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Oneida County Trails Closed
Oneida County trails closed this morning Monday 3/10 at 8 am, as per the PSA issued on March 6 from Oneida County. We hope you enjoyed a “bonus” weekend of sledding after our volunteer groomers cleared and groomed the Forest Riders trail system. …
Continue Reading >Groomer Trail Update – Sat 3/08
Trail 12E groomed – good to very good a few thin spots
Trail 10E overall was pretty decent. Some ice and some bare spots.
RT5 – Trails 10W and 5 S groomed Friday night 90% of these trails in good condition, …
Continue Reading >Grand Prize Winner of the Snowmobile Raffle
Congratulations to the Grand Prize winner of the Minocqua Forest Riders (MFR) Snowmobile Raffle, Janice Meisenheimer of Woodruff! The new 2024 Ski Doo 600 MXZ X-RS snowmobile was presented to Janice on Thursday, March 6,2025 at Lakeland Powersports in Woodruff. …
Continue Reading >Groomer Trail Updates – Friday 3/7
See previous post for the details on trails re-opening today – Friday 3/7 at Noon.
Trails are in early season condition; riders should ride with caution as corners and highly traveled trails will deteriorate quickly as temperatures rise. …
Continue Reading >Oneida County Trails to re-open at Noon Friday 3/7
Oneida County Trails are scheduled to re-open at Noon on Friday 3/7, and then temporarily close again on Monday March 10 at 8 am. In the Minocqua Forest Riders trails, the following closures will remain in effect:
• Trail 5 (southern half) from TIN 522 to TIN 509 (Lincoln County Line)
• Trail 8 (western half) from TIN 522 to TIN 502 (Price County Line)
Forest Riders Groomers have been out with all of our grooming equipment today grooming most of our trails. …
Continue Reading >Minocqua Forest Riders Inaugural Vintage Snowmobile Day Attracts More Than 980 Attendees
[MINOCQUA, WISCONSIN, FEBRUARY 25, 2025] The Minocqua Forest Riders Snowmobile Club, a nonprofit working to provide safe snowmobiling routes in Oneida County Wisconsin successfully concluded its inaugural Vintage Snowmobile Day.
The event, held on Saturday, …
Continue Reading >Snowmobile Raffle Winners
1st prize – 2024 Ski-Doo MXZ X-RS snowmobile
– Janice Meisenheimer
2nd prize – 2-place Triton Trailer
– Max Wollenzien
3rd prize – …
Continue Reading >Oneida County Trails closing 8am Feb 26
From a PSA published Feb 24 by the Oneida County Forestry Department
THE ONEIDA COUNTY SNOWMOBILE TRAIL SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL STATE FUNDED AND CLUB FUNDED TRAILS, WILL CLOSE AS OF 8:00 AM, WEDNESDAY, …
Continue Reading >Grooming Plans – Suspending Grooming Sunday Feb 23
Message from Club President Jerry Wakefield:
Weather forecasts call for above freezing temperatures starting this Sunday Feb 23. We plan to suspend trail grooming starting Sunday until temperatures return to below freezing. Our grooming machines would end up doing more damage to the trails than any good in these warmer temperatures. …
Continue Reading >Groomer Trail Updates – Feb 22
Trail 10 W to Trail A still pretty good. From there to the Price County line getting rough and bumpy. Trail A also getting rough. Trail 5 S to Bootjack Swap starting to get real thin in places. …
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