Snowmobile trail report

WESTERN U.P. TRAIL REPORT - 12/31/2010

Happy New Year!! With mild temps and rain yesterday expect poor condition. On the up side we are expecting cold temps with snow in the forcast for the next several days.... 
GOGEBIC RANGE TRAIL AUTHORITY groomers are on hold until we receive more snow....temps will be falling into the low double to single digits tonight and tomorrow so hang tight.... 
GOGEBIC AREA GROOMING....Groomers plan on going out late tonight after temps drop to shape up the trails. Expect wet spots and early riding conitions. 
UP THUNDER RIDERS OF WATERSMEET..Grooming is on hold until we receive more snow. Expect poor conditions.

ABR ski report

ABR TRAILS SKI REPORT 
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12/29/10

We had some light rain today but still had many happy skiers with the conditions. The trail remained pretty firm and very skiable. All 60 km are open and we groomed about 35 km of skate and reset 20 km of tracks today or last night. 

As you know : We are able to groom daily and have the equipment to break up any hard pack when it gets cold and turns to ice.

We are open daily 9-5 including holidays. 


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SKIING & SNOW CONDITIONS:
good to very good

GENERAL SNOW & WEATHER CONDITIONS:
37 and misty

SNOW DEPTH IN WOODS, UNPACKED:
20

SNOW DEPTH PACKED ON SKI TRAILS:
6-8

BARE SPOTS, CRUSTED, GLAZED, ETC.:
none

Rain

What a mess as it started to rain about 3 hours ago not hard but enough to make a mess out of everything. My guess snowmobile trails have to be in bad shape as they were getting thin before the rain. Now we are going to need snow and cold temps to get them back in shape. Downhill and cross country trails should of held up much better than the snowmobile trails. Forecast is calling for  colder temps and some snow over the next week will have to wait and see what we get and how everything holds up. Sam

Weather

Forecast is calling for some rain today then a mix tonight and some snow on Saturday. Trails are starting to get thin in spots and streets are starting  to get bare but overall they are holding up fairly well. Time will tell how bad they will get but we do need snow and colder temps soon. Sam

Sunny

Sunny out temps in the 20's two photos of the main trail 2 in Ironwood and a photo from ABR along with Hank & Hanna playing. Sam

Snowmobile trail report

WESTERN U.P. TRAIL REPORT - 12/27/2010

Happy New Year!! Gotten some new snow this past weekend keeping everything nice and white. Still reporting overall conditions as Fair to Good -some better, some worse. 
GOGEBIC RANGE TRAIL AUTHORITY reports all trails are groomed daily-and are in good shape. Trail 11S, 11N and 160 watch out for some wet spots with logging on 11S and 160 by the Wisconsin line. Trails 2 & 8 are groomed daily and are reported in good shape.
GOGEBIC AREA GROOMING.... All trails are groomed and in good to fair condition. Watch for some wet spots. All in all trails are good.
UP THUNDER RIDERS OF WATERSMEET..are out grooming nightly and report trails in good shape-watch for logging trucks for a three mile stretch in the Bond Falls area.

Snow

Had to plow again as we received 3 to 5 inches of heavy snow last night and its still snowing on and off welcome to big snow country. With the new snow should make the trails and all outdoor sports in good to excellent condition. Did get out and snowshoe today with the pups did a mile as had to get back and plow they loved it.  Merry Christmas. Sam

Snowmobile trail report

WESTERN U.P. TRAIL REPORT - 12/24/2010

Snowfall to date is around five feet at Ironwood-more in some places...less in others...
GOGEBIC RANGE TRAIL AUTHORITY reports all trails are groomed daily-and are in good shape. Trail 11S is groomed daily,but watch out for some wet spots by the swamps. 11N is groomed daily and is in good shape with some wet spots. Ditto for Trail 160-groomed in good condition....with some wet spots. By the Wisconsin border on 160 watch for logging trucks.
GOGEBIC AREA GROOMING....George is reporting all trails are groomed and in good to very good condition. Trails north of M- 28 are in very good shape...Trail 13-1 & 8 are groomed and in good shape.
UP THUNDER RIDERS OF WATERSMEET..are out grooming nightly and report trails in good shape-watch for logging trucks for a three mile stretch in the Bond Falls area.

We have winter

Winter is here as it just keeps on snowing not big storms but just keeps snowing. Sam

Snow

Forecast was right 5 inches of snow not much but every little bit helps. Sam

Snowmobile trail report

WESTERN U.P. TRAIL REPORT - 12/20/2010

Snowfall to date is around four feet at Ironwood-more in other places...less in others...
GOGEBIC RANGE TRAIL AUTHORITY reports Trail 2 is groomed daily-fair to good with some rocky spots. Trail 8 is also fair to good but watch for truckers working on the gas line in Tula. Trail 11S is being groomed-it's fair-watch for wet spots. 11N is groomed up to 519-fair shape-watch for wet spots. Ditto for Trail 160-groomed in fair condition...fair shape...wet spots.
GOGEBIC AREA GROOMING....George is reporting Trail 102 in really great shape-trails north of M 28 are very good as well...Trail 13-1 & 8 are groomed and in fair shape-watch for brown,icy spots.
UP THUNDER RIDERS OF WATERSMEET..are out grooming nightly and report trails in good shape-watch for logging trucks for a three mile stretch in the Bond Falls area.

Nice weekend

Nice weekend for outdoor recreation did two days of snowshoeing with the pup's and they had a blast. Saturday did 1.6 miles and Sunday 2 miles in the miners memorial park great trails for snowshoeing, new this winter will be a 2 mile groomed cross country trail. Hank & Hanna had a blast with us till they found pickers and covered them self's in them good thing we had a good brush at home that removed the pickers. Had a couple of snowmobilers this weekend, they said the trails were not bad at all just have to look out for wet areas as the groomer has broken threw in a few spots but should freeze up nicely with the cold temps. Forecast is calling for  snow tonight  into Tuesday may get up to 6 inches but who knows. Put a video in not sure if it will work. Sam

Sun

Sun is out haven't seen the sun for sometime now but it sure is cold -17 this morning. Sure is beautiful out with the sun and all the snow on the trees will have to take some pictures and post later. All groomers are out and the main trail looks great not all trails are groomed as they are waiting for the wet areas to firm up so they can be groomed. Cross country skiing is excellent along with downhill all we need now are people to come up and enjoy it. Sam

Snow storm

Saturday snowed around 6 inches & windy didn't plow took a day off.  Sunday morning got up around 6:30 to start plowing about 8 to 10 inches of snow and not snowing figured it was over than at 7:00 it started to really snow. Its still snowing so far snow total around 15 inches is my guess and like I said still snowing only time will tell how much more we get. Not bad 7 out of 8 days have had to plow snow and its only the first part of December. Sam

Snow storm

No snow last night just started to snow forecast is calling for 10 to 24 inches by Sunday evening not sure we will get it only time will tell. GRTA groomers are out grooming what they can as there still is lots of wet areas that need to freeze. Sam

6th day

Have to plow again more to clean up than new snow but its the 6th day in a row to plow. First snow blowed now its time to plow and shovel as the wind made a mess along with the city plowing. Alpine and cross country skiing should be very good snowmobile trails are open but will take time to get all trails open. Swamps and wet areas need time to freeze up in order for the groomers to get through. Sam

5th day

5th day in a row had to plow can we make it 6 my guess yes.

Snow

Had to plow again as it snowed last night and this morning which is a good thing but its getting old and its just the start to the season. Drove by the main snowmobile trail this morning and looked good just groomed but the base is not built up yet will take time and more snow. Alpine and cross country skiing should be great with all the new snow and more coming. Sam

More snow

It just won't stop snowing plowed for the last 3 days of light lake effect snow my guess 8 to 12 inches maybe more but hard to tell as it snows all day long. Did see that the groomer went down the grade last night not sure what trails have been groomed or rolled as this is the first real snow of the season. It will take time and more snow to get all trails open this should help the ski hills and make for some good cross country skiing. Sam

More snow

Snowed all day 5 to 8 inches of lake effect snow so looks good but need a good storm with heavy snow to get the snowmobile trails going. The snow will help  cross country skiing as they do not need as much to get going but more the better. Sam

Snow

Forecast called for sunny skies guess what cloudy and light lake effect snow 3 to 5 inches every little bit helps. Sam

Snow report

3 to 5 inches of snow on the ground forecast is calling for cold temps snow on and off but not looking like to much snow. Snowmobile trails are open but not enough snow to ride along with all the rain this fall trails will take some time to get in shape as any low areas or swamps that the trail go through will be very wet. Indianhead is open with limited runs, cross country skiing is open at ABR with early season conditions. Sam

Had to plow

Just enough snow that I had to plow, lucky it got cold last night and froze the ground back up so I didn't tear up any yard. Close to 4 inches of snow fell today with temps in the 20's lets hope this is the start to winter again. Sam

Forecast

Forecast keeps changing but starting to look better with colder temps and some snow can only hope this is the real start to winter as we need snow. Its snowing now but just a little but every bit helps. Sam