Overall conditions are good to very good, and for the last week of the season, I would say they are beyond excellent. I checked the RR Grade out of Iggy this morning and it is in very good condition, with the exception of about a mile of slush holes between Cheeseman Rd and Castle Rock Rd (about 2-3 miles out of town.) Perfectly passable, and the depth of the holes shows the 6′-12′ base still on the trails, even the grade. The RR Grade is thin in the Moran area, mostly slushy, and not really a lot of dirt poking through yet. The forest roads are in excellent condition, and flat as a board. Our Western trails are in really really good shape, and the only issue to note is the Huckeberry section up by Trout Lake. The ditch is passable, but the county scraped the shoulder again, so it is March riding. The trails are freezing hard, and icy at night, and soften during the day. Overall riding out of town should not be a problem this weekend, and anything North of town should be good to go even next week. If you would rather bypass the slush holes, and you are on a trailer anyway, google map the east end of Castle Rock Rd, drop and ride from there, it connects with the main trail and you will be in good shape. Saw 2 trailers unloading there this morning already.

Talked to 2 nice Canadian guys who drove 6 hours to get here, and did a 3 day ride out of here on Monday. They said that Newberry had more snow, but overall they thought the trails were in excellent condition, a ton of fun and ‘way better then home!’ Hope to see them back next season.

Trails are in good shape, and just so you know what I mean, here are some pics out side Iggy. Fist is about the worst spot we have, there is about 1 mile of this total, everything else looks like the next pic. More pics on our site from this morning. (groomer is just a great pic from last month).

NOTICE: Our Cedarville trail connector has active construction on the power line near Mackinac Trail. I am working on a re-route, but currently you will be on the shoulder for those 2 miles, as the power line is off limits.

Base: 12 inches

Snowfall Past 24 hours: 0 inches

Last Grooming: Friday or Sat last scheduled

Current Trail Conditions: Good
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Most trucks at the ice rink all year on Saturday, with 35+ in the South lot, and another 22 on the North end – great to see! Trails got worked pretty hard over the weekend, and are still in good to excellent condition, with no major issues out there. A couple of small thin spots on the grade out of Iggy, and some gravel along the side of Brevort Lake road, S you jog over are about it. Cedarville connector may not last through next weekend where the loggers are plowing it, we will see if the ice holds up. The Mackinac Bridge trail to US-2 is in tough shape due to the side of the plowed streets for around a mile. Where I groomed, things look good, the gravel shoulders are really tough. Downtown St. Ignace is in good shape, with a 100yd section of pavement behind city hall, otherwise lots of snow on the trail.

Otherwise once you are on the trail, then things are looking good for the coming week. Moderate temps will have slight melting, with most of the damage coming from the sun. Freezing temps at night will hold onto most of what we have for now. Easter riding is a certainty at this point, and I will be putting in for extended grooming. I am going to reduce the grooming somewhat, and run about 3 days a week until the end of the season, which should keep things flat, and retain the most of the snow that we have.

This week is going to be great riding, next weekend some sort of storm, so get some miles down while you can.

Base: 14 inches

Snowfall Past 24 hours: 0 inches

Last Grooming: Every other day now

Current Trail Conditions: Good to Excellent
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