Frederic / Gaylord Area Trail Report – Sledheads of Frederic – 01/20
FREDERIC / GAYLORD AREA UPDATE via Sledheads of Frederic – 01/20 A small amount of good news this morning. Yesteday with the whole maybe 2 inches we had fall it was a total slush bowl as it stayed above 32 most of the day. During the night it dropped into the 20s which has firmed everything up. Still in my opinion nothing I would want to ride in but I have seen worse. What little bit of snow we have wont last long on the trails. Looked at the crossing east and west by the high school and no tracks but a few tracks going north on trail 7 out of frederic and at the 612 crossing east of frederic. I did see one sled over at the swamp yesterday and you can see in the pics that he went right thru the slush to the dirt..At least its supposed to stay cool. Not much new snow predicted. I talked to my friend Bob up in Engadine yesterday and he said they had about a new foot of snow so the u.p. might be getting back in shape. I havent checked on any other places up there. Stop in if you are passing thru Frederic……I am 2 miles from exit 264. Will be here till five today and tommorow…..Thanks for checking in. Pete <> <> Visit Sledheads of Frederic on Facebook >>>> <> WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> One more cold night is expected tonight, followed by a significant warming trend. Precipitation chances will not be significant through midweek. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyOne more cold night is expected tonight, followed by a significant warming trend. Precipitation chances will not be significant through midweek. FREDERIC - GAYLORD AREA UPDATE via Sledheads of Frederic , Michigan Snowmobiling >> Well its up to 25 degrees and while its still nice and white out there its rock hard and like riding on broken concrete. I bet I had about a dozen riders ask for ice scratchers yesterday. Riders also told me they saw several sleds pulled off and trying to cool things down. I have seen a few sleds out already this morning. Riding would get better if the sun melts a little on top so people have lube. So northern michigan is pretty much a big rough skating rink right now. You get the jist of it. Thanks for checking in. Pete #gaylord #snowphotos Rock Hard like riding on broken concrete frederic-mi.com WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Sunny and dry today, albeit, with a bit of a chill as we kick off March. Clear and cold tonight with lows likely dropping below zero in many spots. We stay sunny Monday with more seasonable temperatures before warming further into midweek… as snow chances fester on Tuesday and rain chances intrude for Wednesday. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeySunny and dry today, albeit, with a bit of a chill as we kick off March. Clear and cold tonight with lows likely dropping below zero in many spots. We stay sunny Monday with more seasonable temperatures before warming further into midweek… as snow chances fester on Tuesday and rain chances intrude for Wednesday. #MIwx WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Perhaps a few snow showers today (especially eastern upper), otherwise dry and colder with some peeks of sun. Some snow to contend with in two areas tonight… steadier light snow south of M-72, and some residual lake effect in eastern upper. We then trend cloudy and chilly Sunday before warming to more seasonably cool temperatures to start next week. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyPerhaps a few snow showers today (especially eastern upper), otherwise dry and colder with some peeks of sun. Some snow to contend with in two areas tonight… steadier light snow south of M-72, and some residual lake effect in eastern upper. We then trend cloudy and chilly Sunday before warming to more seasonably cool temperatures to start next week. #MIwx JORDAN VALLEY AREA UPDATE via Jordan Valley Trails Council >> The valley and south trails have been groomed in the last 24 hours. For some reason the groomer tracker in that machine isn’t working FREDERIC - GAYLORD AREA UPDATE via Sledheads of Frederic , Michigan Snowmobiling >> I have said it before, I think this might be it…… it got up to 49 on friday but at least now its 23 on a cloudy saturday in Frederic at 9;30. Roads are very drty but still snow on the trails. 2 pics below show how much my parking lot changed since yesterday. I have seen sleds out already and the west parking lot on 72 had 4 trucks already this morning. You just have to make the best of what we do have. #gaylord #snowphotos frederic-mi.com WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Gaylord Michigan >> Mild today with peeks of sun at times, especially south. Perhaps a few rain showers near the Soo, otherwise a dry day. A cold front passes through tonight, returning winter air to the region for the weekend. We trend milder into Monday, with long term guidance favoring milder temperatures into much of next week. #miweather #gaylord #cadillac #benzie #traversecity #petoskeyMild today with peeks of sun at times, especially south. Perhaps a few rain showers near the Soo, otherwise a dry day. A cold front passes through tonight, returning winter air to the region for the weekend. We trend milder into Monday, with long term guidance favoring milder temperatures into much of next week. #MIwx FREDERIC - GAYLORD AREA UPDATE via Sledheads of Frederic , Michigan Snowmobiling >> So its about 10 a.m. at 33 degrees and sunny this morning in downtown Frederic. I just returned from an early morning run to home depot in Gaylord and I have to say that all the way up I 75 to exit 282 in Gaylord looks like perfect winter day in northern michigan with everything in the woods and distance looking nice and snow covered. To bad today they claim we might hit 50 BUT I talked to many riders yesterday and everyone saying the same thing that trails are pretty darn good. I drove back from Gaylord to Frederic along trail 7 and pics below show how things look with fresh grooming on trail 7. Took pics both north and south of trail 7 across from Porter Haus and saw 4 sleds out and about before I got back here. Pics below for your viewing pleasure. Thanks for checking in. Pete #gaylord #snowphotos frederic-mi.com <> Latest Trail Reports – Quick Links <>Postings From Regional Pages On Facebook
Equipment - We’ve got parts engineered and are on the way for the JD out of Alba. They worked on it today, hopefully next couple days we can get that back on line.
Weather - Don’t look now but the rest of the season doesn’t look good. We’ll adjust grooming for the temperatures and conditions. Mid 40s and 50s don’t make it an easy job
Thanks for sticking with us this year! It’s been a tough year but we’ll get everything fixed up and regroup #jordanvalley #gaylord #petoskey