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Trail Report – : Boulder Junction, Wisconsin – December 30, 2022

Reporter:boulderwi

Trail Conditions: Fair

Snow Cover: 6-8 inches

Date of Report: December 30, 2022

Area Report:

Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club Trail Report – Friday, 12/30/2022

It’s 30 degrees and cloudy out this morning.

We groomed 15N, 2W, and 8W last night and 8E, 11, and 15S early this morning.

Our groomer drivers upon going out are reporting that the trails are rough and some inside corners are getting bare. With the warm temps and heavy traffic, we are doing our best to smooth them out.

Tonight’s cool down will help, but as always best riding will be early in the day.

If you are in our area this week, enjoy our trails and support our local businesses.

Look for an updated report on Monday, 1/02/23.

Landy Roepke

BJSC Trail Manager

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – December 30, 2022

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 10 at best – base 0-4 at best

Date of Report: December 30, 2022

Area Report:

December 30, 2022 10:24am – 29 & dropping – High of 41 today

SNO-EAGLES
EAGLE RIVER TRAILS
OPEN – EARLY SEASON RIDING with Fair to Poor conditions

The late December thaw continues. 41 today & 9 degree tonight which is great for a nighttime temp. 30’s during the day until January 4. 20’s at night. Next SNOW is forecast at night on January 3. All according to the weather guys. THINK COLD & then START DOIN’ A SNOW DANCE!

As for trails with the warm up most all trails are degrading. North trails better than south trails. Soft & even mushy areas. Yesterday for the most part trails did have snow cover on 10E, grade into town & through town. 10W/13 crossing the Wisconsin Bridge is still frozen but approaches have soft snow. West side has snirt. Heading north on what I call the Bauers trail, which is trail 13 on the map are snow cover but there is breakdown in the open areas & some blow out in the corners. Trail 10E after the one way goes back to a 2 way trail, near the gas station has blow out in the corners. Northeast toward Phelps is better as there is woods riding. Along side the roads burning through & mushy. Heading south on Alt 13 toward Three Lakes very soft & mushy. Trails need new snow & cold to improve.

Groomers were out last night with just 3 sections not groomed. They are:

Trail 1S that heads toward Eagle Lake
Grampa Grahm trail that spurs off of 10E by the Off the Chain Restaurant & head toward Eagle Lake from the southeast
Trail 10W/7 which heads toward Sayner. It spurs off of Trails 10W/13N after you cross Wisconsin River & head southwest.

NOTE – DEERVIEW LANE SECTION OF TRAIL 1N THAT HEADS TO EAGLE LAKE HAS HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. Slow down & be aware.

Eagle & Catfish Lake trails are open & marked. Take it slow. Hard ice & surface slush. Very skatey. Stay by the orange reflective barrels to be safe.

Some reminders when you ride. Please no off trail riding & stop at driveways. Also as you ride you might meet a groomer. They are big & can’t pull over for us. So pull over & let the driver direct you. And oh ya give ’em a thumbs up. They groom so we can ride!!!

Are you Dancin?!?

See ya on the trails real soon!!

Holly Tomlanovich
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club
Proud Groomers of THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
715.479-5185 Trail Updates will begin with trail opening

News and Reports:

SNO-EAGLES EVENTS

January 3 – Board of Directors meeting- 6pm – World Snowmobile HQ – Hwy 45N – Members welcome
January 12-15 – Vintage World Championship Race – WCDC Track – Looking for volunteers
January 19 – Member meeting – Buckshots’s Downtown – 6:30pm
January 19-22 – World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Looking for volunteers
January 27-29 – Weekend Away to Mole Lake Casino
January 28-30 – Women On Snow

Snowmobile Information:

Wisconsin Snowmobile Registration
Discount Trail Pass for Snowmobile Club Members – $10 – Time to join a club!
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 County. Plus includes the brown 3 digit emergency numbering system. If an emergency happens call 911 & give them that number. Find you quicker.
Groomer Tracking Systems (GTS) Gives you trails groomed in last 24, 48 & 96 hours
Snowmobile Wisconsin – Know before you go!

Trail Report – : Crivitz, Wisconsin – December 30, 2022

Reporter:ironsnowshoe

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: We need cold weather & more snow

Date of Report: December 30, 2022

Area Report:

IRON SNOW SHOE TRAILS ARE CLOSED

Due to the recent warm weather and the forecasted warm weather for the next few days and fairly heavy rains overnight to protect our land owners properties and try to keep what snow we have left we will be closing all trails to ATV/UTV and snowmobiles. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ATV/UTV are still able to ride all town roads in the Town of Stephenson however ALL county roads are closed.

Let’s all pray for colder weather and snow.

Area Events: High Falls Radar Runs January 28, 2023 & February 11, 2023

http://www.IronSnowShoe.com

Trail Report – : Hayward / Sawyer County, Wisconsin – December 29, 2022

Reporter:haywardlakes

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 9-10 Inches

Date of Report: December 29, 2022

Area Report:

Hello Riders!!

Update Thursday 12/29. In conjunction with the county Forestry office the Sawyer County Snowmobile and ATV Alliance, trails are OPEN. HOWEVER, we say this with many forewarnings and caution:

Many main artery trails have been cleared and/or groomed. It was too warm today to put groomers out so many will run during the evenings over the weekend.
While many trails are cleared not all trails have been cleared or groomed. There will be side trails that have not been touched yet as we are still very early with this opening.
There will be trails that are cleared but not groomed yet, please ride with caution as there can still be equipment out there working as well ruts created from the heavy equipment needed to cut and clear.
Lakes reported to be staked are The Chippewa Flowage, Lost Land Lake and Barker Lake. Reports Tiger Cat, Callahan and possible Spider will be staked tomorrow and Saturday. We will update lake staking so PLEASE watch for that and DO NOT ride lakes not staked.
As always, stay on the marked trails on the lakes, do not venture away and be courteous of fisherman. Also, know the lakes are rough, so ride slowly and with caution.

So, to recap, while trails are open you are riding at your own risk, and we ask you do so with caution. We also ask that if you see any down branches or debris that you throw it off rather than running it over allowing it to free into the base and become a hazard for riders and groomers.

Thank you for patience and please ride safely, this will not be the most ideal riding of the season, but it is a start.

Trail Report – : Sayner, Wisconsin – December 29, 2022

Reporter:SaynerStar Lake Barnstormers

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: Need More!

Date of Report: December 29, 2022

Area Report:

New Years weekend is historically one of the busiest of the season. Extensive traffic and minimal snow conditions are not a combination that bodes well for the trails. It’s been two weeks since we’ve had any wet, heavy snow (dry, fluffy snow does not help us) and it’s becoming obvious. When trails opened we only had a 2″ base to work with.

Most of the Barnstormer trail system has been in fair to good condition. The 2 mile stretch coming into Sayner is always our hardest hit and is in poor condition with deep ruts. I’m told Plum Lake will be marked on Monday, so that will take some pressure off the town trail.

After taking a ride yesterday through three neighboring club systems, it was obvious that other clubs are fighting the same issues. You’ll find a lot of decent riding, but high traffic areas are getting hit hard. Every club is doing what they can, but without some more wet snow to work with, we are grooming with dry, worn out snow that will not pack or stay in place.

The Barnstormers will continue doing the best we can with the conditions Mother Nature is offering. It looks like our best chance for more snow is Tuesday. High temp is forecast at 35, so it hopefully, it will be more snow than rain!

And finally, after seeing some negative posts on social media, I feel like I have to respond. If you have never been a groomer driver, please don’t comment as if you know what it takes maintain the trails. All of the Vilas County clubs are run by people that have been doing this for a very long time. Blaming the clubs for conditions that are outside of their control is uncalled for and not at all helpful.

TRAIL CLOSURE NOTICE: Due to ongoing logging operations, the Barnstormer’s trail #51 is CLOSED between TIN 344 and 353! DO NOT RIDE THIS SECTION OF TRAIL!

Mark your calendars for the following Barnstormer Fundraising Events!

Saturday, January 14, 2023: Brats On The Trail – Join us at Trail Marker #217 for Brats on the trailside! We will have chili, hot dogs, brats, chips and beverages. A small bonfire to sit/stand around.

Saturday, January 21, 2023: Stillwaters Snowmobile Breakfast – 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM.

Saturday, February 4, 2023: Annual Chili Dump – Join us at Murmuring Waters from 2:00 – 5:00 for our Annual Chili Dump.

Sunday, February 19, 2023: Pizza Fundraiser – Join us at The Hillside Tavern and Grill from 4:00 – 8:00 for our Pizza Fundraiser!

Trail Report – : Western UP, Michigan – December 29, 2022

Reporter:Western U.P. Snowmobile Report

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 28

Date of Report: December 29, 2022

Area Report:

Western U P Snowmobile Trail Report— 12/29/2022

Gogebic Range Trail Authority – ORV & Snowmobile Club

Trail Report 12/29/202

Please be careful out riding. The wet heavy snow on trees mixed with (very) light freezing rain is bringing down more trees. Groomers have cut back the bumps tonight across our main corridors. TRAILS WILL BE BUMPY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THRU THE EVENING, GET OUT EARLY IF YOU CAN’T HANDLE WHAT THE BUSIEST WEEK OF RIDING DOES TO THE TRAILS.

Lake Gogebic Area Groomers

Trail Report 12/29/202

Groomers have reported that they have all trails and access trails set. Grooming has been resumed however with the abundance of traffic and temperatures the trails are not getting a chance to set up. Groomers will continue to try to keep the bumps knocked down so that they don’t freeze and become a constant headache all season. Groomers are doing everything that they possibly can to keep up and have a constant rotation of operators going out. Our area is being bombarded with traffic. We thank everyone for visiting our area and understand that we everyone is doing the very best they can!

U P Thunder Riders Watersmeet

Trail Report 12/26/2022

Most snowmobile trails are only 14 to 16 feet wide, you have to be spot on when driving the groomer, cause one miss and off the trail you go! It is heart pounding and intense. These guys and girls are out doing this for 8 to 14 hours. Thunder Riders groomers will be heading out today please use more caution than normal for the next couple of days as they work hard to shape up the trails. A big applause to all the groomer drivers!!

Trail Report – : Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin – December 29, 2022

Reporter:Phil

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: White and nice

Date of Report: December 29, 2022

Area Report:

Trails are being groomed every night.

Riding is excellent in the morning and bumpy late afternoon/ evening. The warm temps are great for getting out there but the trails do get beat up daily with the traffic.

News and Reports:

Lac Vieux Desert and cisco Chain are marked…beware of slush though.

Snowmobile Information:

Hope to see you a the VFW tonite5_( for our first taco night fundraiser with musical bingo!

Trail Report – : Hurley, Wisconsin – December 29, 2022

Reporter:hurley@hurleywi.com

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 10-12

Date of Report: December 29, 2022

Area Report:

Temperatures are expected to be above freezing most of today. Although we have been out grooming heavily over the past few days, we are still seeing moguls soon after we complete with all the traffic and slushy snow. It would definitely be a good day to find a fun establishment close to your accommodations, and relax there to help preserve the trails for this coming weekend.

As of now, our trails are still reported in good condition with reasonable base, but our operators are finding it more and more difficult to keep things smooth with these temps. We are doing all we can. PLEASE STAY ON THE TRAILS!! We are fielding numerous complaints of trespassing. Just no excuse for this, and officers have zero tolerance.

Snowmobile Information:

. PLEASE STAY ON THE TRAILS!! We are fielding numerous complaints of trespassing. Just no excuse for this, and officers have zero tolerance.
Trails still noted as closed are 13b and 13s until temperatures allow us to snow bridge these soft spots.
Active Logging areas that NEED CAUTION:
Trail 2 South of Old 10 Road
Trail 6 Sullivan Firelane
Trail 15 Westbranch Rd short section
Trail 17 Crossing North of DuPont Road
**Remember that the loggers have the right of way and you need to stay clear of their equipment or trail closures will result.
ATV and UTV trail users should not be on any trail when temperatures are above freezing.

Trail Report – : Rhinelander, Wisconsin – December 29, 2022

Reporter:Hodag SnoTrails

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: decent base

Date of Report: December 29, 2022

Area Report:

We are off and running. It has been a slow start for the season. As reported across the northern part of the state the ice/snow storm has a huge set back for the clubs in the area. All trails had to be brushed and inspected after the numerous tress and other hazards from the storm.

We still had some wet areas north of Pelican Lake that had to be packed prior to the tractor/drag combo could safely cross. Those areas are now froze and the tractor will be out this weekend.

We had some mechanical issues with the track machines, and club volunteers worked hard over the last few days to diagnosis them and both of the machines are now back to 100%.

The fleet is now ready to hit the trails in force. At this point, not all of the trails have been groomed, but should be by the end of the weekend. All of the trails north of Rhinelander in our system are groomed. We will be focusing on the Monico / Pelican Lake and trails to the south in the near future.

Now, the watch outs……The lakes are not marked at this point and should be considered unsafe until they are marked. Travel at your own risk if you choose to cross them.

The conditions will vastly improve over the next week, but currently, the trails are “Early Season” conditions.

Feel free to get out and enjoy the first opportunities to ride, but temper your expectations at this point.

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – December 29, 2022

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 10″+

Date of Report: December 29, 2022

Area Report:

Snowmobile clubs and county staff continue to work clearing trails after the recent storm event. While it will likely be several weeks before we get all of the winter use trails cleared and ready for use, there is a planned opening to open several trail segment for the coming weekend. The following trails will officially open as of Saturday morning, December 31st.

Trail 35 (Wild River Trail) Barron County to Douglas County

Trail 39 Barron County to Spooner

Trail 39 Trego to Trail 8

Trail 8 Wild River Trail to Trail 39

ALL OTHER TRAIL SEGMENTS WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

County Staff will be evaluating other trail segments throughout the remainder of this week and may be able to announce additional sections before Saturday morning. Please do not ride on other trail sections at this time. Snowmobiles riding on other trails present a hazard to workers and make clean up efforts more difficult. Law enforcement staff will be monitoring use over the coming weekend. Clubs will begin grooming these segments later today and throughout the next several days. Please ride with caution and stay on designated trail surfaces.