Trail Report

Saturday February 8, 2020 9:21AM

Good overall conditions

Light snowfall

1 general warning

0 trail warnings

NICE RIDING CONDITIONS
Overall trail conditions are very good with exception of parts of Trail 419. Trails are grooming nice but will not set a hard ribbon with rough conditions returning quicker than usual. We are down a machine with the Deere trying to cover 101 miles with Trenary Northern Trails helping us on the West end. Part of Trail 419 is inaccessible by our running groomer and will not be groomed until the Bully is operational. Our typical grooming schedule is slightly altered but working together with TNT we are able to keep on track – almost. We would also like to give appreciation for Tanglewood Sponsoring the moving of the bully into our groomer building. We will continue to groom and do our best with what we have. Keep the cold weather snow dancing going, Enjoy the Trails and Ride Safe!

Past 24 hour Grooming Operations: (currently operating with only 1 machine)
Trail 7 from Christmas to CR440, Trail 8 from 7 miles North of Shingleton west to Trail 417, Trail 418, Trail 419 from Trail 8 to Wetmore and from Christmas to the West Bay Spur and Holiday Inn.

Forecast: Partly Sunny, High 20ºF, Winds S 5 to 10 mph
Currently: Cloudy, 8ºF, Winds S 7

photos: Cover – Trail 8 North of Shingleton  Gallery – Bully move, Doty Bridge and Trail 8

ROUGH TRAIL - suggested route

- Trail 419 from Wetmore west to the West Bay Spur Intersection cannot be groomed until we have the Bully running. Conditions are poor. If staying in Munising we suggest taking Trail 419 toward Wetmore for a much shorter route to access the trails.

Trail Conditions

8 East - Shingleton

Very Good

Light new snow, soft and flat with a good base, groomed Friday night. Soft sugary snow with minimal chop between grooming runs.

8 West - Chatham

Very Good

Light new snow, soft and flat with a good base, groomed Friday night. Soft sugary snow with minimal chop between grooming runs.

7 South - CR440

Very Good

Light new snow, soft and flat with a good base, groomed Friday night. Soft sugary snow with minimal chop between grooming runs.

7 North - Christmas

Very Good

Light new snow, soft and flat with a good base, groomed Friday night. Soft sugary snow with minimal chop between grooming runs.

419 East - Wetmore

Fair to Good

No new snow, soft but flat with a good base, groomed Thursday night from Trail 8 to Wetmore. Soft snow with high traffic so expected to get choppy between grooming runs. From Wetmore to Munising is rough due to Bully being down and inaccessible with our Deere. Suggest this route for accessing Munising as it is the shortest.

419 West - Munising

Fair to Good

No new snow, soft but flat with a good base, groomed Friday night from Christmas to West Bay Spur and Holiday Inn. Soft snow with minimal chop between grooming runs. From West Bay Spur intersection to Munising is rough due to Bully being down and inaccessible with our Deere. Suggest accessing Munising from the east end of Trail 419.

418 - Au Train

Very Good

Light new snow, soft and flat with a good base, groomed Friday night with help from Trenary Northern Trails. Soft sugary snow with minimal chop between grooming runs.

417 - Brownstone Jnct.

Very Good

Light new snow, soft and flat with a good base, groomed Friday night with help from Trenary Northern Trails. Soft sugary snow with minimal chop between grooming runs.

422 - Miners Castle

Very Good

Light new snow, soft but flat with a good base, groomed Friday.

Wetmore Spur

Good

Light new snow, soft with a hard base and light chop, groomed Tuesday night.