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                    VILAS COUNTY TRAILS OPEN - FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 2025

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Vilas County Forestry, Recreation & Land Department

Todd Bierman, Parks & Recreation Supervisor

330 Court Street • 2112 N. Railroad St. (physical address) • Eagle River, WI 54521

715-479-5160

tobier@vilascountywi.gov • www.co.vilascountywi.gov

January 16, 2025

NEWS RELEASE / PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

THE VILAS COUNTY SNOWMOBILE TRAIL SYSTEM INCLUDING

ALL STATE FUNDED AND CLUB FUNDED TRAILS WILL OPEN ON

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025, at 8:00 a.m.

The 11 Vilas County Snowmobile Alliance Clubs, (The Arbor Vitae Cross Country Cruisers,

The Boulder Junction Snowmobile Club, The Conover Sno-Buddies, The Eagle River Sno-

Eagles, The Lac du Flambeau Northern Hornshoe, The Land O’ Lakes Frosty Club, The

Manitowish Waters Sno-Skeeters, The Phelps Snowmobile Club, The Presque Isle/

Winchester Sno-Bunnies, The Sayner Barnstormers, and The St. Germain Bo-Boen

Snowmobile Club) along with sponsors and operators of the existing trails have put in many

volunteer hours of brushing, signing, and trail work to confirm a safe opening of the

snowmobile trails. Please thank these individuals and organizations for their efforts and

patronize their business sponsors. Without these dedicated clubs, snowmobiling would not be

possible in Vilas County. If you don’t belong to one of these clubs, please consider joining

one. Club maps are available at many area businesses, and you can check out the Vilas

County MapIt App at: https://www.vilaswi.com/trails/.

Please remember that the trails are in early season riding conditions; watch your speed and

stay to the right. Clubs have all been out panning and packing a base on the trails, however

the current base is not very deep, is soft and the trail base is icy. Caution should be used

when entering corners, accelerating, and sudden braking. The snow in not sticking to the

base and you are not going to stop or accelerate as you normally would. There also may be

rocks sticking up that are normally beneath several inches of trail base. These conditions may

hamper grooming and upkeep of the trails, and the clubs will get trails built back up as soon

as they can. With low snow conditions, it is imperative that riders stay on the marked trails,

routes and lake crossings. Most riders do not know where public land and private property

lines are and we ask that when out on the trails, assume that all the trails are on private

property. We hope you enjoy the 500 plus miles of state funded and club funded trails in

Vilas County and thank you for supporting the economy of Vilas County.

Off trail riding is trespassing and could result in closure or loss of trails and fines for

those who violate. Please remember that all lakes are unsafe and dangerous until they

are marked and then, please stay on the marked portion.

Todd Bierman

Vilas County Parks and Recreation Supervisor

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                                               SNO SKEETERS  2024 SLED RAFFLE WINNERS

 

                                                      1st. Prize – 2024 Arctic Cat RR 800

                                                                Jim Richter    Bonduel, WI

                                                          Ticket Sold at:  Lazy Ace

 

                                                      2nd. Prize - $500.00 Cash

                                                               Dakota See   Manitowish Waters, WI 

                                                         Ticket Sold at:  Rendezvous

 

                                                     3rd. Prize – Greer’s Pier - Pontoon Rental

                                                               Shawn Motzer     Hillsdale, IL

                                                         Ticket Sold at:  Duck Race 

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Welcome to the home of the Sno-Skeeters!  For info about our club and year-round events, just scroll down the page or click on a handy link. When sledding season is here, all it takes to join the fun is a $30 (per sled) Trail Pass HERE.

Become a Sno-Skeeters member HERE first, and those Trail Passes are just $10 (per sled) — a $20 savings! 

(The snowmobile must be registered in Wisconsin to receive the discount.)

MW Sno Skeeters is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

 

                                                        

                                                                                                               

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