Cruiser News
Board Meetings
All Board Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, September through April.
General Membership Meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of the month, September through April. Social hour 5:00 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm, meeting to follow.
RSVPs are required for General Meetings. Payment is due upon arrival by cash or check. Cancellations not made 48 hours prior, and No-Shows are required to pay for their dinner.
General Membership meetings are held at various club sponsors throughout the season
Thursday Mornings Are Groomer & Drag Maintenance Days
Join us each Thursday for Groomer and Drag Maintenance at the Cruisers barn. We start around 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Equipment will be fairly snow free, since we don’t groom on Wednesdays. We always welcome more volunteers.
Hope to see you on Thursdays at the barn. If you would like more information as to what we do on Thursdays, please contact Bill Farmer at 847-922-0001
Thank you,
Equipment Manager
Bill Farmer
New Online Cruisers Store
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Board Meetings
All Board Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, September through April.
General Membership Meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of the month, September through April. Social hour 5:00 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm, meeting to follow.
RSVPs are required for General Meetings. Payment is due upon arrival by cash or check. Cancellations not made 48 hours prior, and No-Shows are required to pay for their dinner.
General Membership meetings are held at various club sponsors throughout the season
Moonlight Bowling
Come Join the Fun…..Bowling is Free, only 48 spots! RSVP to Tom Etier
Appreciation Dinner – Norwood Pines
Cross Country Cruiser
Appreciation Dinner
Date: April 18, 2026
Norwood Pines
Time: 5:00pm Cocktails
6:30 Dinner
Plated Dinner Choices:
1. Bourbon Glazed Pork Ribeye with onion Crisps and twice baked potato.
2. Honey Pecan Salmon w/rice pilaf
3. Chicken Picci over fettuccini
Salad/bread and table appetizers
Dessert ice cream drinks small glasses.
IMPORTANT: DINNER CHOICES DUE BY APRIL 11, 2026.
RSVP: Jon Cooksey 715-614-9003 (text preferred)
Provide names of person(s) attending and dinner choice(s).
PLEASE NOTE…
Appreciation Dinner is open to any club member and spouse
or significant other.
Volunteers are welcome to attend free of charge if you volunteered at 2 or more events with the club or were a Brusher, Groomer etc
IF you did not volunteer you can still attend the cost will be 45.00 dollars.
Board of Directors Election – March 17th
The Members Nominated and their Bio’s are all available under the Members Only Tab.
SnoCash – 10K Winner
Cruisers Christmas Party – December 13th
Holiday Cafe’
December 13th 5:00pm social, 6:00pm Dinner, short meeting to follow
Music by Forrest Pike Duo during Social Hour and after Dinner
Menu Choice:
- Swiss Steak
- Full Rack of BBQ Ribs
- Chicken Roulade (Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast stuffed with Onions, Asparagus, Green Peppers) with Hollandaise Sauce
- Pan Fried Walleye
- Pork Loin Chop stuffed with Sausage/Apple Stuffing
All meals comes with choice of Baked Potato, Garlic Mashed Potato or Wild Rice Blend along with Salad Bar, Vegetables and Dessert
$35 per person includes gratuity
Please RSVP by December 4th with your Dinner and Potato Choice(s) to:
Denise Bobert @715-525-2073 or email moc.liamgnull@621yteewtbd
October General Meeting
A Quick Update: Trails Still Closed
We have had a number of inquiries regarding trails opening. Unfortunately there is not enough snow yet to properly prepare the trails or open them. We need a lot more snow for that to happen since we have very little on the ground currently. We are hoping to get snow this week but have no idea how much will fall. However the good news is it has been cold, which means marshes and other waterways are freezing. We all want to get those sleds out and ride. We will update you as conditions change and when the trails will open on our Cross Country Cruisers website and on Facebook. So for now, we all need to do the snow dance and send lots of prayers for snow.
Think Lots of Snow!!!!!
CROSS COUNTRY CRUISERS WINTERFEST CANCELED FOR JANUARY 2021
Unfortunately the Cross Country Cruisers Board has decided to cancel the January 8-9, 2021 Winterfest celebration and fundraiser. The decision was made due to the rising Covid-19 cases in our area. There are just too many health concerns to ignore and of course the health of our members, volunteers and attendees is paramount. There will be time (and good reason) to celebrate once things are brought under control, but for now, the Board is in agreement that we need to keep our volunteers healthy and able to perform the necessary tasks once the white gold descends upon our trails.
The WKSRA (Wisconsin Kids Snowmobile Racing Association) that has been in attendance for Winterfest the last couple of years has been notified and are looking forward to future events that we will be holding.
The 100 dollar Raffle tickets that were sold will be drawn on January 9th, 2021 at the Cross Country Cruisers Snowmobile Club meeting room at 1501 Helminski Drive, Arbor Vitae WI 54568 at 4 pm. We will try to do a Facebook live event of the drawing.
In light of the fact Covid-19 has taken away our fundraising opportunities in 2020 as well as Winterfest 2021, the funds required to keep our trails and equipment maintained this season may be running thin. Since we do not know when our next event might occur, if you would like to help support the Cruisers trail funds, please know it will be much appreciated.
Thanks to all of our members, volunteers and supporters past present and future, here is looking to a great snowmobiling season.
Trail Report from our Fall Trail Manager Don Schneider
All of our trails have been inspected by Oneida and Vilas Counties and we passed with flying colors!! Just a few things to address and we’re good to go! All trails will be inspected by me weekly until trails are open.
Our new multi saw worked great but very tough on our John Deere with all the debris falling from 15 feet high. With some modifications it will be resolved. It was a big learning experience.
A big thank you to the maintenance crew for getting the John Deere cleaned up after the brushing. I think my butt is still sore from all the time I spent in that machine. It was used on every mile of our trails system. I as well as many others busted our butts to get our trails in the best “WORLD CLASS” conditions for the upcoming season.
I would like to thank the CCC’S board for having faith in me to take on this position. I would also like to thank the following for their dedication to help me in all the work we did this fall brushing season:
Tom Mix, Jeanne Parrish, Bill Lemke, Jim Ebert, Greg and Judy Pauli, Craig and Jessica Pacyna, Bruce Henke, Dave and Sherry Clairmore, Barbi Carlson, Steve and Deb Wolfe, Glenn Speich, Tom Whipperfurth, Doug Wendlandt, Dick Mickle, Tom and Lisa, Jeff and Kelly Bobbie, Patti and Berry owners of Stingrays for providing free lunches after a long day brushing, Rich Nichols, Dick Jenks and Sue and Greg Slominski from Slo’s Pub for their contributions to the club and catering our annual groomer operators meeting. If I forgot any others that helped, I apologize and your efforts are much appreciated and are not unnoticed. These folks need a huge hand of applause for their efforts.
I will have trail reports every week once the trails open with straight talk from our groomer operators themselves.
Have a Very Merry Christmas! Think Snow! Stay Healthy!
Don Schneider