Jan 4th
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:19 pm
Report from a rider today
Wednesday January 4th, 2012....what a difference a week makes. We had 4 inches of fresh snow on New Years Eve and the groomers got busy. The Nicolet Grade north of the Halfway Bar is in good to very good condition per club members who rode it today. Trails south of there are still closed. Six of us made a 110 mile trip up to the Whitetail Inn in Tipler today. We started by taking the short loop into the woods in Townsend and went up Wildwood Trail. Except for one small stretch off Pickerel Lake Road the trail was in great shape. The Nicolet Trail was in GREAT shape all the way to Tipler. A section from Cavour to Long Lake had not been groomed on the way up but we met the groomer on the return trip. It was quite amazing....very few of those pesky cinders that you usually get north of Laona. I would call the whole grade Very Good. We saw that the cut off to Johnnies Resort at Cavour was freshly groomed as well and that is road all the way so it should be a nice run. We did not get off the grade so cannot speak to the intersecting trails in Forest County. In Townsend any trails that are on unplowed roads are good to very good. The woods trails are groomed but there is not enough snow to fill in the ruts so be VERY Careful when you ride. Come on up and go north for some pretty decent riding.
John Brantmeier
Wednesday January 4th, 2012....what a difference a week makes. We had 4 inches of fresh snow on New Years Eve and the groomers got busy. The Nicolet Grade north of the Halfway Bar is in good to very good condition per club members who rode it today. Trails south of there are still closed. Six of us made a 110 mile trip up to the Whitetail Inn in Tipler today. We started by taking the short loop into the woods in Townsend and went up Wildwood Trail. Except for one small stretch off Pickerel Lake Road the trail was in great shape. The Nicolet Trail was in GREAT shape all the way to Tipler. A section from Cavour to Long Lake had not been groomed on the way up but we met the groomer on the return trip. It was quite amazing....very few of those pesky cinders that you usually get north of Laona. I would call the whole grade Very Good. We saw that the cut off to Johnnies Resort at Cavour was freshly groomed as well and that is road all the way so it should be a nice run. We did not get off the grade so cannot speak to the intersecting trails in Forest County. In Townsend any trails that are on unplowed roads are good to very good. The woods trails are groomed but there is not enough snow to fill in the ruts so be VERY Careful when you ride. Come on up and go north for some pretty decent riding.
John Brantmeier
It sounds like Dick and Bruce made it North (to the NST). :thumbup: I'm going to try to get out tomorrow, do some additional signing, and check out the conditions (time permitting). Think snow and check back later for updates!