Gaylord Area Trail Report – 01/18
Gaylord Bureau – January 17, 2026 9:55 a.m. Trails are currently in good condition with some icy patches. Groomers have been out smoothing them down and plan on running regularly this weekend. There is the chance for daily accumulation for the next week, so conditions should stay good. Be safe out there and have fun! Please note, due to last April’s ice storm, there are logging operations in several locations. The newest locations are around Van Tyle and North Townline Road (Gaylord) and the intersection of trails 7 & 4 (Waters) toward Dodge Lake. Logging is also taking place on trail #4 along the powerline that crosses Evergreen Drive and near Turtle Lake Road (East of Gaylord). The logging trucks may use the trail as a road at times. Proceed with caution in these areas. Trails are still passable and the groomers are doing their best to smooth the trails out in these areas. If this winter is anything like last year, it’s going to be another epic one! Want to be ready? Get a free trail map delivered right to your mailbox and plan your adventure! Check out a live view of trail # 7 here. A few things to remember about our groomers and trails: – Groomers are out there to help you have a better riding experience and always have the right of way. Want to be ready? Get a free trail map delivered right to your mailbox and plan your adventure! As always, check back with us for updates and weather reports. <> http://www.gaylordmichigan.net/snowmobile-trail-report-114/ <> I would say we had another 5 inches during saturday, sleds came thru in waves and its been a slow start this morning. Sounds like more snow coming in the next couple days. NWS says only another inch today but its coming down still now. I have heard several stories which is dissheartening. Tickets handed out near the trail at Tinkers for people riding on M road which is M 93, if you ride past the actual trail and still stay down in the ditch to get to Tinkers that is illegal. I dont know the right answer on if there is a legal way to get there. Its only a matter of about 600 feet and if you are down in the ditch its not like you are on the shoulder of the road. I am going to look into this. Also heard of a ticket north of frederic for doing a rolling stop thru a stop sign on the trail. I just wanted to say a little about this. Thanks for checking in. Pete http://frederic-mi.com/category/trail-conditions/ WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Accumulating snow and possible wintry mix will impact northern Michigan through Tuesday. Heaviest snow is expected across eastern Upper Michigan overnight into early Tuesday. A light glaze of ice is possible, though there is high uncertainty that icing will occur. Slippery roads and reduced visibility may lead to hazardous travel. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyAccumulating snow and possible wintry mix will impact northern Michigan through Tuesday. Heaviest snow is expected across eastern Upper Michigan overnight into early Tuesday. A light glaze of ice is possible, though there is high uncertainty that icing will occur. Slippery roads and reduced visibility may lead to hazardous travel. #MIWX WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Accumulating wet snow and the potential for light icing returns to northern Michigan this afternoon into Tuesday. Heaviest snow is expected across the eastern U.P. overnight. Slippery roads and reduced visibility may lead to hazardous travel through Tuesday morning, especially north of the bridge. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyAccumulating wet snow and the potential for light icing returns to northern Michigan this afternoon into Tuesday. Heaviest snow is expected across the eastern U.P. overnight. Slippery roads and reduced visibility may lead to hazardous travel through Tuesday morning, especially north of the bridge. WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> This morning starts off cold with below zero wind chills for many areas, eventually warming into the teens and low 20s by this afternoon. Snow chances return to northern Michigan Monday afternoon/evening and continue into Tuesday. Wintry mix will be possible for areas south of the bridge late Monday night into Tuesday morning. Otherwise, temperatures will warm some for the first half of the week, including highs climbing into the 30s on Tuesday. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyThis morning starts off cold with below zero wind chills for many areas, eventually warming into the teens and low 20s by this afternoon. Snow chances return to northern Michigan Monday afternoon/evening and continue into Tuesday. Wintry mix will be possible for areas south of the bridge late Monday night into Tuesday morning. Otherwise, temperatures will warm some for the first half of the week, including highs climbing into the 30s on Tuesday. FREDERIC - GAYLORD AREA UPDATE via Sledheads of Frederic , Michigan Snowmobiling >> A great 17 degree morning in Frederic. been a steady flow of sleds thru this morning but still kind of quiet. Typically super bowl weekend people start heading home which is great for the riders that stay around. 17 degrees is a perfect riding temp. Have had several large groups in this morning which is nice. Still reports of both good trails and rough trails. Not sure that I like the forcast for next week as it says its gonna warm up a little bit. Still many riders have stopped in that haventt been here in years. Good to see old timers. Thanks for checkingin. Pete #gaylord #snowphotos Quiet Saturday mornin and 17 degrees frederic-mi.com hey Pete saw you live on sledview thursday nite.......sounds like you deserve the Jonny Cash award!!!!!! WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> 2/7/2026, 330am... Morning, fam! Here's your outlook for the rest of the weekend into early next week. Bottom line, COLD today with a few snow showers around, but milder weather is ahead. Stay tuned for more details. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskey2/7/2026, 330am... Morning, fam! Here's your outlook for the rest of the weekend into early next week. Bottom line, COLD today with a few snow showers around, but milder weather is ahead. Stay tuned for more details. #miwx #northernmichigan WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> 430am 2/6/26 - Expect poor travel conditions today as an arctic front crosses the region and roads turn icy again with snow/blowing snow. Very cold wind chills this afternoon/tonight will result in dangerous conditions for anyone stranded outside. Drive safe. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskey FREDERIC - GAYLORD AREA UPDATE via Sledheads of Frederic , Michigan Snowmobiling >> Made it back to Frederic last night about 9. A fantastic trip 675 miles and 29.3 hours on my machine. Yesterday morning we headed out from Curtis to St Ignace where we took the ice bridge to the island andhad lunch there and ride around the island. They are doing alot of work over there including a huge project on the grand hotel. After riding back over to ignace we called for the shuttle to take us to the drop off point in Mackinaw City and it was another 3.5 hour ride home from there.. Dunstin and Ronald headed out last night to go back to Iowa but only made it to Grand Rapids as it was to slick out. It was a bit dirizzly ice so it was slow going getting here. We were at Kings fish market in Moran and ran into to guys that had been following our trip so that was a surprise. Pretty quiet in Frederic this morning and the snow is a bit squishy. Its supposed to cool down for the weekend and right now at 10 a..m on friday its 29 degrees. Been out plowing around the building here and I would say we had about 4 new inches during the week so I timed it just right for not being around here. Thanks for checking in. Pete. #gaylord #snowphotos frederic-mi.com <> <>
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