January 7, 2020

32 degrees this morning and cloudy. We did pick up close to 6 inches of snow last Sunday night and Monday. It looks like we`ll get another 3-5 starting tonight and into Wednesday……YEA…..and then warm back up for a couple days…..BOOOO. Here`s whats been going on…..

Yesterday, Groomer Mike went out with just a machine and worked the Falls trail #45 for 12 hrs. The goal was to just get the water holes filled in and do some more clearing of trees. He did "get `er done" with the exception of one big hole. I`m going out after I get done with this report and take care of that one. If I can get it filled in good enough we`ll open up the gates to the Falls!!!!! Just be VERY careful riding this trail until it freezes in solid. It hasn`t been groomed yet so it will be rough. We plan on grooming it Thursday or Friday.

Mike is heading out again this morning and runnin the Pine Stump trail #8. Tomorrow we are planning on heading south on trail #8 with 2 machines, one with a drag and one without, and try to get thru "da swamp" and then groom south of the river mouth.

On a side note, we are down to just 2 machines. It does appear the engine on our oldest groomer is toast. This REALLY SUCKS!!!! We are exploring our options.

All fer today. LET `ER SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Groomer Chris

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January 5, 2020

29 degrees this morning and cloudy. We picked up just a heavy dusting of snow last night. FYI, we only have a foot-foot and a half on the ground now. Here`s what been going on…..

Last Friday Me and Groomer Dave and his son Wyatt went out and did a bunch of signing all south of town. Took us most of the day and it looks a lot better now. Groomer Mike ran the Pine Stump trail #8 and actually called it pretty good. It took him 15 hrs. to do cause of all the brushing he had. He did get some help from part time local Ed Sabo and his buddy Chris Dice. THANKS GUYS!!!! Mike did mention to us how much he appreciated the help!!!!!

Yesterday, Groomers Mike, Dave, Kevin and myself took 2 machines, one with a drag, and headed south of town. We got the town trail groomed up and then headed past the river mouth, skipping the swamp ( more on that later ), and groomed the power line and into the Federal Forest section and then the trail towards the Soo. There is a water hole on the power line section you have to watch out for but you can get around it. In the Federal Forest section there is a water hole thats hard to get around but it is "only" about a foot deep. After crossing Lakeshore Dr. we ran into a lot of trees down but got them all cleared….a hell of a lot of work but we got `er done!

As far as the swamp south of town, we simply cannot get in there till we get some snow. I can only imagine what that looks like cause we ran across the unexpected water on the aforementioned trails. We CANNOT groom down the side of M-123 for many reasons (legal) so don`t start hammering me on why we don`t do this!!!!! The Falls trail #45 is still closed due to the water and lack of snow. You can ride the Point trails #452 and #453 but they haven`t been groomed and a section is closed due to the bridge out. There is some water on these trails you have to watch out for too.

So, basically, what I`m reporting is the only decent trail to ride right now is the Stump trail. The weather is looking like it will change a bit but I don`t see anything to get really excited about yet. I guess just wait an see.

Thats it fer today. LET `ER SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Groomer Chris ..

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