TRAIL CONDITIONS
11/15/2025 - We had a few recent days of unseasonable temperatures but the forecast going forward appears to be back to normal for this time of the year. We are hoping that we get some nighttime freezing to set up some frost for our upcoming work days! Think positive! We hope to prioritize a bridge replacement on the Bearskin Trail if conditions cooperate. More to come!
12/3/25 - We'd call the first trail work day a success! We were able to make a ton of progress on the bridge replacement on the Bearskin Trail (a couple miles west of Cook). We still have some finishing touches there but will be done soon. We also traveled the remainder of the Bearskin Trail past the Viking to the Tim Corey trail. We had to skip a couple swampy sections but we still did identify and address a few problem brush piles and downed trees. Trail work day #2 is this coming Saturday so check back later for a summary from that. We're off to a good start!
12/17/25 - Our second trail day was also a success! The previously mentioned bridge replacement project was completed and we were able to conduct brush removal on all accessible areas of the Wolftrack Trail (with the exception of traveling through the swamp prior to the Taconite junction). We have replaced a few damaged/missing trail signs, and conducted other basic/routine trail maintenance. It was very warm yesterday (with some areas breaking records) but looks to be back to normal moving forward with a bit of snow in the short term forecast. Most trails have been at least tracked, we do need conditions to improve before we can groom of course. Also of note - look to see the Cook end of Lake Vermilion to be staked by sometime early next week.
April's club will be held at our clubhouse @ 6:30PM this Tuesday night.
1/6/26 - Happy New Year! The past period of time has not been kind to us, we have not received much favorable weather. We do have frozen conditions, with Vermilion being staked fully. We do recommend traveling known routes since pressure ridges do change size rapidly. We did get some snow this past weekend, it was badly needed. We still need a lot more to fill in holes etc. before grooming can be useful. Things are mostly ready, we just need SNOW! We also know that there is open water in places on the Vermilion River, there hasn't yet been open travel on it. Hang in there, friends! That's all we can do!
1/20/26 - Wow, what a deep freeze! We received around 4" of new snow late last week which was badly needed. We will try to do our best with the trails with the snow that we have, although conditions will not uphold as much grooming as we'd like, yet, it's an improvement. According to the short term forecast, the snow will not be going anywhere - now let's all hope for more!