1-28-18 Trail Update northern Wisconsin (minocqua, tomahawk)

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Attak man

New member
What a weekend!!...Havent seen this many sleds out in years. Northwoods business owners are grinning ear to ear today.
That being said...the trails took a bigger punch than expected, with the high traffic and warm conditions...the Hiawatha is in rough shape ..it was too warm to groom, and sleds that were out tore it up....but don't panic...the club's will be out working the trails the next couple of days..its currently 20 degrees with it lightly snowing (pretty fluff stuff)....there is a chance of some light snow Tuesday into wednesday...maybe enough to freshen things up a bit....and it's gonna be cold at night (single digits below zero starting wednesday)...so the club's should be able to smooth out some of the rough spots...the problem with this last snow was that it was too warm for the club's to get it to set up...the snow was just balling up on the groomer....i will be out the next couple of days and report back with pictures...so don't sweat it...im very confident the club's will get the bad spots rideable by mid week...and good spots will be even better..flat, smooth and white.
You guys know me...if I think it's trash I will tell you...unfortunately..the trails deteriorated faster than expected Friday into Saturday (can't control mother nature, nor the amount of traffic)...i personally would love to see the trails temporarily closed when temps get above 35... (to preserve the base)...but that will never happen.
And my final rant is for all you jack wagons who called club members and barked about the trails, perhaps you should sell your sleds, and find a new hobby as you clearly have no concept on what it takes to groom, and maintain a trail system...barking at volunteers who can't control mother nature is unacceptable...a true snowmobiles takes the good with the bad and enjoys what's out there...that is the end of my rant...some of you will hopefully be a bit more pleasant to club members in the future.
 
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fishcrib

Member
Thanks for update again.

9,000,000 sleds +40 degrees=bad trails

I guess some don't understand. Coming up wed not expecting the best, but will deal with it.
I can always go ice fishing..lol
 
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polarismike

Member
Thanks for the updates this season! Even though I usually ride a bit north of you, it's nice to get a first hand account of snow and trail conditions. Appreciate the effort!
 
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frnash

Active member
Attak man said:
What a weekend!!...Havent [sic] seen this many sleds out in years. …
… sleds that were out tore it up … the club's will be out working the trails the next couple of days. …
… the club's should be able to smooth out some of the rough spots …
…it was too warm for the club's to get it to set up …
… i will be out the next couple of days and report back with pictures …
… im [sic] very confident the club's will get the bad spots rideable [sic] by mid week …
… and good spots will be even better …
… the trails deteriorated faster than expected Friday into Saturday …
… i [sic] personally would love to see the trails temporarily closed when temps get above 35 …
… And my final rant is for all you jack wagons who called club members and barked about the trails …
… perhaps you should sell your sleds, and find a new hobby …
… barking at volunteers who can't control mother nature is unacceptable …
… a true snowmobiles takes [sic] the good with the bad and enjoys what's out there …
… some of you will hopefully be a bit more pleasant to club members in the future.
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1.―First, I agree with the point of your message! Fully. Completely. Totally. :encouragement:

2.―(Not targeted at Attak man at all, your post just makes for a good platform for the discussion of an all too common but inscrutable use of plurals vs. possessives.)
――So we have:
"sleds"
"trails"
"spots"
"days"
"pictures"
"temps"
"wagons"
"members"
"volunteers"
"snowmobiles" (okay, so that was a typo, but still)
​
――all perfectly good plurals(!), but then we also have:
"club's"?
​
Possessive? Club's what?
In particular:
… the club's will get the bad spots rideable …
So I'm left wondering: The club's what will "get the bad spots rideable …", the club's groomer, perhaps?
HeadBangOnDesk.gif
Plurals do not have apostrophes! -- unless they're plural possessives,
in which case, they're like this: "clubs' groomers" e.g. (groomers belonging to several clubs).
[English is a dying language! Why? I wish I understood!]
 
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dothedoo

Member
Does anyone know how to block a user, to avoid reading this garbage?


frnash said:
1.―First, I agree with the point of your message! Fully. Completely. Totally. :encouragement:

2.―(Not targeted at Attak man at all, your post just makes for a good platform for the discussion of an all too common but inscrutable use of plurals vs. possessives.)
――So we have:
"sleds"
"trails"
"spots"
"days"
"pictures"
"temps"
"wagons"
"members"
"volunteers"
"snowmobiles" (okay, so that was a typo, but still)
​
――all perfectly good plurals(!), but then we also have:
"club's"?
​
Possessive? Club's what?
In particular:
… the club's will get the bad spots rideable …
So I'm left wondering: The club's what will "get the bad spots rideable …", the club's groomer, perhaps?
View attachment 58099
Plurals do not have apostrophes! -- unless they're plural possessives,
in which case, they're like this: "clubs' groomers" e.g. (groomers belonging to several clubs).
[English is a dying language! Why? I wish I understood!]
Click to expand...
 
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sledin5

New member
Attak Man just wanted to thank you for keeping us up to date on the trail conditions. You have been giving us honest feedback for years and it is greatly appreciated.
 
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