Monthly Archives: January 2014

A nice warm morning on Lake Margrethe

Its 24 degrees warmer this morning here at beautiful Lake Margrethe and that means it all the way up to 2 degrees with a light snow in the air. Trails don’t get any better than what they were yesterday. Jim … Continue reading

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Crunchy and cold again

Minus twenty in most places around Crawford county this morning. Too cold to snow but there are some sleds out and about. Its already 11:30 and I am trying to get out of here cause I need to get out … Continue reading

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Cool and crunchy with snow coming all week

Sled traffic seemed light yesterday but I still feel like the reason it seemed that way is that there is so much good snow out there that it just has everybody spread out. Still this morning the reports of trails … Continue reading

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Lots of Sleds around

Its all the way up to 2 p.m. on sunday and this is the first time I have had a chance to get on here. There have been riders in here steady since I got here at 9. Trailer counts … Continue reading

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Perfect weekend for riding

Temperatures are a comfy 25 degrees with great snow conditions for riding. By Friday afternoon there were a lot of sleds buzzing around in Frederic and plenty of them parked at both the Frederic Inn and the Swamp. I ended … Continue reading

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Something seems wrong

Something seems wrong, we have excellent snow and riding conditions, its a long weekend with Martin Luther King weekend, Tip up Town is going on in Houghton lake and there is no one here. This morning on my motel survey, … Continue reading

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It going to be a great weekend

I swear next time we get a nice dumping of snow like we had yesterday I am taking the day off to go and ride, it never fails everytime that happens during the week people just aren’t prepared for it … Continue reading

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Lucky are the Few this morning

Lucky are the few this morning that get to be the first riders out in this nice new fresh 7 inches of snow we have here in Frederic. Last night the snow started and it was a nice heavy wet … Continue reading

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Short and not so sweet

This update will be short because I am heading out shortly to head to Frederic and grab my sled and heading up to Cheboygan where I hope to go for a ride. This is not so sweet because last night … Continue reading

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just waiting for snow

Its almost noon on Monday and its a balmy 37 degrees out there, haven’t seen a sled all morning but there were 2 guys from ohio first thing this morning waiting to get trail permits. Very quiet day yesterday as … Continue reading

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