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Cadillac / Baldwin Snowmobile Trails – December 14, 2010 – Courtesy of Wolf Lake Motel & Resort –ATV & Snowmobile Rentals — www.michigansnowmobile.com/wolflakemotel
Groomer operators are saying curvy areas do have snirt and straight areas are fairly nice for early season riding, but the ground still isn’t frozen, so conditions can change fast. Forecast is for more snow and cold, with a Clipper system on 12-17-10
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Snow and Weather: Keep an eye on the weather.
Trail Report: Greetings Sledders,
It looks like we have at least a shot at keeping the trails intact until Sunday.
The forecast keeps changing slightly in terms of temps and the amount of rain that may fall. If the current forecast holds true then we will likely lose the trails sometime Sunday. I say that with a certain amount of caution as much depends on the amount of Sun we get prior to the low moving in.
Tomorrow is supposed to be partly cloudy and temps around 32. Should we get an all day blast things could go south fast, at least in the snirty spots on the trails.
It also looks like we will retain our off trail snow pack if things shake out as forecast.
TRAILS: Right now the trails are in decent to good shape. We groomed everything out the last few days. The more traveled tight corner sections are going to be snirty in the corners which is always the case. I groomed the Blue Bear Connection and Hanson Hills yesterday then took the new machine for a ride on the Frederic trail and all in all had a good ride.
GROOMING: The schedule is set for the next several days and we’ll just have to make the call to go on a day to day basis depending on what Ma. Nature serves up.
Here are some grooming activity numbers for December that some of you may be interested in reading:
We groomed 19 days.
We are responsible for 86 miles total.
During those 19 days we logged 1444 miles. This was done using Blue the vast majority of the time and required 217 volunteer man hours that were generated by basically 4 drivers.
We averaged 76 miles per day at an alarmingly fast avg. speed of 6.65 miles per hour.
Ride Often and Please Be Safe,
Keith, Sandy and The Girls
stevo
Ravenna, MI
Rode the trail from Newaygo sports park to Chase yesterday and had a
great ride. We went 50 miles before we saw any other sleds
(everydody watching football?) Great job grooming and great food at
Chase Creek Smokehouse. Put on 170 miles with light snow all day and
perfect conditions!
We’re from Ohio and just got back from riding in the Harrison/Leota/Houghton Lake area. This has been the best I’ve seen over Christmas/New Years in many years. Simply awesome.
Kudos to all you groomers out there. Terrific Job !!
Snow and Weather: Hello All and Happy New Year!
I just wanted to do a quick update since its been a few days.
The last day or 2 we have gotten several inches of snow and it is remaining cold so the trails are in great shape right now. We did not get hit with too many riders this past week and the groomers are out so the trails are in very good riding shape. Now, hopefully the weather will continue to cooperate.
NEW SNOW: 1″
TRAIL REPORT:
We got about 5″ Friday night here south of Big Rapids. The groomer went through also-thanks Pere Marquette Snowmobile Club!
The trail was in good shape Sunday, then we got about an inch of new snow
Monday. Have a safe New Year!
Trails in West Branch on 12/30/07 were slightly congested with traffic but the trails are snow covered and in good condition. Snowfall on ground is approx. a foot and a half. Trails have ice under the snow so use caution on the corners.
Got about 1/2 inch of new snow last night!
Have fun and stay safe!!
My parents live in SW Michigan. I love to visit them… especially in the winter when I can go snowmobiling. Thank all of you for your current updates. It helps greatly when I need to trailer north in search of snow.
Keep up the great updates… and have a happy, healthy new year!
Snow and Weather: Recieved 6 inches of system snow last night.
Trail Report: Greetings Sledders,
Just another quick update. Mother nature blessed us with 6 inches of system snow last night.
Keith has been out in the big blue tractor all day after cleaning up around here this morning. Then someone else will be out most of the night. And tomorrow they start all over again.
The weather people are calling for lake effect for the next two days, than maybe another system coming through, followed by more lake effect. If you can get away for a couple days, now’s the time.
Ride Often and Please Be Safe. It will be icy in spots out there.
Keith, Sandy and The GirlsClick Here For Complete Report >>>
Overall Trail Conditions: Excellent
Latest Snow: 7 inches of new snow
Trail Report: December 29 2007 Snowmobile Trails We got 7 inches of new snow today . Trails are in great shape. I will take new pictures tomorrow in the a.m. – The pere Marquette trails are in excellent shape.
Jim
London, OH
Been staying at the Americinn Inn @ Calumet snowmobiling and the
trails are in great shape. Having a blast!! It has been snowing every
day.
This is # 45 (Falls Trail) right off M-123. Taken 12/26/07. Photo taken by Candace Chapman of Newberry.
Thanks Ben from Paradise for the shot of the Paradise groomer. TASA OWES A BIG THANKS AND A THUMBS UP TO THE PARADISE GROOMERS!!! During this past week, Paradise (with blessings from the DNR) took one of their groomers through that swampy area between CR 500 and the Falls on the TASA trail! Their equipment weighs a lot less than TASA’s so they were able to get in there and help set it up for TASA. Hopefully it will be set enough that TASA can start grooming this section ourselves this weekend.
SO ON BEHALF OF TASA AND EVERYONE WHO RAILS THE TRAILS; HATS OFF TO PARADISE!!!
TASA Groomers on the trail to Tahquamenon Falls…..
Groomer Dan on Trail #45 – 12-11-07
This is a picture of the trails in the Mackinaw City area on Dec.6 2007 courtesy of the Flamingo Motel
Trail Report: December 5, 2007 noon
We still have no contract with the DNR but the groomers are out at our expense. By the end of the day all trails will have been packed at least once. Even if we aren’t getting reimbursed we need to insure they are groomed now or they may not be able to be repaired once we get a contract.
There is good snow levels on all trails 8-14 inches but no base yet. Some of the club trails are not open yet due to the earliness of the season. The downtown trail will not be open until after Christmas, there are still businesses open along where we normally groom. The trail going to Portage Avenue has a gate on it to keep cars out of the City Garage compost area, but you can get around it with your sled, it just keeps the cars out. The forecast is calling for continued cold temps and light snow right thru the weekend.
Remember this is early riding it best with some areas of unfrozen water and dirt under the snow. There are tree stumps, branches, and rough ground under our thin layer of snow, and little traction in some of the corners, so ride careful. We need to have some more snow on what we have now packed to be able to do real fulltime grooming.
Martin Cottle, Grooming Chairman
Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association