Wow, now that we’ve survived the “polar vortex” we can report that our trails are in the best condition we’ve ever seen! The severe cold set them up nice and hard and flat and with the almost non-existent traffic over the last few days you are sure to get the ride of a lifetime up here right now. The real cold seems to be on its way out and ushering in temps expected to hit high 20’s by this weekend. We’ve been getting snow almost every day, even with the cold, and the forecast is calling for additional snowfall for most of this next week. Groomers are out on all trails with no problem areas to report at this time.
I’ve been requested by law enforcement to mention that it is not legal to ride on any railroad tracks, most especially the tracks that run through Merriweather and Bergland. Stay on marked trails only, for your safety as well as others.
*Remember to be mindful that a bridge on trail 8, just east of Bergland, is out and it is marked. The trail will be rerouted over the dam at the north end of the lake where the trail was a couple years ago.
That’s all for now from Carolyn at the Hoop. I will keep you posted as often as conditions change. For additional information about the Lake Gogebic area we invite you to visit the only official website of the Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce at www.LakeGogebicArea.com or call us at 1-888-464-3242 (888-GOGEBIC). From all of us here at Lake Gogebic have a great ride as well as a safe ride.
Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce – 01/07/2014
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January 7, 2014 | Lake Gogebic
Greetings Sledders,
I’m back and frankly I’m happy to be vertical as opposed to forever horizontal and carrying on extended conversations with relatives who have long since left this world as we know and love it.
My Sandy did a masterful job of understating my condition as I requested, fact is I spent a week in Munson Med Center with Dbl Pneumonia, three days of which were in ICU. Doctors there told me that waiting another couple of hours could have been the kicker, literally. There’s a lot of this junk going around and please take my advice, don’t take it lightly.
ENOUGH ON THAT, LET’S TALK TRAILS:
We need snow to freshen things up plain and simple. Unfortunately there isn’t anything in the forecast, except for the occasional shot of LES which we of course will take without pause.
That doesn’t mean that we’re out of the game as we are continuing to Groom on our regular schedule and for the most part trail conditions are Fair to Good, mostly Good.
The Fair part of the equation is primarily limited to Trail 7 which is the Frederic trail, the most traveled of all of our segments and it’s pretty snirty until you get just south of Frederic and it then gets whiter the further North and Northwest you go.
THIS WEEKEND:
While the weekend is a long way out I think that we have a good shot at getting through it relatively unscathed. Friday’s forecast is calling for 34 degrees but cloudy skies and Saturday is supposed to be 36 with a 60% chance of snow. Again it’s a long way out but the current info suggests that we should be Okay.
One last note on this report, I’d like to thank our guys for standing in and taking the reins while I re-coup which could be another 3-4 weeks. In the mean time I’ve been told to set down, shut up and do the paperwork that everyone else hates to do.
Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls
At Fay’s Motel enjoy direct access to the Grayling Area snowmobile trails.
January 7, 2014 | Fay's Motel Uncategorized
