Trail Report
Monday February 25, 2019 5:49AM
Very Good overall conditions
Medium snowfall
1 general warning
10 trail warnings
BLIZZARD RECOVERY IN PROGRESS – TREES DOWN!
Trees are down across the U.P. with this latest blizzard passing through and grooming yesterday was very limited. The crew has some work cut out for them with clearing trees and grooming the drifts out of the trail system. Both machines will be out grooming during the day today so please stay alert. Overall trail conditions are very good under the 9 inches of fresh drifting snowfall.
Ride with Caution, Ride Safe and Enjoy the Trails!
Past 24 hour Grooming operations:
Trails 8 East to 7 miles north of Shingleton Trail 419 East and West.
Today’s Forecast: Blizzard Warning ends at 7 am, Today Blowing Snow, 9 degrees, 25 to 30 mph Northwest wind with up 40 mph gusts. 1 inch of snow accumulation.
Cover Photo: Tree down on Trail 8 North of Shingleton.
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
TREES DOWN - BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
- We are having trees come down all over the northern part of the upper peninsula with the tail end of a blizzard passing through. Ride with extreme caution. We will get out and clear our trail system as soon as safely possible.
Trail Conditions
8 East - Shingleton
Very Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set great Sunday.
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
8 West - Chatham
Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set great Saturday before the rain started. West half had limited grooming ability with rain and balling snow.
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
7 South - CR440
Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set great Saturday.
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
7 North - Christmas
Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set great Saturday night before the rain.
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
419 East - Wetmore
Very Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set good Sunday.
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
419 West - Munising
Very Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall,
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
418 - Au Train
Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed today. Too much drifting snow to get perfectly flat in the AuTrain drifting areas. Next run should clean it up perfectly.
Expect large drifts near AuTrain and the Lake Superior shoreline, extremely high winds may may also have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
417 - Brownstone Jnct.
Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set good Saturday night. It was raining so grooming was limited.
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
422 - Miners Castle
Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set perfect Saturday.
Extremely high winds may have trees down on trail - Ride with caution.
Wetmore Spur
Good
9 inches of Blowing and drifting fresh snowfall, groomed and set perfect Saturday.
Use Caution in areas of steep side hill conditions near East end.
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