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Grayling Trail Report – Fay’s Motel – 12/26

Greetings Sledders,

We got about 2-3" of Lake Effect yesterday. It’s never the type of snow that we would druther, but it’s certainly better than no snow at all. Some of this did fall on trail #7 South of M-72 and East of M-93 near Camp Grayling ( a.k.a. Hanson Hills ) where it was needed the most.

This wasn’t enough snow however to upgrade the trail conditions past fair. This trail status was arrived at through much deliberation with the trail conditions board of regents and their word is final. Fair it is. I’m also going to stick with the "poor" label for the previously mentioned Southern trail because as traffic increases it won’t take long for that new snow to get blown off or beat down.

We are grooming and will continue to do so until we get tired or the traffic lightens up, whichever comes first. Or until stuff starts breaking in this sub zero weather. Or until the fuel filters gel up. Or until something really good comes on TV.

There isn’t much snow in the forecast and the temps won’t clear the teens in the foreseeable future so layer up.

It’s early season riding and we’ve all seen worse.

Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls

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December 26, 2017 | Uncategorized

Grayling Trail Report – Fay’s Motel – 12/22

Greetings Sledders,

Quick update. We got about 4" last night and I felt that it was enough to let the groomers go do their thing. We have however a situation that is less than ideal. Up until this morning there wasn’t enough snow left to pan or groom but there was enough to support sled traffic which resulted in some pretty rough trail segments. Ordinarily when we have plenty of snow to work with this isn’t an issue, cut the moguls down and make the trail flat. But we are dealing with early season conditions with little in the way of snow to work with and cutting the moguls down means there is going to be some dirt and leaves mixed in with the snow that we do have.

We really don’t have a choice in the matter. If we leave the trails rough while we are waiting for more snow and the moguls are subjected to next week’s sub zero nighttime lows and single digit highs they will freeze solid and we will then be trying to rid ourselves of these frozen roller coasters for the rest of the season.

So if you are on our trails in the immediate future and you see dirt and leaves mixed in it’s not because of some lunatic groomer jockey that’s gone off his rails and decided to see how much damage he could do to the trail, the conditions are a result of having no alternative

This is short term ugliness that will go away with new snow so please bare with us.

The trails are currently poor to fair.

Have a great holiday everyone.
Ride Often and Please Be safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls

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December 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
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