polarisman_98
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Awesome, thanks for the reports guys and gals! Heading up in the morning to break in the new Pro S for two days.
Bayfield/Valhalla
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Went for a quick solo ride on the yellow and black honey bee (woodside was at home moving the snow with his new toy! or maybe he was watching the Ellen Show cuz he's retired now! 
FR's recovered nicely! and the trails will be freshly groomed for everyone to ride! C'mon up ... we still some openings at www.woodsidecottages.com
FR's recovered nicely! and the trails will be freshly groomed for everyone to ride! C'mon up ... we still some openings at www.woodsidecottages.com
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polarisman_98
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Sounds good! Red Rush Pro S and either a newer Indy or older red XC700, not sure what he'll ride.
Went for a quick solo ride on the yellow and black honey bee (woodside was at home moving the snow with his new toy! or maybe he was watching the Ellen Show cuz he's retired now!
FR's recovered nicely! and the trails will be freshly groomed for everyone to ride! C'mon up ... we still some openings at www.woodsidecottages.com
Ellen who? Sorry about the no-show Candyman but it looks like you did just fine with your solo! Will be with you later tomorrow morning after some more snow removal. Looking forward to riding the FR's and pushing around the fresh snow.
Hey folks! If you want some very good riding get your sleds up here. Candyman and his better half Laura will take very good care of you at woodsidecottages.com and you might even have to put up with me on the FR's trails!! That is, if I'm not watching Ellen!!
polarisman_98
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Sorry we missed you guys woodside. We got a late start this morning and didn't even leave Solon Springs until after noon. Rolled into P&G about 3:30pm. Trails in the area of Valhalla were awesome. Trail 27 between Solon and Brule was a little icy in some corners but not too bad. We had a great ride. 200 miles.
Must have just missed you at the Pub. I was talking to two guys who come up from Solon Springs. Thought it was you.
A friend of mine rode one our sleds yesterday and he was sold. He was so impressed with the area and conditions, he bought a sled last night. Riding on top of 6" of fresh snow always helps! Now I have one more riding partner.
The groomer was panning the trails hoping to pack them down as its 6" of solid snow pack underneath the fresh snow. We broke trail on 90% of the FR's we rode.
Got a new phone and can't figure out how to post pictures. Maybe later today.
A friend of mine rode one our sleds yesterday and he was sold. He was so impressed with the area and conditions, he bought a sled last night. Riding on top of 6" of fresh snow always helps! Now I have one more riding partner.
The groomer was panning the trails hoping to pack them down as its 6" of solid snow pack underneath the fresh snow. We broke trail on 90% of the FR's we rode.
Got a new phone and can't figure out how to post pictures. Maybe later today.
polarisman_98
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Ha, funny. Maybe we did chat. I guess we just assumed it wasn't you guys since you were getting there at 1pm. We'll be up that way again next week. Looking like Thurs/Fri. Probably trailer from our place right to Brule to get us closer to the good stuff than Solon.
robgoggins
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No worries - We've received 9" of fresh snow in the past week sitting on a hard base of 6 - 8". Nighttime lows will be dropping into the low-20s or teens, so conditions will remain good. FRs have plenty of snow to play in and, with the colder temps at night, the groomers should be out there all week long. Here are a couple of pics from yesterday with our guests at Woodside Cottages of Bayfield. www.woodsidecottages.com
We will keep you updated as the week goes on.
Why not stay at Candyman's place and be in the best riding? We rode just to the north of IR yesterday and there were lots of sleds. Trails were starting to show wear by mid-day. A lot less traffic west of Bayfield and Valhalla. There is lots of loose snow on the trails and FR's.
A couple of pics from yesterday.
A couple of pics from yesterday.
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Polariswoman21
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The trails will hold up, Iron River didn't get the 9" but about 4-5" this past week which helped greatly it's settled to about 3" on the picnic table ! Warm shouldn't hurt anything just settle everything down a bit! I think Woody said he got about 3-4" in Herbster so it's easier to get into town. If you follow the Bayfield Alliance on Facebook the groomers post when they are out and they give a good idea of who got what for snowfall.
! Warm shouldn't hurt anything just settle everything down a bit! I think Woody said he got about 3-4" in Herbster so it's easier to get into town. If you follow the Bayfield Alliance on Facebook the groomers post when they are out and they give a good idea of who got what for snowfall.I was just in Valhalla this weekend. Any of the lightly used trails are great. The corridor trails were not great. Why they don't groom 33/31 south on Friday night I do not know. It was pretty rough Saturday morning and was not groomed all weekend. That's about a 25 mile round trip groom. Just like every year once we hit the Moquah cut off they change groomers and it was nearly perfect. 31 gets hammered around Valhalla. If that's on a 2 time / week schedule it should be 3. Especially with such concentrated traffic. The bar / resort owners seem oblivious to this.
3 from IR also gets shelled and should be groomed Friday night. It wasn't as bad as 31 south of Valhalla, but it's not great and gets pounded on Saturdays.
The last trail that sucked was trail 1. The dips weren't even filled in mid Feb? Trail 1 was a disaster and the dips are a safety hazard. It's quite apparent that Red Cliff and Bayfield do not want snowmobiles.
All in all good riding and anything but listed above was very good at least 7 out of 10. All good snow cover.
This week will fry it. I can see metro Valhalla holding up, but man it's going to be sketchy anywhere else. And this weekend could toast Valhalla.
Sure you can ride fire roads. But most of us like to put on miles on groomed and SAFE trails and are not local so don't know the area like the locals. As a county grooming association chairman I'm somewhat disappointed with the grooming in Valhalla and have been for a few years. It could be a "mini UP," but it's just not maintained as such. But we'll keep coming back. We really like the area.
Lastly thanks to all the volunteer groomers. I get the issue with finding volunteers. So thanks for all you do.
3 from IR also gets shelled and should be groomed Friday night. It wasn't as bad as 31 south of Valhalla, but it's not great and gets pounded on Saturdays.
The last trail that sucked was trail 1. The dips weren't even filled in mid Feb? Trail 1 was a disaster and the dips are a safety hazard. It's quite apparent that Red Cliff and Bayfield do not want snowmobiles.
All in all good riding and anything but listed above was very good at least 7 out of 10. All good snow cover.
This week will fry it. I can see metro Valhalla holding up, but man it's going to be sketchy anywhere else. And this weekend could toast Valhalla.
Sure you can ride fire roads. But most of us like to put on miles on groomed and SAFE trails and are not local so don't know the area like the locals. As a county grooming association chairman I'm somewhat disappointed with the grooming in Valhalla and have been for a few years. It could be a "mini UP," but it's just not maintained as such. But we'll keep coming back. We really like the area.
Lastly thanks to all the volunteer groomers. I get the issue with finding volunteers. So thanks for all you do.
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31S from Valhalla was fairly beat coming back on Friday night. Forecasting the traffic for Saturday North of 2, we spent the day between Brule, Solon Springs, and Hawthorne and had great smooth trails with far less traffic, even though the snow cover was not quite as significant. I'm not sure much was groomed Friday night, but I know a lot of work was done during the week. I can't fault the groomers if they wanted to get out and ride for once as it was one of the best weekends in what will prove to be a poor snow year. Really happy we rode on Friday ahead of the weekend traffic!
There was one 100 degree turn down a hill south of Valhalla that had the perfect combination of downhill, tight turn, hidden glare ice, and snow banked up in the corner that caused three sleds in our group to flip and us to tumble into the woods. Luckily we were able to warn the other sleds in our group in time to save the rest of them. No injuries as we all basically jumped off the sleds high side but will not soon forget it!
There was one 100 degree turn down a hill south of Valhalla that had the perfect combination of downhill, tight turn, hidden glare ice, and snow banked up in the corner that caused three sleds in our group to flip and us to tumble into the woods. Luckily we were able to warn the other sleds in our group in time to save the rest of them. No injuries as we all basically jumped off the sleds high side but will not soon forget it!