FEBRUARY 28, 2012 8:00 A.M. – Trail #9 to Pine Stump Jct/Holland Lake staging area is in fair to good condition. The trail from town to 6 miles north is in poor condition then it improves to fair condition to County Rd.415,/Trail #498 then conditions improve to good up to Holland Lake Staging area.

We groomed Trail #45 to the Falls, good trail on the grade with more dirt mixing in with the snow after you get on camp 7 Rd.

Trail #2/9 toRexton, Trout Lake and Eppoufette is in fair condition over all, with a 2 to 3" base. There is ice around the airport.

There is logging on Trail #45 North of Skyline Dr. for 4 to 5 miles.

Logging on Trail #498 North of Co. Rd. 455, be careful in these areas, as the trail may be plowed.

It has come to my attention that there is no fuel symbol on the snowmobile trail map for the North Store. The North Store is located at Wolf Inn Jct. They are open from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.

We need more snow! And cold weather.

TASA is in need of a snowmobile for checking trail conditions, and get to broke down groomers out on the trail. We would prefer a 2 up. Please contact us at sledding@tasatrails.com

The cerfew for the Village of Newberry is 11:00 P.M. until 7:00 A.M.

FYI: There will not be gas at Rainbow Lodge this year as they are closing for the winter. There is a gas pump logo on the trail map, but they will be CLOSED. The map is new for this year,and I received the information about Rainbow Lodge after the maps went to the printer.

LODGING OPPORTUNITIES IN NEWBERRY

COMFORT INN OF NEWBERRY at www.newberrymichigan.net

GATEWAY MOTEL at www.gatewaymi.com

HALFWAY LAKE at www.halfwaylake.com

PARK-A-WAY www.theeveningstarmotel.com,

Good Morning….Monday , Feb 27th 9:20am….temp is 33 and light snow falling …We did run the groomers all weekend & last night… It never did snow like the weather guessers said it would. But it did snow enough to cover the trails..
I groomed trail #8 to Pine Stump last night. It is about 80% good, 10% fair and 10% dirt. DON ran trail #45 to the Falls and about the same thing. The Point trail, #452 and #453 is the same too. Trail #8 south is a little worse, more like 50-30-20.

We received about 2-4 inches last night with drifting/high winds…so it varies from area to area & every mile down the trails..
2 more impending storms are moving in to our area this week and snow if forecast for the next 5 days….we will see….the trails are improving with the lights snow we receiving..

HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER…

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES…
WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE
ACCUMULATION OCCURRING BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST MAY PRODUCE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW.