SIDNAW – WESTERN U.P. UPDATE via The Sidnaw Station >> 02/27
Took a ride on the 174 and the 12 to Rousseau. The trails are in good shape. Riders reported the trail to Mass and Greenland is good with some water spots that you can easily get around. Come on out and ride!!
BESSEMER - WESTERN U.P. UPDATE via Trails-North Powersports LLC >> 🥰 The trails were pretty decent from Bessemer to Bergland 🤟😊 a few wet areas and several low branches but really overall worth making the trip 🤟 Trails are definitely early season yet but for December 14th it sure is nice to be sleddin to lunch at Antonio's Bergland, MI ❤️💯🤟🌬️❄️❄️❄️ #bessemer #westernup#snowphotos... See MoreSee Less
LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> Your Sunday evening 12-14-25 Groomer's report from the Bergland Area. We received around 8"to 10" over the past 2 days from the latest storm. The snow and cold have been helping out tremendously!! I was waiting to hear from one of our operators out currently who had just groomed 8w to see if thing's had improved but he hasn't replied. However 8w and 1n are currently being groomed. Today we finally punched through 102. We'll let 102 set up for a day or 2 and run through her again without a drag. Then 13 from Root Cellar north is the last section to open up along with access trail's. 🤞Mother Nature cooperates! We are moving forward and some sections are beautiful and other's just need time. Thanks everyone! Gogebic Area Grooming ❄️❄️❄️ #lakegogebic#westernup#snowphotos... See MoreSee Less
WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Bitterly cold temperatures will hang on through tonight as wind chill values remain below zero across the U.P., coldest in the west near the WI border. Lake effect snow will also continue to impact the northwest wind snowbelts, especially across the east where a Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through Sunday morning for Alger, Luce, and northern Schoolcraft Counties. #miweather #keweenaw#westernup#marquette#munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaBitterly cold temperatures will hang on through tonight as wind chill values remain below zero across the U.P., coldest in the west near the WI border. Lake effect snow will also continue to impact the northwest wind snowbelts, especially across the east where a Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through Sunday morning for Alger, Luce, and northern Schoolcraft Counties. ... See MoreSee Less
WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow showers are expected downwind of Lake Superior through Sunday, impacting the northwest wind snowbelt areas. This snow will be very susceptible to blowing in the wind, resulting in localized visibility reductions below 1 mile at times. Make sure to drive with your headlights on, at appropriate speeds, and with extra room between yourself and other vehicles! #miweather #keweenaw#westernup#marquette#munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow showers are expected downwind of Lake Superior through Sunday, impacting the northwest wind snowbelt areas. This snow will be very susceptible to blowing in the wind, resulting in localized visibility reductions below 1 mile at times. Make sure to drive with your headlights on, at appropriate speeds, and with extra room between yourself and other vehicles! #906wx #miwx ... See MoreSee Less
ONTONAGON AREA UPDATE via Erika’s Trail Reports - Western UP/Porkies/Ottawa Forest/Ontonagon County >> 😍 GROOMING INSIDE A SNOW GLOBE 😍 ❄️ WEEK 2 - ERIKA’S TRAIL REPORTS ❄️ (long post but worth the read) While you were sleeping… 🌙 Our 1st official grooming (Team Trent & Erika) of the 2025-2026 season was MAGICAL! With real feel of -15F and blizzard-like conditions, we groomed for 10 hours overnight (12/12-12/13) during heavy lake effect snow! North Country Snowmobile Club trail conditions have significantly improved thanks to the dedicated volunteers that have been cleaning the trails day and night for your enjoyment! We rated trails 101, 13 and 137 and unplowed forest roads tonight - EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! WOW, we can’t believe that it is only the 2nd week of December! 🚨 IMPORTANT REMINDERS 🚨 ⚠️ Heavy lake effect snow going on all weekend: snow quickly accumulating on trails and with low visibility at times ⚠️ Trail 12 to Greenland has not been actively groomed yet; ⚠️ Trail 12/Norwich Road has not been actively groomed yet; ⚠️ Trails 1 and 11 (Porkies/Lake of the Clouds) are being worked on this weekend; ⚠️ Snow is deep and plentiful in the forest but lower accumulation near the lakefront 👏🏻 Many thanks to all the group of riders that we saw tonight for being mindful of the groomer. Let’s continue to enjoy snowmobiling in a responsible way and go home safely. #ontonagon #westernup#snowphotos... See MoreSee Less
WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> A cold front will move across the U.P this evening. Light snow will accompany the front but generally less than an inch is expected. Behind the front temperatures will fall into the single digits above and below zero. This combined with gusty winds will bring wind chills down into the teens and twenties below zero. A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for Gogebic and Iron counties tonight through Saturday morning. Lake effect snow will develop behind the front in the northwest wind snowbelts with several inches expected. Those headed outside tonight or traveling should be prepared for bitter cold and snow (in the northwest wind snowbelts). #miweather #keweenaw#westernup#marquette#munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsarea... See MoreSee Less
ONTONAGON AREA UPDATE via North Country Snowmobile Club UP >> 02/27
THURSDAY NIGHT 2/27/2025
GROOMING UPDATE
President Mac and Groomer Operator Wyatt are headed out later this evening in our Lulich Implement, Inc. New Holland tractor and our 2022 PistenBully. We continue to have fuel trouble codes over-the-phone support couldn’t eradicate in PB19, so only two groomers out tonight. Groomer’s will be inspecting the trails for hazards, knocking down moguls and starting the painful task of setting trails back in. Please be patient with the area trail’s as our groomer runs take remarkably longer after a 5 night hiatus from regular grooming maintenance.
We are grooming “the loop” out of Ontonagon and the ROADS of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park – the Porkies. Due to water along trail 1 from White Pine to Silver city, we cannot get our tractor in there to groom. We are also skipping short sections along the lake due to marshes filling back up destabilizing the trail base for the big tractor. We just can’t risk getting stuck! All of this is a plan and subject to change due to mechanical issues or changes in trail conditions, which we will relay.
Forecasts are calling for 1-12″ of fresh snow. Having our second night of grooming back in action tomorrow night, Friday, SATURDAY RIDING SHOULD BE SOMETHING SPECIAL!
Thank you to all the volunteers across the UP making this snowmo-tourism machine work!
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ONTONAGON AREA UPDATE via Scott’s Superior Inn and Cabins >> 02/26
Snowmobile Trail Report – Ontonagon Area
I took a 50-mile loop today, riding Trail 137 out of Ontonagon to Rockland, Trail 13 from Rockland to Greenland, and Trail 12 back to Ontonagon. Despite the recent warm-up, I was pleasantly surprised by the overall good to excellent conditions.
Trail 13 was freshly groomed in some sections, making for a smooth and enjoyable ride. There were a few short areas with exposed ground and wet/slushy spots, but nothing major. Trail 12 from Greenland was the roughest section, mainly because a groomer hadn’t been through in several days, so it was on the bumpier side. I also encountered a few short stretches of snirt, but again, nothing that significantly impacted the ride.
The good news is that a couple of inches of fresh snow are expected before the weekend, and colder temps are returning, which will help firm things up. Once groomers are back in full operation, conditions should improve even more.
It’s not quite as perfect as before the warm-up, which had some of the best riding I’ve seen in years, but we still have plenty of snow and great riding conditions in the western U.P. Don’t let the recent warm stretch scare you off—there’s still lots of fun to be had!
BESSEMER - WESTERN U.P. UPDATE via Trails-North Powersports LLC >> 🥰 The trails were pretty decent from Bessemer to Bergland 🤟😊 a few wet areas and several low branches but really overall worth making the trip 🤟 Trails are definitely early season yet but for December 14th it sure is nice to be sleddin to lunch at Antonio's Bergland, MI ❤️💯🤟🌬️❄️❄️❄️ #bessemer #westernup#snowphotos... See MoreSee Less
LAKE GOGEBIC AREA UPDATE via Gogebic Area Grooming >> Your Sunday evening 12-14-25 Groomer's report from the Bergland Area. We received around 8"to 10" over the past 2 days from the latest storm. The snow and cold have been helping out tremendously!! I was waiting to hear from one of our operators out currently who had just groomed 8w to see if thing's had improved but he hasn't replied. However 8w and 1n are currently being groomed. Today we finally punched through 102. We'll let 102 set up for a day or 2 and run through her again without a drag. Then 13 from Root Cellar north is the last section to open up along with access trail's. 🤞Mother Nature cooperates! We are moving forward and some sections are beautiful and other's just need time. Thanks everyone! Gogebic Area Grooming ❄️❄️❄️ #lakegogebic#westernup#snowphotos... See MoreSee Less
WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Bitterly cold temperatures will hang on through tonight as wind chill values remain below zero across the U.P., coldest in the west near the WI border. Lake effect snow will also continue to impact the northwest wind snowbelts, especially across the east where a Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through Sunday morning for Alger, Luce, and northern Schoolcraft Counties. #miweather #keweenaw#westernup#marquette#munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaBitterly cold temperatures will hang on through tonight as wind chill values remain below zero across the U.P., coldest in the west near the WI border. Lake effect snow will also continue to impact the northwest wind snowbelts, especially across the east where a Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through Sunday morning for Alger, Luce, and northern Schoolcraft Counties. ... See MoreSee Less
WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow showers are expected downwind of Lake Superior through Sunday, impacting the northwest wind snowbelt areas. This snow will be very susceptible to blowing in the wind, resulting in localized visibility reductions below 1 mile at times. Make sure to drive with your headlights on, at appropriate speeds, and with extra room between yourself and other vehicles! #miweather #keweenaw#westernup#marquette#munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow showers are expected downwind of Lake Superior through Sunday, impacting the northwest wind snowbelt areas. This snow will be very susceptible to blowing in the wind, resulting in localized visibility reductions below 1 mile at times. Make sure to drive with your headlights on, at appropriate speeds, and with extra room between yourself and other vehicles! #906wx #miwx ... See MoreSee Less
ONTONAGON AREA UPDATE via Erika’s Trail Reports - Western UP/Porkies/Ottawa Forest/Ontonagon County >> 😍 GROOMING INSIDE A SNOW GLOBE 😍 ❄️ WEEK 2 - ERIKA’S TRAIL REPORTS ❄️ (long post but worth the read) While you were sleeping… 🌙 Our 1st official grooming (Team Trent & Erika) of the 2025-2026 season was MAGICAL! With real feel of -15F and blizzard-like conditions, we groomed for 10 hours overnight (12/12-12/13) during heavy lake effect snow! North Country Snowmobile Club trail conditions have significantly improved thanks to the dedicated volunteers that have been cleaning the trails day and night for your enjoyment! We rated trails 101, 13 and 137 and unplowed forest roads tonight - EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! WOW, we can’t believe that it is only the 2nd week of December! 🚨 IMPORTANT REMINDERS 🚨 ⚠️ Heavy lake effect snow going on all weekend: snow quickly accumulating on trails and with low visibility at times ⚠️ Trail 12 to Greenland has not been actively groomed yet; ⚠️ Trail 12/Norwich Road has not been actively groomed yet; ⚠️ Trails 1 and 11 (Porkies/Lake of the Clouds) are being worked on this weekend; ⚠️ Snow is deep and plentiful in the forest but lower accumulation near the lakefront 👏🏻 Many thanks to all the group of riders that we saw tonight for being mindful of the groomer. Let’s continue to enjoy snowmobiling in a responsible way and go home safely. #ontonagon #westernup#snowphotos... See MoreSee Less
WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> A cold front will move across the U.P this evening. Light snow will accompany the front but generally less than an inch is expected. Behind the front temperatures will fall into the single digits above and below zero. This combined with gusty winds will bring wind chills down into the teens and twenties below zero. A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for Gogebic and Iron counties tonight through Saturday morning. Lake effect snow will develop behind the front in the northwest wind snowbelts with several inches expected. Those headed outside tonight or traveling should be prepared for bitter cold and snow (in the northwest wind snowbelts). #miweather #keweenaw#westernup#marquette#munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsarea... See MoreSee Less