Burrrrrrr.

Several solid day of negative temps, and Sunday the entire state of Michigan was below Zero air temperature. Brutal cold temps for sure, and at 2pm Sunday I called off the days groomer runs with an air temp of -8d, which was up from a -21d morning. Our machines do not care for that extreme cold, so wit the traffic lightening up and the trails already flat as a board, and setup like concrete, there was no harm in holding the runs for a day or two.

The coming forecast is a bit warmer temps, hovering around the teens, with an inch of snow ever couple of days. Todays big snow is going through the Tennessee Valley, Southern states are taking most of our snow this year! That is ok, our trails are in excellent shape, there is plenty to ride on, and off trail is decent too. Somewhat sugary, and it could always be deeper, but should be a good time on the powerlines and forest roads.

Groomers are running a normal schedule, with no issues on the trail to note, and I see no reason to see that change. We want to welcome New groomer drivers Tucker and Reggie to the mix. Congrats on your successful solo runs! We will still be training up a couple of new drivers over the next few weeks, so more daytime runs during the week.

Youth Pond Hockey out on Moran Bay this coming weekend, so if you are headed this direction, makes your reservations ASAP, hotels with pools fill up quickly.

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Even though we had holiday weekend traffic the trails are in great shape. We had a system fly through Friday night and drop about 3″ of new snow. Riders had sunshine and white trails, but extremely cold temperatures. Yesterday was also below zero most of the day. Even today we’re only in the single digits. The sun is shining and winds are light. Looks like we have snow in tomorrow’s forecast…The guys will be out grooming again tonight. So there you have it–check in again tomorrow for another update!

Just an FYI that there’s logging activity on the east loop of our wooded trail. The area is signed but watch for changing trails conditions where the trail has been plowed for vehicle traffic. The activity stretches about 1/2 to 1 mile.

Other grooming club news is the new drag we took delivery of in January. The State approved our purchase and this drag was custom-made for us by the experts at Dubie Welding & Fabrication in Gaylord. We’re glad to support local, Michigan business with this purchase. And since this drag will be paid for with State dollars it’s nice to know your trail permit money is coming back around.

If you’re interested in supporting local grooming efforts, visit www.justgroomit.org for details on joining the Indian River Snowmobile Grooming club with a membership donation. We have hats and t-shirts (short & long sleeve) for sale too. Even when we can’t groom we still have operational expenses like insurance, two-way radio communication subscriptions, and more. Thanks to member donations we’re putting up a groomer building ,where we now store and can work on the equipment. Your support makes all the difference! Thank you–

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