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.  …

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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. …

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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.    …

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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.  …

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Forest Riders – trail grooming resuming

Trails remain closed, however, with the recent snowfall Forest Riders have received permission from Oneida county to prepare our trails for a possible re-opening.  We are now coordinating re-opening preparations including re-opening gates, scheduling our groomers to get out on the trails Thursday and Friday.  …

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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. …

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Watch for Heavy Traffic on Trail D on Saturday

The Vintage Snowmobile Day event is scheduled for this Saturday February 22nd at Area 31.  We are encouraging attendees to ride their snowmobiles to Area 31 for the event.  This is likely to lead to heavy traffic on Trail D off of Trail 10 west – …

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