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Frederic / Gaylord Area Trail Report – Sledheads of Frederic – 02/17

It’s a beautiful minus sixteen degrees and sunny in downtown Frederic this morning. I brought my sled in the trailer from home this morning and will decide maybe in a couple hours if I am going for a ride…I have heard one sled go by so far this morning.

Well yesterday was my first missed update of the season as I did a road trip downstate, unbelieveable the snow south of Cadillac and over to Ann Arbor an Flint. I saw sleds running the streets in Flint where them must have been 12 to 18 inches of fresh snow and then on my way back from Flint I saw 6 sleds parked at a bar near the saginaw river in Old Town Saginaw. Why cant we get snow up north where that snow is supposed to be. Predictions for the next few days are as they have been for the past couple of weeks with just some scattered lake effect coming our way. I guess that is what we are destined for this year. As I left home this morning I saw what looked like a bunch of smoke coming off the trail on M 93 and then out of the tree line merged the Grayling Groomer out doing what he does. The cold was making extra cloud in the air.

Also want to do a shout out to the Rosco Higgins Trail Cruisers who have done a great job of doing the trail south of four mile to the Muskegon River and towards the Ramada Inn in Grayling. I checked out the motels this morning and there were actually four trailers at the Days Inn and only one at the Ramada. Thats it for today.

Thanks for checking in. Pete

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Monday November 10th, 2025 - 12:28 am

Michigan Snowmobile Trail Report

FROM US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Cold overnight temperatures and wet roads could create some slick spots for the Monday morning commute. Be careful of black ice! Snow chances return for the coastal areas of northern l ake Michigan Monday morning as well. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyCold overnight temperatures and wet roads could create some slick spots for the Monday morning commute. Be careful of black ice! Snow chances return for the coastal areas of northern lake Michigan Monday morning as well. ... See MoreSee Less

FROM US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Cold overnight temperatures and wet roads could create some slick spots for the Monday morning commute. Be careful of black ice! Snow chances return for the coastal areas of northern l ake Michigan Monday morning as well. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskey

Sunday November 9th, 2025 - 12:57 pm

Michigan Snowmobile Trail Report

FROM Great Lakes Weather & Climate >> 📡 Statewide radar loop through 10 AM today (11/9) shows our two distinct snowmakers in progress.
The first one is the synoptic (aka "system") snow associated with a low that is moving east through southern Ohio. The counterclockwise flow around the low is shown over Metro Detroit as moisture interacts with decreasing temps, leading to this morning's snowfall.
Over the U.P. and Lake Michigan, the north winds are ushering in the coldest air of the season, which activates lake effect snow and transitions to the second portion of this snow event. Counties in the corner of southwest lower Michigan, northern Indiana and Illinois are set to receive a firehose of lake effect over the next 24-36 hrs, resulting in accumulations that could push one foot.
Portions of northern lower Michigan and the Saginaw Bay region are also set to receive lake effect snowfall through this evening, with amounts of 3-6 inches possible, with isolated higher amounts. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #newberry #soo #gaylord #cadillac #traversecity #petoskey
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February 17, 2021 | Uncategorized

Frederic / Gaylord Area Trail Report – Sledheads of Frederic – 02/15

It’s a sunny cold 16 degrees in downtown Frederic, I thought for presidents day riders would stick around but havent had a sled in all morning. The motels were pretty empty this morning with only 7 trailers left at the Ramada and zero at the Days Inn. It’s now half past noon and of course we had no new snow overnight as usual. Weather is saying system snow on thursday (yea right)

My friend Frank who lives in San Antonio Texas sent me a video from his house of it snowing and blowing very hard there. Why does all the luck with the snow go to the people that live south of Grand Rapids…….I had someone turn in a cell phone yesterday and I put it on the charger and it fired up after a while, called the last number on it and that made for a happy guy. He had walked the trail all over trying to find it so it was good it got turned in here.

Also been meaning to write about this with the guy from the u.p. last week and the bag that I found on the trail outside of Strongs, I left the bag on a trail marker post there and the owner called me on it but he went and looked for it and didn’t find it. But somehow someone picked it up and took it to the Soo and he did end up getting it back. So that was good for him……It will be interesting to see if southern michigan and states beyond that get slammed with this storm coming tonight.

Thanks for checking in. Pete

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Monday November 10th, 2025 - 12:28 am

Michigan Snowmobile Trail Report

FROM US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Cold overnight temperatures and wet roads could create some slick spots for the Monday morning commute. Be careful of black ice! Snow chances return for the coastal areas of northern l ake Michigan Monday morning as well. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyCold overnight temperatures and wet roads could create some slick spots for the Monday morning commute. Be careful of black ice! Snow chances return for the coastal areas of northern lake Michigan Monday morning as well. ... See MoreSee Less

FROM US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Cold overnight temperatures and wet roads could create some slick spots for the Monday morning commute. Be careful of black ice! Snow chances return for the coastal areas of northern l ake Michigan Monday morning as well. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskey

Sunday November 9th, 2025 - 12:57 pm

Michigan Snowmobile Trail Report

FROM Great Lakes Weather & Climate >> 📡 Statewide radar loop through 10 AM today (11/9) shows our two distinct snowmakers in progress.
The first one is the synoptic (aka "system") snow associated with a low that is moving east through southern Ohio. The counterclockwise flow around the low is shown over Metro Detroit as moisture interacts with decreasing temps, leading to this morning's snowfall.
Over the U.P. and Lake Michigan, the north winds are ushering in the coldest air of the season, which activates lake effect snow and transitions to the second portion of this snow event. Counties in the corner of southwest lower Michigan, northern Indiana and Illinois are set to receive a firehose of lake effect over the next 24-36 hrs, resulting in accumulations that could push one foot.
Portions of northern lower Michigan and the Saginaw Bay region are also set to receive lake effect snowfall through this evening, with amounts of 3-6 inches possible, with isolated higher amounts. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #newberry #soo #gaylord #cadillac #traversecity #petoskey
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February 15, 2021 |
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