I headed out for a ride hitting some Sayner, Conover, Eagle River, Arbor Vitae and St. Germain trails. The Arbor Vitae trails I rode had been groomed. Some Eagle River ones I rode were freshly groomed while others had been groomed the day before. Of the two Conover trails I rode, one was groomed and the other didn’t look like it had seen a groomer in a while. Sayner had groomed most of their trails a day ago. St. Germain must not be grooming as their trails are beat up and bumpy – avoid their trails if possible. Any trail groomed recently was smooth overall with a few small bumps. It’s still a mixed bag of conditions out there. Some stretches are all white and really nice, some are fair with snirt, pushed out corners and carbides scraping in places and then there’s poor areas that have minimal snow cover so carbides scrape a lot. There’s a lot of pushed out, icy corners. The groomers are doing their best to pull snow back onto trails and work with the limited snow we have, but some areas don’t have enough snow to work with. For not having much snow it is still amazing how bumpy a trail can get if not groomed. Lake accesses are rough and don’t have much if any snow on them. Road trails don’t have much of a base and your carbides will scrape a lot.
Most lakes are reported to be in good condition being smooth with plenty of ice.
If you really want to ride, trails are ridable. I’d rate them overall in fair condition. We sure could use some more snow…
