SAULT STE. MARIE AREA UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association >> 01/11
1/11/25 Good morning! Nearly every trail in our area is now open and groomed! The only small remaining trail that Jay and I will open tonight is 497 by the high school in the Soo.
Snow is definitely getting thin, but the trails all still have decent coverage in most areas.
Huge thanks to Pete and Jay for their marathon run last night. They opened 449 and the Kewadin trail which was very slow and meticulous work. They had to move a ton of snow to fill in low spots and water holes, and level off piles where the utility company plowed. Still some wet spots in there but totally passable now. Just stay on the trail as there still hazards under the snow off of the trail.
After that, they also groomed trail 8 from the Soo to Brimley and back. It was an 11 hour day, after they each worked their day jobs too!
Here are some pics from last night. Hope you all enjoy our efforts!
To join or donate, please visit www.sootrails.org We appreciate the support!
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SAULT STE. MARIE AREA UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association >> 01/11
1/11/25 While your were sleeping in this morning, groomer Warren was rolling out the white carpets on 889, 8 along the powerline, and 480 from the Spile Dam turnaround.
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SAULT STE. MARIE AREA UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association >> 2/28/26 Good morning everyone! While we certainly didn’t need the warm and sun yesterday, our hard working volunteers were itching to go as soon as temps dropped. Our first report comes from Warren- “We went out at 1 AM. Club member Steve & myself at 27 degrees did 480 from the Spile Dam turnaround, and 8 all the way to Brimley and back as well as the electric lines. I think everybody’s gonna be real happy with that, it cleaned up really well. I finished up at about 19° and then left the Groomer for turbo. Turbo is gonna hit the 889 loop and Brimley grade so I think everybody will be ready to go by about 7:30 - 8 o’clock for all of our trails out this way.” Thank you, Warren & Steve!!❄️❄️❄️ Trail 8 from the Soo to Brimley will be done tonight, the city trails were done yesterday, and will be done again tomorrow night. I’ll update when I hear from the Kinross crew as well, but I know that everything was done on Thursday ahead of the warm up. Be safe all and enjoy! Hope to see some of you at the Radar Run at The Cozy Corners Barbeau MI today! The fun starts at noon! See their page for more info! #soo #soo0228#snowphotos... See MoreSee Less
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