Blue Hills Trail

Blue Hills Trail CONDITIONS

LAST UPDATE:

October 24, 2025

Good hiking conditions, peak fall color has passed, enjoy the remaining fall color.

IMPORTANT UPDATES

LOGGERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE WEST SIDE TRAILS BETWEEN LETTERS E-Z-Y -- AVOID THAT AREA.

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snowfall

April 21: wet snow showers

View annual totals.

grooming & MOWING

Mowing Report / Plans:

Trail mowing on the East Side trails began June 18th, and was completed September 29th. Click on this link for East Side mowing updates.

On the West Side of the trail system, many of the West Side Trails were mowed in mid September.

weather forecast

The following information is current as of 9 am each day:

Sprinkles early. Cloudy. Cool. 38% chance of 0" of rain, with a high of 50.72ºF and a low of 35.24ºF. Wind speeds at 9.23 mph.

Donors 2025-2026

Businesses

American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc.
Blue Hills Trail Association Inc.
Casey Watters - Real Estate Solutions
Chicago Northwest KOA
Christie Mountain
Classic Auto (Bruce)
Green Bay Packers
Jennie-O Turkey Store
Jump River Electric
Kwik Trip (Ladysmith)
Ladysmith Federal Savings & Loan
Lehman's Supper Club
Marshfield Clinic
Offering Hope Therapies (Ladysmith)
Patagonia
Kristine Paulsen Photography (Missoula, MT)
Rands Trucking (Ladysmith)
Reisner Dentistry (Ladysmith)
Rice Lake Tourism
River Country Co-op
Rusk County Forestry
Rusk County Pharmacy
Salomon Nordic
Scheel’s (Eau Claire)
Security Financial Bank (Ladysmith)
Synergy Cooperative (Ridgeland)
Thrasher, Pelish and Heaney, LTD (Rice Lake)
Toko Nordic
Walmart (Ladysmith)
Walmart (Rice Lake)
Weather Shield LITE Foundation
Wieckowicz Law Office (Chetek)
Wisconsin DNR

Individuals

Jeff Anderson
Terry & Mary Baker
Dan Bale
Ray Bauer
Sam Behrends
David Bihrle & Michelle Byron
John & Sandy Bonneville
Chris Buslee
Jerry & Paula Carow
John Carr & Jackie Klein
Howard & Carolyn Chatterton
Michael Connly & Nancy Wagner
Steve Gest
Sally Griffin
Dominic & Nicole Hodkiewicz
Ron & Sylvia Jasperson
Eric Johnson
Justin Johnson & Julie Hafenstein
Mark & Rachel Johnson
Dan Kann
John & Nancy Kann
Mark & Peggy Kohler
Butch & Trudy Lehman
Sally Lewis
Greg & Linda Mikunda
Avery & Kim Newman
Rick & Mary Noonan
John & Irene Olson
Rob & Teresa Olson
Gale & Jan Otterholt
Kirk Paulsen
Tom & Jan Paulsen
Steve & Debra Porn
Kevin Potter
Nico & Stephanie Pronk
Bill & Renee Rademaker
Kent Robarge
David Schultz
Geary & Kay Searfoss
Jeff Sirek
Bob & Elke Swanson
Dave Swanson
Dean & Denise Tabor
John & Gail Waldron
Kevin & Gwen Westlund
Bob Wieckowicz
Mark & Deb Zellmer

Trail Conditions