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Fat Tire Biking on the Conover Phelps Trail
The C-P trail is currently open and accessible for fat tire biking. Please be aware that the section from Hwy 45 to the power lines is a shared use trail for snowmobiles. While the trail hasn’t been opened for the snowmobile season yet, we encourage cyclists to exercise caution when riding on this section. Thank…
Vilas County News-Review Editorial: River Trail Project Deserves Another Chance to Succeed
By Kurt Krueger The River Trail Commission gave preliminary endorsement recently to a Highway 45 multi-use crossing that could be billed as the initial phase of the proposed River Trail between Eagle River and St. Germain. We think that’s a big deal because the River Trail would connect Eagle River and Three Lakes, via the…
GHT Volunteers Cleanup Hwy 70
On Friday, November 1st, GHT volunteers helped pick up trash along Hwy 70 heading west near the Energy Mart to the Mud Creek Bridge by the Eagle River Inn. Anyone interested in joining this crew for the three 2025 cleanups between April 1st and November 1st should email ghtvolunteercoordinator@gmail.com to be added to the contact…
Vilas County News-Review: Volunteers Remove Trail Bollards as Biking Season Winds Down
By Gary Ridderbusch, Correspondent About 10 volunteers gathered in the city of Eagle River last Thursday morning to remove the bollards that mark the bike and pedestrian trail through two parking lots near downtown — signaling an end to the summer and fall bicycling season. The bollards are installed each spring and taken down in…
Vilas County News-Review: River Trail Group Backs Multi-Use Crossing
By Gary Ridderbusch, Correspondent The River Trail Commission gave a preliminary endorsement to a Highway 45 multi-use crossing and “placemaking” project that could be billed as the initial phase of the proposed River Trail between Eagle River and St. Germain at its meeting last Wednesday. The crossing project, proposed by the Eagle River Revitalization Program…
GHT Donates to Support Trail Mainenance
We recently held the Annual Ride with Leinie fundraiser bicycle event which featured a ride with Dick and Katie Leinenkugel on the Conover-Phelps Trail (C-P Trail). The event drew in over 400 participants from across Wisconsin and 15 other states, including as far away as Texas, California, Florida and New York. The GHT Board voted…
3Bear 5K organizers donate $4,500 to Great Headwaters Trails group
By Gary Ridderbusch In an effort to support bike trail opportunities, maintenance and development in eastern Vilas County, organizers of the 3Bear 5K recently donated $4,500 to Great Headwaters Trails (GHT). The 3Bear 5K was held in Land O’ Lakes on July 4th as part of the town’s Fourth of July festivities. The annual family-friendly…
Volunteer Spotlight – Carlton Schroeder
Many of us know and appreciate Carlton for is his many contributions to GHT. His focus has been with anything that requires engineering. As a retired Civil Engineer Carlton has been invaluable to GHT’s mission of bike trail development. He helps develop conceptual designs, develops cost estimates, acts as GHTs liaison person with engineering firms,…
Neal Adams Turns Cedar Logs into Kiosks on C-P Trail
When Neal Adams learned a pile of white cedar trees that were cut down when constructing the Conover-Phelps Trail were headed for the burn site, the 72-year-old trail advocate went into action. The trail contractor had piled the logs on a large concrete pad where the old chemical plant was located on the former Christensen…