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Western Upper Peninsula Trail Conditions
Back to Top of ListGogebic County
- Gogebic Range Trails: (12/4) The Big Lake is definitely kicking up the lake effect snow! They say up to 11” through morning. Keep on dancing, we need the cold temps too! Visibility is down to almost nothing. Local friends, stay safe on your evening commute.Trail Boss Jerry, feel free to add your plans on equipment going out for the days to follow.
- Lake Gogebic: (12/3) Groomer's are in from setting trails 1n and 1s. Probably 2 of the better trail's considering they're running old road grade. The last to set is the wonderful 8w to Wakefield. Plans are to tackle that with 2 machines tomorrow. It's been snowing heavily this evening and temperatures remain perfect for setting trails to groom. We were actually able to get through a section of swamp tonight much earlier than previous years. Things are looking good for a great season! That's your Tuesday December 3rd 2024 update. Think snow
- Watersmeet: (12/3) Our groomers went out today in most directions to do some packing of the trails and clear more trees that came down during the winds. Trails are not ready for riding until we get more snow and when we do we will get back out and continue to do what we can to make them rideable. Remember wherever you may get out to ride it will be early season so watch out for hazards and remember to Ride Right. Thanks and think snow.
Ontonagon County
- Ontonagon/Silver City/White Pine: (12/5) Mass City report: I have shoveled about 14 inches, 'total accumulation" of snow from this last storm. The ground is warm so the snow is settling quickly. It is still, very early season riding conditions. You can expect wet areas, (aka mud), possibly trees down due to the high winds, and thin areas. If you are coming up to ride, please be patient with the clubs as they are doing the best that they can, and remember to ride with caution. Groomers will be out!
- Sidnaw/Bruce Crossing: (12/5) We will be out on the trails again today. Remember, it's still early season out there, and you could come across wet spots and trees down.
Houghton County & Keweenaw County
- (12/5) Keweenaw Snowmobile Club grooming machines are out from Copper Harbor to Toivola, packing trails, opening gates and assessing trails. Trails are improving with the continued snow. Expect early season conditions with Wet spots, rocks, etc. With the wind you may find some drifting.
● Portage Lake Lift Bridge snowmobile trail will open mid-late December.
● Trail 3 from Dollar Bay to Lake Linden has been reopened as of 2023. It is not recommended to ride Trail 122 due to poor conditions.
● Trail 133 to Gay will remain CLOSED until conditions improve post hunting season.
● Trail 124 is closed for logging.
● This is not enough snow yet to groom trails 130, 151, and 152.
● Please respect private land owner rights. We can't have a trail system without their support.
Baraga County
- No report available.
Iron County
- Iron River: No report available.
- Crystal Falls: (12/3) Currently our trails are closed on private lands. The gates on private property will remain closed until our area receives enough snow to allow maintenance of the trail for snowmobile traffic. When snow conditions permit. Our regular grooming days will be as follows: Trail #16 from Crystal Falls, West to Iron River and Trail #111 and #18 from Crystal Falls to Amasa then east to Republic; Groomed Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Trail #113 and Trail #2 From Crystal Falls South to The Brule River, then west to George Young Cut off: Groomed Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Trail #16 From Crystal Falls East to Sagola: Groomed Tuesday and Thursday. This trail does not connect to trail #5 East of M95 in Dickinson County. That section is closed due to not being able to secure permission from private landowners. We will continue to work on this with the DNR. “We have lighted Trailhead parking and Port-a-Jons, at our Quonset Hut, located on M69 and trail #113 (at the bottom of the hill in Crystal Falls) for your easy access to ride our trail system
Central Upper Peninsula Trail Conditions
Back to Top of ListMarquette County
- Big Bay Trails: (12/4)
for the 12+" were supposed to get tonight. Were preparing the trails but they are NOT open yet. Need a little more base and some cold weather. Let er snow! - Hiawatha Trails: No report available.
- Moose Country: No report available.
- Trenary Trails: (12/2) Winter is just getting started here. We did not get the big numbers like east and west of here, so we do not recommend sled traffic just yet. We put in new posts and some signs yesterday to accommodate for a slight realignment of the trail by the Throttle in Little Lake where a new campground is under construction. When we get closer to grooming, we will post more about it as the old trail will be blocked off for safety. The landowners have been wonderful and have provided a new gravel spur trail to the Throttle that will accommodate snow and ATV access. Mother Nature has usually kept us on an average grooming start of Christmas/New Years, so keep your fingers crossed!
- U.P. Central Trails: No report available.
Dickinson County
- No report available.
Menominee County
- No report available.
Alger County
- Munising: (12/4) Good overall conditions. Early season condition. We have 3 areas that have water issues: Trail 8 between Shingleton (Bears Den) and the Beartrap junction to the north. This area was panned but please be aware there are water holes. Trail 419 between Munising and Christmas. Frog Hollow water hole is big and not frozen. We are exploring options. We are not going to run the groomer through this one and will hit the parts of the trail that we can from both sides of the hole. Trail 7 South Down by the 440 (Midway) Water Holes. The Western side of our trail system has less snow and the trail is holding up per spotters. All trails are panned in except for the following – 419 between the Party Store – Holiday Inn spur to Munising. Trail 8 from Trail 7 going west to Chatam Spur. 417 from Chatam Spur all the way West towards Marquette.
- 8 East: Good, Groomed
- 8 West: Fair to good, Less snow - not groomed - getting good reports from riders. Should be able to hit before the weekend after this storm.
- 7 South: Good, groomed - water holes at the South end by CR 440 Water Holes South End
- 7 North: Good, Groomed
- 419 East: Good, Groomed
- 419 West: Fair to good, Trail cut in from Wetmore to Munising
- 418 - Au Train: Fair to good, Low snow should be able to groom after this storm before the weekend.
- 417 - Brownstone Jnct.: Fair, Rocks - shold be able to groom after this storm.
- 422 - Miners Castle: Trail Closed - Logging between M28 & H58 - will be dozed down to dirt.
- Wetmore Spur: Good, Groomed
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Grand Marais: (12/4) Groomer working on trail 443 south of the McLoud grade. Here are some video clips grooming the north trail Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Check comments for more videos!!! https://www.facebook.com/100069198722029/videos/2299853107058624
Delta County
- No report available.
Schoolcraft County
- Seney: (12/4) Our groomers are out heading up Trail 43. We have a lot of brush to clear. We will only be doing up to trail 440 then heading back over to M-77 and doing all of Trail 440. We have a lot of work that needs to be done. The groomer trackers should be up and running by Saturday. We hope to get the Pisten Bully fixed also Saturday. That broke a belt on the first trip out on Sunday unfortunately. The groomers do plan on doing a tandem run tomorrow to the bear trap to get that trail in good shape. Please be patient. We are doing our best to get everything in good shape.
- Manistique: (12/4) So, we got another 3-4" at the groomer barn/ clubhouse. The Lake effect event this evening will push us over minimums and clearing/pack in will commence 05 Dec. Early.
Eastern Upper Peninsula Trail Conditions
Back to Top of ListLuce County
- Newberry/Tahquamenon Falls area: (12/5) Hello everyone and welcome to the 2024/25 snowmobile season and man has it started out on a high note. Most of our trail system has more than enough snow to ride. The North trails have seen almost 40 inches if not just above. It does decrease as you go south but we had a storm roll through out of the south yesterday that hopefully will remedy that. We were able to get out and do some panning and grooming but spent most of the time brushing and moving downed trees especially on trail 9 between Newberry and Pinestump. Even with the amount of snow we have gotten it is still early season riding. Please watch out for down trees, water hazards, and low hanging limbs. Groomers all across the UP are working to get trails in order but with the amount of snow received in such a short amount of time it's very difficult. Some trails may not be groomed at all. Fresh powder will eat up a tank of gas in a hurry.
- Trail 9: Good: Plenty of snow. We sent a groomer up Monday night. 13 hour run to Pine Stump due to the amount of snow and downed trees. Groomer returned to the barn. We are going to run it again today.
- Trail 498: Good: Groomed last night
- Trail 45: Good/Poor: We panned this trail yesterday. We found some water holes in the typical areas between 123 and the Skyline. Loggers are in around Camp 7 road and have it plowed down. Lots of large clumps of icy snow on the edges of the trail. We are working with the logging company to better manage this. Stay tuned. The gates remain closed at County rd 500 as the swamp still needs to freeze over.
- Trail 9/2: Fair: We have not had a chance to run this trail yet. The south did not get as much snow from the big storm over Thanksgiving that the North Country got. A storm did come out of the south yesterday which should help but it did come with some good winds so you may run into drifts in the open areas. I haven't seen any totals yet but as soon as I have more info I'll let you know.
Chippewa County
- Sault Ste. Marie: (12/4) Not much new to share tonight. It snowed pretty much all day in the Soo, still holding around a little over 2’ here. No groomers were out today, but will be again tomorrow evening. Again, we are warning folks to avoid the city trails, as well as 49 from the Soo to Kinross. Those trails are wet and dangerous, and simply need more time. Nothing we can do but wait for more cold temps. We have volunteers headed out to check trails on sleds tomorrow, specifically around the airport in Kinross and out west on 472 to 480 in the Spile Dam. We’ll report what they see when we hear back. For now, trail 8 from the Soo to Brimley and 889 in Bay Mills are the only truly rideable trails in our area, and maybe around the airport in Kinross, but I need to verify that. There are many forest service roads in the Raco and Strongs area that I bet are pretty fun right now. Of course, be safe and know where you’re riding is legal to do so if you do venture off trail. There are likely water holes and stumps, downed branches in those areas so use caution, as always. We will keep updating as things progress. Have a great evening!
- Paradise: (12/4) 26 degrees this morning and snowing......still. It hasn`t quit since my last report a few days ago! We now have a solid 3 feet on the ground and we are under a winter storm warning till tomorrow night....oh boy.....I`m hoping the wind don`t pick up like they are saying! We have had the groomers out. Groomer Mike C. took a machine with a drag and ran up to Chic`s corner to clear trees, he ran the North and South loops outa town also. He was surprised at how many trees were down and quite a bit of water under the snow too. I took just a machine and ran into town and set the town trail. We had a drivers mtg. last night and came up with a plan, so here it is.....With this storm coming we are gonna stay outa the woods till Friday then we will take a machine out trail #8 to Pine Stump to clear trees and pack it in. We will also take a machine around the Point trails #452 & #453 and do the same. Sunday we will take 2 machines and head south on trail #8. We are gonna skip the swamp just south of town and start at the river mouth. The reason for skipping the swamp is it looks like we have a slight warm up coming for next week and with the ground not froze yet we would do more damage than good, same for trail #45 to the Falls, we will get on these trails as soon as the weather lets us. If you decide to come UP for the weekend I say GO FOR IT!!!! Tons of powder to play in, just a couple of sections not quite ready. Keep a sharp eye for trees down and some water under the snow. OK, ya`ll got the skinny for the next few days! LET `ER SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please don`t warm up too much. Groomer Chris
- Eckerman: No report available.
- Drummond Island: No report available.
Mackinac County
- St Ignace: (12/2) Dec 2nd. Temps dipped into the teens last night. This should help firm up the trails. As of right now the groomers are remaining parked until we receive more snow. The last system that pushed through with all the lake effect did not give us anything to groom. We will update next Monday or if conditions change drastically. VP.
- Curtis: (12/1) Busy day on the trails today. We had 3 groups of sleds working freeze down, wet areas, clearing fallen trees and then followed by groomer panning the trails. Special thanks to Fish and Hunt for loaning the fleet of sleds and also the volunteers and club members for a hard days work.
- Les Cheneaux/Cedarville/Hessel: No report available.