We groomed the trails North and West of Kinross today that normally have major water problems. There is a couple of small spots that we broke thru with the groomer. But they are not the 200 yard long areas, they are confined to 20 foot sections. They should be refroze for sleds by morning. All trails have enough snow to ride with varying levels of smothness. It is very suprising to find that most of our small wet areas are frozen.

We will be taking over he 38 miles of trails groomed by Kinross Charter Township last season.

Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –

Base 1-2 inches -Trail is in Very Poor to Fair Condition. Less snow between 5 Mile Rd and 6 Mile Rd, but enough to ride.

Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –

Base 1-3 inches -Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition. Lots of blowing and drifting. Make sure you go with the flow of traffic when crossing the bridge.

Raco to Naomikong Trail #8 [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –

Base 1-5 inches – Trail is Fair Condition.

Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –

Base 1-2 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition. The groomer was out Monday on the city trails.

City curfew is from 1am – 6 am. Remember most City streets are open to traffic, 20 mph, stop at all intersections, and ride the right hand side of street not on side walks. Watch for closed streets that are posted, mainly around the hospital, university, and state trunk lines.

Sault Ste. Marie to Kinross, Trail #49 –

Base 0-2 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition. There are a couple of water spots between 8 and 9 Mile Rd and South of 12 Mile Rd. When the trail is running along roads make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road.

Kinross loop and south to Pickford, parts of Trail #49, #494, #472

Base 1-3 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition.

Kinross to Raco, Trail # #480 & #472

Base 1-2 inches – Trail is in Poor to Fair Condition. There is enough snow to ride without ruining equipment. The trail has a couple of water holes near the Spile Dam and we need more snow to cover the rough terrain.

The Downtown Trail is CLOSED and not been groomed.

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Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association

Thursday January 5, 2011 8:00 A.M.

We are grooming Trail #9 up to Pine Stump Junction today, as it looks like the temps are going to warm up to the upper 30s, Maybe 40 for Friday. Trail # 45 will also be groomed today.Trails are in fair condition, the county roads are smooth, but the trails are a little rough. The trail along Co. Rd. 407 to Holland Lake staging area doesn’t have much snow on it. There are a lot of sledders north up near Grand Marais over to Pine Stump Junction.

We need more snow! And cold weather.

Trail #9 North 4′ Base with 2 to 4’new snow last night. More snow North.

Trail # 45 North to the Co. Rd. 500 is in fair condition

Trail # 9 and #2 is fair to good in some areas.

(We are currently working with 2 groomers)

The cerfew for the Village of Newberry is 11:00 P.M. until 7:00 A.M.

FYI: There will not be gas at Rainbow Lodge this year as they are closing for the winter. There is a gas pump logo on the trail map, but they will be CLOSED. The map is new for this year,and I recieved the information about Rainbow Lodge after the maps went to the printer.

For those of you visiting our website FYI !! UPDATED 12-12-11
Snowmobile Trail # 8 between Marquette and Negaunee will be closed until end of December. Over the summer vandals started a fire on the wooden trestle bridge over the Carp River. The fire did extensive damage to the deck and unfortunately the wooden beams below. The Hiawatha Snowmobile Club has received a Grant from the snowmobile trail program to repair the structure. The deck planking has arrived but the large beams are not slated to be in until the LAST week of December.

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