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Photo taken on trail 8 west heading to Boulder Junction on 1/27/10

Yesterday I went out and put 100 miles on the old Polaris and I was pleasantly surprised by the trail conditions. We started off just north of Eagle River and headed up 13, the trails close to town were in poor condition. The groomers have been out and the trails were flat for the most part, but could use some snow. The conditions improved once we got to the trail 13 loop and out towards Conover. Again, in Conover close to the city and the 45/12 intersection the trails were in fair to poor condition. However, once we hit 8 the trails were measurably better and went from fair to good conditions with long stretches where we were riding on smooth white snow. We turned around in Boulder Junction and headed back the same way until we got close to Eagle River and we took 3 back into town. The same story repeated itself, the closer we got into town the conditions fell off. There were stretches of 3 that were in good shape, especially were there was not heavy tree cover and the new snow fell on the trails. Overall it was a great day of riding and everyone in the group was surprised by how good the trails were and impressed with what the groomers did with what they had to work with. This morning I talked with some guests who had been out and they said the same thing about heading towards Phelps, once you got out of town and the heavily used trails the conditions improved.

If you are looking for a good ride though I would recommend going out on 8 towards Boulder Junction, round trip is going to be just less than 100 miles. If you are looking for a longer loop stay on trail 8 and head out to Manitowish Waters and stop by the Little Bohemia Lodge and take in some Dillinger history. As many of you may know the movie Public Enemies had a few scenes shot right at the Little Bohemia, not to mention it’s a great spot to stop and grab lunch. Round trip for this ride will be about 140 to 150 miles; I’m going to try to make that run next week. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Justin

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Wild Eagle Lodge after a snow storm

I am going to hop on the old Polaris on Wednesday and put a few miles on. I’ll give you a full report on what I find on Thursday morning for the weekend. Check out the snowmobile trail update from the Sno-Eagles below.

Justin

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Here is a trail update from the Sno-Eagles:

Monday morning and we do have new snow in Eagle River. Overall the trails are in FAIR condition, especially away from town and in the big woods. The way it snowed yesterday we should have a foot on the ground, but it was very wet and moisture filled. We ended up with 2-3 new inches of snow on the ground. It is snowing again this morning.

Temperature will continue to drop all day. Eight degrees for an overnight temperature with a high of thirteen tomorrow and below zero tomorrow night. This will continue all week.

Trail Boss Tom will fire up the groomers tonight. All 100 miles of trails in Sno-Eagles Country will be panned tonight. The old crusty snow is now covered with new wet snow. The wet snow breaks down that crusty stuff allowing the panning to really smooth things out. The cold coming in will set up the trails so that any snow we get will show more & more improvement to the trails.

Hard to rate the trails, all sorts of conditions out there. Fair is what I am going to average them out. In town they are poor. All trails are icy.

Keep doing the SNOW DANCE & THINK COLD! I can’t hear you! Let’s keep that sun under wraps too!

See ya on the trails!
Holly Tomlanovich
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