Good Morning …Its MONDAY…the last Monday of the year… and a very cold Morning…. Paradise is blessed now with a ABOVE Zero temp (10:30am) a balmy +9 above zero…
Our Local meteoroligist Jim Lehocky has some very accurate Local temps below..

Trail Report….All trails are back to a EXCELLENT rating….snowed about 3 inches last night and is still snowing ..forecast for another 3 inches today….
Trails where packed in our recent +30 degree weather making for a hard base with fresh snow overlying…….

Lots of visitors pulling trailer loads of snow machines seen on M-123….into Paradise
Gas stations have waiting lines for gas….
Restaurants have lots of snow machines in parking lots… great for the economy ..

averaging about 50 snowmobiles a hour on most trails …from noon till dark…. just a rough estimate …but accurate… We will be grooming later in evening to get trails packed /frozen hard and avoid traffic…to make for a better trail for the next days riders…

22F (-30C) Bar River (east of Sugar Island in Ontario)
-18F (-28C) SS Marie, Ontario
-18F Dafter
-18F Rudyard
-16F Kinross
-16F Drummond Island
-15F SS Marie, MI
-13F Bay Mills (BMCC)
-12F Rotary Park/Sugar Island Ferry Dock east side SS Marie MI
-10F LSSU Campus
-9F Raco
-9F West Pier Place Apts. (west end of Soo Locks)
-2F Newberry
0F Paradise

GOOD Morning …Its Saturday..Dec 28th, 2013….. temps hovering in the upper 20s to 30s today …
Friday was our first BUSY,,,Busy …lots of riders type of day…
counted over 200 riders on Trail #45 and part of Trail #8 into paradise and town trail included…in a 8hr grooming drive…

Trail REPORT……
all trails are now groomed thru wetland areas and
ALL trails are in a good–average range….some brown showing on some corners..
Heavy trail usage is blowing out corners and hills….limiting trails to a good range..
Zero temps are hard to pack…our warm up today should help packing trails….
2:00pm thru 7:00pm is our heaviest trail usage…nicest riding is in Mornings.

ALL groomers will be out for next 3 days
NO GROOMing —- NEW years eve and New Years Day—-… will be a day of rest for groomers and due to heavy trail traffic……

***** The BAD…

Lower Tahquameonon Falls access is now groomed …
Please stay on Snow trail … ….half of road is plowed for DNR access only…STAy on Snow TRAIl….

There are 6 State HIghway..road crossings in our trail system
PLEASE …DO NOT power (rooster tail) snow onto road surfaces when crossing…..it is a traffic hazard to motor vehicle traffic …we have been getting complaints….

Last but not least…
15 MPH speed limit thru town….and it is enforced…!!!!

Thanks …have fun….Glad you Made it to PARADISE…!!!!!

TRy night riding …its pretty,,,its fun… low traffic..