trail conditions for April 16, 2008

Spring finally seems to be here! We've had 2 decent snowfalls (one march 31 - April 1st and one April 10th & 11th.) totaling over a foot of snow. Unfortunately the trails closed April 1st sto couldn't enjoy them. I did have the sled out this past weekend just running around the resort and on the lake. Hard to imagine 2 years ago we wer water skiing April 15th and this years was snowmobiling on the lake April 13th. No more riding with temps finally getting into the 50's the snow is really going fast. The lake will probably have ice until late April or beginning of May.

This past season turned out be be a good one overall. We had a couple minor warm ups but fortunately we replaced the snow we lost rather quickly so not much down time. Our snowfall for December through March was below normal but most of what we did get didn't melt. Let's hope this was the beginning of many great seasons to come.

Between the two of us we put on around 4,400 miles this year. Most riding was done in the local area. Most clubs once again did a great job of gooming keeping the trails in good shape. It gets tough with heavy traffic. The long season and high fuel prices saw clubs running low on grooming funds towards the end. Next time you're up why not throw some money in one of the grooming jars at the pit stops. That money goes directly to the clubs for their grooming efforts.

We hope you enjoyed reading our reports this year and found them to be accurate. We do our best to tell you what we rode on. We look forward to doing the reports again next season. Have a great summer!

Tom & Sally

Spring, Summer and fall are great times to come up north! try a different time of year with a vacation at idle hours resort!