Sault Ste. Marie Trail Report – 01/12
SAULT STE. MARIE AREA UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association >> 01/12 1/12/25 Beautiful ride! On our return trip, we ran into groomer Dan with the Chippewa Snowchasers club on trail 8. Shout out to him for smoothing out the weekend whoops after a crazy busy weekend! Awesome work Dan! <> <> Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association Facebook Page <> WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow into Wednesday morning over the northwest wind snow belts yields an additional 4 inches or less of snow, higher in the east. Most of Upper MI will see lows in the single digits above and below 0 with wind chills approaching -20 in the interior west! Although some sunshine is expected during the day Wednesday, snow returns from the west Wednesday afternoon with the next system. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow into Wednesday morning over the northwest wind snow belts yields an additional 4 inches or less of snow, higher in the east. Most of Upper MI will see lows in the single digits above and below 0 with wind chills approaching -20 in the interior west! Although some sunshine is expected during the day Wednesday, snow returns from the west Wednesday afternoon with the next system. WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow continues today for the NW belts, though gradually decreasing in strength into tonight. Another couple of inches of snow will be possible in the western UP, but higher totals up to 2-4, locally higher up to 5 inches are expected in the eastern UP. There will be a chill in the air tonight, with some areas of the interior west seeing wind chills down to the negative double digits. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow continues today for the NW belts, though gradually decreasing in strength into tonight. Another couple of inches of snow will be possible in the western UP, but higher totals up to 2-4, locally higher up to 5 inches are expected in the eastern UP. There will be a chill in the air tonight, with some areas of the interior west seeing wind chills down to the negative double digits. SAULT STE. MARIE AREA UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association >> 1/14/25 SAULT STE. MARIE AREA UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association >> 1/14/25 trail 49 update- WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect continues over the UP tonight into Tuesday, with snow totals up to 6-10 inches possible in the Copper Country and north of M-28 in Alger and Luce Counties. Accumulating snow on the roadways could result in hazardous travel that will impact the morning commute. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect continues over the UP tonight into Tuesday, with snow totals up to 6-10 inches possible in the Copper Country and north of M-28 in Alger and Luce Counties. Accumulating snow on the roadways could result in hazardous travel that will impact the morning commute. WEATHER UPDATE via TV6 & FOX UP >> FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY through Tuesday 7pm ET for Ontonagon, Northern Houghton, where the heavy snow risk is high. Snowy hazards also spread across the northern and eastern U.P. towards your Tuesday morning commute. Looking for a snow report around the Marquette area specifically this area in the map below . Any info would be greatly appreciated.
 Paul Cee pack your bags SAULT STE. MARIE AREA UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association >> 1/13/25 WEATHER UPDATE via US National Weather Service Marquette Michigan >> Lake effect snow today and tonight is expected for the WNW to W wind snow belts. Accumulating snow on the roadways could result in hazardous travel that will impact the morning and evening commutes. #miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaLake effect snow today and tonight is expected for the WNW to W wind snow belts. Accumulating snow on the roadways could result in hazardous travel that will impact the morning and evening commutes. <> Latest Trail Reports – Quick Links <>
If you left today, I’m truly sorry! We are getting fresh snow and wow what a welcome sight! A group of us, a few members and volunteers, took a ride up toward Paradise today. We tried to get there, but there is a pretty nasty water hole on 8 just north of Lakeshore. I would not go that way until the Paradise club says it’s frozen over. We turned around and took Lakeshore to 123 to 474 to Hulbert and back the same way.
8 back on our trail system and the city trails are holding up great. The fresh snow will only make things even better!
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Hello everyone! Steve, Chris, and Dennis ran the Soo to Kinross route on 49 last night. I always look forward to Steve’s reports, and it’s always an adventure on this trail!
Here’s what he had to say-
“Last night Passenger Chris and I headed out to groom Trail 49 from the Soo to Kinross. There was light snow falling and we had some recent snow to work with. It was setting up to be a nice night.
Before leaving town, we opened up the courtesy trail to Chippewa Motors. We made one pass and panned the powerline where all the recent utility work has been done. Snow is thin but the trail is useable.
We then headed south and made use of our Limbmasher in places that needed trimming. We took down a lot of limbs on our way through.
We stopped at the M-28 crossing to check things over and clean off the drag. Chris tripped on something while walking behind the drag and we realized we were tangled in a bunch of old fencing and dragging a stop sign. We were not able to undue the mess so we set it all on top of the drag and continued on.
Things went well until we dropped into the swamp south of 12 Mile. The same couple hundred yard stretch we have been battling all winter opened up again and is open water. We made our way through working with the little bit of snow we had leveling up the best we could. Trail is rough but is getting better. There are thin spots with dirt showing.
We crossed Gaines Hwy and headed towards our turnaround in Kinross. I did not realize it, but while crossing the Hwy, I dropped some snow and large ice chunks off the drag. I apologize to the vehicles that hit the mess.
We made the return trip and had plans to meet Groomer Dennis at the 7 Mile Rd crossing to help remove the wire from the drag. We had the stop sign we were dragging labeled with the road name so we knew where it had to be reinstalled. We were able to replace the stop sign and get the wire removed from the drag.
Dennis continued from there back to the barn. His return trip was uneventful.
Overall, the trail is coming along good. It is still a work in progress. The ditches are still showing water and the snow is thin in places. We are working with what we have and just need some more cold weather. The ground is still melting the trail base from the bottom up in our bad spots. Hopefully we keep making improvements as we go along.
Steve Lawson
Chippewa Motors, Inc.”
Definitely always a story on trail 49. We sure will be grateful when this trail receives the approval from the state for much needed permanent improvements to mitigate the water issues. Still way ahead of where we normally are on that stretch in early January👍🏼 #soo #snowphotos
🚨🚨As you can see, there are some areas that opened back up. This is on 49 between 12 mile and Gaines Hwy. Please use extreme caution!!!
We have a couple of days of warmer temps coming, then back to a deep freeze. This will freeze up solid in the coming days, but we wanted to get the word out for our weekday riders.
Thanks all! Be safe! #soo #snowphotos
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#miweather #keweenaw #westernup #marquette #munising #seney #newberry #soo #straitsareaFIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY through Tuesday 7pm ET for Ontonagon, Northern Houghton, where the heavy snow risk is high. Snowy hazards also spread across the northern and eastern U.P. towards your Tuesday morning commute.
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Good morning everyone!
We picked up close to 5” of new snow in the Soo since yesterday morning. This is exactly what we needed to freshen things up!
Lane was out in Kinross overnight and said they got some since fresh snow down that way too. Really helped make his groom on 49 south of M80 and the 494 loop even better!
More to come this week too!
Pete groomed the city trails last night and said those turned out good too. We are staying out of the Kewadin trail for a few days to let the water spots freeze up. There is a new water hole we haven’t seen before. It’s about 80’ long. Pete said sleds are getting around it just fine, but please take it slow through there! Thanks guys!
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Photo from Lane on the Kinross run.
2nd photo from rider and club member Ann last night when her group saw Lane out there. 💙❄️ #soo #snowphotos