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Snowfall & Trail Conditions

Season Snowfall total of

inches

as of 1/20/2025

Snowmobile Trail Conditions
● Trail 3  - Fair (Brockway Mountain coverage is low and icy)
● Trail 17, 132, 134, 135, 153 - Good to Excellent
● Trail 122 & 124 - Fair to thin conditions
● Trail 130 - Poor to Good
● Trail 133, 136 & 151 - Low Snow
● Portage Lake Lift Bridge snowmobile trail is OPEN.

Notes from Trail:
● Trail conditions have improved greatly with fresh snow. Ride with caution, expect icy corners, rough conditions later in the day, some rocks and thin areas. Ride with caution. Please visit the Keweenaw Snowmobile Club Facebook page for additional info.

Snowmobile Trail Closures
● Keweenaw Snowmobile Club made an opening pass on Trail 133. It is extremely wet and not recommended to ride yet. More snow needed to freeze that trail in.
● This is not enough snow yet to groom Trails 151 and 136 to High Rock Bay.
● Please respect private land owner rights. We can't have a trail system without their support.

Cross Country Skiing & Fat Tire Trail Updates 
● Michigan Tech – Update; very cold temperatures caused some equipment issues this morning. The Crew preserved and is finishing up grooming with the Pisten Bully as I write this. Tolkien and the River were rolled this morning. Conditions are great if you brave the cold. (1/19/2025)
● Calumet Lake Winter Trails - Took all morning but all trails got groomed. Good firm base. With the wind and snow might only be good for the warm blooded snowshoer. Hopefully they will still be defined when I can get to them again, which might be as late as Tuesday evening. (1/18/2025)
● Swedetown – Another cold one today! Grooming with the Husky again. All trails should be done today by 12 at the latest. I did things a little out of order this morning, the trails listed as groomed and tracked below have been done as of 9:45 am. MUT loops were not able to be done this morning, I hope to get back out later today and get those groomed. (1/20/2025)
● Swedetown Snow Bike - Loops 1,2 & 3 triple dragged, could be a bit soft. Due to equipment issues e still can't groom 4 & 5. Hoping to get back on them ASAP. (1/16/2025)
● Chassell Trails - We ran two ginzu passes to chop up last night's freeze up of yesterday's thaw and set new tracks. Looks beautiful! Stay warm! (1/18/2025)
● Chassell Snowshoe Trails - All broken open Except the lower half of the Yellow trail and the middle of the Blue trail. Approx. 15 " of snow under the hardwoods. (1/18/2025)
● Maasto Hiihto – Refreshed tracks on most trails. (1/18/2025)
● Churning Rapids – All trails tracked. (1/16/2025) ● Churning Rapids Snow Bike - Trails groomed again Thursday. Take advantage of the good conditions Friday before the arctic blast and lake effect snow! (1/17/2025)
● Eagle Harbor – Still low snow totals along the lakeshore. 6-10 inches, packed with snowmobiles, but no tracks yet. (12/16/2024)
● Twin Lakes State Park - 2024/2025 Season TBD
● Copper Harbor Trails Club "End of the Road Trails" – Skiing on the Bluff is looking real nice. Tracked and wide for skate. Please park at end of 41 as this time. (1/19/2025)
● Boundary Road Trails – Out this morning to roll down the few inches we've got in the past 48 hours. Since it's been near zero (-18C) and breezy that made this snow like sugar. (1/19/2025)

Downhill Skiing
● Mont Ripley – Open regular hours. Check the website for extended hours.
● Mount Bohemia – Open regular hours. Night Skiing every Saturday until 8PM through March. Expect variable conditions and exposed areas with hazards.

 

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ATV ESCORT TIMES
Officers provide ATV escorts seven days a week, provided they are available, at the following times:
9:15 a.m.
2:15 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
ATV’s and side-by-sides only. Sorry, no jeeps, pickups, full-size vehicles, converted 4X4s or dirt bikes. Minimum of 2 machines to be escorted.

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