Well, I was actually planning on taking a spin on the sled to take come trail pics, but got busy with other things and had to settle for the "road crossing report", but I did bring a camera and took some pics. All pics were taken between 2 and 3 pm today, truck thermometer read 58 degrees, which was verified by by my weather station, which now reads 60!
Here is the trail just north of Hancock at the Lake Anne Rd Crossing looking north.
Here is the same crossing at Lake Anne Rd looking south.
A little further north, here is the crossing just north of Calumet by the old Northgate.
Further north yet, here is just south of Phoenix at the Hwy 41 crossing (looking north). Hey, some sledders!
Same crossing looking south.
So the bottom line is we are holding up pretty well, considering it is 60 friggen' degrees and sunny! I would venture to guess that trails only get better as you go north as they always hold up better the further north you go this time of the year.
Temps look to fall back to near freezing tonight and then back into the 40's tomorrow, but with clouds and fog. Cold arrives in the wee morning hours Friday. So our issues will be snow quality not quantity for this weekend.
-John
Here is the trail just north of Hancock at the Lake Anne Rd Crossing looking north.
Here is the same crossing at Lake Anne Rd looking south.
A little further north, here is the crossing just north of Calumet by the old Northgate.
Further north yet, here is just south of Phoenix at the Hwy 41 crossing (looking north). Hey, some sledders!
Same crossing looking south.
So the bottom line is we are holding up pretty well, considering it is 60 friggen' degrees and sunny! I would venture to guess that trails only get better as you go north as they always hold up better the further north you go this time of the year.
Temps look to fall back to near freezing tonight and then back into the 40's tomorrow, but with clouds and fog. Cold arrives in the wee morning hours Friday. So our issues will be snow quality not quantity for this weekend.
-John
