Woke up this morning to 12 degrees and a fresh 2 inches of snow on our deck….YES!! It is still snowing pretty good right now….YES again!!

The weather guessers are calling for a few more inches over the next couple of days. If this happens I will upgrade the trails back to excellent!! They are good now, just not excellent in my book.

Not much more to report, just trying to keep my brother ( from down below ) off my back. Waiting for him to take some time off work and come UP during the week, its worth it bro!!

Something I did want to mention and maybe teach you. Groomer lesson 101. When you come upon a groomer from either the front or rear…..take it easy. We will stop when the coast is clear and there is room to get around us. I see WAY too many people that seem to be in a hurry to get by us. If we are coming at you in a tight section of trail, just turn around, PLEASE. Don`t try to squeeze around us. I`ve had people jump on the bank of the trail and walk their sleds by us and be between the sled and the drag. This is dangerous!! If your sled tips into the drag it will pin you….duh. And then what? If you come in behind us, take it easy, especially on the fresh groom. We will stop and let you by as soon as we can. Please don`t tear around us and trench the fresh groom. Thanks for your cooperation.

LET ER SNOW!!!! Groomer Chris

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For the next few days we will have cold temps with a chance of snow at the end of the week.

The Gogebic Range Trail Authority Groomers Report:
The GRTA is reporting all three groomers are down again. They don’t know when they will have one up and running again. As soon as I hear anything from them I will have it posted as to when the groomers are up and running. The GRTA has had a rough go this season. First with all the water now they are having problems with their groomers. All trails are in poor condition. Trial 11S is closed due to logging this winter.

Lake Gogebic Groomer’s Report:
All trails are groomed and are in good to very good condition. VERY IMPORTANT: Watch for the reroute where trails 1, 102 and 8 West meet, north of Merriweather going west for about 5 miles. Watch for changes and new signing. There will be many pipeline workers plus a lot of heavy equipment in the area. This reroute will continue to the end of the season. You may also want to top off your gas if headed north through this area as the reroute will add an extra ten miles (there and back) to your trip with no gas stops between Lake Gogebic and Konteka.

The Watersmeet Groomer’s report:
Our groomers are running daily and trails are all groomed. All trails are in good condition but use caution on corners they are icy. We need more snow.

Please follow the orange barrels and stay on trail going across Cisco Chain.

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.

Call our snowmobile report at 800-522-5657 anytime.

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