TRAIL REPORT: Thursday, 8:00 p.m., 12/29/16

IT’S SNOWING!

GROOMING OPERATIONS: Pisten Bully continued prep work of the Munising-Wetmore Connector. John Deere headed Trail 8 from Shingleton to the 7/8 split near the West end. Friday Pisten Bully is heading from Wetmore Trail 8 West to 7 South to CR440. John Deere is headed from Wetmore Trail 8 East to 422 and Miners Castle.

TRAIL CONDITIONS: Fair – Poor with very little base – Trail 8 is seeing high traffic from Wetmore to Shingleton and was groomed today. All trail sections vary substantially. Very little base so dirt and rocky in many areas. Trail 419W Munising-Christmas (Frog Hollow) Poor with little base, rocky and some small water crossings.

WEATHER; Currently 27 degrees, Lake Effect Snow Warning through Friday with 12 inches forecast.

CAUTIONS, WARNINGS and UPDATES:
CAUTION FOR TRAIL 419W Munising-Christmas (FROG HOLLOW), thin, hard rocky base. Very little snow cover. There are a few small water crossings so use caution.

CAUTION FOR TRAIL419 (Munising Wetmore Connector) – currently does not exist between the Alger County Road Commission and Wetmore. Trail is in preparation progress so watch for working groomers in the area. Official opening will be announced and grooming will begin after January 1, once MDOT’s official approval is received.

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Greetings Sledders,

Quick update, been grooming all day and I’m tuckered out. Can’t do this stuff the way I used to could.

Every thing will be groomed out by nine o’clock tonight in anticipation of Lake Effect that’s forecast for us tonight and in to tomorrow. We aren’t getting too excited about snow totals because it is Lake Effect and that could mean anything from 2 to 10″. We will take what we can get.

Trail 7 south of M-72 may still be a problem child depending on where the cut off line is with this snow. We are grooming it tonight regardless of the way it looks as I want it ready for new snow if it goes that far south. I will update as that trail’s illnesses get better. For the moment it remains a snowmobile parts salesman’s dream trail.

I groomed trail 79 today and it showed some improvement although there were a lot of dirty corners and stretches of beige discoloration that I’m never too happy with. That should all improve with this snow. The loggers that I wrote about a couple of reports ago seem to have abandoned the area that affected the trail and new snow will improve that situation as well.

All in all I think the trails as a whole will improve to a fair status with the possible exception of the salesman’s segment.

As I see it right now grooming will be on our normal schedule this weekend.

Hopefully we will squeak through this weekend with this much welcomed snow.

Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls

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