For the first time since last March, you can take your snowmobiles out on the trails in Door County.

The Door County Parks Department officially opened the trails in all four zones on Wednesday after the bulk of the snowstorm had passed. Trails in the southeast zone, including areas from Gordon Road south over the Bayview Bridge south and Potawatomi State Park and the Ahnapee State Trail, are the only ones rated as fair. The north, southwest, and central zones are rated poor due to a lack of a base, exposed fields due to drifting, and areas with standing water before the storm. A section of the 3W trail to Ephraim in the north zone remains closed. You can stay up-to-date with snowmobile trail conditions by clicking this link.
 

 Kewaunee County riders had to wait a little longer for their trails to reopen. The Moonriders Snowmobile Club in Kewaunee posted Thursday afternoon that the trails they maintain would remain closed until further notice. The lack of frost and a base paired with swampy conditions in some parts of the trail system makes it hard to open the trails without endangering the fields the club uses thanks to their cooperation with neighboring landowners. Shortly before noon, the Moonriders posted this bit of good news:

In both counties, it is considered trespassing if you go off the trail system or go on it before it is officially opened.