Greetings Sledders that are sledding somewhere else,

So, What do you want to talk about now? Or, In our case write about now.

Not much has changed in these here parts. We had about 6" of LE fluff on the ground last Friday morning and three of us groomer jockeys rode the loop in the hopes that there was enough moisture laden snow to pull the trigger and start panning a base, alas there wasn’t. We were plowing through the cottony lighter than air stuff and the carbides were clattering off every stone known to man. My decision was a no go for panning. One can pan and groom all of the LES that one wants (I’m talking about the 6" range that we got, not the 18" to 2′ that other areas have received) but the bottom line is that it will not adhere to itself because there’s no moisture content, which in our case, makes the effort a waste of your trail permit dollars. Not gonna do it, wouldn’t be prudent.

WEEKEND OUTLOOK:
There is a shot at some meaningful snowfall for the weekend, but my gut tells me that it may be too little too late for us to react to. The day of the week that snow hits is as important as the type of snow that we receive. System snow falling mid-week gives us something we can pan into a base before the weekend traffic hits and LES every few days freshens things up. We haven’t had those conditions all season.

Right now the trails are really thin and remain not recommended. Sorry but that’s the way it is.

Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls

At Fay’s Motel enjoy direct access to the Grayling Area snowmobile trails.

Petoskey Snowmobile Club – 01/11
Current Trail Conditions: Good

We had a couple beautiful days over last weekend. Sunny but cold. Great riding out on the trails. The problem with sunny, cold weather is that it tends to evaporate some of the moisture out of the snow so the trails are getting just a bit thin in spots. We had a little bit of lake-effect snow on Sunday night and into Monday morning but we could use a good solid snowfall of at least a few inches to freshen up the trails. Grooming operations are continuing and the trails are good. Don’t wait for more snow. Ride now. Mid-week is usually excellent riding. Smooth trails and little traffic.

The new trail into Petoskey IS OPEN! It goes from our clubhouse trailhead (on the corner of Cedar Valley Rd. and Evergreen Trail) to the Odawa Casino just south of Petoskey. The trail has a few road crossings, including having to cross US-131 at Lears Rd. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE use extreme caution when crossing any road. STAY ON THE TRAIL and obey traffic signals. Safety first.

http://www.petoskeysnowmobileclub.org

Mancelona Trail Report
Jordan Valley Trails Council
Updated: 01/10
Current Trail Conditions: Poor

The lake effect snow did not fair too well to all the weekend traffic. The trails between Mancelona and Lakes of the North are still in ride able condition but most of the system is not that good. The groomer from Larrys is not going out till we get some more snow. If you need to ride there is snow enough on parts of the trail to have a good ride but don’t expect to have a good ride on the whole system.