at driveway crossing & road crossings are very very high. Crews are still out winging road banks.  With clean up continuing expect some blocked road & driveway crossings.  Please stop & cross with caution.

As trails get cleaned up trail signs will be buried in deep SNOW.  It will take clubs throughout Vilas County time to unbury or add post extensions to the existing signs.

EAGLE LAKE TRAIL & CATFISH LAKE TRAIL ARE MARKED & OPEN. With that said the SNOW will be way deep & will have drifts.  So expect dangerous conditions.  Might be best to stay off.

The 2 one-way trail areas are 10E 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.  Please be aware that for now signs will be buried in many locations.  PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK A MAP SO YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF THESE TRAILS.

Let’s give the grooming crew the time to clean up. Give ’em 2 thumbs up!

Holly Tomlanovich
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
Tuesday, March 5 – Sno-Eagles Board meeting – 6pm – Snowmobile Hall of Fame – Hwy 45N
Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 – USSA Series Snowmobile Race – World Championship Derby Complex
Thursday, March 21 – General Member meeting – 6:30pm gathering with 7pm meeting – Eagle Waters Resort
SNO(Saturday Night Out) – Pike’s Pine Isle – 5:30pm gathering with 6pm dinner – 1261 Pine Isle Rd, Three Lakes


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 GPS style app of all trails in Vilas Cty.  Plus includes the brown 3 digit emergency numbering system. If an emergency happens call 911 & give them that number.  Find you quicker.