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Grayling Trail Report – Fay’s Motel – 12/16

Greetings Sledders,

Not much going on this week or weekend which is typical for the weekend before the Holiday.

We had our first two riders of the year in (Steve S. and Jim G.) and they rode about 160 miles on Tue. and Wed. and reported decent rides considering how early in the season it is. Thanks for the beer and wine Steve.

I rode most of our stuff today with groomer drivers Art and Bill. This ride was done in order to get a grooming game plan put together for the weekend. We found the usual for this time of the year, high traffic segments were snirty and kind of thin in spots, lower traffic areas faired better. All in all rideable but not the prettiest of trails.

HERE WE GO THEN:

WEATHER:
Just looked at John Dee a few minutes ago and couldn’t find any good news in terms of future snowfall but it looks as though temps are going to behave for the foreseable future.

GROOMING:
Leaning toward not grooming tomorrow as the trails were basically flat today for our ride and we’re not anticipating heavy traffic. We’ll probably be back at it Saturday during the day for the outlying trails and at night for the main loop.

TRAILS:
I think I’ve pretty well covered that up front.

We need some snow to freshen things up.

Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls

At Fay’s Motel enjoy direct access to the Grayling Area snowmobile trails.

December 16, 2010 | Uncategorized

Western U.P. Trail Report – Western U.P. Bureau – 12/16

Snowfall to date: 46" with 29" on the ground…more in some places-less in others. Groomers are out doing their thing -be it panning, panking, rolling or grooming when and where possible.
GOGEBIC RANGE TRAIL AUTHORITY Trails 2&8 are being groomed – conditions are early season riding. Trail 2 from Ironwood to Marenisco is shaping up but it’s still early. Expect rocks and wet areas. Trail 8 from Wakefield to Tula is poor to fair condition, watch for wet spots and trucks working on the power lines in the Tula area. Trail 11N is closed due to wet conditions, swamps are not frozen. Trail 160 remains closed as well as 11S – they will be groomed when the wet areas firm up-

GOGEBIC AREA GROOMERS Lake Gogebic groomers are out trying to get the trails in shape and to firm up…lots of wet areas- reporting early riding conditions-mostly poor but a little better on the northern trails.

U.P. THUNDER RIDERS OF WATERSMEET are going out— they received about 10" of snow so have enough to pan and roll the
trails. Watch for logging trucks on Bond Falls road. Expect early riding conditions.

Snow continues in the forecast! Check back for updates and check out our webcams around the area at westernup.info

December 16, 2010 |
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