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Grayling Trail Report – Fay’s Motel – 01/25

Greetings Sledders,

Wanted to wait on this report until I had a chance to groom our busiest segment, the Frederic trail, which I did today. We do have a continuing snirt thing going on at the south end and the trail gets better as you go toward Frederic. It’s okay and not great by any means and I’m going to call the south end fair.

Those that braved the bone chilling Sunday all reported good times and were happy that they ventured out. We currently have the Patterson group in from Ohio that arrived Sunday and travelled Monday to Harbor Springs, spent the night and returned today after sledding all over the tip of the mitt and said they experienced a little bit of everything. Good snow and marginal snow, ice, thin spots you name it.

WEATHER:
It looks like we are going to hold the temps and we have a shot at a clipper coming through along about Friday. Not a huge event but we’ll take whatever we can get to freshen things up.

TRAILS AND EMERGENCY TRAIL LOCATOR NUMBERS:
The overall assessment is fair to the south and better to the north and west.
I want to talk about emergency locator numbers because we had a serious accident on trail #7 Sunday afternoon and the person calling into 911 didn’t know where they were which delayed the arrival of the emergency crew. All the person calling in knew was that they were on trail seven. All of our trails are marked with locators (mile markers) that are spaced no more than a mile apart, the same as you would see on I-75 (i.e. 7-37, 7-38 ect.). If there is an emergency and you have someone that can travel by sled to get the nearest number that’s the best action to take. You can then give that to dispatch and they can get to you much quicker as the numbers are all accompanied with GPS coordinates. If you can’t leave the injured person try to flag someone down and ask for their assistance. Time is everything in these situations.

Next report Thursday.

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 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

Gaylord Area Trail Report – Ray’s Retreat Country Inn – 01/25

Good Snow + Good Trails = Great Ride!
We managed to get out this morning for a ride. We headed south on trail 7 from Rays Retreat. This stretch was a little bumpy – but not bad. From Waters to Frederick trail 7 was excellent. It was as smooth as a newly paved highway – smoother than Old 27 running along that stretch!
In Frederick we picked up trail 679, to trail 79 and then back on trail 7 and home. A round trip just a little over 50 miles. Folks – this was a really good ride. A few rolling bumps, mostly at corners where there were stop signs. We saw only 6 riders thru this entire ride. Although this afternoon we’ve seen quite a few more riding by the motel. Trail 79 had some icy corners.
Absolutely nothing to complain about if you enjoy getting out and riding good trails. A bit of snirt seen on trail 7 – this trail always shows snirt. It is just too close to the road, and too many little roads cutting thru it.
We require a 2 night minimum stay on the weekends, but this weekend because we have a few folks coming in Thurs and leaving Sat morning – we have two rooms available for Sat. night. So give us a call if you are looking for a room Sat night. 989-732-2703 or 989-732-4914.

January 25, 2011 |
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