Indian River Snowmobile Grooming Club

Indian River Trail Report – 01/29

No sooner than last night’s Winter Storm Warning expired at 7 pm we were hit with another. This warning began at 4 am and lasts until THURSDAY at noon. Looks like we’re going to get 5-10″ of new snow (3-6″ today & 2-4″ tomorrow) plus 25-35 mph winds to blow it all around. We haven’t recovered from yesterday’s storm that dumped a good 5″ and created large drifts. Several local banks and government offices closed around noon and the roads were quiet.

The most noise we heard was from a few snowmobiles buzzing around. Even that traffic was light, though; probably due to the weekend ending and extremely cold wind chills. Our guys groomed again last night and report excellent conditions everywhere. There’s no bad riding out there today, sledheads. Your only obstacle this week will be cold and occasional reduced visibility.

Currently we’re at -6 and might reach a high of 4 degrees. Even worse will be wind chills dipping as low as -30, which means frostbite in less than 30 minutes. Be very prepared when you venture out (cell phone, water, full tank of gas, ride with a buddy). This isn’t the time to get stranded on the trail. Our local roads are snow-covered and slippery. All local schools are closed again today and emergency vehicles have their hands full with vehicle traffic. Snowbanks are even higher than previously so slow down at road crossings.

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