Trail Report
Tuesday January 8, 2019 6:42AM
Good overall conditions
Medium snowfall
1 general warning
4 trail warnings
FINALLY SOME SNOW!
According to the weatherman, Munising was the winner with this last storm having a wet, system snowfall totaling 12″. Dropping temperatures and more snow on the way so trail conditions should really be improving. All of our trails are in good condition with exception of Trail 417 and 418. Those two segments should be able to be cleaned up by the weekend with more snow on the way.
Operators Chuck and Dave were out grooming last night and completed all of Trail 419 East, Trail 7 North and Trail 8 East and West. Trails were grooming flat and hard, easily passing the “boot test”. The 7 miles north of Shingleton also flattened out nicely and packed in good, lets hope she hold up.
Today’s Forecast: Snow Showers, 35 degrees and 5 to 20 mph SW wind becoming W. Looks like snow for the next few days.
PLEASE ride with caution, stay right and be respectful, stay on the trail and off the throttle when in the towns.
Keep Snow Dancing with your friends and stay tuned for updates!
(Today’s photo’s are Trail’s 422, 8 east, 8 north of Shingleton and the Wetmore Spur)
UN-GROOMED TRAILS
- Ride with caution on trail sections not yet groomed.
Trail Conditions
8 East - Shingleton
Good
12 inches of fresh wet snow with a flat base to Shingleton. Groomed well Tuesday night. The stretch north of Shingleton flattened out well, lets hope she holds.
STAY ON TRAIL and off the throttle when traveling through Shingleton.
8 West - Chatham
Good
12 inches of fresh wet snow with a flat base. Groomed well Tuesday night.
7 South - CR440
Good
10-12 inches of fresh wet snow with a flat base. Grooming planned for today.
7 North - Christmas
Good
12 inches of fresh wet snow with a flat base. Groomed well Tuesday night.
419 East - Wetmore
Good
12 inches of fresh wet snow with a flat base. Groomed daily.
419 West - Munising
Good
12 inches of fresh wet snow. Base is a bit choppy but we have a groomer going in today to start cleaning up.
418 - Au Train
Fair
8-10 inches of fresh wet snow. Grooming planned later in the week. We are letting sleds pack in a base since it has been bare ground.
417 - Brownstone Jnct.
Fair
8-10 inches of fresh wet snow. With more snow coming to cover the large rocks we have grooming planned for later in the week. Sections can be rough until then.
Large Rocks and very rough - ride with caution.
422 - Miners Castle
Good
12 inches of fresh wet snow with a flat base. Groomed well Tuesday night.
Logging Operations on North end as you make the turn onto Miners Castle road heading North. Watch for large trucks and give right of way.
Wetmore Spur
Good
12 inches of fresh wet snow with a flat base. Groomed well Tuesday night.
Use Caution in areas of steep side hill conditions near East end. We had a groomer drag slide off the narrow ledge last night so be very careful.
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