Status quo around here. We got about 1″ of new snow last night, and things are holding steady. Cold Icy, and thin, but rideable. Top it off with 6″ of system snow and you can change ‘fair’ to ‘excellent’ in 12 hours. Nothing new to groom out there, and with the ice base, and little snow, not much of a reason to groom right now out of Iggy – it is thin, but ridable. I have only seen a total of 3 out of town sleds by my office, so not much traffic on the lower loop.

Ken will be running the North section Cut River to Rexton & Trout Lake Friday night, and depending on snow conditions, we will let that sit after that if it isn’t needed.

There are no major hazards to report anywhere on our 101 miles. They are plowing Cast Rock & Round Lake roads, the Southeast couple miles of Trail #471. It is passable, very thin snow, and icy. It isn’t the all-time favorite trail that we know and love, but you can ride it out of town.

Keep the snow dance up – we can use it. If you are OK with smooth trails, thin conditions, with an ice base and want to be almost by yourself, then head on UP. Otherwise, I will let you know when we get that magic 6″ base, and are in super-highway status.

Remember the Bent Ski Classic returns on February 11th. Mark your calendar, get your reservations, and plan a fun day on the Straits Trails!
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It is gonna be a pretty cold weekend:
Friday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -3. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -7. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 14. Wind chill values as low as -8. West wind around 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 4. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Monday: A chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.

Tuesday: Snow showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 32.

Trail Condition: Fair
Last Groomed: December 21st, 2016
Base: 5′
Past 24hr: 1′
Reported On: January 05th, 2017 @ 7:47pm

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We are under a wind chill advisory until noon today. It is very frigid so please dress in layers. Our forecast for the next couple of days is frigid cold with temps warming up on Sunday to 11 above. Snow showers are in the forecast. We received 6 inches of new snow.

The Gogebic Range Trail Authority reports:

All trails are in good condition. Please use caution corners may be icy and do expect some thin spots.

Trails 160,11N and 11S are closed

Lake Gogebic Area Groomer Report

All trails are groomed and are in good condition.

PLEASE DO NOT RIDE THE HWY. IN BERGLAND FROM JW’S RESTAURANT TO THE GAS STATION!!! YOU WILL BE TICKETED. YOU MUST TAKE THE TRAIL AND CROSS AT ANTONIO’S RESTAURANT TO ACCESS THE GAS STATION. THANK YOU.

Our drivers are reporting that 8 west has been groomed and is good condition, just use caution around wet areas. Trail 1 south still has 2 wet spots that they are working on; trail 102 is in good condition but watch for a wet area towards the north end of the trail. Trail 1 north is in good condition along with 13 north and 8 east. Do watch out for some rocks on trail 13 north.

Trail 13-south of Root Cellar to trail 2 is in very good condition. Pleasantly surprised how much it improved from last Friday-groomed like a hwy. hardly any dirt showing.

Trail 100- feeder trail from 13 to Lake Gogebic is very good, however it is still not open all the way from 13 south to 1 south due to logging.

Trail 102 from south boundary is in good condition.

*If you’d like additional information about our area please contact The Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce at 888.GOGEBIC or www.lakegogebicarea.com. You can also email us at info@lakegogebicarea.com. Hope we see you soon – for those of you already up here have a safe ride!

U.P. Thunder Riders of Watersmeet Groomers Report:

All trails are in good condition. The groomers are running daily. We do have some thin spots throughout the system along with some icy spots.

PLEASE USE CAUTION WHILE RIDING YOU WILL ENCOUNTER SOME THIN SPOTS ALONG WITH ICY SPOTS.

Please stay on trails, riding on unmarked trails can result is the clubs losing easement for the trail. So Please say on trails…..

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