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Conover-Phelps Trail $100,000 away from full-funding

This summer has been a great time for people to discover the completed 9 miles of the Conover-Phelps Trail.
Over 450 supporters in the Yard & Mile Club made it happen: click here for the membership list.
Field work has started to determine the best route of the final 2 miles. The goal: give people a great way to walk or ride right into Phelps beautiful lakefront park.
Completion ETA: early summer 2019.

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Family fun, live music, great food!

Over 100 people took part in the Don Gillum Memorial Bike and Hike on the Conover-Phelps Trail on July 21. Midway through the event they gathered on the trail to dedicate a bench to honor the memory of a volunteer who helped make trails happen for communities in eastern Vilas County.

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: Sept. 14, 2019, for SepTimber Ride V.

Get a close up view - click here!

Next up: The River Trail

The next 10-mile leg of the trail system will connect Eagle River to St. Germain. 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 support developing the first 11-mile leg of the 40-mile eastern Vilas trail system.

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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 2.2 miles
can be added by 2019.

paid for

Now

funded

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…

Keep a Good Thing Going

February 19, 2018

“The news about bike trails in eastern Vilas County is good, very good and to be determined,” says Jeff Currie, president of Great Headwaters Trails (GHT). The good news, says Currie, is that 9 miles of the 11 mile Conover-Phelps Biking and Walking Trail are now complete and ready to…

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