Lake Gogebic Trail Report – 12/05
LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> 12/05 Bergland Area Groomer’s update for 12-5-25.. First we would like to Thank all of you that showed up today to help. It’s truly appreciated!! 8e to Ewen was attempted today and 8hrs later we didn’t meet our goal. It’s passable but still needs work. Tomorrow we’ll finish the remaining couple miles and hopefully send a drag down. Next will be 13n to 101 (our turnaround.) will be finished up. Has anyone tried riding 102 yet? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks everyone We are making progress it’s just a slow go! Gogebic Area Grooming ❄️❄️❄️ <> <> <> <> Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce – <> Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce on Facebook – <> ONTONAGON AREA UPDATE via North Country Snowmobile Club UP >> ❌No grooming has commenced yet. We remain in emergency mode opening and packing trails with just the Snow Cats or with a roller. LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> Bergland Area Groomer's update for 12-5-25.. LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> A big THANK YOU to Tim Thorn and his crew from Snow Chasers Lodge in getting out to help clear trails today!!! They are starting in the Marenisco area and working their way north on 100 and 13 with hopes to get to the Root Cellar! #lakegogebic #westernup #snowphotosA big THANK YOU to Tim Thorn and his crew from Snow Chasers Lodge in getting out to help clear trails today!!! They are starting in the Marenisco area and working their way north on 100 and 13 with hopes to get to the Root Cellar! WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow continues over the eastern U.P this morning with 2 to 4 inches of snowfall expected. Snow will diminish by early afternoon and shift offshore. Slippery roads are expected along with reduced visibility. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow continues over the eastern U.P this morning with 2 to 4 inches of snowfall expected. Snow will diminish by early afternoon and shift offshore. Slippery roads are expected along with reduced visibility. WATERSMEET - WESTERN U.P. UPDATE via U.P. Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club >> UPDATED 12/3/25- Well we had 4 different crews out today all with mini excavators or tractor loaders clearing and as you can see from the pictures it is truly a disaster. Crews were only able to make it maybe 3 to 5 miles each so we still have a long way to go. We will be renting another mini excavator so will have a 5th crew out tomorrow. WEATHER UPDATE via Meteorologist Brad Sugden >> Arctic air causes another decent lake effect set-up! Amounts will vary widely - as usual. Depending on where those bands set up in the eastern U.P., we could be looking at more than a foot !! It'll be very, very cold Thursday and Friday. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsarea #gaylord #petoskey LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> Update from the Marenisco end of GAG. Crews out about 12 hours today working on brushing/clearing trails in our area. The goal today was to simply make the trails passable so we can start grooming. Here’s the status on progress: WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow showers will develop in the northwest wind snowbelts today. Moderate to occasionally heavy lake effect snow showers are expected in the eastern U.P, resulting in difficult travel at times. Winter Weather Advisories have been issued for Alger, northern Schoolcraft and Luce counties. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow showers will develop in the northwest wind snowbelts today. Moderate to occasionally heavy lake effect snow showers are expected in the eastern U.P, resulting in difficult travel at times. Winter Weather Advisories have been issued for Alger, northern Schoolcraft and Luce counties. ONTONAGON AREA UPDATE via North Country Snowmobile Club UP >> Our portion of trail 13 has been busted open! From Rockland to trail 101 the groomer has made a pass clearing big trees and popping the tree tops up. It now needs an army of sledders to come up and ride it, brushing it along the way! The Potato farm road ditch trail is also cut in. There will be a new traffic pattern on LP Walsh road we will sign in this week as well. Guys, we need a ton of help. How can you help? Grab your sleds, buy your trail passes and COME ON UP. Ride literally any trail with hand brushing tools and get to work. Its that easy! We need it badly, so head north, eh?! LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> Bergland Area Groomer's update for December 2nd 2025. Thank you. LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> Good afternoon sledheads! Just an update from the Marenisco section of GAG. Crews have been out working since the recent storm dumped almost 3 feet of snow on our area. The wet heavy snow has really created havoc on our section of the trail system. At this point, East/West travel on Trail 2 is open and panned but use caution as early season conditions apply despite the snow volume. We have been working on Trail 1 both north and south from Marenisco. Northward is still impassable beyond the west end of FR 8800. Southward towards PI is been about half completed but impassable beyond Job Corps Rd. Trail 100 is impassable at this point but crews will be starting to work on that also. Our goal is to focus on the large obstructions so we can get a drag through and pack things down. Once we get to that point, we will need as much help from brother/sister sledheads to pack a small saw and remove some of the small hazards. We appreciate all the offers for help but if a section is not panned, it’s best to stay off as the snow is very deep in spots. Just getting out of the groomer finds you in hip deep snow in some locations. Wish we had better news but we love to ride too so attacking it head on! #lakegogebic #westernup #snowphotos WEATHER UPDATE via 9&10 News >> We track another clipper system delivering more light snow Wednesday AM followed by breezy NW winds and lake effect snow Wednesday PM into Thursday. WATERSMEET - WESTERN U.P. UPDATE via U.P. Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club >> UPDATED 12/2/25-Crews are out working the trails. As you can see from the pictures there is a lot of work to be done. We will continue to give updates as they come in. If you are out helping thank you, if you are out on the trails please watch out for hazards and our crews. #watersmeet #westernup #snowphotos WEATHER UPDATE via Michigan Storm Chasers >> Don't look at us, we're just the messenger, but more lake effect snow is on the table for Wednesday into Thursday, December 3rd & 4th, 2025. Some lighter flurries from these bands may make it over to eastern Michigan as well, but the odds are stacked against. WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow showers come to an end in the Keweenaw this morning, followed by dry and partly cloudy weather across the UP for today. Another batch of light snow is on the way midweek as a Clipper moves through Wednesday with lingering lake effect Thursday. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow showers come to an end in the Keweenaw this morning, followed by dry and partly cloudy weather across the UP for today. Another batch of light snow is on the way midweek as a Clipper moves through Wednesday with lingering lake effect Thursday. <> Latest Trail Reports – Quick Links <>Gogebic Area Grooming on Facebook
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📌 SATURDAY 12/6 3pm EST @ GROOMER BARN: Groomer Operator Orientation. Interested in grooming? Please show up!
⚠️All trails are considered in early season condition with 5-30"+ down across the system. The Silver City area has the least amount and it needs more snow before any snowcat work can commence. Trails are very dangerous right now with buried logs down under the snow across trails, along with brush and tree tops down in the lanes of travel due to the recent blizzard.
✅ YES - COME RIDE! See the snowmobile-powered actions we need done on our trail list below. ❗️‼️ YOUR SAFETY IS #1 to us. Trails cannot currently be ridden "like normal", we are a long ways from that. If you are a technical rider and have experience with sprung or loaded timber falling, we really need you. Don't have tree cutting experience? WE REALLY NEED YOU. Buy yourself a nice set of brush cutters or loppers and boogie on up to see us! So much hand brushing can be done to rapidly improve trail safety and groomability.
❄️ Trail 12 from 101 to Greenland: Seeking advanced riders to track pack this trail! We need to get riders in to brush it open and pack it down for groomers to come in. Trail 12 from 137 RR Grade east to Greenland is very wet and challenging. Please be careful!
❄️Trail 11 South Boundary Road: Was plowed by RC after the big snow which cleared most of the major obstructions. Was rolled last night 12/4. Low snow due to plowing.
❄️Trail 1 Silver City to Lake of the Clouds: Low snow. LOTC road was plowed after the big snow event.
❄️Trail 1 Silver City South to White Pine Trail 12 INT: Snow rapidly increases from the AmericInn to White Pine. Numerous wet areas, no brushing needs thanks to the pipeline company brushing it this summer!
❄️Trail 12 LP Walsh Road to Trail 101: Numerous (!!) wet areas as normal. Lots of snow on it. Was rolled 12/4. Thank you to riders for brushing this trail open yourselves!! Amazing!
❄️Trail 101: Most brush has been removed and is very rideable. Has been track packed only.
❄️ Trail 13 from 101 to 137 by Rockland: Track packed. Needs the most brushing help of all our open trails. We really need to brush this back, please help!
❄️Trail 137 to Ontonagon: Brushed open and track packed. Needs more brushing help!
-Steve da Secretary #ontonagon #westernup #snowphotos
First we would like to Thank all of you that showed up today to help. It's truly appreciated!!
8e to Ewen was attempted today and 8hrs later we didn't meet our goal. It's passable but still needs work. Tomorrow we'll finish the remaining couple miles and hopefully send a drag down. Next will be 13n to 101 (our turnaround.) will be finished up.
Has anyone tried riding 102 yet? Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks everyone We are making progress it's just a slow go! Gogebic Area Grooming ❄️❄️❄️ #lakegogebic #westernup #snowphotos 
We will continue to update our progress daily. If you are available Saturday December 6 9:00 am meet at our barn next to Headwaters Polaris . You will need your own snowmobile to help us clean up the small stuff the big equipment missed. #watersmeet #westernup #snowphotos
Trail 1-From Marenisco south to Job Corp Rd is passable and panned. From Marenisco north to the end of 8800 passable but not panned. Trail 1 is temporarily closed after 8800 to the Gogebic County line (close to Copps Tower Rd
Trail 2-passable and groomed through Marenisco
Trail 100-passable but very rough, wet in areas, and many whips/branches.
Trail 13-temporarily closed from Trail 100 southward. Passable from Trail 100 northward to Camp 6 Rd but many whips/branches. A reroute is being worked on for 13 south of 100.
We are hoping to complete clearing Trail 1 from Marenisco to PI tomorrow and that will mean that all of the open trails in our area are passable.
Our next step will be to get out and pan, repair/update signage, and tackling all the remaining whips/branches.
Adventurous sledheads are welcome to help by accessing some of these trails and cut/saw/snip the whips and low branches. Just understand that pretty much all that is out there are groomer tracks so it’s rough and still very wet in low areas.
Be careful out there folks, we are getting closer but still a lot of work to get done! #lakegogebic #westernup #snowphotos
Today's plan will be to continue working west towards da Porkies!! #ontonagon #westernup #snowphotos
The guy's worked on 8e again and it's just too much!! We're going to send 2 machines and hopefully a handful of helpers on sleds Friday. The Corridor was opened up from Bergland to the 28 crossing or Hoop n Holler Rd. Use CAUTION!! Water holes are starting to show up from us packing in snow. We'll attempt to open 13n tomorrow. Gogebic Area Grooming ❄️❄️❄️ #lakegogebic #westernup #snowphotos
Temperatures get much colder Wednesday night into late week. Wind chills for many Thursday AM will be hovering near or below zero.
Another clipper system will be possible getting into our Friday.
Forecast 12-2-25: www.9and10news.com/weather/
-Meteorologist John Gross #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsarea #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskey
Discussion
As a cold front swings through, our favorable wind direction, water-to-air temperature difference, and other favorable lake effect ingredients ramp back up. At the current time, we are seeing enough signs for decent lake effect accumulation, primarily across the east-central UP, and slopes of Elmira/Gaylord. We begin with a couple 2-5" zones, but these areas may quickly see a jump to the next category up at our final call update tomorrow. Totals of 1-3" in west Michigan and the Porcupine Mountains will also suffice for now, but a few locations may see an upgrade to 2-5" where confidence improves. It's Michigan, it's meteorological winter, so while it may not be breaking news, it's still weather news that we must report. As meteorologists, it IS our job after all.
Timing
Primarily from noon Wednesday through 6 pm EST Thursday. Extensions for this time period are being monitored into very early Friday.
More weather updates coming to you throughout the winter, so make sure to follow us here at Michigan Storm Chasers to never be out of the loop again when it comes to statewide weather updates, both snow and severe. While you're here, check out our trusted partner of the day, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Detroit to donate to families in need this holiday season! Visit online at rmhc-detroit.org/ for all information. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsarea #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyDon't look at us, we're just the messenger, but more lake effect snow is on the table for Wednesday into Thursday, December 3rd & 4th, 2025. Some lighter flurries from these bands may make it over to eastern Michigan as well, but the odds are stacked against.
Discussion
As a cold front swings through, our favorable wind direction, water-to-air temperature difference, and other favorable lake effect ingredients ramp back up. At the current time, we are seeing enough signs for decent lake effect accumulation, primarily across the east-central UP, and slopes of Elmira/Gaylord. We begin with a couple 2-5" zones, but these areas may quickly see a jump to the next category up at our final call update tomorrow. Totals of 1-3" in west Michigan and the Porcupine Mountains will also suffice for now, but a few locations may see an upgrade to 2-5" where confidence improves. It's Michigan, it's meteorological winter, so while it may not be breaking news, it's still weather news that we must report. As meteorologists, it IS our job after all.
Timing
Primarily from noon Wednesday through 6 pm EST Thursday. Extensions for this time period are being monitored into very early Friday.
More weather updates coming to you throughout the winter, so make sure to follow us here at Michigan Storm Chasers to never be out of the loop again when it comes to statewide weather updates, both snow and severe. While you're here, check out our trusted partner of the day, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Detroit to donate to families in need this holiday season! Visit online at rmhc-detroit.org/ for all information.