Vilas and oneida

euphoric1

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I've been running the OTTP ski mounted scratchers since 2019. This was on my '17 XCR and didn't want to drill into my rail.
They work pretty well. I also put them on my '18 XCR and my '24 XC.
A couple very small negatives. All these are uncoupled skids, so if you're jumping or picking the front skis up, they will sometimes flip backwards and I need to get out and flip them around. And if any deep snow, they throw a lot of snow with them still being up.
I like the replaceable tips also.
Thank you both for your input on these and will likely be the ones I go with, no wheelies or jumps for this guy LOL. It just makes a lot of sense to me to locate them there and I am not very fond of attaching anything to the rails. Thank you again!!
 

pclark

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It's Thursday, January 8th, 36 degrees, was supposed to be 38 today and sunny but it's foggy. I did not ride today but had to go over to Boulder Junction and into MW. The trails look very good from the road even after a couple of warm days this week. Supposed to start snowing around 8pm tonight and maybe we get 2-4" of snow. It cools off after today and more snow chances on Saturday so I think we have weathered this little warm up pretty well. No grooming for the last few days and probably won't start until it starts getting colder at night (maybe this weekend?) Ride while you can, it hasn't been this good in a few years!
 

euphoric1

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It's Thursday, January 8th, 36 degrees, was supposed to be 38 today and sunny but it's foggy. I did not ride today but had to go over to Boulder Junction and into MW. The trails look very good from the road even after a couple of warm days this week. Supposed to start snowing around 8pm tonight and maybe we get 2-4" of snow. It cools off after today and more snow chances on Saturday so I think we have weathered this little warm up pretty well. No grooming for the last few days and probably won't start until it starts getting colder at night (maybe this weekend?) Ride while you can, it hasn't been this good in a few years!
talking another 3 to 6" Saturday into early Sunday too I thought I had read :cool:
 

attakman

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talking another 3 to 6" Saturday into early Sunday too I thought I had read :cool:
They backed way off that now only 1-2 inches of snow Saturday....and maybe an inch or two tonight..but it's 35 degrees and supposed to start raining this evening....these last 3 days have been brutal...slush, and slop everywhere, and snow melting....probably won't ride for the next week unless we get snow and some cold...the lakes are gonna be awful for awhile
 

pclark

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Well, we got about 2 hours of rain last night, Accuweather showed us getting heavy snow last night and they were totally off their game, still a lot of snow on the ground, supposed to get 3-6" starting Saturday morning. I have to go to Rhinelander today so i'll report back later on what things look like on the way down and back. If we get the 3-6" should be back to really good but we seem to stuck in a warm pattern as it will be 34 and 33 next Monday/Tuesday. It then cools off HOPEFULLY!
 

hermie

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So here is my report from Hanks Gresham lodge. Trails have plenty of snow. The big difference is now the snow is much more sugary now and the groom is not holding up like it did last week. We could use a 4" inch wet snowfall to glue it all back together. Very rideable and after the last 2 seasons I will take what we get. The areas that typically gets snirty are now snirty. Some of the corners are getting washed out the normal wear and tear but overall very rideable. PXL_20260110_194056144.jpg PXL_20260110_194112101.jpg
 

hermie

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So the trails are better today the groom actually took and trails are flat. The 1st pic is some Boben goodness the 2nd one is some sugar camp goodness. Love to show some eagle river goodness but they are not as flat. Knew the second we got off of Boben trails also knew the second we were in sugar camp trails. PXL_20260111_163740501.jpg PXL_20260111_170344026.jpg
 

pclark

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So here is my report from Hanks Gresham lodge. Trails have plenty of snow. The big difference is now the snow is much more sugary now and the groom is not holding up like it did last week. We could use a 4" inch wet snowfall to glue it all back together. Very rideable and after the last 2 seasons I will take what we get. The areas that typically gets snirty are now snirty. Some of the corners are getting washed out the normal wear and tear but overall very rideable. View attachment 71899 View attachment 71900
Hermie, is that. hanks Gresham Lodge on Trail 51? I thought that closed because he was having issues with LDF targeting his business.
 
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