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.

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12/12/18 Facebook Trail Report:
*Be sure to view our MSA Trail Report: msasnow.org/trail-reports/grta/ *

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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