Jordan Valley Area Trail Report – 01/03
JORDAN VALLEY AREA UPDATE via Jordan Valley Trails Council >> 01/03
What a week it’s turned out to be! Can’t thank all our volunteers for hitting the trails hard this week and fixing random issues that popped up with trails and machines. Friday was the first day we’ve had all 3 machines up and running, which didn’t last long.
What a day today was! We had a track the belts let loose and stranded a volunteer on the trail. Quickly some phone calls were made and we had 5 people converging to head out and rescue. Soon after I called Kevin grooming in the 6215R and told him we had a problem and he said I’m in. As he got back from grooming the North 10 and Jordan Valley, we quickly unhooked the drag, got our work tractor fired up and we were off. After we arrived we assessed the situation and came up with a game plan to get the machine moved off the trail, which was a home run, couldn’t have went any better!
Thanks to Mike, Phil (and those that rescued him from the trail so he could go get warmer work clothes and rushed right back), Kevin, Scott, Frank and the other Phil who had a “back ache” and couldn’t attend the festivities 😁. Hats off to the multiple groups that stopped and asked if we needed anything and Chris P’s group that helped us get the heavy track into our loader. Can’t thank all these people enough for their efforts today!
Many text and phone calls once we were out of the woods and our friends at Kalkaska County Sand and Snow – KCSAS called us and said, we have a track, come get it! Tomorrow we will be heading to meet Rick and picking up a track to get us back on the trail! We can’t thank our friends and neighbors enough for quickly getting with us when they knew we were down.
Plan is to get the machine back up and running Monday! Hoping by Tuesday evening we’ll have all our trails back into shape as all you riders expect! Thank you for your patience. 🚧If you’re in the area of Mancelona Road / Sand Lake Road please be cautious as the machine will be there another day. 🚧
On a high note, trails are great right now for the recent weather! Hopefully this weeks warm up won’t hurt too bad and will tighten up all this new lake effect snow and make trails even better for the weekend when temps drop back down!
**this is the “fun” stuff that happens all over the state that volunteers do everyday. Much of it goes undocumented behind the scenes**
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JORDAN VALLEY AREA UPDATE via Jordan Valley Trails Council >> 01/03
It’s going to be a great day for riding. Get out there and enjoy the trails!
Thank you to all the great volunteers from the JVTC, Petoskey Snowmobile and ORV Club and Kalkaska County Sand and Snow – KCSAS getting all these trails groomed tonight!
Antrim Clubhouse will be open Saturday and
East Jordan will have their weekly breakfast Sunday morning.
Stop in and support both our clubs!
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WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> A quick-moving clipper system crosses northern MI tonight. Primarily rain is expected across much of northern lower, with mainly snow through the Straits and eastern U.P. Snow will likely end as a period of freezing drizzle early Friday morning with a coating of ice possible, mainly in eastern upper. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskey #soo #newberryA quick-moving clipper system crosses northern MI tonight. Primarily rain is expected across much of northern lower, with mainly snow through the Straits and eastern U.P. Snow will likely end as a period of freezing drizzle early Friday morning with a coating of ice possible, mainly in eastern upper.
WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Morning clouds will clear from north to south later today as a front drops through the region, bringing partly to mostly sunny skies this afternoon. Our next round of precip chances returns tonight into Friday morning with a mix of rain and snow. Light freezing rain will be possible overnight across the eastern U.P. and far northern lower, but any glaze of ice should melt Friday morning as temperatures rise above freezing. Additional rain/snow chances move in late Saturday and Sunday. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyMorning clouds will clear from north to south later today as a front drops through the region, bringing partly to mostly sunny skies this afternoon. Our next round of precip chances returns tonight into Friday morning with a mix of rain and snow. Light freezing rain will be possible overnight across the eastern U.P. and far northern lower, but any glaze of ice should melt Friday morning as temperatures rise above freezing. Additional rain/snow chances move in late Saturday and Sunday.
FREDERIC - GAYLORD AREA UPDATE via Sledheads of Frederic , Michigan Snowmobiling >> #gaylord #snowphotos
WEATHER UPDATE via Michigan Storm Chasers >> Final snowfall totals have been released from our blizzard of March 15th-17th, 2026 here in Michigan. Do note, some locations are approximated due to data gaps in the Upper Peninsula..... #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyFinal snowfall totals have been released from our blizzard of March 15th-17th, 2026 here in Michigan. Do note, some locations are approximated due to data gaps in the Upper Peninsula.
No doubt the forecast lived up to its insanity, with many locations getting over 40" of snow across the central Upper Peninsula, and 8-10 foot snow drifts to make things even more extreme. In terms of forecast verification, our forecast did hit the 80%+ accuracy threshold we strive for after each event. Our final verification was 83%, and most of the the misses were where the system shifted slightly south to give parts of the northern Lower Peninsula greater than 24", and parts of the western Upper Peninsula much less. Anything over 18" of snow is just "a lot" at this point anyways, so we aren't stressing too badly about the miss in the Lower Peninsula near the Mackinac Bridge. Lake effect zones in SW Michigan did verify, as text was featured under the forecast that a couple spots would see locally higher amounts.
Overall, this will be a storm we won't soon forget, which adds to the list of wild weather we've experienced in Michigan over the last two weeks. If you have any additional snowfall reports to add to the list that are not affected by drifting, drop them in the comments below here on X or Facebook. A new two-day record was also broken at the NWS office in Marquette of 36"+ with this blizzard, which is just one record smashed by this blizzard.
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