Good AFTERNOON..thursday JAN 2nd., 2013,,…..its -8 degrees ,,,but a Sunny Day…. beautiful out…not many riders…
My thoughts…schools back in session this week and cold temps and New Years in the middle of a week.. are keeping visitors to a LOW turnout……Our grooming operation is in full operation about 2 weeks early this year….YAY>>.

Trails are great and hardened from last nights grooming….
Groomers back out today….trail usage,,motels usage.. is very low….
ITs A great time to take advantage of Pristine Trails and motel Vacancys… Snow in the trees is awesome…a ‘NORWAY’ setting on our trails… A ‘stress free’ family outing in these conditions await..

pict from this week along Trail #8…just north of m-123w…. Setting sun over a wetland area in Tahquamenon Falls State Park Forest..

Good Morning …Its MONDAY…the last Monday of the year… and a very cold Morning…. Paradise is blessed now with a ABOVE Zero temp (10:30am) a balmy +9 above zero…
Our Local meteoroligist Jim Lehocky has some very accurate Local temps below..

Trail Report….All trails are back to a EXCELLENT rating….snowed about 3 inches last night and is still snowing ..forecast for another 3 inches today….
Trails where packed in our recent +30 degree weather making for a hard base with fresh snow overlying…….

Lots of visitors pulling trailer loads of snow machines seen on M-123….into Paradise
Gas stations have waiting lines for gas….
Restaurants have lots of snow machines in parking lots… great for the economy ..

averaging about 50 snowmobiles a hour on most trails …from noon till dark…. just a rough estimate …but accurate… We will be grooming later in evening to get trails packed /frozen hard and avoid traffic…to make for a better trail for the next days riders…

22F (-30C) Bar River (east of Sugar Island in Ontario)
-18F (-28C) SS Marie, Ontario
-18F Dafter
-18F Rudyard
-16F Kinross
-16F Drummond Island
-15F SS Marie, MI
-13F Bay Mills (BMCC)
-12F Rotary Park/Sugar Island Ferry Dock east side SS Marie MI
-10F LSSU Campus
-9F Raco
-9F West Pier Place Apts. (west end of Soo Locks)
-2F Newberry
0F Paradise