Greetings Would-be Sledders,
As you know we are in start over mode after losing all of our base during the thaw.
So far we have picked up a couple of inches of LES which is far from enough to fire up grooming equipment and Lake Effective is not good base building material, but of course we’ll take whatever we can get at this juncture. That said the trails are in pretty poor shape until we get something to work with.
More snow is in the forecast with a mix of clippers and LES over the next 7 to 10 days. Along with that prediction is a wide range of just how much to expect and where the snows will fall. Most predictions are for the snow amounts that will start today and become greater tomorrow to be in the 4-7" range by the end of the weekend. Keep in mind these are forecasts.
The last paragraph is not to be construed as a green light saying come on up and this time bring your sleds because it’s based on the same weather forecasts that we all look at. We are confident that we’ll get snow and that confidence stems from all weather sources calling for like results. We just don’t know how much.
Basically it’s your call on taking the chance.
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 18, 2013 | Fay's Motel Uncategorized
Good Morning…its 9:00am on friday, Jan 18th,2013 temps all thru the Upper Pennisula stayed in the SINGLE DIGITS last night.. more snow coming for today…we have approx 8″ on the ground.. with high winds blowing for the last 24 hrs its hard to estimate depths….just depends on where you are…

pic is this morning at 9:00 am off our deck….temp is now at 13f @ 11:24am
Grooming:::: the good , the bad , the ugly….
GOOD news is most trails are in great shape and very rideable.. good to great…snow depths vary due to high winds 4″ to 8″ on average….
BAD news is South swamp still closed/gates shut due to deep water holes that are spring fed…. hopefully we will have them open soon (this week)
Ugly news is they are logging heavily in the Pike Lake to Little 2 hearted river bridge on trail 8 and on trail 452 at the south end If you are on plowed roads on these trails, its probably because your are in logging areas.. signs are posted….
GAS STATIONS open in our area….
trail 8 .
….Silver creek bar and gas
Paradise has 2 gas stations
Pine stump Jct (luce county)
town of grand Marais
Rainbow lodge is still burned down & closed (Duck Lake Fire)
trail 45…..town of Paradise 2 gas stations
tahquamenon grocery and gas…Lower Tahquamenon falls..
town of Newberry michigan
Feel free to comment or ask questions….weather is great , traffic low, great family adventure weather….Enjoy
January 18, 2013 | Paradise Area Night Riders