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Trail Report – : Price County – Park Falls, Phillips & Prentice, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:Phillips/Park Falls Chambers

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 18-22

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

Snowmobile Trail Conditions
The Price County Area Trails are officially open now. There is a lot of snow but the clubs are working to get the trails groomed and cleared. Swamps need to be packed, many creeks and streams are still open. BE CAREFUL. Watch for open water and downed trees that have not been cleaned up.

Prentice Bushbenders Trail Report 12/19/2019
The trails are open but are in rough early season condition. We have only been out with our compactor and have not been able to pan or groom any trails yet due to numerous wet spots. We have been out breaking these spots up trying to get them to freeze down and are gaining on them so hopefully we will be starting grooming operations around Christmas. If you ride please use caution. Merry Christmas from the Prentice Bushbenders.

Park Falls Sno Gypsies 12/18/2019
Trails around Park Falls are slowly getting groomed. Several of the swamp areas are still partially open. Please when riding in the ungroomed areas of the swamps ride wide to pack the trails.

Price County has 500 miles of trail, maintained by 9 volunteer clubs. You’ll find beautiful scenery and wildlife along the trail system to enhance your experience.

Trail Report – : Crivitz, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:ironsnowshoe

Trail Conditions: Open

Snow Cover: TRAILS OPEN DEC 19th

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

All IRON SNOW SHOE SNOWMOBILE TRAILS will open on Dec19th

except for the trails in Oconto County which will open on the Dec 20th.

There are some trail changes due to water on trails also the trail from Thornton’s Resort stop # 115 to Jungle Jim’s # 93 along power line is being worked  on, the trail is open however we suggest using the trail from Thornton’s #115 to the Rustic Inn #95 then over to Jungle Jim’s and the Red Pine Convenience, There are also some logging jobs going on through our trails watch for signs.

Trail Report – : Three Lakes – Brule River, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:Threelakeswi

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 23-25”

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

Trails are closed however, they will open Friday December 20th at 8am.

The lakes will not be marked yet due to unsafe conditions.

Please do not ride the trails. You may see tracks, but those are from our volunteers brushing and packing down the trail.

More fresh snow overnight, we have close to 2’ on the ground in the past 30 days. A great start to winter, however, it is causing some
Havoc. It is not letting our lakes and swamps freeze. We are out panning and packing down the swamps and trails. We hope, I say hope to open towards the end of next week, which would be about December 20th. We should know more early next week.

Trail Report – : Rhinelander, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:Hodag SnoTrails

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: approximately 20″

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

Oneida County LAND based trails will open this Friday (12/20) at 8:00 am.  All of the trails around the Rhinelander area have been packed via the groomers.  The vast majority of the trails have not been panned with the drags at this point.  The club spent an enormous amount of time clearing the trails and packing the wet spots.  Trail 12 (Larry Dorich Trail) from TIN 247 to McNaughton will remain closed at this point due to wet areas.  Lakes are not safe unless they are marked (almost none of them are marked at this point).

The trails are open to ride, there is plenty of base, but they will be in early season condition until the groomers with drags can get out – next week.

Trail Report – : Spooner and Washburn County, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:Washburn County

Trail Conditions: Early Season

Snow Cover: 6 – 10

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

Some Washburn County Snowmobile Trails have officially been opened for the snowmobiling season. Open trails will include the Wild Rivers Trail (Trail #35), a portion of the rail grade connecting Wild Rivers Trail to Shell Lake (Trail #39), a portion of Trail #8 east from Wild Rivers Trail to the intersection with Trail #39 (From County intersection #13 to intersection #35), and Trail #39 from Trego north to intersection with Trail #8 (From County intersection #11 to intersection #35).

All other Washburn County snowmobile trails do remain closed at this time. Unfrozen wet trails still persist throughout much of these closed trail segments.

Trail conditions on open trails will be very good, with a 6 to 10 inch compacted snow base. Enjoy the snow!

Trail Report – : Minocqua, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:minocqua

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 12 hard packed

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

UPDATE: The Oneida County Snowmobile Trail System WILL OPEN on Friday at 8am. With the exception of Hodag Sno-Trails Corridor 12 from TIN 247(intersection Trl 12 & 47) through TIN 842(Hwy 47) & Three Lakes Alt 13 closed from TIN 122(Rice Lk Rd) through TIN 022(intersection north of Burnham Lk)  Vilas County will also open at 8 am on Friday the 20th , remember the trails are in early season condition and DO NOT GO ON LAKES UNLESS THEY ARE MARKED

Trail Report – : Bayfield County, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:BayfieldCounty

Trail Conditions: Good

Snow Cover: 18-24 inches packed, 3-4+ feet in the woods

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

Bayfield County Snowmobile Trails are open! We are living in a winter wonderland up here in Bayfield County. A few big snowstorms have left a huge amount of snow on the ground. While this snow makes for beautiful trails it has also created some challenges and our clubs have been hard at work getting the trails ready. Most trails have been either panned or groomed however some wet spots have not. Wet spots and swamps continue to be an issue. Lakes are not safe. Some trails have not been groomed or ridden by the clubs so may have downed trees. Contact your local club and see if they need help clearing or packing trails!

 

Some trouble spots to note:

  • The Bibon Swamp near Mason and Grandview– not frozen
  • Trails around Port Wing – haven’t been groomed or ridden due to wet trails and some equipment issues.
  • Trail 1 in the North – Some spots haven’t been frozen down yet or cleared yet.

 

Namakagon Trail Groomers: NTG trail system is all open and groomed multiple times with a 20″+ base. Our multiple marshes have been groomed up to (and turned around) but not groomed thru yet.

 

Barnes Barnestormers: All the Barnes trails were groomed last week with the exception of 31 south from Mulligan Creek Road to the Sealy Fire Lane. We are advising no travel on this section until we get it groomed later this week. Hazards On this section of trail include wet areas, wash outs, down trees, logging and missing trail markers. We began grooming Sunday (12/15/19) evening and should have all trails done before the weekend. Our trails are in excellent condition with no known hazards with the exception of 31 south at the present time.

 

Drummond SnoJacks: We spent 10 long hours on trail 4 pushing trees off and breaking trail. Leaving this morning (12/16/19) to try to sign the fields may take most of the day. Not all brush has been removed by 4 corners small over hanging trees have to be cut back yet fair warm snowmobiles that it may not be finished till the end of the week.

 

Frosty’s Vintage Riders: All groomed to as far as Frosty’s. Frosty’s to mason will be groomed within a day or 2, beware of logging operations between Pike River Road and Delta Drummond Road.

 

Washburn Valhallers: Thanks to help from Tony in the Iron River area, Trail #13 from the Corridor to Washburn was groomed Monday (12/16/19) and Trail #13 from Washburn to Valhalla should be groomed by the end of the day Tuesday (12/17/19).  Trails out of Valhalla are 80% open. Parts of Trail 1 and 31 have not been groomed but will hopefully be opened up by the weekend.

 

South Shore– Port Wing, Herbster & Cornucopia: Worked on Trail 1 Monday (12/16/19) from Herbster to Swedlund rd. Cleared all downed trees, did not use the drag yet. Tuesday cleared Trail 40 from 7 mile Rd to Trail 31 of downed trees. Hope to finish trail 1 to Corny tomorrow and then will be grooming

Trail Report – : Tomahawk, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:jan

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 20 inches plus

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

All Lincoln County snowmobile and winter ATV trails are CLOSED.

MOST ONEIDA COUNTY TRAILS WILL OPEN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

With two exceptions, the Oneida County Funded Snowmobile Trail System will officially open for the 2019-2020 winter season Friday.

The following trail closures will be in effect until further notice:

Hodag Sno-Trails (McNaughton Area):
Funded Trail Corridor 12 is closed from TIN247 (Intersection of Trail 12 and 47)

Three Lakes Trails:
Funded Trail Alternate 13 is closed from TIN 122 (Rice Lake Rd) through TIN 022 (intersection north of Burnham Lk)

Please check the current conditions on the Chamber’s website at www.gototomahawk.com

This report will be updated when conditions change.

Trail Report – : Eagle River, Wisconsin – December 18, 2019

Reporter:Holly t

Trail Conditions: Closed

Snow Cover: 12 inches +/- on the trails – about 24 inches off trail

Date of Report: December 18, 2019

Area Report:

December 18, 2019 – 10:01am – 3 below

UPDATE
SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN EAGLE RIVER
& ALL OF VILAS COUNTY ARE NOT OPEN.
Set to open at 8am Friday, December 20!!!!

Just a bit chilly this Wednesday morning.  7 below moving our way up to 9 degrees above for a high today.  Groomers that were out last night panning & grooming laid a great trail!

The last 2 clubs will be inspected today & tomorrow by the Vilas County Parks & Rec Department.  Moving to the opening date of December 20th!  Did I say that’s FRIDAY at 8am!!!

Sno-Eagles trail boss posts videos of grooming on Sno-Eagles facebook page.  Check ’em out.  Click the link at the end of the post to take you there.

A ton of very hard work was put in by Sno-Eagles volunteers and volunteers of the other 10 clubs getting the trails ready this year.  Ton of SNOW.  Trees & limbs all over the trails.  Wet mushy area.  Water in the swamps.  Lots of packing to freeze ’em up.

Last words this morning. Lake trails in Eagle River will not open on Friday. Check with other clubs to learn about their lakes.

UPDATE: The Oneida County Snowmobile Trail System WILL OPEN on Friday at 8am.  With the exception of Hodag Sno-Trails Corridor 12 from TIN 247(intersection Trl 12 & 47) through TIN 842(Hwy 47) & Three Lakes Alt 13 closed from TIN 122(Rice Lk Rd) through TIN 022(intersection north of Burnham Lk)

Be Patient.  Got your sled all set? Keep THINKING COLD!
See ya on the trails December 20th!!!

Holly Tomlanovich
THE SNOWMOBILE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD® – Eagle River
Phone Trail Updates 715.479.5185
Sno-Eagles Snowmobile Club

News and Reports:

Events

December 25 – Merry Christmas!
January 7 – BOD meeting at 6PM at World Snowmobile HQ
January 8 – First Wednesday Ride – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 13 – 9am
January 9 – First Thursday Ride – Meet at the Historic Railroad Depot on Trail 13 – 9am
January 10-12 – Vintage World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed
January 16 – General Member Meeting – Eagle River VFW – Gathering at 6pm with meeting at 7pm – Join us!
January 17-19 – World Championship Snowmobile Derby – Food Booth Volunteers needed
Contact Club President, Howard Wolfe at 262.442.4876 to sign up for any volunteer event

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.