Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 0
Date of Report: March 15, 2017
Area Report:
“Officially” closed as of today. Thanks for a great two weeks in December, Mother Nature. Better luck next year!
Please continue to support your local snowmobile clubs!
See ya next year!
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 0
Date of Report: March 15, 2017
Area Report:
Starting Monday, March 20…all Marinette County ATV and UTV trails are closed for normal spring thaw.
Thank you..
Trail Conditions: Fair
Snow Cover: 22″-30″
Date of Report: March 15, 2017
Area Report:
All the trails her in the Keweenaw, from Copper Harbor to Twin Lakes are opened and being groomed. Trail 17 going through town in Hancock is not being groomed due to the low snow and bare areas, but once outside town the grooming starts. Trail 3 from the bridge in Houghton up towards South Range is also not being groomed due to the low snow, but once close to South Range, grooming resumes. Parking lots and roads are bare and trails when they get near road crossings are light snow, but once you are out on the trails there is still a foot and half and more snow on the trails.
All my renters this week have said that the trails are in good shape and they are having fun riding. Temps have been cold day and night with a few flurries here and there and sun.
There is a beaver dam on the South Freda trail that may let go, so if riding that trail use caution and be aware. Trail 122 between Lake Linden and Gay is closed due to logging–stay off of it. You can take 122 as far as the Dreamland Trail, but no farther. Trail 133 between Gay and Lac Labelle is rough and has low snow. Riders have said that they would stay off of it. You can get into Gay using Trail 124 to get in and back to Trail 3.
The trails will hold up through this weekend, but we will have to see after that. If we got 6-8 inches of snow, the trails would be great.
Do your Heikki Luntta snow dance!
Remember when out on the trails. respect others and private property, slow down for god’s sake. its not a race, stay off all water that isn’t marked for riding, and save the drinking for after the riding! Be safe and Happy Trails from the Trail Goddess!
Trail Conditions: Good
Snow Cover: 4 Inch Base
Date of Report: March 14, 2017
Area Report:
Temporary Trail Diversion HAS ENDED in Brimley
Cold temperatures and snow have returned, and they are staying all the way to next weekend! Groomers are out mixing the fresh snow with the icy base making a good surface. Trails are in fair to good shape. There are road shoulders now, but if sun comes out they will disappear fast.
The trails are icy, and watch for trees down with the wind.
We are grooming all the way to Lakeshore Dr. on Trail #8 west of Raco, as Paradise can’t get through the swamp.
Check our Facebook page for pictures.
There’s a big reroute around Raco this year.
There is also a change in the Soo to Kinross trail.
We have a newly plowed parking area at the beginning of Trail #8 under the International Bridge, which now has an all-season Porta-John.
If you are staying in the Sault, please look at our list of supporters on our web page and give them your business. Please do that in all the towns you visit. The grooming entities are all made up of volunteers who want you to support those who support us!
We now have a marked trail that will be groomed on occasion to get to parts and service at Chippewa Motors. It comes into the back of their lot from the east side of M-129 when you come out of the woods.
Remember, trail base is the amount of snow between your track and the ground below, not the amount of fluff piled up in the woods. Six inches of snow compresses to less than an inch on the trail.
Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –
Base 2- 5 inches -Trail is in fair to good condition.
Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –
Base 2 – 6 inches -Trail is in fair to good condition. The trail is back to normal where the collapsed building was. When going across the bridge in Brimley, make sure you go with the flow of traffic! Blowing and drifting occurs when you first leave Brimley.
Raco to Naomikong Trail #8 [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –
Base 3 – 8 inches – Trail is in good to excellent condition.
Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –
Base 1- 4 inches – Trail is in fair condition. Wet areas may be open again.
We now have a marked and groomed trail going to Chippewa Motors. It starts once you come out of the woods east of M-129 off #449. It comes into their parking lot from behind if you need parts or service.
City curfew is from 1 am – 6 am. Remember, most City streets are open to traffic 20mph, stop at all intersections, and ride on the right-hand side of street not on sidewalks. Watch for closed streets that are posted, mainly around the hospital, university, and state trunk lines.
Sault Ste. Marie to Kinross, Trail #49 –
Base 1 – 4 inches – Trail is in fair condition. It’s icy in any open areas, as snow blows across with nothing to stick to. In wooded areas, it’s good. Make sure you follow the reroute once you cross the bridge going south at 7 Mile Road. Wet areas have reopened.
When the trail is running along roads, make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road.
Kinross loop & south to Pickford, Parts of Trail #49, #472, and #494 –
Base 2 – 4 inches – Trail is in poor to fair condition. Watch for trucks on the trail.
Kinross to Raco & Rudyard, Parts of trail #472 & #480 –
Base 2 – 4 inches – Trail is in fair to good condition. Watch for reroute signs just west of Kinross. Road shoulders are bare.
The Downtown Trail is signed but snow and barrels on Portage Ave. Bridge have been removed!
Join us on Facebook, too!!!
www.sootrails.org
Courtesy of the Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association – Groomer Report
Snowmobile Information:
Courtesy of the Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association
The Sledder’s Pledge
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: None
Date of Report: March 11, 2017
Area Report:
Due to recent warm weather and a lack of snow, all Washburn County snowmobile trails are now closed.
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: None
Date of Report: March 11, 2017
Area Report:
Due to recent warm weather and a lack of snow, all Washburn County snowmobile trails are now closed.
Trail Conditions: Fair
Snow Cover: 4 Inch Base
Date of Report: March 10, 2017
Area Report:
Groomer Report
Temporary Trail Diversion Has Ended in Brimley
Cold temperatures and snow have returned. Temperatures in the single digits and one inch of fresh snow are allowing us to groom trails again. Groomers are out mixing the fresh snow with the icy base and making a good surface. Trails are in ride-able-to-fair shape. The rain has melted a lot of snow and road shoulders are bare.
The trails are icy.
We are grooming all the way to Lakeshore Dr. on Trail #8, west of Raco, as Paradise can’t get through the swamp.
Check our Facebook page for pictures.
There’s a big reroute around Raco this year.
There is a change in the Soo to Kinross trail, also.
We have a new, plowed parking area at the beginning of Trail #8 under the International Bridge, which now has an all-season Porta-John.
If you are staying in the Sault, please look at the list of supporters on our web page and give them your business. Please do that in all the towns you visit. The grooming entities are made up of volunteers who want you to support those who support us!
We now have a marked trail that will be groomed on occasion to get to parts and services at Chippewa Motors. It comes into the back of their lot from the east side of M-129 when you come out of the woods.
Remember, trail base is the amount of snow between your track and the ground below, not the amount of fluff piled up in the woods. Six inches of snow compresses to less than an inch on the trail.
Sault Ste. Marie to Brimley, Trail #8 –
Base 1- 4 inches – Trail is in fair to good condition.
Brimley to Raco, Trail #8 –
Base 1 – 4 inches – Trail is in fair to good condition. The trail is back to normal where the collapsed building was.
When going across the bridge in Brimley, make sure you go with the flow of traffic! Blowing and drifting occurs when you first leave Brimley.
Raco to Naomikong, [where Paradise meets us], Trail #8 –
Base 2 – 6 inches – Trail is in good condition.
Sault Ste. Marie City Trail, Trails #497, #449, parts of #8 & #49 –
Base 1- 4 inches – Trail is in poor to fair condition. Wet areas may be open again.
We now have a marked and groomed trail going to Chippewa Motors. It starts once you come out of the woods east of M-129 off #449. It comes into their parking lot from behind if you need parts or services.
City curfew is from 1 am – 6 am. Remember, most City streets are open to traffic 20mph, stop at all intersections, and ride on the right-hand side of street, not on sidewalks. Watch for closed streets that are posted, mainly around the hospital, university, and state trunk lines.
Sault Ste. Marie to Kinross, Trail #49 –
Base 1 – 4 inches – Trail is in poor to fair condition. Make sure you follow the reroute once you cross the bridge going south at 7 Mile Road. Previously wet areas have reopened.
When the trail is running along roads, make sure you go with the flow of traffic on the right side of the road.
Kinross Loop & south to Pickford, Parts of Trail #49, #472, and #494 –
Base 2 – 4 inches – Trail is in poor to fair condition. Watch for trucks on the trail.
Kinross to Raco & Rudyard, Parts of Trail #472 & #480 –
Base 2 – 4 inches – Trail is in fair condition. Watch for the reroute signs just west of Kinross. Road shoulders are bare.
The Downtown Trail is marked with signs, but the snow and barrels on the Portage Ave. bridge have been removed due to the rain!
Join us on Facebook, too!
www.sootrails.org
Courtesy of the Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association – Groomer Report
Snowmobile Information:
Courtesy of the Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association
The Sledder’s Pledge
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: little to none
Date of Report: March 9, 2017
Area Report:
3:15 PM sunny skies +27 deg.
All Vilas County trails were closed this past Tuesday,for all practical purposes they
will not reopen.
I want thank all of you that came up and enjoyed our trails.
Dick
Trail Conditions: Poor
Snow Cover: 4
Date of Report: March 9, 2017
Area Report:
Ely Area Lakes & Trails: (Local Groomers report) Grooming on all area trails has been suspended and trails will have icy stretches and areas of exposed ground. Standing water up to 18 inches may exist in low lying and wetland portions of the trail. Lake travel by snowmobile is not recommended. Area snowmobile clubs are pulling staked trails from lakes. Reports by local groomers say the lake ice is in poor condition near current areas and constriction points. Recent warm weather and rain has created standing water areas, which is also causing dangerous ice conditions.
DNR Groomers Report: After the warm weather two weekends ago, trails are frozen hard with frequent patches of ice and exposed ground. Where water was running across the trail and filling the corners during the warm weather, there are now sheets of ice. Furthermore, the trail base through creeks and wetlands is totally gone in spots and not reliable in most other spots. Due to these conditions, grooming has been suspended. Please keep these things in mind and use caution when riding the trails.
Taconite Trail: Snow – 5-15” depth Base – 0-4” Groomed – yes Condition – poor The entire Taconite from Ely to Hwy 73 is in poor condition. There is a small section of open water between Big Aspen and Pfeiffer Lake that is flagged, signed, and passable.
Arrowhead Trail: Snow – 8-18” depth Base – 0-4” Groomed – yes Condition – poor The entire Arrowhead is groomed and in poor condition. Use caution when crossing the bridge in the Lost Lake swamp due to thin ice and open water. This bridge is located two miles north on the Arrowhead from the Hwy 1 crossing.
Putnam-Fishing Lakes Trail: Groomed – yes Condition – poor
Lake Vermilion State Park and Soudan Underground Mine State Park: closed for season
Taconite Spur Trails and Stony Spur Trails: Base – 0-4” Groomed – yes Condition – poor
Trail Conditions: Closed
Snow Cover: 0-4
Date of Report: March 7, 2017
Area Report: