Things are looking up for the weekend. Saturday they are calling for a high of 29 and low of 23 followed by a high on Sunday of 32 and a low of 29 with cloudy skies. We are still dealing with wet areas in the woods so please stay on trails. Over all conditions are fair to good with wet spots….

The Gogebic Range Trail Authority Report:
Trail 2 from Ironwood to Marenisco is groomed and is in good condition with some wet spots mostly east of Wakefield. Trial 8 is groomed and again it is in good condition. There is running water in the creeks and the swamps are still open so PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU PLAN TO RIDE.
Trail 11 south will be closed for the season due to logging.

Lake Gogebic Groomer’s Report:
We’ve got the snow back that we lost (about 8-inches), but conditions are still very wet. A lot of the streams re-opened earlier this week and the word is the woods are still very wet. Once again, it’s very important that you stay on the trails as the conditions off trail will be worse. We’ve got a few nights coming up with very cold temperatures that will help the trail situation. Groomers have run on all the trails, some with drags and hopefully all with drags by this weekend. If daytime temps get a little too high the grooming will be restricted to night hours only.

Watch for a change on trail 1 South from Rd. 8800 to Marenisco soon. We’ve been encountering more water problems in this area and hope to reroute…just watch for signs.

The Watersmeet Groomer’s report:
Groomers are running nightly again and the trails are in fair to good shape. The fair areas are the wet spots on trail 2 west and 13 south the rest of the system is in good shape. It’s going to be a cold night so things should set up nicely

Please remember groomers are out both day and night, so watch for them, Please pull over or at least slow down and wait for the operator to signal you by whenever you see them. Groomers have the right of way.

JUST ONE MORE REMINDER: PLEASE STAY ON MARKED TRAILS. RIDING ON UNMARKED TRAILS CAN RESULT IN THE CLUBS LOSING EASEMENT FOR THAT TRAIL AND IT CAN ALSO RESULT IN A POSSIBLE TICKET FOR YOU.

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MORNING UPDATE: Groomer operators reporting back that the trails are coming out in fair to good condition on trail #8 going east and northwest of Raco. The packed snow outlasted the rain and the new snow worked in real nice. Still early season conditions with very little base but rideable.

DECEMBER 19 – It was 1 below last night and with the 2-4 inches of snow we got on Wednesday we did some grooming in our dry areas this morning. Trail #8 from the Soo west thru Brimley, Raco and then north to where we turn around half way to Paradise will be groomed and should be in ok shape.

Our other trails have way too much water to send in the groomer yet. Right now most of them are frozen enough to hold your sled but not the groomer.

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Dec 19 – Groomers reporting trails going east and northwest out of Raco, trail #8, in good shape, we turn around at Gravel Pit Road halfway to Paradise.

Dec 19 – Temps dropped to 1 below last night and groomers went out in our dry areas. Trail #8 going west from the Soo thru Brimley, Raco, and then north half way to Paradise where we turn around will be in ok condition. We will evaluate our wet areas as the water slowly moves away on when to groom. Most of them will have enough ice to hold your sled but not the groomer.

Dec 17 – The temps did drop to below freezing last night and we got 2-3 inches of fresh snow but all ditches and streams are running full due to the rain yesterday. No snow in the forecast until middle of next week. Grooming prospects do not look good for this weekend.

Dec 16-Rain and warm temps the last 5 days have our 50+ inches of snow in November just about gone. Temps are to drop tonight and maybe 1-4 inches of snow but that is all that is called for in the near future. So it don’t look good for grooming.

Trails are open and you can now ride your sleds legally. We no longer have good snow in most areas.

We need cold weather now to freeze them up.

Soo to Kinross is not frozen yet as well as Kinross to Raco. If you go for a ride I would recommend avoiding those areas that are always wet until we have cold weather because you will get soaking wet. There is no use us wasting fuel and breaking equipment until colder temps are called for.

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