6 below this morning Brrrrrrrrrrr! The city trail and Raco was groomed last night. Most of the Soo to Kinross was groomed today and the trail around Kinross.

There is two sections of the Soo to Kinross that we didn’t run the groomer across do the water but it is only short pieces. We will be taking 2 groomers on the Kinross to Raco trail Saturday to get it set up.

It has been cold the last few days so we can get it smoothed up and packed, now that a lot of the water spots will be frozen. We take two groomers in case we bury one in the deep water hole to pull it out.

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It was 6 below this morning and 2-3 inches of snow last night. We groomed most of the Soo to Kinross trail today except where the 2 big wet spots are, between 8 and 9 Mile Road and the big beaver pond south of 12 mile. We bring up some water in spots but it will now be refrozen and the trail is much smoother. The big wet spots will still be rough but are frozen so you can ride the sled over. We will be taking the 2 groomers on the Kinross to Raco trail Saturday. Two groomers in case you get one stuck in a water hole you can pull it out.

Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –

Base 2 – 4 inches -Trail is in Fair Condition. Watch for logging trucks the last 2 miles before Brimley, they are using the grade to haul, so a portion is plowed.

Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –

Base 2 – 4 inches -Trail is in Fair to Good Condition. The cold temps have the wet areas frozen except on the very edge of trail.

Raco to Naomikong Trail #8 [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –

Base 3 – 6 inches – Trail is in Good Condition.

Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –

Base 1 -3 inches – Trail is poor to fair. There are several wet areas that are slowly freezing especially down by the Casino. The cold temps freeze them up but right after the groomer goes thru they may be reopened.

City curfew is from 1am – 6 am. Remember most City streets are open to traffic 20mph, stop at all intersections, and ride the right hand side of street not on side walks. Watch for closed streets that are posted, mainly around the hospital, university, and state trunk lines.

Sault Ste. Marie to Kinross, Trail #49 –

Base 2 – 4 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition. The trail has many water issues but we did groom most of it today.

When the trail is running along roads make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road.

Kinross loop & south to Pickford, Parts of Trail #49, #472, and #494 –

Base 1 – 3 inches – Trail in Fair condition. Low snow as of yet, maybe be enough new snow to groom today.

Kinross to Raco, Parts of trail #472 & #480 –

Base 1 – 4 inches – Trail in Poor Condition. Low snow and too many deep water holes and swampy areas. This section is ungroomed as of yet do to the warm weather we had. We will be grooming it Saturday.

The Downtown Trail is signed but not groomed.

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Its 8 degrees right now and the northern part of our trails got 2-3 inches of snow over night with just an inch of so out by Kinross.

The wind is suppose to shift more westerly which will cut the lake effect snow off later today.

But the cold temps are doing wonders on freezing the wet areas. Trail #8 going west from Brimley is in fair to good shape, groomer hit it last night.

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Dec 29 – Temps dropped to the low teens last night and stayed there all day along with 2-4 inches of snow. More snow to the north less to the south. Groomers will be going out tonight on trail 8 around Raco. The temps are to get in single digits tonight and be cold the next week. There is still lots of water to freeze solid enough to hold a groomer but at least it will hold your sled. Overall trails are still poor but we hope to be able to do some packing near the end of the week if the snow keeping falling.

Dec 28 – It has been above freezing for the last 4-5 days with rain yesterday no snow. The temp did drop to 26 last night and it sounds like it is to stay below freezing for the next few days. We need the cold to get all the new water refrozen and then some snow. There is still an icy/snow base left on the trails but not very desirable to ride on but you could if so desired.

Merry Christmas – We did not get any new snow that lasted. Temps are already 36 degrees and the same for Friday so I don’t think we will be able to groom anything til Saturday when cold returns. Trails are rideable but poor! Some have not seen a groomer yet do to all the water.

Dec 23 – Nothing new or good to report on trail conditions. The temps have been hovering around freezing since Saturday. We did have a inch of snow overnight but it suppose to rain this afternoon but maybe a snow/rain mix tomorrow. Some sections of our trail have not even seen the groomer do to water, we would break up ice that the sleds can ride on. There is enough snow on most sections of trails to ride but not very good.

We need cold weather now to freeze them up.

Soo to Kinross is not frozen yet as well as Kinross to Raco. If you go for a ride I would recommend avoiding those areas that are always wet until we have cold weather because you will get soaking wet. There is no use us wasting fuel and breaking equipment until colder temps are called for.

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