BENZIE / MANISTEE UPDATE via Benzie Manistee Snowbirds – 02/20
Some areas on our system picked up 12” others like north picked up 3”. This is fluffy blow off the trail snow. We will be out tonight trying to flatten and fill holes before the wet system snow arrives Sunday night. Maple tractor is still thin base and only picked up a few inches. Today the tville tractor will run to kaleva, do south loop and back up. Doing double duty until kaleva tractor is back up and running Monday.
All this snow in areas and trails still thin. We need real snow!
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