December 1, 2018 Grooming Report;
Thank you Trail Builders: Today’s report is brought to you by Mommaerts Mahaney Financial Services. Mommaerts Mahaney are feted at the 11 mark of the Noque’. Without folks like Mommaerts Mahaney Financial Services we would not be able to enjoy the great skiing we have come to expect. So, if you see them, please say thanks.
Please Renew Your Membership: It is the first of December and now is the time to ante up and support the operation. Get your Trail Builder membership and you will be feted as Mommaerts Mahaney above. Each day we will thank one of our Trail builders.
Special note to skiers: The Trail Head is Open: The Building will be open daily from 7am – 10pm with trail hosts at the desk generally from 10am-4pm daily for memberships, donations or equipment rentals. Please stop in and sign the guest log, warm your toes, or have a hot cocoa in front of the fire. The Trailhead is a great spot to head out for a ski, skijor, snowshoe, or fat bike adventure. With a jump start to the grooming thanks to early snow, we hope you have already gotten a few kilometers of skiing in. Our grooming crews for both skiing and singletrack will be out as conditions allow and ramping things up as more snow arrives. If you have any special requests or grooming input going into the season or as the winter progresses, please email [email protected]
You can sign up to receive daily ski grooming reports here. Skiers are reminded we have rental equipment at the trail head. Adult and youth classic and skate ski equipment as well as snow shoes can be rented daily from 10-4.
Forestville Real Grooming Report: Andy is out grooming the skate lanes on the Noque’ to 17k, Animoosh. Muckwa, Migizi and Chiwagi via the hill by pass. Skate skiing will be very good but watch for thin spots on at the power lines and under the hemlocks.
Saux Head: Tim groomed and John rolled all trails Thursday but it is too thin to set classic tracks. Skate skiing should be good to very good but you may not want to bring your race skis as it is very thin. The trails are spectacular with great hills as well as rolling terrain. The views are beautiful and overlook Superior and Saux Head. Today and the weekend look to be great days for Saux Head. If you have not skied them you don’t know what you are missing. Please go today, tomorrow or Sunday. The trail head is located 15 miles west of Marquette just off Co Rd 550; follow the signs.
Fit Strip: The low spots are still wet so trails are closed. We groom as weather permits so think cold and snow.
Big Bay Pathway: Too little snow in the woods so trails are closed. The Big Bay Trails are groomed for classic skiing and are through the rugged hills south of Big Bay. They are spectacular but need ample snow to cover the rugged terrain. We groom as weather permits so think cold and snow. Trails are just off Co Rd 550 in Big Bay.
Way Too Long Grooming Report: I know you all (ok, both of you) skip through all the fluff above just to find the WTLGR so I can’t just leave you hanging although I do have to dash. It is hard to fit everything in. I am reminded of Stan Freberg’s famous commercials for Contadina Tomato Paste. Their slogan was, “Who put eight great tomatoes in that little bitty can?”. The Mad Men of the 1950s were just as creative as today’s social media gurus; only the mediums change. Look, Time, Life and even Mad Magazine would have great fun with the bit. So, just as they found ways to get them in the can, I will start with skiing just in case one or two of the items don’t get in the can.
See you out there.
Sondo