Trail Reports
January 16 Trail Update
The good news is we have enough ice to run Big Red, our large Groomer and Drag. We groomed from Warroad to the NWA, which has been a popular request, it's a long trip for our crew. There was about a 3 mile section of trail near Stony Point that could not be groomed as a heave came up today about a mile off land. The groomer operator cut the heave so allow for easier passing. Locally we went from -15F to 26F and now Friday night we will be back into the -20F temps so ice expands and contracts during this period, totally normal. Since more people are using this "NWA Express" trail, we will give a little guidance when approaching an ice heave. 1. Don't panic, some heaves are quite picturesque, take a picture, 2. If you're not the first person to cross you will see tracks where previous snowmobiles crossed a modified trail, most drive parallel to the heave to find a good place to cross. We try to reroute trails when we see this condition, but we can't monitor the trail 24hrs/day. 3. If you can not find a decent place to cross you can always turn around. Message our FB page is you see any trail concerns during this temperature swing weather pattern we are experiencing. Otherwise all the local trails are in good shape, we received about 4inches of snow over the last week, we still need more but you can ride without scratchers. Have a nice weekend. Here are 7 pictures including a red fox. Also the Canada trails now linked with ours check out their website for their trail conditions.
January 9 Update
Jan 9 Trail Update- The -20F days contracted the big ice sheet between the NWA and Warroad, here is a picture of the biggest crack. It’s been so cold the crack froze up nicely and we couldn’t chip through it. The are plenty of picture spots along the trail of natures power moving ice. We have not received any snow since last update so the trail is still icy in many spots, but some snow is forecasted for Thursday and Saturday. We have been getting lot of interest and messages regarding snowmobilers wanting to visit our area and I’m sure once we get more snow we will have a lot more traffic. A common question is land trails. Our website trail map shows land trails temporarily closed. We are working on 3 land trail projects to be discussed in our next post. So if you have an old paper map draw a red box as pictured below. After the next snowfall all the lake trails all over the lake will keep everyone content and we connect up with other trail systems.
January 3 2025 Update
They say pictures say 1000 words. Here are a few of our trail from Friday morning. We have been getting a dusting of snow most every morning. It’s blowing around a bit, causing some finger drifts on the trails which is helping people keep their machines cool. We’re going to be putting in a few more trails over the next week those details on our next update, but we wanted to share some pictures of current trail conditions.? Travel, slower, and be a bit more cautious is probably the best advice we could give currently.?