Benzie-Manistee Snowmobile Club – 02/01

Groomed reports: All out today Trails are good to fair, 2 inches or more of snow ride-able. Grooming is done 4 days a week, by 3 groomers at different parts of our trail every Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat. nights, also as needed. South #1 groomer does Kaleva to High Bridge back to Kaleva, next day #1 south does Kaleva thru Bear Lake spur, thru Copemish to near-by Thompsonville. Middle #2 groomer Copemish spur, Beulah spur and around East Leg loop . North #3 groomer does Ayls Worth Rd. to Maple City.

Trail conditions: The trail is good to fair, some base (fluff doesn’t pack good) we need snow to made it better, #1 south end of trail is a little rough with some bare to snirt in places. With luck snow Wednesday will groom up nice. COME ENJOY OUR TRAILS WITH US.

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Benzie Visitor Bureau – 02/01

Hey all! Short and sweet today this first day of February! We’ve gotten a bit of fresh snow of late and the groomers are out pretty much on schedule. It was good weekend riding last weekend and its looking like it should be another good one coming up! I did hear the trails were a bit rough south of Kaleva to Highbridge but groomers will have been out so should be looking good by now! Forecast is calling for the big storm to our south, it’ll be interesting to see what we get on the edges. One report says an inch or two, another say 3-6". Its a wait and see thing. But for now@ Its good! Gas er’ up and ride! Don’t forget, when you are in the area, stop in to the Snowbirds clubhouse in Kaleva, Saturdays 10am -4pm – Its Open House day at the Club! Swing in, warmup and visit! Please, do me a favor…to keep ALL parts of the trails open for us, STAY ON THE TRAIL! This means YOU! Its not just a given that we get every inch of trail for our fun. By the way, those groomers are out there volunteering their time and energy to us, so if ya see one, get outta their way and give them a thumbs up as they go by! THANKS Howie for the email! Ride smart, sober, & safe! CYA ON THE TRAILS! Carol

Greetings Sledders,

We picked up a few inches of snow over the weekend and everyone who was here reported good rides and that is taking into account the typical Saturday afternoon conditions.

Our entertainment came from watching the Mayer twins, 7 year old Bryson and Kiersten, ride their 120 Polaris around and around and around the parking lot. They ride one up, two up, pull each other on a sled and do a mock starting line hole shot, to the extent that a 120 will actually pull a hole shot. Real cute to watch.

LET’S GET ON WITH IT:

WEATHER:
This is certainly the hot topic and you downstaters and out of staters probably know more about it than we do. We are currently in the 4-6" area and if it’s wet system snow like we are hoping for it will really help with the base building.

TRAIL CONDITIONS:
Right now the trails are in good condition and will improve with the anticipated snow. The only trail segment that I don’t care for is #7 to Frederic which is snirty and that too will improve.

GROOMING:
We are on our regular schedule and I see no reason to deviate unless there’s a breakdown.
On the topic of grooming, three riders tried to pass me on a corner Saturday night and didn’t make it as usual. This is never a good idea and rarely ever works. I knew they were there and about halfway through the corner I looked at the camera monitor and they were gone. This triggers an emergency shut down and there they were, pinned between the drag, a wall of snow and the inside of the corner. Please don’t try this. We know you’re there and will get you by us as soon as we safely can.

Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls

At Fay’s Motel enjoy direct access to the Grayling Area snowmobile trails.