Sault Ste. Marie Trail Report – 03/24
March 24 – 10 out this morning and sunny. Trails holding up great if you are worried about melting. Road shoulders are the issue if riding on trails that run along a road. Most shaded gravel roads still have snow/ice cover. Mack Trail between 10 & 11 Mile is paved and has some of it bare but you can get off in the ROW on a lot of it. We have done quite a bit of grooming in the ditches on the Spile Dam & Pickford trail.
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March 20
We have had 2-3 inches of new snow last night. Some road shoulders were bared off if you are planning on using them.
Trails are in the best condition of all year, flat, white and groomed.
Trails are all in good to excellent shape, but the longer the time after a groom the the rougher they get. Groomers are out smoothing out the trails daily. Hopefully if you find a not so smooth section you found many more that were freshly groomed. Groomers run 24/7 on different sections. Trails are generally groomed once a day on weekends and everyother day during the week depending on traffic, temps, and breakdowns.
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Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –
Base 4-9 inches -Trail is in Excellent Condition. Go with the flow of traffic on the bridge in Brimley!
Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –
Base 6-12 inches -Trail is in Excellent Condition. Make sure you go with the flow of traffic when crossing the bridge in Brimley or you will be ticketed!!!!!
Raco to Naomikong Trail #8 [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –
Base 8-13 inches – Trail is Excellent Condition. Lots of snow, waist deep if you get off the trail. It is groomed every other day with more on weekends depending on traffic.
Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –
Base 3-7 inches – Trail is in Excellent Condition. The snow is level with the top of the airport fence.
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 4-10 inches – Trail is in Excellent Condition. When the trail is running along roads make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road. With the rain there is some wet spots under the snow in drainage ditches or low lying areas.
Kinross loop and south to Pickford, parts of Trail #49, #494, #472
Base 3 – 8 inches – Trail is in Good to Excellent Condition. Less snow to the South East compared to Raco but still more then we have had in many years. We have been grooming some of teh ditches so as the road bares off you won’t tear off your carbides.
Kinross to Raco/Rudyard, Trail # #480 & #472
Base 3-8 inches – Trail is in Excellent Condition. Lots of snow watch for deer!
The Downtown Trail has not been groomed, but it is marked. The city hopes to set up the barrels on the trail this week if they don’t have to spend all week moving snow. It has been snowing so much they have been too busy moving snow.
Base: 10 inches
Snowfall Past 24 hours: 3 inches
Last Grooming: yesterday and today
Current Trail Conditions: Excellent