Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: See report
Date of Report: February 9, 2018
Area Report:
REPORT BY TRAIL BOSS: BRIAN SCHEID
REPORT DATE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 @ 05:18 AM
Vilas County this past weekend(1/27/18) reported its first snowmobile death near Land O’Lakes. The incident occured off the snowmobile route; on a road; and the rider hit a tree. The rider was pronuced dead at the scene. BAC has not been reported. Reminder to riders to stay on trail, roads and trails are very icy.
Trail Condition is very hard pack powder, and or ice! USE CAUTION ON CORNERS. STAY ON YOUR SIDE OF THE TRAIL!!!
– Trails are flat in most places, expect trail base to be thin and rough in spots.
– Eagle Lake & Catfish Lakes are marked with barrels.
-Logging operations Trail 1 North from Eagle Lake to Trail 17. Trail is open.
-SNO-EAGLES does not groom during the day unless deemed an emergency! Bumpy trails do not justify emergency. Grooming during the day is a liability to the club and increased risk due to daylight.
-TRAIL 3 heading to Three Lakes is no longer called Alt. 13 Trail.
**CAUTION: FOR YOUR SAFETY STAY BY THE BARRELS; YOU WILL SEE SURFACE SLUSH.**
NO LAKE TRAIL ACCESS TO Lumpy’s Bar & Grill. Please respect private property near Lumpy’s and do not try to cross property to get into Lumpy’s, you would be tresspassing. SNO-EAGLES is NOT working with any landowers to access Lumpy’s at this time. If you would like to see a trail from Catfish Lake to Lumpy’s, please address your concerns directly to Lumpy’s. THANK YOU!
To acces Lumpy’s by trail Trail 10, South on Bloom Rd. East on Spruce Ln.
SNO-EAGLES GROOMING SCHEDULE
Monday- NO SCHEDULED GROOMING (Clean-up town route if needed)
Tuesday- Grooming
Wednesday- NO SCHEDULED GROOMING (Clean-up town route if needed)
Thursday- Grooming
Friday- Grooming
Saturday- Grooming
Sunday- Grooming
| Vilas County Trails | Trail Conditions | New Snow (in.) | Snow Depth (in.) | Trail Base (in.) |
| OPEN | Good | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Trail Name | Trail # | Groomed within 24 Hours | Notes |
| St. Germain | 70 W | NO | |
| Sayner | 10W / 7S | YES | |
| Conover | 13 N | YES | |
| Anvil Lake | 10 E | YES | |
| Phelps | 17N | YES | |
| Three Lakes | 3S | YES | Old Trail Name: 13 Alt |
| Sugar Camp | 7N/17S/13S | NO | |
| Club Trail 1 South | 1S | NO | |
| Club Trail 1 North | 1 | NO | CAUTION: Logging on trail (Eagle Lake to Town Hall Rd.) |
| Manske Swamp | 3 N | NO | |
| WI River Bridge | 10 W | YES | |
| Catfish Lake Trail | TRAIL OPEN: MARKED WITh BARRELS | ||
| Eagle Lake Trail | TRAIL OPEN: MARKED WITH BARRELS |
RIDE SAFE! RIDE SMART! RIDE SOBER!