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Vilas County, Presque Isle, we did not get the big snow predicted for last night. I would estimate 3" plus the ice that preceded it. Snow is heavy and wet, and it has started to fall again at 9:30 am. Supposed to snow here all day ending around 9 pm with 3-5" still to come.

Started snowing in Presque Isle Friday around 3pm and has not stopped. Was not really predicted system snow but the lake effect machine is dropping white gold. Light, fluffy, minimal moisture content, but it just keeps coming. I would guess 8+ inches at my cabin since it started. Time to clear...

Seeing all of the commercials for this crab walk feature on new trucks, I'm trying to figure this out. I don't want to sound anti-technology, but I just don't get the advantage or purpose other than maybe to assist in parallel parking. I hate to think that I'm getting like my dad who said all...

In a previous thread I told you guys that I had 7 sleds sitting in the garage since March of 2023 and was concerned about the gas. We rode to Shillelagh in Manitowish Waters on March 17th, 2023, for St. Pats party and then parked the sleds in the garage. Last year happened and the trails never...

One thing nice about the crappy conditions last year and trails not opening, and this year, so far... is that we didn't discuss fatalities. Sorry to report but that ended tonight. I'm hearing that there was a fatality today in Houghton County in Sidnaw. All I know so far is that it was a 50 ish...

I'm getting tired of waiting for the snow, so the wife gave me the green light to buy a new 2 up ATV for her and I to go play on the trails in Northern Wisconsin. After a lot of internet due diligence, I have it narrowed down to a Can Am Outlander Max XT700 or a Polaris Sportsman Touring 570...

Yesterday, late afternoon, early evening, I was out on the deck prepping the grill for a bbq. I heard what sounded like thunder in the distance. I went out towards the lake side of the deck and heard what sounded like an underwater explosion. Scared the hell out of me as after the eruption, I...

Attended the Presque Isle/Winchester SnoBunnies trailside party/fundraiser yesterday at Lynx Lake Lodge.......by means of my truck. Talking with some of the club members, our president brought out a sheet of trail openings since 1987. Latest opening/start of grooming was 2002-2003 season where...

The good is that we are making ice in northern Wisconsin. After last weeks warm up, everything is frozen again including swamp areas that trails cross in Presque Isle and Manitowish Waters. Lake ice looks to be safe for people as several were out on my lake the last few days. Next ten days shows...

Anyone else seeing about a dozen new posts that looks like Asian script? I did not open any.

So on my list of things to do, I had some maintenance to do on my truck. I called the auto parts store and ordered a case of trans fluid. I could not believe it when the delivery guy showed up at my house with a case of Bud Light.

Didn't think I would be doing this again in mid-April. 15 inches in Presque Isle at 10 am and still coming down. Rain turned to snow last night around 9 pm. Drove up on Saturday from Chicago in shorts and a t-shirt because it was in mid 70s. Planned on summer prepping the snowmobiles but now I'm...

Johns forecast today shows some impressive snow hitting the Northwoods on Thursday/Friday and weather app on my phone shows Vilas County getting 10+ inches. Anybody left up there or those of you that live there full-time planning on one last ride? If I was there, I would be. Hope to read about...

I am looking for any information or ideas on what everyone out there does for insurance on your sleds. Now that the season is over for me, it aggravates me to pay for liability insurance for 7 snowmobiles that will sit in the garage and not move for 9 months. Is there a carrier out there that...

We lost one of our Presque Isle/Winchester Sno-Bunnies family on Wednesday night on the border of Presque Isle/Marenisco. A 60-year-old lone female rider was killed when her sled left the trail, hit a snowbank and then several trees. MSP, Gogebic County Sheriff, and MI. DNR investigating. I had...

After 20 years, I have decided to update one of my reserve/guest snowmobiles. It is a 2003 SkiDoo MXZ Sport 600. It has the 1+1 seat that has served us well while the kids were growing up and when guests came to our cabin. I will be placing a spring order for a SkiDoo Grand Touring soon. The...

80 mile loop today from Presque Isle to Winchester, Mercer, Manitowish Waters and back. Presque Isle/Winchester trails were groomed and very nice. Plenty of light powder and still plowing through untouched trails. The short distance we rode Mercer trails were very nice and appeared to have been...

We got a late start yesterday for a ride due to an uninvited guest in the cabin. Seems that a red squirrel got in either when my wife let the dog out, (100 times) or when I brought in a load of firewood, (once). Guess who got the blame? Took off from PI on 6W and was pleased at how nice the new...

I just came from a Presque Isle/Winchester SnoBunnies fundraiser event at the PI Pub and while there, one of the board members came to me and showed me her phone news feed showed that Vilas County trails were closed. Being that she is a board member, and would have been in the know, I told her...

Ventured out of the cabin yesterday (car) and hit a local watering hole. Presque Isle had light snow on/off all day that amounted to nothing. Trails looked snow covered and icy. 3 riders in the Retreat Bar that said they had rode down from Hurley. They said the trails were rough. Winchester...