Trail Report

Thursday February 21, 2019 6:06AM

Excellent overall conditions

Medium snowfall

1 general warning

2 trail warnings

FLAT TRAILS – FRESH SNOW!

Overall trail conditions are excellent with 6 inches of fresh blowing snow. Operators are reporting groomer friendly snow conditions, light traffic and perfect ribbons. Winter Storm brought something to work with and has created some drifting in the Trail 418 AuTrain area during and after grooming yesterday. Last night Keith, Terry and Dave did get the blade together for the new John Deere. Once Tom and Quest get the old John Deere 7130R fixed and moved today we can get that re-installed on the JD6175R.

Past 24 hour Grooming operations:
Trails 8 East to 7 miles north of Shingleton and 8 West, 7 North to Christmas and south to CR440, Trail 417 to Brownstone Intersection, Trail 418, Trail 419 East and West, Trail 422 and Wetmore Spur.

Today’s Forecast: Isolated Snow, 18 degrees and 10 mph West wind.

Cover Photo: John Deere 6175 on Trail 8

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

WATCH FOR GROOMERS

- Machines are often running two shifts so please be alert and watch for groomers day and night. Please SLOW-DOWN on the corners, especially those long sweeping ones.

Trail Conditions

7 North - Trail 8 to Christmas

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday night.

7 South - Trail 8 to CR440

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday night.

8 North - Shingleton to H58

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday.

8 East - Trail 7 South to Shingleton

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday night.

8 West - Trail 7 South to Chatham

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed multiple times daily. High traffic trail section so may get choppy between grooming runs.

417 - Brownstone to Chatam 8

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday.

417 - Brownstone to Marquette

Very Good

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday. Watch for drifting near AuTrain.

Ride with Caution just East of AuTrain along the Lake Superior shoreline. Large drifts in that area and the trail runs right along the AuTrain River.

418 - East - Au Train / Forest Lake Rd to Trail 7

Very Good

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday. May develop light chop with the new snow.

418 - West - Au Train / Forest Lake Rd to Trail 417

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect to H-58 Wednesday night.

419 - Trail 7 Christmas to Wetmore

Excellent

6 inches of fresh blowing snow, groomed and set perfect Wednesday night.

Use Caution in areas of steep side hill conditions near East end.

419 East - Wetmore to Trail 8

Good

419 West Spur - West Munising Access / Boat Launch

Good

420 - Wetmore to 422~8

Good

422 - Miners Castle

Good

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