Ironwood Trail Report – Gogebic Range Trail Authority – 12/05
The Lake Effect forecast has improved today, thankfully. Trail 160 remains closed at this time, we hope to be able to open all the gates by the weekend, but if you encounter a closed gate TURN AROUND. We will be cleaning up road approaches today through the tri-city area and rolling out Trail 8 this evening. Early season conditions still exist with much water flowing. We are seeing riders on the rail-trail from Ramsay to Ironwood nightly, however. It seems like the extensive drainage & trail work the club has done over the last 3 years on the rail-trail has improved low-snow riding conditions. We’re still listing trails in poor condition but we expect a better report by tomorrow and Friday. There’s a warm up on the horizon which will effect trails, but we’ll see what things look like at that time. <> Report via Gogebic Range Trail Authority Website <> Report via Gogebic Range Trail Authority on Facebook <> GRTA groomer operator Steve G. took a video of him grooming back to Bessemer from Wakefield late last night. The ski hill section is in better shape than we imagined, but there are several icy spots. We'll see how much traffic the trails have today/tomorrow, hopefully weekday guys can go easy and not rip the trails up. We'll be out tonight/tomorrow night to try and give our weekend warriors the best trails possible. #allvolunteer #GRTA Kenny Kiefer West Lowe Mike Zelko Eric York I wish I was there right now! Dalton Parson Kyle Martinson Thank you for all your hard work! Looking forward to coming up Christmas weekend! Thank you Paul Hartgerink still not to bad. 👏 Andrew Peterson Chris Menacher Hunter Risner this is what I was talking about 12/12/18 Facebook Trail Report: Been very happy with honest trail reports from the U. P. I have to many miles to make for this yr cancer awareness ride . thank the crew for what they do to make it work .I put on a lot of miles in U. P. but I am also involved with your trail system back home. SO THANK YOU Thanks for all you do.. Brian Thusius Jordan Dwayne Clapp Andrew Christopher Foss thanks for updating trail conditions hoping you guys get another snow storm Great job keeping people updated and maintaining the trails. Much appreciated. Where can I get a new map? Cori this is just north of us Todd Jones Connor Ruf Thank you for the communications and the work. Justin Fingerhut ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️👏 Jeff Owcarz Frank Alloy Austin Buseman Vince Story For the idiot that drove his sled through our pond, you are lucky you didn't fall through that slush. You are the reason trails get closed. Shout out to Chris U. for taking the lead on our equipment maintenance. He dropped our skags on the drag last night ahead of our groomer operator meeting. We are so thankful for all our volunteers, we cannot do this without them. #lucky #blessed #thankthevolunteers Thank You! It's people like him and others that make Gogebic Range Trail Authority better and better each year. Thanks. Thanks We had a good groomer operator kick off meeting last night, pictured is trail 2 off Curry Street in Ironwood. The trail is in good to excellent condition, corners are just starting to get icy, but they are covered again after tonight's groom. Trail conditions remain fair, but that will quickly change this week we feel. Some sections poor some excellent and water hazards still exist. We need more snow, but for what we have trails are not bad for 12/10. Condition for this weekend will be determined by traffic this week. Thank you groomer operators! This will be the third season we run an all volunteer operator crew and we are very blessed to do so as that funds so much of our operation! Brian Rykal Todd Steffen lets go Thank you for all the hard work and dedication to these trails.. many great memories are made out there .. Todd Jones Thank you so much for all the long days and nights to all the volunteers we appreciate you Michael Wylie Looks very good for the time of year, keep up the good work!!! Thanks guys for the awesome job 😊👍 Matthew Christensen John Keil John Beckenbach Jed Munstenteiger Jack Davis Jack Purcell Keegan Neubauer I’ve only seen decent - good things up by Gogebic Georgia Henricks Whatever that trail is on the North end of 64, north of gogebic, heading north. There are hidden railroad tracks that run east and west. There are no railroad ties or shot Rock to bring the area surrounding them up to grade. And of course there was no sign warning the rider of the existing railroad tracks. Early-season conditions, people look out !! Just giving people a heads up.. <> <>Postings From Regional Pages On Facebook
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We are trying to be as honest and up front about trail conditions as we know so many of you drive such a long ways to ride. It's mid week and trail conditions are holding steady, surprisingly. Things can change quickly with bright sun and 35+ degrees, but we'll keep you updated. Right now, riding this weekend may be feasible, but we'll know more Friday. We just got word 2019 maps are in and will hopefully get them available this weekend.
Trail 160: Groomed yesterday, final 6 miles being groomed today. The southern 5-8 miles is poor with many icy spots and lots of rocks. The northern 1/2 of the trail is fair to good condition due to elevation, more lake effect fell in that area. The trail from Crestview to Norlund is poor, Crestview to spring lane is also poor due to water draining from the wet fall/summer yet. Spring Lane to Lake Road was not bad, but many downed trees removed. Lake road to Sunset road was fair. Sunset road to Airport road is quite rocky, need more snow. Airport road to Northstar road is fair. Northstar road to Vanderhagen road fair. Norlund road and north is fair.
Trail 2 from Bessemer to Wakefield: Overall fair, with some poor sections and some excellent sections. We continue to cross at the Ramsay Crossing intersection until the new reroute can be opened. Prospect road ditch trail is not groomed per agreement with Road Commission who helped facilitate the reroute. The trail from Blackjack road to Indianhead is very icy from freezing it down with no new snow. On top of Indianhead descending to Wakefield is good condition with some icy corners. Once down the hill near Wakefield the trail is icy due to running water yet and lack of snow to carry over it.
Due to the weight of our New Holland Tractor we are not using it right now to keep the ice cover intact and water holes froze over. See picture captions for locations.
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