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Frederic / Gaylord Area Trail Report – Sledheads of Frederic – 12/16

I am surprised to see how fast the counter has been moving up and its darn close to 4 million. First person in with a picture of their counter at the 4 million mark gets one of my new Sledheads sweatshirts plus some other goodies and at the rate the counter has been moving it will probably be in the next few days.. So it was pretty slow around town here yesterday till after 3 and then riders started showing up. Also been slow this morning so far but far more sleds than yesterday at this time. Motels were empty but there were 2 riders with their sleds already fired up at the Ramada at about 7;30 this morning when I went thru there and they were the only ones at the Ramada. Grayling groomer was heading out today for the first time this season to start panning the trails. I think we had another 6 inches of new snow yesterday as I plowed everything here and then had to do it again today. Weather man JC says snow is done for a while now so its time to start up the snow chants again. Some real snow would be nice as all we have had so far is lake effect. I am already getting some good snow piles out there. Its a comfy 19 degrees out there and I wish I was out for my first ride. Thanks for checking in. Pete

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Frederic / Gaylord Area Trail Report – Sledheads of Frederic – 12/15

We had about 2 more inches of fluffy lake effect overnight. I have said many times over the years that I will open for the season here on Dec 15 or when the snow flies, which ever comes first. Well we are up to the 15th and sleds are slowly coming out but there is still not any riders around to speak of. Only had a few stop in yesterday and I talked to 3 riders this morning that had started out at the Super 8 south of grayling. They gave the trails an o.k., still no grooming going on but it is getting closer. I checked the Ramada and Days Inn this morning and there was one sled and no trailer at the Days Inn and just one trailer at the Ramada. People seem to be wrapped up with the holidays and I have always said that even if we have decent snow in December business is a little bit better than no snow but it never really kicks in till after Christmas. There is a vintage sled ride across the Mackinaw Bridge tomorrow so if you watch the bridge camera you can catch that. Just had a guy stop in from Holland that is on his way up to it. Pics below from this morning where trail 7 comes out from grayling at the north end of Frederic, these are the flint guys that started by Super 8. If you do get to ride STAY OFF THE LAKES, a rider went thru Bear Lake by Traverse city…..luckily he wasn’t the first one of the sled fatalities this year as they got him out. I like to constantly preach safety and he certainly was being safe. Last year was a record for sledding deaths. Thankfully a record low with only 5 killed. It would be nice to see a lower number this season. Thanks for checking in. Pete

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