OK, not so good here. We are done out of Iggy. Trails would be ridable if you trailered to castle rock road, and you would have issues with the dam road when you got there. Thing is, all the rain turned everything to solid ice. Absolutely no snow to work with, so I am not risking running the groomer on that stuff.

Talked to Dave, and Moran is about dirt, the rest is ice. The dam road is dirty ice off Brevort Lake road, probably ice/snow otherwise.

Just talked to Wayne, and he thinks the Northern trails are savable. He is going to call me later tonight and may run tonight, or tomorrow evening at the latest and rip some material up, and bring what snow there is from the sides to the middle to give something to ride on. That will all be North of Moran, everything else is ice, yep we are back to that.

Also talked to a guy who just talked to the Rudyard groomer, and the trail from Rudyard to strongs has water standing in all the low spots, very tough riding, and they probably will not groom either.

The season isn’t done yet folks. If we can pray from some snow, with the ice base I can bring these trails back to life, but I just can’t recommend riding on pure ice, which a lot of our lower trails will be. The Northern trails will be usable, just be careful, and you will have to trailer to get to them. Wayne is welcoming trailers at his shop in Cut River this weekend if you want to park and ride.

A few pics below show the ice on the Grade out of town, a bare spot by hay lake, and Castle Rock Rd.

I want everyone to know what they are getting into here, so whatever you do this weekend, where ever you go, be safe and have fun.

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03/08 – Trails are glare ice if it was a low snow area. There is some lift snow blowing and drifting around so slow down or you won’t make it around those slippery corners. Groomers are out in the deeper snow areas working in the icy snow mix back to smooth. – Via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association on Facebook

03/08

The trails today until we get a chance to groom them will be poor to fair riding.

The temps on Wed got up to 50 degrees then about 7 pm it started to spit rain, which turned into solid rain for several hours during the night. The temp is finally dropped to below freezing and there is some snow in the air. At about 8am it is 28 degrees so the soggy trails will stop the melting. But we have lost many inches of standing snow and there was so much rain it is going to take colder temps before we can get the groomers on them. The temp is supposed to hover around 32 today and we hope to put the groomers out tonight before temps drop to the teens. We hope that not too many bare spots have developed but the snow that is left will be very icy frozen slush, unless we get 2-3 inches of snow today. Shoulders are bare from sunshine if you run roads or going thru Brimley and along Mackinac Trail.

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We will be taking over he 38 miles of trails groomed by Kinross Charter Township last season.

Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –

Base 1-4 inches -Trail is in Very Fair Condition. It is icy under the snow. Brimley shoulders are bare. Go with the flow of traffic on the bridge in Brimley!

Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –

Base 3-7 inches -Trail is in Fair to Fair to Good Condition. The first mile going west of Brimley has low snow in the open area. Make sure you go with the flow of traffic when crossing the bridge in Brimley or you will be ticketed!!!!!

Raco to Naomikong Trail #8 [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –

Base 2-6 inches – Trail is Fair to Good Condition.

Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –

Base 1-3 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition.

City curfew is from 1am – 6 am. Remember most City streets are open to traffic, 20 mph, stop at all intersections, and ride the right hand side of street not on side walks. Watch for closed streets that are posted, mainly around the hospital, university, and state trunk lines.

Sault Ste. Marie to Kinross, Trail #49 –

Base 1-3 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition. When the trail is running along roads make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road.

Kinross loop and south to Pickford, parts of Trail #49, #494, #472

Base 1-3 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition.

Kinross to Raco, Trail # #480 & #472

Base 3-5 inches – Trail is in Fair to Good Condition.

The Downtown Trail has not been groomed yet, but it is marked. The city will not set up the barrels until we have enough snow.

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