Trail Conditions: Fair
Snow Cover: 0-6"
Date of Report: February 3, 2025
Snowmobile Information:
Put on about 100 miles yesterday, Sunday. Ended up at Sunken Horse on the flowage. Today that group is riding north from Birches to the Wine Hut at White Cap. We had about 3″ of snow yesterday morning here. This morning it is snowing pretty good, but only about 1″ due. The 3-5″ is south of us going from a line Merrill to Sturgeon Bay. We are holding. Slight chance of snow every day this week, but Mother Nature is crankier than my ex-wife, and Punxsutawney Phil is a big fat weasel, so I am boycotting weather reports. Trail 17, the main grade, is rough on the south end Mattke to Wishow. If you utilize Fence Lake, at Frying PanTrail, you can access 17 and head north. Good riding all the way through the Raven, and fairly decent to the Powell Marsh. Out in the open in the marsh it is gravel. You can bypass that by utilizing the lake routes, and jump off of Flambeau, pick up 23, River Rd, up to 182. 182 is thin going west, and bumpy to Springstead. 182 east to 17 south of Mercer, has more snow but bumpy. Road routes are liking these wimpy snows. Trail #1, Stearns Lake Rd, and East Boundary, is really good up to 51. Even Plummer Lake Rd was good last night. The plows are not pushing back to the dirt line. Our club trails, from H down to Moss, Crawling Stone, and the Fence Lake Landing, are also good. The truck ruts between H and 47 are still there, but less pronounced and filling in some. I keep running into riders from our club, that are finding decent snow. You get good reports, bad reports, and ugly reports, all from the same areas. I have been doing these reports for five years, and get good feedback, and people like the humor, but a young friend posted some reports, and she said people got angry. I did not get details, but fuchi que pesto people, as my friend Willy would say, “That just aint right.” Northern Hornshoe meeting tonight at Sheri’s pub, and we will get an update on our Deere with a sore stomach. Mercer Sno-goers meeting at Sunken Horse tomorrow night. I am blessed that I have friends that are active in snowmobiling at club level, state level, and national level. They are in MS, AWSC, KAOS, and Next Gen Riders. There are a lot of other things I don’t know about. It can be quite humbling to hear their activity level, and be just awestruck the work that goes in. When a county opens, or stays closed, these are not light decisions. Try to thank first, then ask questions later. Out of coffee, done chattering like a chipmunk. Mark