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 thin snow cover. The lady at the Manistee Lake store (northwest of Grayling, near Starvation Lake) said on Saturday afternoon she had seen “more than enough” snowmobiles stopping for gas. I don’t think any trail groomers have been running, and those snowmobiles on the trails have already turned them brown. If we were still running rentals we wouldn’t let them out yet.
Cross-Country Skiing — Forbush Corner opened their trails again and they are grooming them. I got that information from a post on their website, which appears to have frequent updates. We hope volunteers and ‘Friends of Forbush’ manage to keep operating Forbush Corner after Dave Forbush died last year.