I'll just tell you what I know rather than speculating on conditions east of where I rode... I headed from SE WIS straight north, so Hwy. 39/51. I would have MAYBE started riding north of Wausau, but it really started becoming noticeably deeper maybe 30 miles S. of Tomahawk. It's depressing for us denizens of Southern Wisconsin, but that's the reality. For now, only the far north has the really good stuff.