ATV’ers win winter access to Eisenbahn State Trail
A bridge on the Fond du Lac County segment of the Eisenbahn State Park Trail.
Several Fond du Lac County supervisors who just last December opposed opening the 12.5-mile Eisenbahn State Trail to winter ATV riding on a one-year trial basis decided last night to support the same request brought forward again by a local ATV club.
The county board voted 18-15 in favor of allowing ATVs on the trail only when it is 29 degrees or colder and there is not sufficient snow cover for snowmobiling.
The vote went against the recommendation of county planning and parks director Sam Tobias, Park Watch 2010 and an emergency medical doctor, the last of which warned that more serious injuries would likely occur if the trail were opened to ATV’ers.
– Joel Patenaude