Yesterday brought us another half-inch of fresh snow. This snow was pretty dense and heavy with the temps being near freezing. We’ve got light snow falling now and the radar looks like this will continue for a few more hours. Otherwise today looks like a repeat of yesterday; quiet with light snow and comfortable riding temps. Tomorrow and into the weekend our highs will only be in the 20’s so if you’re traveling here to ride pack some layering clothes. Never in recent memory have we had so many great winter weekends to ride. Here’s to another one!

Base: 4 inches

Snowfall Past 24 hours: 0 inches

Last Grooming: 2-27-13, Wednesday night

Current Trail Conditions: Good to Excellent

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When I got home from work Mike was standing in the office with his snowmobile gear on and helmet in his hand! We were going for a ride. I was ready in a very short time.

It was a fun ride. This is a picture of trail 4 winding thru the pine trees. (More photos)

There is no better way to clear the dust from inside your head after a day inside working than to get out in the open northern Michigan outdoors!

Trail 7, along Old 27 was rough. We weren’t on it long before turning west onto trail 4 to head over to Lakes of the North and The Settings Restaurant. The Mancelona Hills weren’t too bad. The trail that runs right along Mancelona Road was in good shape. Still plenty of snow on it.The roughest section of our ride was when the trail turns north again heading before getting into Lakes of the North. That was rolling bumps for a bit. Once we got into the woods and pine trees it smoothed out. Very fun. The trail was smooth and wide thru there. Powerlines were good. Everything was so white it was a bit difficult to see exactly where the trail was for a bit.

Its 50 miles round trip. We both agreed it was good overall. The few areas where we ran into some roughness did not spoil our ride or our fun. If you want to see pictures taken on our ride tonight you can go to:

http://raysretreat.typepad.com/rays_retreat_ramblings/2013/02/thats-snow.html

We are booked for this weekend, but would enjoy seeing you thru the rest of the week