3 Alerts

Please review all trail alerts listed below before you hike the Bayfield Area Trails' system. Our goal is for you to have an enjoyable and safe hiking experience. These alerts also assist in protecting/preserving fragile & damaged landscape areas. Please report any trail damage or vandalism you see along the trails.

Thank you for your cooperation and enjoy the trails!

Partial Trail Closure 
Big Ravine East Rim Trail
​July 18, 2026

A portion of the Big Ravine East Rim Trail is CLOSED near its southern end where the trail approaches private property boundaries.
 
The rest of the East Rim Trail remains open for foot travel:

• Trail access via Lynde Ave. is open on City public land for approximately 0.25 miles, until it reaches the private property boundary.
• The East Rim Trail can be accessed from the north via the Meyers-Olson parking lot.
• The East Rim Trail can be accessed from the Big Ravine bottom via the Gil Larsen and Pine Bluff Trails.

​Refer to the map for details.

Please respect private property and comply with all posted trail signs & closures.

Big Ravine East Rim partial trail closure. Click image to enlarge.

Big Ravine Headwaters
​July 10, 2025

​The trail between the viewing platform and winery connection is impassable. The beavers have been busy expanding their dam at the pond. This has raised the water level significantly, thereby expanding the pond and the extent of the flooded wetland.
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Congratulations to Nature's notorious engineers!

Flooded wetland at the Big Ravine Headwaters. Click image to enlarge.

Big Ravine Headwaters flooded trail location map. Click image to enlarge.

Brownstone Trail 
​Trail Reroute Information

Brownstone Trail Reroute Map - Click image to enlarge.

​Slumping occurred following nor’easter storms in October 2017 and 2018. Since then, erosion has continued to occur, and the trail is now completely gone in one area, leaving a large and deep gaping hole.

To help keep people safe and not cause additional damage, Landmark Conservancy has closed this section of the trail. Please, for your safety and to prevent further damage to the sensitive hillside, DO NOT enter the closed portion of the trail. Please use the routes shown on the map displayed above.

​There is no parking at the other end of the trail. Chequamegon Road is a privately-owned road. There is also no parking at Wild Rice Retreat unless you are a guest there. Parking along Lakeshore Drive is tight and discouraged.
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