The Boardman Valley Trail system is in excellent shape. The trails are being groomed daily and there is plenty of snow on them. We had a very busy weekend and most of our guest said the trails were great. We had reports of the groomers being out and doing a great job as usual. We have a bunch of sleds left for rent this coming weekend so give us a call to reserve today! 231.633.2583

Be safe out there.

Jamie

Great news… Blue Sky is offering the new Etec 600 Grand Touring. These are awesome machines with more power, better fuel efficiency, and more features than our existing 2011 and 2012 600 Grand Touring. We are booking out fast for the next couple of weeks but still have four and eight hour rentals available.

Jamie

OK, for all of you from out of town, Blue Sky Snowmoble Rentals is now able to book "stay and play" snowmobile packages for you at Cherry Tree Inn. We also work with the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa with special rates for our guess. Let us make a great vacation getaway easy for you! Www.bluesky-tvc.com for more details or call 231-633-2583.

COLD is again upon us. Darn cold for sure, single digits all upcoming week, with a slight warm-up into the mid-teens this weekend. Some snow will bring a few inches of accumulation over this time period – it is really doesn’t matter as the trails have tons of snow on them and are in really good shape. Best shape in years as a matter of fact, and they are holding up better then I thought they would considering we are missing some grooming time as we are down to one tractor. Trout Lake saw some the biggest crowds in 2 years up there this weekend, and the flow of sleds to Mackinac Island was pretty steady all weekend.

A huge thank you goes out to my groomer drivers as they are doing a great job scheduling things in and double-shifting the tractor when we need to. We are generally getting 2 complete grooms done every 3 days or so, which is going well during the week, and just getting us by on the weekend. You may occasionally find a section of rougher then normal trail until we get our other machine back. #5 may be back on Friday, but I and thinking it will be monday or tuesday after they get a chance to run it a bit and put the tractor on the dyno.

Trails are really in good to fantastic shape. Between 10-14′ base out there with lots to play in off trail. We really don’t need more snow for a while and are able to work with what we have. There are no major trail hazards to report out there. The treeline to Mackinac Island is up and being used – proceed with caution. Logging with plowed roads in the core of our system, and also the Cedarville connector. Plowed sections should be open and passable.

All in all things are great around here. Plows worked the whole weekend to get the pond hockey rink are cleared out, and rinks should go in around next weekend. We may have a vintage snowmobile race coming to our area Feb 22 – more details on that when I have them.

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