Yes - There is a public lot at the corner of 70W and Camp Pinemere Road at the Minocqua Sports Complex for daily parking only (no overnight parking). The snowmobile trail runs alongside of the parking lot.
Local businesses have maps available on site, or you can purchase one on line by clicking here.
We have almost 100 Land Use Agreements with individuals and government agencies that allow us to access their property.
The clubs in Wisconsin have a unique partnership with thousands of landowners and without their generosity, our statewide trail system would not be possible. Unlike other outdoor recreationists, we don't rely on public lands to provide the facilities. Snowmobilers rely on snowmobile clubs and their volunteer members to talk to private property landowners to get permission to be on their property via the trail(s)!.
What many snowmobilers don't understand is that the clubs are given permission to put a trail across that property in an agreed upon route which allows for riding only on the marked corridor. That means anytime someone rides outside of the marked trail, they are trespassing and can be prosecuted.
Every year trails are lost because of off-trail riding and loud exhausts, and re-routing a trail is not as easy as it sounds.
Please be respectful and stay on the trails at all times!
Yes. The club is a 501c3. All donations above and beyond memberships are tax deductible. We are a non-profit club that operates exclusively on state funding and individual, business and other non-profit organization donations.
Our trail system winds through about 200 square miles of woodland that is located within a rectangular region east of the price county line, south of highway 70, west of the Bearskin Trail and north of the Willow Reservoir.
Oneida County Snowmobile Clubs have placed square brown numbered signs, at key intersections, throughout their trail systems.
In the event of an emergency and when you call 911, the operator will ask you for this number. Their emergency response system can identify these numbers and give important location information to rescue personnel. Please make a note of these intersection numbers as you are riding.
Minocqua Forest Riders Snowmobile Club TIN Numbers begin with a "6 - SIX" as you travel our trail system.
As of December 2024 there are 614 members.
There are many different avenues to sign up. The easiest would be to send an email to: minocquaforestriders@gmail.com and we will be sure to pass along your inquiry. The success of our club is largely because of the volunteer hours donated by its members. Each year, almost 2,000 hours are donated by members who participate in fall maintenance work, operate the grooming machines during the season, work in the shop prepping and maintaining the equipment, serving in various leadership roles and working at club events.
It all depends on the make, model and year of the machine - anywhere from $100,000 - $300,000.
We own over $800,000 worth of trail maintenance equipment including:
- 2018 Trail 400 Groomer, Manufactured By Piston Bully
- 2016 Trail Bully Groomer, Manufactured By Piston Bully
- 2014 Trail Bully Groomer, Manufactured By Piston Bully
- 2011 Kubota Tracked Tractor With Maintenance And Grooming Attachments
- 1998 New Holland Tractor With A Brushing Boom Attachment
- 2009 Ski-Doo Skandic Snowmobile
- A 11’6” Wide Dubie Welding Drag
- A 9’6” Wide Dubie Welding Drag
- A 9’6” Wide Arrowhead Drag
Yes the trails are groomed according to a schedule which the groomer operators have. If you are interested in grooming, please send an email to minocquaforestriders@gmail.com and someone will get in touch with you. We groom and maintain ~161 miles of trails and we mark snowmobile trails on five lakes within our boundaries.
The club does an excellent job of maintaining and servicing our groomers to ensure that they are in the best condition possible for our volunteer operators. The maintenance we perform help to extend the useful life of them to get the biggest return on our investment as possible. We expect to get a minimum of 15 years of service from them. Just like your automobile, each piece of equipment has a useable service life.
We have a 2014, 2016, and a 2018 model Pisten Bully as well as a 2015 New Holland tractor with tracks and a bat-wing mower, and a 2020 New Holland tractor with wheels that has a mower and brush trimmer. We have 2 Dubie drags, an Arrowhead drag, and a Sno-Boss drag. In addition, the maintenance crew fabricated 3 new rollers this past summer for packing trails.
We have found them to be the best choice and the most versatile for our grooming conditions. Farm tractors are more suited for trails in open areas and fields like in the southern part of the state.
Having one brand of groomer allows our operators to be familiar with the controls and the handling of the equipment no matter which machine they are assigned to. It also aids with familiarity and commonality of maintenance, repairs and spare parts.
The current equipment is in great condition, however not all the groomers are capable of traversing all of our trails. Our long-term goal is to have a fleet of groomers that are versatile enough to take the place of each other should one break down. This would allow us to access 100% of our trails with each piece of equipment.
Fortunately, we have had few major break-downs over the years mainly due to the preventative maintenance that is performed on the machines each year. The crew is capable of repairing almost everything that we have encountered so far which keeps repair costs for a factory technician to a minimum.
The equipment committee and board of directors are open to the idea of procuring used equipment depending on price, age, and condition should the right deal come along.
We have 2 tractors, the smaller one is wheeled and dedicated to mowing operations and trail maintenance. The second machine is tracked and does mowing in the off-season and grooming in the winter months.