43 Degrees and raining in Grayling now. Every day’s high temperature has been above freezing for most of this week, and through the weekend that should continue. Surprisingly the trails have been OK up till about two days ago or so.
We had two groups of Germans in this week, Daimler-Chrysler employees. […]
Diane and a few friends went out Monday night, snowmobiling to Lovells for dinner and back. Monday morning started out at 40 degrees, but soon cooled off, and by the evening everything was freezing back up. The girls said the trails were very nice, with no dirt/snirt, and only a few spots of […]
This is an update from some wonderful customers that stay with us at least twice or three times a year.
” Lovells trail out (47) was nice and then trail 4 to Gaylord was sloshy but once you got north of Gaylord to Indian River was beautiful and was the smoothest ride I ever had. […]
Sunday we saw a lot of rain, and very little snow or sleet. Temperatures were up to 37F or so. All of this has frozen now, resulting in a lot of ice everywhere. We had several riders come right back after leaving this morning. They said that the trails were just […]
Why no updates in so long? Well, we’ve been busy snowmobiling! A very busy several weeks here, and things still look good.
Trail Conditions: I went out last night to Lovells and back, in temperatures down to about -4 F. That’s cold, I probably shouldn’t have worn the open face helmet… […]
After last week’s warm period came a dramatic change. In about 4 hours the temperature dropped from 40 degrees to 5, and the rain changed to snow. Every road was covered with ice, and the 40+mph winds and zero visibility made driving a challenge. It was hard to tell how much snow […]
The last two days have been over 40 degrees, with a bit of rain. After all the traffic of the past week, this has caused some damage to the trails. I see spots of dirt here and there along the Frederic-Gaylord trail. I haven’t talked to any riders who were out today […]
It’s been an extremely busy week around here, one of our busiest 10 day periods ever in terms of snowmobile activity. This weekend our motel and cabins are full. Not full of snowmobilers, though — there is a conference in town dealing with Michigan State University Agriculture activities.
We’ve had so many rental inquiries […]
We’ve gotten a few inches of snow here and there over the past week, and it’s finally added up to enough for snowmobiling to start up again. 6-8 inches on the ground now, with more in the forecast every day. It doesn’t sound like much, but it was heavy, wet snow, and […]
The January Melt is turning into a pattern around here. Beautiful, deep snow in December gives way to grass, mud, and thawed ground in January. We’ve had 3 days of heavy rains and temperatures as high as 52 degrees. It’s amazing that there is still any snow on the ground. All […]
It’s nice to see 6 inches of new snow on top of that ice we were left with this past week. It all fell between about 4PM and 10PM last night, about an inch an hour. The last pocket of heavy snowfall left at 11pm looked to be right over Starvation Lake, so […]
Well, after that day of 40 degrees and rain, things are much different. Everything has frozen back up, but now we have trails of ice with just an inch of snow on top. That inch of snow is all we got yesterday, and isn´t really enough to cover up the ice.
I […]
We’ve had a few warm days, up to 35 degrees or so. All reports are that trails conditions remain good, though. We’ve had rental machines out the past few days, and the riders told us the trails were great, with very few other snowmobiles out. I do worry about softer snow with […]
Grooming started this weekend, after the Grayling area got around 8+ inches of heavy, wet snow Saturday. Â Right now snow depth is around 10 inches. Â Reports from the trail groomers, Keith in particular, are that conditions are excellent. Â The heavy snow seems to be packing down well, a pleasant surprise at the beginning of the […]
… happened this weekend. After the best riding conditions of the winter, and -22F this past Tuesday, it only took 3 days of 40+F temperatures to turn the trails to slush.
So it looks like trails are likely closed for the winter.
To everyone who came up and treated us and our machines well, thank you […]
-18F this morning as I write this. That’s definitely cold enough to set up the base of snow on the trails. Our renters Monday went 190 miles and said almost all the trails were perfect (south of here to Houghton Lake being the exception).
The weather forecast calls for 39 Deg. F. and rain on Saturday, […]
We had a relatively busy weekend here in Grayling, especially for March. Last weeks storm brought a bunch of snow that became heavy, wet, and slippery with the addition of a bit of freezing rain. Groomers have been out (except for those DNR boys on the Lovells trail…). The snow seems to shift and stay […]
We got somewhere around 6 inches of snow yesterday. Â It’s a little hard to tell with all the wind and drifts. Â A pretty heavy and thick snow, we plowed our lot for around two hours.
The trail groomers are running again starting today, so we’re opening our rentals back up. Â Come on up!
– Rob
Well, I guess it was a thin base on the trails. The past few days warm weather and sunshine have reduced the trails to mud in spots. The trails are completely unusable in enough spots to make the whole trail system unreliable.
Off trail riding will still be good, if you were to trailer […]
Well, the past two weeks have been quite busy. Our sleds have been out most every day, weekdays included. Weekends are booked, of course — I don’t think we have any weekend openings until March.
Conditions have been reasonably good for the continued light snowfall. There is snirt around on the trails, but few really brown […]
Friday (2 Feb) Keith, from Fay’s Motel, and I took a few journalists on a ride around the military land NE of Grayling. We went up to Range 40, north of hwy. 612 and east of I-75. The snowmobiling was absolutely perfect off of the groomed trails. There hasn’t been too much off-trail traffic, so […]
Even though there’s been light snow in the forecast every day, we haven’t gotten much since last weekend. The trails have gotten a bit browner with snirt. The groomers are out and there is a bit of traffic. All the riders I’ve talked to have said that the trails are good, dirty snow but not […]
Our volunteer groomer drivers are out running, since Sunday. Conditions look pretty good, as long as you’re not going to Gaylord. Traffic near there has been so high that the trails are still brown from Gaylord south to the south end of Otsego Lake. From there south to Grayling the trail looked nice, white, and […]
So, for the past few days things have looked pretty positive. There’s a pretty thin base but traffic has been light. Trails were dirty and snirty on Saturday but it’s snowed a little bit every day since. Snow is in the forecast pretty much every day for the next week.
On the negative side, the base […]
on the trails today. The snow cover does seem thin, although there’s 8 inches on the ground or so. The snow is a bit loose, since it’s been cold. Out on Lewiston Grade Road (the start of the Grayling-Lovells trail) I heard the occasional chatter of skis hitting the gravel.
The Weather Forecast does call […]
Well, it looks like snowfall is finally picking up. Here’s what the National Weather Service says this morning:
1116 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007
…HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN…
.VERY COLD AIR MOVING ACROSS THE RELATIVELY WARMER WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN AND LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN […]
Well, at least the ground is all covered more. We got about two inches of snow Sunday night, with more predicted through the day today. With the ground finally frozen, hopefully a base of snow will begin to develop through this week.
I didn’t quite wear shorts on my run today at lunchtime, but it was almost warm enough to….
… over the past few days. At least the ground is white, but only where the grass doesn’t show through. Temperatures in the high 30’s are predicted for the next few days, so we’re still waiting for winter to re-start.
