12/11/14 @ 1o:10AM I woke at 12:30AM could hardly believe it was 6 degrees-looked twice to make sure. Woke up again at 3:30 and it was 19 degrees. It is now mid-morning and the temp is 22.8. Groomers ran on schedule again last night-so far our snow base is holding. It is really helpful that our groomer go out at night-cold temps and they freeze in place and it helps get thru the next day if temps are warmer. It is overcast today, beautiful thick frost on trees.

We’ll try to keep you abreast of temps, etc. As it stands, in our grooming area, our hard base of 17 inches will get us thru Sat. & Sun if the temps are above freezing.

If you have any questions on conditions between these reports, 906-288-3404 and we’ll tell you the best we can.

We started out so good last year that we expect a repeat. What we are going thru is what is normal for Decembers.

Under trail conditions on the right side of this page we aren’t given in-between choices to click but in our 138 miles, we go from fair to very good conditions. Trail #3 is very good.

Thinking we might have to do the Heikki Lunta dance again this year.

To date, official NOAA snowfall for Twin Lakes is 89 inches.

Have fun & be safe. Ride with caution at all times.

Our groomers were out yesterday, last night and again today. Before they can actually begin the “grooming” everything has to be panned to start building the base.

To cover our 138 miles of trail this takes several days/nights and for now, we are not on any set schedule. Trails that were panked down yesterday had a chance to freeze overnight. That is a good thing. We will keep you posted on when our regular schedule begins.

We do have snowmobilers in the area-and the report back to us was where the groomers had been-trail nice, water in one area reported but it wasn’t bad and not a problem. Even tho we started getting our snow 2 weeks ago, we are still dealing with “early season conditions.” All gates were opened yesterday and some clearing of downed trees was taken care of.

It is the vote of our Groomer Operators that again this year they are going to volunteer their time. We are so fortunate to not only have them as volunteers but they are all very dedicated in grooming the best job they can for you. Since our club originated in 1998 the volunteering has enabled our club to build 2 groomer barns. The first 7 years all of the machines had to sit outside and when maintenance or repair had to be done there were some really nasty weather conditions to deal with. Soooooooo, it is a big thumbs up to our volunteer Groomer Operators, volunteer maintenance & repairing, volunteer snow plowing around the groomer barns and not to be overlooked is the tons of paper work that is required by the DNR.

Have a FUN and SAFE snowmobiling season.