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Western U.P. Trail Report – Western U.P. Bureau – 01/27

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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January 27, 2015 |

Watersmeet Trail Report – 01/27

We received a couple of inches of new yesterday, temps are in the teens and the groomers reported very low traffic both Sunday and Monday nights. Perfect conditions for trail grooming. The trails are in excellent shape with some icy corners through the woods

Our groomers are running daily and we have been fortunate not to have any break downs! Kudos to our mechanic Scottie, great drivers….and John Deere smile emoticon

Trail #2 east of Watersmeet GOOD to EXCELLENT

Trail #2 west of Watersmeet GOOD to EXCELLENT, some icy corners through the woods

Trail #13 south GOOD to EXCELLENT, some icy corners

Trail #3 north GOOD to EXCELLENT expect icy corners

RIDE SAFE, RIDE RIGHT and enjoy the trails!!

Please understand what the groomers are up against during a busy weekend…..

Lots of traffic over the weekends makes it hard for the groomers to keep up. 6 hour runs take 10 hours due to the drivers encountering hundreds of sleds. This really gives the trails no time to set up especially when you add temps over 30 degrees . Ultimately within 10 minutes or after 30 sleds no one can tell the groomers been down the trail.

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January 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
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