phazerwi
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Are there any Wisconsin people hitting the trails up near Hurley? How are they, is it worth driving 6 hours one way and dropping hundreds of dollars doing? I am getting a little tired of waiting for Winter to come and it doesn't look good for it arriving anytime soon! It is going to be a short season this year......
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My brother and I drove up to Mercer from Wausau last Friday (12/23). Mercer looked really bad. So we continued to drive up to Hurley. They didn't look any better. In fact, we didn't even unload the sleds. We turned around and came home. But maybe they have gotten snow in the past couple days. If they have, it has probably only been an inch or two. Not enough to make a difference.
The thing that irritates me the most is whoever the person is writing the trail reports up there ought to have his head examined. They are reporting trail conditions as "FAIR" ... which is not anywhere near the truth. I would give them a rating as "on the verge of being closed due to low snow." I think they are giving those reports to get tourist to drive up there. But it's more upsetting to drive all the way up there in hopes of seeing what they say, and then see junk. All I know is they didn't get one single dollar of my tourist money, and now they have an upset tourist.
Sorry for the rant ... by my advice would be to either keep going north to the Twin Lakes area in MI, or save your money, stay home and pray for snow.
The thing that irritates me the most is whoever the person is writing the trail reports up there ought to have his head examined. They are reporting trail conditions as "FAIR" ... which is not anywhere near the truth. I would give them a rating as "on the verge of being closed due to low snow." I think they are giving those reports to get tourist to drive up there. But it's more upsetting to drive all the way up there in hopes of seeing what they say, and then see junk. All I know is they didn't get one single dollar of my tourist money, and now they have an upset tourist.
Sorry for the rant ... by my advice would be to either keep going north to the Twin Lakes area in MI, or save your money, stay home and pray for snow.
phazerwi
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Now that is the honesty that I wanted to hear!
Yes, the snow reports, I think, are often made to seem lots better than they actually are. Those places up there count on snowmobile dollars to make it through the winter. So, not giving they whole story is probably survival instincts....but it still sucks when a person is counting on the snow being the way they say and it doesn't turn out that way.
Anyone else been up there??
Yes, the snow reports, I think, are often made to seem lots better than they actually are. Those places up there count on snowmobile dollars to make it through the winter. So, not giving they whole story is probably survival instincts....but it still sucks when a person is counting on the snow being the way they say and it doesn't turn out that way.
Anyone else been up there??
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just got a few inches this week over close to st. germain/LOL area. people just started hitting the trails daily this week regularly.
i'm sure hurley has better conditions as its closer to the lake. it's rideable but more can use more of course. at least it's been cold so the snow doesn't melt much anymore.
way too late of a start this season.
i'm sure hurley has better conditions as its closer to the lake. it's rideable but more can use more of course. at least it's been cold so the snow doesn't melt much anymore.
way too late of a start this season.
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thanks for the report.....I see that you guys are going to get a nice storm tonight and then some lake effect snows after that, so conditions should be great for next weekend up there. I think I will have to make plans to go up for a few days at the end of the week!
Thinking about coming up to N Wisconsin next Saturday to ride. Will be coming from the Brainerd area. What are the trails like around the Maple area? Can you ride the trails to Bayfield? Is there a place to stay around Maple or Poplar? May look at coming for the day or stay over night on Saturday.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
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