Jim Hausinger Memorial Trail

Trail Overview

This is an unmaintained trail off the Nicolet National trail South of Laona. This trail is one of the most difficult in the area and should be rode with extreme caution. The speed limit for the trail is 10MPH throughout its entirety. The trail is mostly two-track, with some spots opening slightly to one-and-a-half machine widths. Sight lines around corners are bad to poor in most areas due to the tight turns and overgrown brush. This trail can range from difficult but tamable for most riders, to very challenging and technical depending on the weather. In dry times this trail can be conquered by most individuals with moderate off-road experience, there will be some mud holes/ water crossing under 18in depth, and some of these water spots will have 12-24 inch deep ruts. These can be avoided but caution needs to be taken as they are approached. Due to washouts on hillsides, there will also be some 12-18 inch deep ruts. In wet conditions, areas of this trail will be impassible without a high clearance machine with a full 4x4 system with different locks, aggressive tires, a winch, or a second recovery machine. The northernmost portion of this trail which begins after Highway T and heads to the town of Blackwater, can occasionally be completely flooded out with water after recent rain. There is one large mud hole roughly 0.5 miles in with a depth of 2-4 feet depending on water level. When the water level is low, short spur trails can be used to navigate around this area on either side. Caution needs to be taken when using these spur trails as they are tight and have roughly one-foot-deep ruts.

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Difficulty

This trail is considerably more difficult than most in the area. For the experienced enthusiast, this can be a very fun and tameable trail. For the enthusiast with less experience, this trail can be very challenging. Several wet spots will range in depth depending on how recent the last rain was. The average depth for most is 0-1 feet. This trail can also experience various amounts of erosion on some of the hillsides creating large washout areas that need to be traversed. Depth can range from 6-18 inches. Pinch flats are possible in some of these areas due to the off-camber, and tight nature of the trail. Several areas are rutted up due to wet, and low spots. The depth of the ruts is 6-18 inches. The northern portion of the trail that can be run after the Highway T crossing can be completely underwater or partially underwater depending on the amount of rain received and how recent it was. There is one mud hole 0.5 miles in from the intersection that ranges in depth from 2-4 ft. A winch, or second recovery machine will be required for this area.

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