December 16

Hey all! It’s Friday and it’s snowing! We are under a storm warning for 6-12′ so let’s hope we get all that! THEN the groomers could get out again! Groomers HAVE been out ‘early grooming’, trying to start building a base! They are doing what they can to pack and fill and pan to help get rid of ruts and dips and holes! Conditions are getting better with every bit of snow coming down but at the moment trails are thin so with people riding its digging it up. But we will see what comes down over the next 24-48 hours! Hopefully lots of snow! AND I want to pass along a notice from the DNR I got today – ‘The new, highly anticipated Snowmobile Trail No. 37 in Wexford and Manistee counties has opened for the 2016-17 snowmobile season. The 16.5-mile snowmobile trail, which runs from Yuma to Copemish, connects the trail systems near Cadillac to trails north in Benzie, Manistee and Leelanau counties. This new connector trail will enhance snowmobiling opportunities in northwest Michigan, as well as increase tourism in towns such as Mesick and Copemish. While the trail will be open throughout the 2016-17 season, a trail detour will reroute snowmobilers around the Manistee River trestle bridge near Mesick. The trail took many years to develop, as portions of the grade were under ownership of the MDOT for transportation purposes. Through a cooperative agreement with MDOT, management responsibilities were transferred to allow for recreational use within the corridor. In addition to MDOT’s support, the project had strong support from the Cadillac Winter Promotions and Benzie-Manistee Snowbirds snowmobile clubs. The clubs collaborated to make the trail connections and contributed many long hours brushing the trail. The DNR, the Benzie-Manistee Snowbirds and the state snowmobile program contributed funds to the project. The DNR is working to obtain grant funding to hire a bridge engineer consultant to assess and complete improvements to the trestle bridge.’ So – anyway, keep up the goo vibes that we get more snow! AND THANKS for the email Lloyd W and Rick W – it was awesome to hear from you! Anyone else out there chomping at the bit to get out and ride? Drop me a line! Seeya on the trails, Carol

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December 16

Zoey says 8′ of new and keep bringing it!!!!
We are finally getting snow. Once this stops groomers will be Sunday getting trails up to our standards. Hard and fast!!!
See you next week!!

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WE got 12-18″ of snow on the ground, and we have started grooming, there are still a few wet spots to freeze up, but for the most part the trails are in pretty decent shape, Trail#12 going west out of Ontonagon has not been groomed completely cause a land owner still hasn’t opened his gate(right on edge of airport), suppose to do it this weekend, calling for heavy snow all weekend, and very cold temps. we have lots of openings in our resort including lakefront chalets that sleep up to 8, great time to come up.

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