Good Morning ….its Thursday.march 28th, 2013..the pre-nupt of a great warm weekend….its 11:00am and 34 degrees…clear Sunny Day…and getting nothing but warmer and sunny for this weekend…

***Weather….we are still in the grips of a high pressure Dry front.. temps will remain in the upper 30s and maybe 40s for saturday….temp in single digits west of lake superior/canada… a chance of Rain/sleet/snow for sunday….minor cold air will follow on beginning of next week with temps dropping into 20s night & 30s daytime and possible light snows…

***Trail Report….2 of us groomed trail #8 last night in its entirety…. its was in ‘good condition ‘ when we started adn even better when done….nice and flat (see pict…) only seen 4 sleds in 8 hours and 50 miles of grooming…. things are great on the trails… some water adn puddles ,ice starting to slowly show up …but just minor at this posting….still a great ride on groomed trails and sweatshirt riding….

***Grooming will end on Sunday …with rain in sundays forcast and no real snow coming..we have no prediction of a extended grooming into next week….its a day to day decision….

The season is winding down… Only 3 days left until the trails are officially closed! 🙁 We still have a ton of snow but Spring is springing in the UP with lots of long awaited, welcomed sunshine and warmer days. It sure has been a great winter!

Thank you to all that enjoyed our trails, visited Grand Marais, and patronized our business community! We appreciate each and every one of you!

But, it ain’t over till the fat lady sings … We will be running two grooms a night until Sunday night when the trails officially close at midnight. Even though we will have snow we do not expect to do any extended grooming; it is supposed to be up in the high 30’s and low 40’s through Easter weekend.

There is a 50% chance of snow on Saturday and a 70% chance of snow on Sunday but it doesn’t look to be much. The trails are still in great condition out in the woods and there’s going to be good riding off trail for quite a while. The trail coming into town is going to start thawing quickly on the pavement and we have a lot of standing water around town. You may want to trailer out and use the staging areas to do some awesome jean and jacket riding! Book your rooms and get UP here for one last blast on the Crazy 8’s!

Base: 36 or more inches

Snowfall Past 24 hours: 0 inches

Last Grooming: Last Night and early this morning

Current Trail Conditions: Good