I know trails dont open till DEC 14th..

How much snow is on the ground up there? whats the weather outlook like?

Thanks

not enough snow for the trails to open, And no snow in sight for this week, the U.P. is open in places, Just another 1/2 hour from Eagle River.

This is a good site for Eagle River snowconditions.com :beerchug:

they are calling for some small amounts of snow wensday threw sat..

Trails will be open regardless..

yeah w/e they need at leat 1 foot base up there and they dont open at least untill 8 inch base

All I can say is we are doing the[/i][/b]SNOW DANCE

People will be sledding no matter what between christmas and new years, morons

About 2 inches on the ground in St. Germain/Eagle River. Had a warmup and it looks like it is going to continue through the week. Temps to be in the mid to upper 30's and a chance of snow or RAIN. :banghead: It could be a while before trails are ridable. Be careful when checking trail conditions. Don't remember what site it is but it's a main one and they ALWAYS say the conditions are good even if there are more rocks thean snow on the trail. Just downgrade it by one or 2 then and that's the real report.

I suggest a snow report from the guys and gals, right here on HCS. Several years ago, My wife and I went up to Hurley, ironwood area for a extended sled trip. Chamber of commerce sites said great trails!!! The hotel in Ironwood said the same thing when I called them. We arrived to shit trails, rode 5 miles north and turned around and back to the hotel. talked to the same man as on the phone. he stated "Ya the trails are rideable, if I would have told you they were marginal, you would not have came up" You bet we would not have!!!!!!!!!!!!! We even trailered 50 miles north to find snow to No avail. Now if I ever go anywhere to ride, I just ask the hardcore family :div20: :div20: :div20:

Went up to da UP Sunday to find some snow. We drove up to Twin Lakes to find muddy trails so we turned around and rode near Rockland. Overall the trails were thin but rideable. This forecast looks like ass this week. We can handle some warm temps, but rain is going to do a lot of damage to the snow and ice. It looks like mid-upper 30's all week :banghead:

You bet they will. Once the snow on the trails is all used up people will start riding the ditches. If the DNR were smart, they would not open the trails untill the conditions improve and ticket anyone caught riding. However, as long as the trails are open, the resorts and hotels dont have to refund anyone's deposit. Sadly, in the northwoods is all about money and greed and the trails would open regardless of whether they had snow or not.


Good to see someone tell the truth! The business owners lie their a$$es off when it comes to trail conditions and you cannot believe much of anything you read on any trail condition site.
The best site I have found is www.wisconsinnorthwoodsliving.com. The guy who runs that site is not a hotel, restaurant or any other kind of tourism business owner, so he has no reason to lie or mislead anyone.
Basically, like Lakeland said, whatever they say, downgrade the trails by at least 1 level.
I will be in the St Germain area over X-mas and New Year's. I dont expect to ride my sled (but Im hoping that the weather with turn around), Im just going up to get away from the southern part of the state and enjoy some time in the northwoods. I can only take so much of the insanity of living south of Wausau.

Hey lakeland, here about the big deal today made around the gates being locked. I guess it was decided that all trails(sayner,st and arbor) would remain locked till the 14th or after. Guess some bigwig in town didn't like it and demanded they be unlock, not that he/she had athority to demand it. :burp:

****VILAS COUNTY TRAILS WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS BROUGHT ON BY THE RAIN.

Right now there is not a new date to open.

All 100 miles of trails in & around Eagle River were inspected yesterday & are good to go as soon as weather conditions permit

I sure hope the weather turns i was coming up over the holidays. If not i guess i 'll stay home and :burp:

You, me and thousands of others. I have next Wed-Fri off was planning on a quick trip up to ice fish before Xmas, getting scared to even do that. :banghead:

mps
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How are the ice conditions?

I did see people ice-fishing on lake katherine and Minocqua on Sunday evening,
Now it has been raining and pissy since then, some snow fell this morning, and i did see snowmobile tracks across lake Minocqua 4 days ago. we are only seeing temps below freezing at night, and the ice is getting thinner every day. and the snow that did fall was all melted by noon.
I personally would not go out on any lakes right now, Some die-hards might chance it.

This really sucks. and to top it off, we got a "Northern-Lights" happening tonight, and it is too cloudy & rainy to see it!!

Probably no ice until the new year at this rate. at least let us ice fish.

There's a business owner or two on Bo-Boen's (one is a real !@#$) and they probably are looking at their bottom line. Hopeffully we do get snow or there may be some P!@#$% people if they are told trails are open and they come up to 1 inch on the ground.



Thin.

as of saturday 12-16 there was about 4 inches in front of my parents cabin on little fork lake on the three lakes chain. ice fished on another lake not on the chain. 4 wheelers and snowmobiles were out on the ice. that lake is only about 6' deep though

TODAY AT NOON THERE TRAILS OPEN AND ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, STAY OFF LAKE TRAILS UNTILL FURTHER NOTICE !!

This post wan on Saturday December 23rd

I measure 6" of wet heavy snow this morning Eagle River... Sure is great to see all that white stuff..
Heard they are heading out panning this morning.....