Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 0-5
Date of Report: January 23, 2025
Area Report:
**PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STAY ON THE TRAIL AS THERE ARE MANY HEAVES AND MORE CAN FORM AT ANYTIME! DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND AT SAFE SPEEDS. WE HAVE NOTED EXISTING HEAVES WE KNOW ABOUT BUT THIS WARNING APPLIES FOR ALL LAKES. CRUCIAL FOR YOUR SAFETY!!
Just to recap the heaves reported:
⚠️Nelson Lake – Hard Rock Cr to main Lake. Is not marked, club will monitor it this week.
⚠️Round Lake – across from Busse to Linden boat launch. Does run across the trail and there are caution signs at the heave near the marked trail area.
⚠️Long Lake – Little Bear to Boy Scout land. Is marked
⚠️ Chippewa Flowage – Sisko’s Pine Point Resort by landing. They have stakes warning ⚠️ Second heave reported going south in narrows towards Cranberry Lake on east side of Flowage. Not staked, will check it this week
⚠️Grindstone – in front of Williams Bay. Not staked
⚠️LCO – Across whole lake from west side of Chicago Bay to the Whitefish Creek/Golden Shores area. Some reported to be as tall as 4.5 FEET. Each lake entrance has a warning sign , 5 in total. Caution sign posted on first lake stake.
****Please know whether these heaves are staked or not they are NOT roped or taped off. Always ride with full attention and caution and at safe speeds. Stay on the marked trails when possible. The lakes are slippery, with the new snow it is deceiving but very slippery underneath until the snow is packed down.
If you chose to ride know that while the trails are open the groomers are not out, aside from panning until we get more snow. And some private gates do not open until the groomer runs consistently.
The lakes have great ice on them and are snow covered but very slippery under the snow until the snow is packed down, so please ride at slow speeds and allow room for stopping distance.
Our ATV/UTV trails that allow winter riding are open and is a beautiful ride with the snow! Know the county land trails (dark green on map) are not open to UTV’s and machines over 900lbs now that panning has begun. Should this change we will share that update. But so many other great trails, county roads (outside LCO, inside LCO see map) and the Chequamegon National Forest are beautiful winter riding!
We will keep you posted as things change and updates come in. As always, thank you for supporting Sawyer County!