Keweenaw Peninsula Trail Report – 02/17
KEWEENAW PENINSULA UPDATE via Keweenaw Trail Reports – 02/17 Well we have our “white” and our “greens” back! Yay for the snow that we received and for grooming operations back marking the Groomer Tracker up showing trails that were hit last night! Huge thank you to The U.P. Superior Snowmobile Club and Keweenaw Snowmobile Club for getting out there and doing what they could! Trail 3 from Mass City to Houghton was groomed/panned and prior to grooming operations, riders reported the areas around Twin Lakes had received more fresh snowfall. Please see a few of Brent Mason’s photos from yesterday afternoon. Brent made the last minute decision to head up to the Keweenaw just to put a few (s)miles on and support the area businesses! He enjoyed a delicious meal (as always) at Boondock Inn U.P. North Resort! Brent said he will probably start riding out of the Twin Lakes area today and let us know how he finds trails today! Thanks Brent! Trail 17 from Hancock and Trail 3 up to 134 and then 134 up to the Copper Harbor had grooming machines down them last night, as did trail 132 according to the Groomer Tracker App. Adam Garvey and crew shared a few photos of their ride yesterday also north of Phoenix. Adam would like to remind riders that you can find him today at The Mariner North – stop in for a warm up and some delicious food! Then on Sunday at 10am any one is welcome to meet at Adams/Frosty’s on Lac La Belle for breakfast and a ride around the Keweenaw area! The snow that fell last week across the area was lake effect snow and there is a couple more inches in the forecast for today! Winter is trying to reenter and we are optimistic that March riding will be good! If you don’t yet use GT, please download the app and subscribe to the trail systems you ride for up to the moment grooming operations! Follow Midwest Weather for continued forecasts! You can checkout webcams on the www.johndee.com website and we shared the The Trailside Lodge/Copper Country Rentals current shot along Trail 17! Check them out for your lodging and rental needs all year round! ✅The Portage Lake Lift Bridge has been REOPENED and sleds may cross. The businesses of the entire area miss seeing you all and are just as excited to see the snow as the riders are! Stop and frequent as many as you can either by sled or vehicle! <> <> <> <> Keweenaw Trail Reports on Facebook >>>> <> KEWEENAW PENINSULA UPDATE via Rousseau Bar >> Look who got a ride in the groomer.!?!? Last night I had my first grooming lesson of the 2024-2025 season and we did the spur that takes you in to The Rousseau Bar parking area. WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Northwest lake effect snow ramps up behind the Clipper low today before slowly transitioning to north wind lake effect snow tonight and Thursday. Watch out for blowing snow over the northern U.P. the next couple of days and for rapidly deteriorating travel conditions! #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaNorthwest lake effect snow ramps up behind the Clipper low today before slowly transitioning to north wind lake effect snow tonight and Thursday. Watch out for blowing snow over the northern U.P. the next couple of days and for rapidly deteriorating travel conditions! #906wx #miwx Damien Whitmore Nick Dozek Brian Kennedy KEWEENAW PENINSULA UPDATE via Rousseau Bar >> Tuesday, December 3, 2024. First grooming of the Rousseau Bar Trail 12 spur. #keweenaw #snowphotos Adam Haarstad Let’s go!! Show what the trail looks behind the groomer So jealous of you guys and happy for you at the same time. Have a wonderful season and be safe. WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> A Clipper bringing snowfall tonight is followed by lake effect snowfall over the northwest wind snow belts Wednesday. The lake effect snow shifts to the north by Thursday. Watch out for blowing snow and rapidly deteriorating conditions over the next couple of days! #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaA Clipper bringing snowfall tonight is followed by lake effect snowfall over the northwest wind snow belts Wednesday. The lake effect snow shifts to the north by Thursday. Watch out for blowing snow and rapidly deteriorating conditions over the next couple of days! #906wx #miwx KEWEENAW PENINSULA UPDATE via Rousseau Bar >> Tuesday, December 3, 2024. 21⁰. No wind so nice weather to work in if need be. The little subject of this video got caught in snow plow snow and ended up in a different location. I should have gotten a video of me trying to catch him. #keweenaw #snowphotos GREENLAND - KEWEENAW PENINSULA UPDATE via The U.P. Superior Snowmobile Club >> Groomer update: Mike Henry. He panned Trail 3 from Twin Lakes to the Rockland junction yesterday. This is what he had to share: Gates are opened, trees are cut and removed, we are looking forward to an excellent season. WEATHER UPDATE via Meteorologist Brad Sugden >> Lake effect + clipper system + lake effect = a hard forecast! But, here we go! Joe Smith Josh Kidd Nick Dozek 😁😁😁 Tyler Wizner Bozzrental.com Justin Reed Derek Sanders Chris Hughes Damien Whitmore LETS FKN GOOOII ONTONAGON / KEWEENAW PENINSULA UPDATE via The U.P. Superior Snowmobile Club >> Groomer Update:Todd Warner WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Snow-ly cow! We crunched the numbers, and here's a preliminary 4-day observed snowfall map valid earlier this morning. This map highlights the northwesterly lake effect snow belts well, with parts of Alger/Luce seeing over 3 feet. Thanks to all who submitted reports! #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsarea <> Latest Trail Reports – Quick Links <>
🚫 Trail 122 is closed for logging You can still access Lake Linden via trail 3
🚫 Trail 124 is closed for logging – You can still access Gay via trail 133 (condition unknown)
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Brenda got some cool pictures. So those are below, but also Rocco came out and as a lot of you know, Rocco likes to bark at your snowmobiles and your side by sides. Well, as we went back, he chased us; he should turn around. This doggie followed us all the way to the Pori T-junction. I think it's about 3 miles and he ran the whole way. He does not like riding in cars or vehicles, so I got him up into the cab and you can see me holding on to him; he did not want to ride and Jim held him while I groomed back and we dropped him back home.
ROCCO-BOY!!!! #keweenaw #snowphotos 
Thanks, Mike! #keweenaw #snowphotos
It'll be very windy as well, especially later Wednesday into Thursday. We could have gusts over 40mph over land and 50mph over the lakes and lakeshore areas. This is will cause extremely difficult travel yet again.
We'll have light snow Wednesday morning for the commute with heavy snow in the existing lake effect heavy prone areas. The Wednesday evening commute looks like garbage since we'll have strong winds and heavy snow coming down for ALL areas of Michigan. Then, we'll switch back over to lake effect areas by Thursday am. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsarea #gaylord #cadillac #traversecity #petoskeyLake effect + clipper system + lake effect = a hard forecast! But, here we go!
It'll be very windy as well, especially later Wednesday into Thursday. We could have gusts over 40mph over land and 50mph over the lakes and lakeshore areas. This is will cause extremely difficult travel yet again.
We'll have light snow Wednesday morning for the commute with heavy snow in the existing lake effect heavy prone areas. The Wednesday evening commute looks like garbage since we'll have strong winds and heavy snow coming down for ALL areas of Michigan. Then, we'll switch back over to lake effect areas by Thursday am.
"Good Morning Everyone". Last night I groomed trail 13 out of Greenland west to Rockland. My turnaround is the trail 121 juncture which is the railroad grade leading into Ontanogon. I left the groomer barn at 2:30 am. The temperature was 20 degrees and it did not snow during my 4 hour run. As expected, there are wet spots with the largest spot depicted in the picture. Snow is thin from the Rockland turnoff to Highway 45 which is about a mile in length. There are also stretches of the trail which groomed up very nicely too. Hoping the colder temps later in the week and the projected snow for Wednesday come to fruition. For those of you out riding already, thank you for helping us freeze down the trails. We greatly appreciate it! Have a wonderful day everyone!
Thanks, Todd! #ontonagon #keweenaw #westernup #snowphotos