Ironwood Trail Report – Gogebic Range Trail Authority – 02/11
The snow depth is reaching levels that we haven’t seen since 2015. If you have not made plans to come north and ride our scenic trails you are missing out! The entire GRTA trail system is rated excellent. Groomers ran nearly nonstop this weekend. With more snow this week and good temps forecast, trail riding will be going on for a long time! Off trail snow depth is 30"-40", be sure to KNOW BEFORE YOU GO. If you don’t KNOW you can ride off trail, don’t follow tracks! Do your homework! Stay with our sponsor AmericInn Hotel Ironwood MI !! <> Report via Gogebic Range Trail Authority Website <> Report via Gogebic Range Trail Authority on Facebook <> Visit Gogebic Range Trail Authority Website >>>> <> Updated Trail report: Appreciated this past weekend to make safe riding for us. Thank you I rode your trails this last weekend they were awesome thanks for all you do Nice! Looks pretty squatchy! Any encounters? Was that the overheat warning I heard?? Did you see that tree that had my name on it? Way to go St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club! The buildings up here in big snow country are built for snow like this, but this season has been one for the books. Way to not miss a beat!! Well done!! #sledclubsrock #volunteersYou may have heard about the roof collapse at The Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club's Groomer Barn. Here are a few pictures to confirm the rumors. We’ve been pounded with snow and love almost every minute of it:-) Thank heavens for volunteers - agreed that snowmobile clubs do rock! Thanks for the support! Huge shout out to GRTA Board member Calvin K., Groomer operator Steve G and Groomer operator Scott of club sponsor Sasquatch Lodge Vacation Rental for getting our Tucker issue figured out. We are 1,000 miles ahead of last season (conservatively) at this point and the front turning/glide puck wore out. We were able to flip it to run this weekend where it'll be replaced next week. A couple of tubes of grease to get it lubed back up and we are out running! Snowing like crazy today! Our only sponsor on Lake Gogebic AJ's Walleye Lodge had a cancellation (What?!) and has a room open. The owners are heavily involved with clubs and Mary Beth even serves as our Secretary! Go support the best place on the lake! #lakegogebic #snowmobile #vacancyI can't even believe we have a cancellation with these great conditions - but we do! The Walleye is open for the weekend and this suite can sleep 7! Give a call if you are interested: 906-575-3557! Powder alert in Bessemer, MI! Why drive another 2 to 2.5 hours to the Keweenaw when you can powder ride (skis and boards that is) 4 hours from Madison or the Twin Cities?! Stay with Big Snow Resort they are a premier gold level sponsor! #supportthosewhosupportus Shout out to the Polaris Snowmobiles rider on the sweet #xcr who came by fist pumping and then stayed off the fresh groomed trail. It really makes a volunteer groomer operator smile at 530am when he sees others caring about the trails. Kudos to you Mr. Conscientious Polaris XCR rider guy! Be sure to book a stay with our sponsor Comfort Inn!! #happygroomer #ironwoodmi #deepsnowseason Kudos to you for posting something positive about snowmobilers! For every "stay on the trail" post, we need 3-5 of these posts promoting the positive and right way to do things. Nice work! Polaris riders in general are Rad! Bud Light presents....real men of genius. My dad always thinks I’m crazy because I stay off the freshly groomed part. Definitely a great feeling when you see people like that as you’re in the operators seat!!! Travis Cooper look at those trails Smart man wanted to ride the fresh powder haha!! What a great winter and thanks to all of the groomer operators!! Nice to hear about the positive side and thank you for grooming Awesome report! Shout out to the Polaris Rider! They changed to Quality Inn last year to avoid a remodel Hard to do in many spots where the drag takes up the whole trail or when they’re swinging wide to bring back in corners I will unless the ungroomed has beaten me to death already <> Visit Gogebic Range Trail Authority Website >>>> <> Latest Trail Reports – Quick Links <>
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Groomer VOLUNTEER OPERATOR Steve G. took this video grooming trail 2 from Blackjack Road east to Indianhead Mountain late last Friday night. This section is often the roughest by 3pm Saturday and it starts every Saturday looking like this! We had both groomers go down this weekend, but only for a few hours due to excellent teamwork and urgency by GRTA volunteers. Still we got behind and the ridiculous amounts of snow make the task of getting them flat...and keeping them flat...very difficult. Several rounds of snow forecast this week, start planning your backpack interstate snowmobile trip! Conditions like this don't come around often and as GRTA Club Member "Tinger" says, "Ride like it's going to be 60 degrees tomorrow!!" #groomeroperatorsneeded #volunteertoday #snowmobile #trail #riding #gosnowmobiling #thinksnow #westerngateway #up
We're proud to announce that, like The Phoenix The Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club will not miss one night of grooming!
We'll be grooming EVERY night through next Sunday night. (February 24th)
So gas up your trucks and sleds and get up here to enjoy the excellent trails here in God's Country. 
Blackjack Mountain - Big Snow Resort
It’s a beautiful day in BIG SNOW country! 12 inches of fresh white! Getting ready for another no groom Thursday at Blackjack Mountain! #heartBJ #skiblackjack #skiindianhead #skibigsnow 
