Saturday morning
Fresh snow this week, a beautiful day in the woods. A little brown on the trails around Starvation Lake this morning, with plenty of snowmobiles here Related Images:
Night skiing at Hanson Hills
Stopped by to pick up our daughter from an afternoon of skiing. Related Images:
The Grayling Arts Scene
Here’s a new video made in January 2015 by our daughter Anna and her video production teacher, Don Helinski, covering Grayling’s expanding arts scene. Thanks Anna — hopefully more to come! Related Images:
3-8 inches of new snow this week
3-8″ of new snow seems to be the range we see. As usual, less south and east and more north and west. This weeks snowfall seems heaviest between Mancelona and Gaylord, NW of Grayling. Groomers will be running again, as required. Related Images:
Bright Spots and Brown Spots
Another slow weekend in Northern Michigan. Snow is a little thin on the ground, and some trails are too thin to groom. There were bright spots, though – our snowmobiling guests had a good weekend riding the lesser-used trails and riding off-trail in the Army land east of Grayling. Her …
Thin trails, light activity
It’s been a quiet week in Northern Michigan, in terms of weather, snowmobiling, and general activity. There was some traffic over last weekend and through MLK day, but not a large amount. That’s good for the trails, as the thin base would not withstand much heavy traffic on warm days. …
Snow and sunshine
Today was bright, sunny, and cold. Snowmobile traffic appeared fairly light, though we did see plenty of machines northwest of here on our way to Petoskey for Stuart’s swim meet. I took a few photos, including the lot of the bar at Starvation Lake. We saw maybe 20 snowmobiles here. …
Snow and Winter returning
The new year brings us a welcome turn back to normal winter conditions. Snow is falling — maybe 4 inches over the past day or two and another 5 or so in the forecast for the next 24 hours. Snowmobiling — On Saturday I saw many snowmobiles out, despite the …