Greetings Part Time Sledders,
I spent a couple of hours driving around the country side on this beautiful day with not a cloud to be seen and the Sun set on blaze, checking on what’s left, and everything is pretty much as described in the last report. The Sun didn’t hurt anything as it was only in the teens and snowmobile traffic is understandably an unknown weekday commodity this Winter and I use the word Winter loosely. The good thing about the Sun being so intense is that you get some reflection off the beer and pop cans along the ditch line which makes hunting a lot easier. Spam I’m afraid is a luxury of the past.
For those of you who didn’t read last week’s report, and for those of you that did and don’t remember, we currently have one trail that’s intact and that would be the Lovells trail #47, intact defined is the straights are in good shape and the corners are for sure showing some dirt. The good thing about this trail is that it offers a ton of off trail riding and you can still get into Lovells for food and gas, and Lewiston Grade Rd. behind us will get you there and is still in good shape as of this writing.
All of the other Grayling Trails starting one mile South of Frederic remain snirty, dirty, and just plain ugly. Getting to decent snow on trail #7 from here is do-able but entails some cross country adventures and I’m not sure where you would go once you get there on account ah, we don’t know anything about any of the trails north of our stuff, so you’ll have to contact someone in them there parts.
Snow is in the forecast, unfortunately it doesn’t look like much and that’s certainly a first for this season. Oh well, about all we can do is keep a sharp eye out for more cans. Got two bucks today.
Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls.
At Fay’s Motel enjoy direct access to the Grayling Area snowmobile trails.
January 27, 2015 | Fay's Motel Uncategorized
Temperatures will be in the low 30’s today and tomorrow and then back down in the teens and 20’s through the weekend.
The Gogebic Range Trail Authority Groomers Report:
All three groomers are down but they hope to have them up and running Thursday and Friday. The trails are in poor to fair condition now and they anticipate getting them in better shape for the weekend.
Lake Gogebic Groomer’s Report:
Temps will be a little warmer until Wednesday, and then cold sets in for the weekend. With the few inches of new snow and all trails groomed in the last 24 hours, the trails are in good condition. VERY IMPORTANT: Watch for the reroute where trails 1, 102 and 8 West meet, north of Merriweather going west for about 5 miles. Watch for changes and new signing. There will be many pipeline workers plus a lot of heavy equipment in the area. This reroute will continue to the end of the season. You may also want to top off your gas if headed north through this area as the reroute will add an extra ten miles (there and back) to your trip with no gas stops between Lake Gogebic and Silver City.
The Watersmeet Groomer’s report:
The warm weather will leave some rough trails, but temps will be back in the teens and twenties and will improve them. The groomers are out nightly. The trails are good and there is plenty of good riding left.
Please remember groomers are out both day and night, so watch for them, please pull over or at least slow down and wait for the operator to signal you by whenever you see them. Groomers have the right of way.
JUST ONE MORE REMINDER: PLEASE STAY ON MARKED TRAILS. RIDING ON UNMARKED TRAILS CAN RESULT IN THE CLUBS LOSING EASEMENT FOR THAT TRAIL AND IT CAN ALSO RESULT IN A POSSIBLE TICKET FOR YOU.
Call our snowmobile report at 800-522-5657 anytime.
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