Grooming Report for Thursday, April 13, 2023
Steve and Ken were out for a jaunt today, they did 72 miles. LONG day, LOTS of snow. Ken said there was at least a foot at the west end of the Keno Access road. Thanks, guys!
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Grooming Report for Tuesday, March 23, 2023
Jim and Mike made it through the Great Meadow and around Lake of the Woods today. Snow is getting pretty soft, which makes it bottomless in some spots!
Grooming Report for Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Grooming Report for Tuesday, March 11, 2023
Chris and Dan headed toward Pelican. The Return Loop, Big Meadow, and Cold Springs done, but could not make the top. They made it past the second overlook, but wind-blowing snow made visibility bad enough that we couldn't see where the road went. The wind was blowing big time, it's likely that you won 't be able to see where the cat went tomorrow, anyway!
Grooming Report for Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Dan and Ken had the cat out, they did across the Great Meadow into Lake of the Woods Resort, then hit the Sunset Trail, did Varney Creek, Buck Peak Tie, Buck Peak, the Summer Home Tie (off of Sunset to Dead Indian), The Cabin Trail (West Side Road, LOW) and then to Fourmile Lake and back to the barn via East Fourmile Lake. 61 miles, LONG day. There's snow out there. Over 7 FEET at Fourmile.
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Grooming Report for Saturday, February 4, 2023
Ken and Dan headed up the hill today, we made it to the top of Pelican. The tower ice is all gone. It was a really windy day at the top, and not a lot of new snow. But if the winds pick up, expect a bunch of drifts, just like always. We also groomed the trail into the Big Meadow, the snow was hard enough on the creek to go into the meadow that way. We did go to the end of Cold Springs but did not go down toward Rock Creek, as there had not been much traffic on that trail. We returned to the barn via the Return Loop, and called it a day!
Grooming Report for Friday, January 20, 2023
Grooming Report for Thursday, January 19, 2023
Grooming Report for Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Grooming Report for Friday, January 13, 2023
Ken and Steve had the cat out heading toward Fish Lake. They reported the snow was too low for the cat to safely make it into the resort, and there were spots of pavement already showing, due to the snowpack being beaten down by 4-wheel drive vehicles. They did make it across the Brown Mountain Trail and came back via the Daley Prairie trail. There's lots of snow up high, but it gets skimpy in the lower elevations.
Grooming Report for Monday, January 9, 2023
Grooming Report for Monday, January 2, 2023
Another day on the snow... not many miles, but LOTS of work. Jim and Ken took the cat to Fourmile via the East Fourmile trail, then down to 140 and back to the barn. Dan and Chris were snowmobiling ahead of them with saws to cut the 19 trees that had fallen across the trail. Short miles, LONG day.
Grooming Report for Friday, December 23, 2022
Grooming Report for Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Mike and Steve took the cat out today, they did Sunset, Buck Peak, Summer Home Tie, Cabin, and back to the barn. It was raining when they got back, which may put a damper on the rest of the week. We will look at it day by day...
Steve Harper sent some pics of the trip out in the cat. It's always lovely when you are driving and come across stuff like this. Thanks, Mike and Steve for making the trails passable again!
Grooming Report for Saturday, December 17, 2022
Bill and Chris made it to the top of Pelican today, the trail could use more snow and is a little bumpy but is very passable. Thanks guys! Spectacular views from up there on a sunny day!
Grooming Report for Friday, December 16, 2022
Bill and Chris made it to the top of Pelican today, the trail could use more snow and is a little bumpy but is very passable. Thanks guys! Spectacular views from up there on a sunny day!
Grooming Report for Thursday, December 15, 2022
Ken and Jim were out with the cat today heading toward Keno Access and had a serpentine belt fail on the cat. After a zillion phone calls, Chris and Dan on snowmobiles met up with the cat to deliver a new belt and tools to do a field repair. But we will be out of service until a radiator cap is ordered (metric, of course!), so probably no grooming Thurs or Fri.
Grooming Report for Monday, December 12, 2022
Courtesy of Dan Riblett
Grooming Report for Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Courtesy of Dan Riblett
Ken Crutchfield and I went out today to see if we could remember how to run the cat... we did the trail around the Great Meadow into LOW and to the turn around on Varney Creek, and the East Fourmile trail to Fourmile. The gate on Fourmile is closed, sleds may be able to make it past the gate, but until we can get it unlocked, we won't be grooming to the lake. We did the trail into Rye Spur and down to 140 on Fourmile, and back to the barn via the Pierce trail. Snow is pretty good down low, the higher you get the better it is. We will try to get a few more days in this week, and if the next storm gives us anything, we should be able to get out 4-5 times a week.