The Yellow, (short loop) and the Green loop, which is around Pallette Lake have been cleared and are tracked. We received 7-10 inches of new snow yesterday. The track I was able to set was soft due to powder over slush and not wanting to pull up that slush. I think once set up, and skied on a few times it will be in good condition. The outer loop may be another day just to clear. No hiking please as the base will be soft and easily damaged. Thank You.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)

Due to steady rain for the past 16 hours trail grooming is suspended until conditions improve.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)

Cut ice off the green and yellow loops resulting in some good tracks. The longest loop around Escanaba Lake has fully formed tracks but still has an ice layer on the bottom of the track so that segment is in fair condition. Expect oak leaves and some pine needle debris until we receive new snow. Still 12 -14 inches of snow on undisturbed picnic tables.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)

Tracked this morning with good conditions. I was able to cut ice and mix with new snow resulting in some good track. There is debris in the form of oak leaves and pine needles that came down with the melted snow clumps hung up in trees. Still plenty of snow for tracking and no bare spots.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)

Good to very good conditions with no bare spots or debris in the track. Groomed and tracked this morning. 18 inches of snow in the undisturbed woods. Very scenic and use has been low so now is the time to go. Really good early season snow conditions as Rhinelander has 32 inches of snow so far this fall and we have had a bit more than that on Escanaba Trail.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)

Leveled and tracked 7 inches of new snow that arrived yesterday. Good to very good conditions with 20 inches of snow on the ground. Outer red loop not as smooth or level as green and yellow as just finished cutting trees there yesterday so not packed as well as other loops but still good condition.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)

7 -8 inches of new snow today covered all tracked areas. Will be conditioning and tracking tomorrow but will not be ready until later in the day if all goes well. To summarize, there are no tracks at this time, but leveling and tracking will occur tomorrow, Friday, with the goal of having tracks on at least two of three loops by the end of the day. I will report when tracking is completed.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)

Good conditions exist on the two loops I was able to groom. The yellow and the green loop, also known as the short loop and the loop around Pallette have some nice track that set up really well. The outer loop or red loop is still being cleared of trees that collapsed due to snow weight. It would be difficult to estimate when that may be cleared as it depends on what I find for trees down. I measured 14 inches of snow on the picnic table at Escanaba Research station.

(Dan Jacoby, Wisconsin DNR)