Blue Hills Trail

Blue Hills Trail CONDITIONS

LAST UPDATE:

October 2, 2025

Good hiking conditions, good fall color, enjoy the well mowed trails - scroll down for mowing details.

For mountain biking, you may find drier (more solid) conditions on John Creek Road (east side), Excelsior Road (west side), and some of the West Side interior trails.

Insect activity is low.

IMPORTANT UPDATES

LOGGERS ARE 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:

Scattered clouds. Warm. 5% chance of 0" of rain, with a high of 83.48ºF and a low of 57.2ºF. Wind speeds at 5.3 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)
Synergy Cooperative (Ridgeland)
Thrasher, Pelish and Heaney, LTD (Rice Lake)
Toko Nordic
Walmart (Ladysmith)
Walmart (Rice Lake)
Wieckowicz Law Office (Chetek)
Wisconsin DNR

Individuals

Terry & Mary Baker
Dan Bale
Ray Bauerf
Sam Behrends
David Bihrle & Michelle Byron
John & Sandy Bonneville
Chris Buslee
Jerry & Paula Carow
Howard & Carolyn Chatterton
Michael Connly & Nancy Wagner
Sally Griffin
Dominic & Nicole Hodkiewicz
Ron & Sylvia Jasperson
Eric Johnson
Mark & Rachel Johnson
Dan Kann
John & Nancy Kann
Butch & Trudy Lehman
Sally Lewis
Greg & Linda Mikunda
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
Dean & Denise Tabor
John & Gail Waldron
Kevin & Gwen Westlund
Bob Wieckowicz
Mark & Deb Zellmer

Trail Conditions