I used to live in Wausau, and I own a cottage in Tomahawk, about 45 minutes north of there.
Trails have been especially good this year, but usually the trails are more than good enough to get a lot of miles in a season. It's not generally Powder, as it is too far from lake Michigan or Superior to get real lake effect.
If you can find a good job in Wausau, you pretty much have it made. Housing is ridiculously cheap, taxes are typical WI bad, but the rest of the cost of living is pretty good. Green Bay is about 1 hour away, really good Up north trails are to be had only 30 minutes north in Merrill, Madison is around an hour and a half away as well.
Had the jobs stayed readily available my parents probably never would have moved to metro Milwaukee. Several big employers left in the early 80's and thats when my family did.
I have a buddy that lives there still.