Mitchell groomed last night and reports the trails are in very good shape–flat as a pancake. We had a short burst of snow late yesterday which gave us a 1-3″ coating on the trails (totals increase as you head south toward Chandler Hills). So we have a clean, white blanket on top of our frozen base. Temperatures dropped drastically overnight, leaving us at about -14 at sunrise. We hope to make it to 5 degrees today. The sun is out and we’re under a wind-chill advisory until this afternoon. If you ride today make sure to have all your skin covered or you will suffer frostbite. Enjoy your day!

Just an FYI that there’s logging activity on the east loop of our wooded trail. The area is signed but watch for changing trails conditions where the trail has been plowed for vehicle traffic. The activity stretches about 1/2 to 1 mile.

Other grooming club news is the new drag we took delivery of in January. The State approved our purchase and this drag was custom-made for us by the experts at Dubie Welding & Fabrication in Gaylord. We’re glad to support local, Michigan business with this purchase. And since this drag will be paid for with State dollars it’s nice to know your trail permit money is coming back around.

If you’re interested in supporting local grooming efforts, visit www.justgroomit.org for details on joining the Indian River Snowmobile Grooming club with a membership donation. We have hats and t-shirts (short & long sleeve) for sale too. Even when we can’t groom we still have operational expenses like insurance, two-way radio communication subscriptions, and more. Thanks to member donations we’re putting up a groomer building ,where we now store and can work on the equipment. Your support makes all the difference! Thank you–

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February 11, 2015 – Conditions: Fair to Good – These pictures were taken during yesterdays groom on Trail 37 between mile marker 21 and 23–the northern section of our system. That section remains in beautiful shape as the pictures attest.

The mid-section, southern section and White Pine Trial remain in fair to good condition. The snow is thin in areas, snirty in others but the forest roads are great. There are areas on Pole Road that are down to bare dirt. It started snowing this afternoon and we have picked up a couple inches so far.

Sadly, we did not get any snow overnight last night as was predicted. If you are staying in town this weekend, you might want to use the southern route to access the trails or plan on using our Staging Areas. See the Staging Area page of this web site for locations. Our groomers are still running their regular routes daily.

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To better access the forest trails, you’ll want to use one of the Staging Areas below:

33 Rd Staging Area–S of M-55–approx.. 3 miles west of Cadillac on M-55 (watch for signs)

Caberfae Staging Area–approx.. 12 miles west of Cadillac on M-55 (watch for signs)

Boon Staging Area–park in plowed area south of Boon Grocery

Note: The porta-a-johns were removed from our staging areas today as our contracts on them expired 3-15-13.

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VIA CADILLAC WINTER PROMOTIONS
http://www.cadillacwinterpromotions.org/trailconditions.html

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