Yup, sadly so it is. Very few areas with snow leads to very high traffic, and bad conditions. Nothing good to start with just makes it much worse.
Vilas County
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dfattack
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I'm starting to plan a trip out west or Quebec for next winter if this happens again. No way I'm waiting for "good snow" and then have the season taken away. I know some have been riding areas that were great in the U.P. this season but at the same time I was hearing about tons of traffic and that doesn't excite me too much. I guess you have to do what you have to do. This dreaded warm up just wiped out any hopes I had for getting in at least one week in before the season was over.
hermie
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Ye
If you only ride the main route that everyone else does you will also find more brown mixed in.
Yes there is a lot of traffic in Vilas and that is because people know the grooming for the most part is top notch. Some areas are more prone to the dirt then others. Unfortunately the heavy wet snow never showed up. The wet heavy snow needs to show up early before they can open trails and the club can get a good solid base laid down. Most years that doesn't happen and the trails open up before there is a solid base and the dirt gets mixed in and once it does it normally stay mixed in for the season. The picture is from a very popular trail just north of Eagle River and Conover any one who has ridden that area probably recognize it. So there are years the trails are white
If you only ride the main route that everyone else does you will also find more brown mixed in.
That sounds like a bucket list trip. I would love to take a couple of trips to Canada and also northern Maine. If you go you will have to take pictures and put them on here.
hermie
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Yeah the 22/23 season was excellent from the beginning until the 31st of March. The 1st picture is from March 31st a mile from the house in St.Germain the second is up in Boulder. It was awesome with only a handful of people taking advantage of the trails
hermie
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That was one of the best years I can remember as far as March goes Paul,can you remember any other March that was that good. The amount of Snow we got on the 31st and 1st was crazy that year. We might of gotten more snow in those 2 days then the last 2 winters. This is what we woke up to the 1st of April and trails were closed we were going to trailer up to Michigan but we couldn't get down or street ATTACH=full]70970[/ATTACH]
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I hated April snow when I lived in Vilas and there were many over the years. Spring mud time is time to be anywhere but in Vilas then April snows just delayed Spring that much longer. Vilas wasn’t much fun until late May even then couldn’t plant flowers frost would get them. We were in the FL habit late March until mid May when we came back to Vilas.
Can’t ride April snow , ice dangerous ,sun burns them down quickly and plow guys don’t want to plow because they tear up thawing ground, mud mess everywhere most businesses shut down on vacation. Sure snow is fun to watch fall but snow play in April is very limited. Business that is working boat and pier guys want to get going as soon as they can.I can't say any snows really bother me. I could sit in my living room with a fire and watch it snow all day. There is something relaxing about watching the snow come down and it always brings out the kid in me.
SledTL
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I get it that it has a lot of draw. I've been there when the trails look like your pictures in the morning and by 1 pm the corners are completely gone and everything is snirt. Only place I've ever ridden where there can be 2ft of snow on the ground and you are riding dirt. I also don't understand the pomp and circumstance with the opening and closing of trails.Ye
Yes there is a lot of traffic in Vilas and that is because people know the grooming for the most part is top notch. Some areas are more prone to the dirt then others. Unfortunately the heavy wet snow never showed up. The wet heavy snow needs to show up early before they can open trails and the club can get a good solid base laid down. Most years that doesn't happen and the trails open up before there is a solid base and the dirt gets mixed in and once it does it normally stay mixed in for the season. The picture is from a very popular trail just north of Eagle River and Conover any one who has ridden that area probably recognize it. So there are years the trails are white
That sounds like a bucket list trip. I would love to take a couple of trips to Canada and also northern Maine. If you go you will have to take pictures and put them on here.
I hear ya on all that dfattack! I'm watching the Ontario weather for perhaps a last gasp trip. Things are now looking good if the dang temps stay down, and behave. But from what I learned 8 years ago, things can change, and turn to chit fast. And, OFSC closes the trails quickly to prevent damage, and injuries.
Never did it that way interesting on Spectacle Lake SS would float away with ice flows so always waited for open water. I was on a sand bar so a good 90 feet out to get benefit of deep water operation. Ball busting lift to get on row boat floated her out and slid her off.
Iron county trails close tomorrow…Vilas the only county left open. Not sure I understand the whole deal with re opening/inspection but whatever. Sounds like a bunch of bureaucracy BS! Hopefully they don’t piss off any land owners. I’m a landowner for trails in another country and I would not want some nimrod tourist ripping thru the mud on my property…
