December 28, 2017

5 degrees BELOW ZERO this morning. No new snow yesterday or last night but no worries, we have a solid 2 foot on the ground and the weather guessers are calling for a bunch more and staying cold for the next 7 days or so. Here`s what went on yesterday…..

The "crew" we ended up with was just me, groomer Mike and groomer Dave M. We busted through trail #45 to the Falls with 2 machines and no drags. It wasn`t quite as bad as I expected as far as water holes but there was a couple of good ones. We got them broke open and filled with snow. With these temps so cold the trail should set up pretty quick. We are thinking letting it set for today and tonight and try to run it with a drag tomorrow. Now, pay attention to this next sentence, I`ll even capitalize it for you. THE GATES ON THIS TRAIL ARE STILL CLOSED, DO NOT GO AROUND THE CLOSED GATES, IT IS NOT SAFE YET!!!!! The reason I gotta stress this is on the way back from the Falls we ran across quite a few sledders who went around the CLOSED GATES and were covered with mud. We even had one guy who was buried in the mud and we had to go get him with a groomer. Keep in mind, this was after we spent 8 hrs. on the trail. He`s lucky one guy ( groomer Mike ) volunteered to chase after him. I didn`t hear, but I hope this guy took care of Mike. Another thing that went on was groomer Jack ran the loop trails (#8 and #45) from town to the barn and then hit the town trail. He didn`t take a drag which kinda confused me but he was out there. Now on too whats gonna happen today……

Groomer Don is gonna run the Point trails, #452 and #453, for the first time. Not sure if he`s taking a drag, there are some pretty good water holes on the far north side of this trail also. Groomer Dave M. said he`ll run the loop trails from town to barn and the town trail with a drag….if he gets a chance today. Remember he spent all day with us yesterday and he`s got some catching up to do around home. This Friday we are trying to round up a crew to head south thru the swamp. We need a full crew for this……so any volunteers?? We are also trying to find someone to run trail #8 to Pine Stump….the no help thing AGAIN!!!!!!!

So……thats whats going on for now. Stay tuned for more.

Groomer Chris

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It’s been holding steady, no new snow over night but still nice and cold at 9 degrees at 10 this morning in downtown Frederic. First 2 riders of the day were in, funny thing I saw those guys in downtown grayling crossing by the courthouse, then they crossed in front of me by the high school and then I saw them at 612 in Frederic, they were making good time as I was driving. Then a few minutes later after I got here in the shop they were in here…..I took their picture out here on the side by my Welcome To Frederic sign as I was going to put a picture on today of it anyways. Sled traffic was steady yesterday and trailer counts this morning were the same as yesterday at the motels. Also a picture below is of the big Free Sledheads trailer decals that I have. If you come in be sure to get one for your trailer, I have quite a few colors to pick from. As traffic picks up here I see many familiar faces from over the seasons coming back in and meeting a lot of new people too. Trails are holding pretty well thanks to the cold but we could still use more snow. I still haven’t talked to anyone that has made it up to the bridge but I am sure that is coming soon. Thanks for checking in. Pete

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