I headed out for a ride hitting some St. Germain, Eagle River, and Sayner trails. None of the trails I rode had been groomed. Trails are in early season riding condition. It’s a mixed bag out there. There’s some good … Read More

The light snow continued all day yesterday and added up to 3 inches. It was a dry, fluffy snow but every bit helps. We both headed out for rides this hitting some St. Germain, Eagle River, and Sayner trails. St. … Read More

We picked up a little snow last night – around a third of an inch. We both headed out for rides this hitting some St. Germain, Eagle River, Boulder Junction, Arbor Vitae and Sayner trails. Trails are in very early … Read More

We both headed out for rides this morning hitting some St. Germain, Eagle River and Sayner trails. Trails are in very early season riding condition. Areas that didn’t completely melt during the Christmas thaw have an ice base while any … Read More

We picked up a little snow last night (half an inch) which isn’t much but it all helps. The wait is almost over… Vilas county trails open tomorrow, January 17th at 8am. Trails will be in early season condition. Expect … Read More

Finally some good news, we got around 5 inches of snow yesterday. Not sure if this will be enough to open the trails as it was a dry snow that isn’t packy at all. We were hoping some clubs would … Read More

Trails remain closed in Vilas county due to lack of snow. We’ve only gotten some light dustings. There is an ice base in lots of areas so we only need 4 to 5 inches to get trails in decent shape. … Read More

Trails remain closed in Vilas county due to lack of snow. We did have about 8 inches of snow on the ground but 2 warm ups has settled it down to a few inches. Some clubs were out and panned/packed … Read More

We did pick up between 2 and 2 1/2 inches of snow last night into this morning making it all white outside. Unfortunately, it’s not enough to bring trails around to open so they remain closed. Temps are staying colder … Read More

Warm temps are still here and high temps are suppose to be in the mid 40s all week. Doesn’t look like we’ll have any snow left by the end of the week. Trails are still closed. Ice on lakes continues … Read More

Warm temps are back and the little snow we have is slowly melting. Trails are still closed. Ice on lakes continues to vary in thickness. Don’t go on a lake unless you know there’s plenty of ice.

Just wanted to keep everyone updated. The Vilas County Snowmobile Alliance voted yesterday to keep the trails closed until we get more snow. With a dismal snow forecast, it looks like it’ll be a while till their open. Lake ice … Read More

Since our report yesterday morning we’ve picked up another inch and a half of fluffy lake effect snow. It’s looking more like winter but we still need more. Trails are still closed and haven’t heard anything about a possible opening … Read More

We should know better than to get our hopes up when we’re under a winter storm warning. Measured a whopping 1.5 inches form this “storm”. With the new snow, we have around 5-6 inches on the ground. It’s all been … Read More

A little more good news to report. We picked up 2″ of snow yesterday. Unfortunately, it was a drier, fluffy snow. So while it helps, didn’t do much for a base. We now have 4.5″ on the ground and need … Read More

We have a little good news – picked up 2.5 inches of snow Friday night. It’s not nearly enough but at least its white up here. Ice on the lakes varies quite a bit. A few days ago we measured … Read More

It’s looking like the start of this season is going to be really late. There is no snow on the ground and the lakes are losing ice. We hate to be pessimistic but even the forecast doesn’t look good as … Read More

We’re trying to stay optimistic but not easy to do with the current conditions. First the little bit of good news. The lakes are slowly making ice (heard reports of up to 6 inches so far) and we got about … Read More

Riding has come to an end for us unless there is a significant snowfall. Enough melting has occurred that we’ve decided to park the sleds. Plowed road trails are either showing some pavement or are mostly bare pavement. There are … Read More

We picked up about a half inch of snow last night. I headed out for a ride hitting some Sayner, Eagle River and St. Germain trails. St. Germain groomed last night and their trails were smooth. It’s been a while … Read More