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Let's Finish Up the Conover-Phelps Trail!

The push is on!Let's build the last 2 miles of trail next summer.

A $15,000 Challenge Fund will match new contributions dollar-for-dollar.

Join the Yard & Mile Club - Donate to build a yard, 10 yards, 100 yards or more!
(And many thanks to all the current Yard & Mile Club members, over 500 of them, that have brought the trail so far along. Click here for the membership list.)

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Family fun on the Conover-Phelps Trail. DGMBH II coming up in 2019!

Over 100 people took part in the first Don Gillum Memorial Bike/Hike on the Conover-Phelps Trail last July. Next summer's DGMBH is being planned right now.

July 20, 2019 - Save the Date!

Video from News Channel 12

SepTimber Ride 2018 was record-breaking!

With 238 riders, this year's Eagle River-based brewery-to-winery ride was the best ever!

SAVE THE DATE: SepTimber Ride V will be on Sept. 14, 2019.

Get a close up view - click here!

Next up: The River Trail

This 10-mile trail will connect Eagle River to St. Germain. GHT is working with the River Trail Commission made up of the municipalities of St Germain, Cloverland and Eagle River. Watch for new developments.

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Building family-friendly biking and walking trails
near the source of a Great River

The Great Headwaters Trails foundation’s goal is to build 40 miles of biking and walking trails in eastern Vilas County, the headwaters of the Wisconsin River. The Great Headwaters Trails system will connect the towns of Land O’ Lakes, Conover, Phelps and Eagle River and beyond to the Three Eagles Trail, Heart of Vilas Trail and Wilderness Lakes Trail.

A grand vision – a connecting system of over 110 miles of trails.

The first leg of the Great Headwaters Trails system is the Conover-Phelps Trail.

The Conover-Phelps Trail

Help finish the last 2 miles of this 11-mile trail!

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3.2 miles
in place and in use

5.5 more miles
were completed last fall.

Check out the new trail!

The final 2 miles
can be added by 2019.

paid for

Now

funded

Looking for a banner year!

January 5, 2019

The New Year opens with lots of promise! One trail is near completion and an even more high profile trail is in the works! • Hard work on final trail building details and a generous response to the “Finish Up the Trail” appeal point to completing the Conover-Phelps Trail this…

Celebrating 8 years!

August 14, 2018

This year our annual meeting on Aug. 8 started with a cook out to let our volunteers and members of the public get to know each other a bit. It also helped us realize how much our combined efforts accomplish. The meeting featured some drawing prizes, great picnic basics and…

Look for us! Try for great prizes!

June 26, 2018

When you spot our booth, come by and see us! Buy tickets to win a Specialized fat bike, a Perception 12′ kayak, a mountain bike or other bike related items. Get information about all the great biking in Vilas County, including on the new Conover-Phelps Trail. Find out about and…

Be an active ingredient – all kinds of skills are needed to build top notch biking and walking trails. Add yours! <a href="https://ghtrails.org/volunteer-2/">VOLUNTEER</a>

Be an active ingredient – all kinds of skills are needed to build top notch biking and walking trails. Add yours! VOLUNTEER

Make the Northwoods even better – donate to help build the Great Headwaters Trail System <a href="https://ghtrails.org/donate">DONATE NOW</a>

Make the Northwoods even better – donate to help build the Great Headwaters Trail System DONATE NOW

When it comes to nonmotorized trails, here are the people – all volunteers - who are moving things forward in eastern Vilas County. <a href="https://ghtrails.org/about/">LEARN MORE</a>

When it comes to nonmotorized trails, here are the people – all volunteers - who are moving things forward in eastern Vilas County. LEARN MORE

Good trails pay off in fun, well-being, and dollars. Here’s what is in place and in the works right now! <a href="https://ghtrails.org/trail-system/plans-and-progress/">SEE THE PROGRESS</a>

Good trails pay off in fun, well-being, and dollars. Here’s what is in place and in the works right now! SEE THE PROGRESS