Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 6-10"
Date of Report: January 16, 2025
Snowmobile Information:
OK, so Vilas County voted last night, and County Trails will open at 0700 Hours tomorrow, Friday, January 16. The operative word on Hornshoe trails is CAUTION. ICEY CORNERS. THIN AREAS. Starting North, on trail 1, starting from trail 51 where we pick up from Cruisers, down to East Boundary Road, the tribe opened that road up. ( Again, many thank yous!) I worked it with my tractor a few weeks ago, so there should not be many big rocks, and I rounded the ruts. There are a couple of bumps from soft spots I worked in the best I could, but drainage is poor in two spots. Don says the beavers blocked the culvert, but sleds should be OK. Trail1, East Boundary Road, and Stearns Lake Road, have snow on the edges, but it is puffy snow. Also, the contractors have been installing fiber optic cable so they have rooting around spots on Stearns Lake Road. Trail 15, the main grade, is thin, but flat. I have not been on “F” trail, but there should be more snow in the woods there. At highway H, club trails head out to Moss Lake, Crawling Stone, and the Fence Boat Launch. Groomer Don says stay in the middle of the trail. The new trail area by Crawling Stone is bumpy. Don cautions ice underneath. LAKES ARE NOT MARKED. Done says BIG heaves on Fence and Crawling Stone. Moving north on 15, Groomer Jay says we are firming up but thin. Raven Lake area has been blown wide open by the tribe. Only one tighter corner left. Stay in the middle, and drive casually since there are rocks and ruts left over from the work. Get some decent snow and voila-primo riding. Headed north out into Powell Marsh, there is snow on the grade. We put a real tarp on the bridge this year, and it is working at holding snow on the bridge. 8 degrees that day, and we learned that we don’t want to golf with the people that claim they are cold rated. I did not ask Jay about #5 into the Casino, but that is always just such a happy little trail except for the truck ruts in the soft spots. That’s about all for trails – a little windy, but meant well. Don’t forget our Christmas Bash at Harrisons this Saturday, January 18, starting at 3:30. Don said Carrie and some of the ladies are going over today to wrap more gifts. Don and Carrie were on speaker phone, and when I offered to help wrap today, it got real quiet, must have been a Verizon glitch. Hah! So Hey – “let’s be careful out there”. Seargent Esterhaus