Trail to Gay & Lac La Belle
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Gatorgator7676
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Was just hanging with Bruce last night. Took the 133 down to Lac LaBelle off of trail 3. I was only the second guy on the trail it was beautiful! just fluffy snow with no groomer. Then took the 133 over to gay about halfway through had to hit the road due to logging. It is awesome up here and all I can tell you is Bruce at the gay bar will be happy to see you. Also we took the trail 122 back to Lake Linden but about halfway through we hit the road due to high water.
garyl62
Active member
133 between Gay and LLB has been open the past years, it was 122 from Lake Linden to Gay that has been shut down. Word at the trail brushing weekend this fall was 122 would be open this year so we spent a lot of time on that trail getting it ready. It's always wet so I'm not surprise Gatorgator7676 jumped off. Once things firm up it should be fun. John did say in this weeks Journal trail 124 between Gay and Phoenix has some logging now, but they hope to finish up by the first of the year. If that happens it will be great to have that area back completely open this season.
garyl62
Active member
Just got an update from the trail boss of KTS and 133 is being closed between Gay and LLB for logging. They also closed 124 from Gay toward Phoenix. They hope to have both open again around Christmas, but for the next couple weeks it doesn't sound like you can go north from Gay. Sounds like there will also be a little re-route on 133 so that may take a bit longer.
Would be great to hear straight from John Dee and the club up there on this one. Plenty of speculation and thoughts floating around but what is the real scoop?
packerlandrider
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As of yesterday, all three are still closed. Couldn't find out the length of time the closures will continue.
So here is the latest. You can ride 132. It is not yet groomed and we are hoping to get to it ASAP, but due to having 2 groomers down, we do not want to have the entire system suffer because of trying to have all trails groomed. So feel free to take 132, but be advised, it has not yet been groomed yet and there could be obstacles on the trail so PLEASE RIDE 132 WITH EXTRA CAUTION! I believe there is a stretch where the snow is a bit thinner because of the fact that they were plowing a section up until last week.
We will have all three trails, 132, 124 and 133 open and groomed as soon as we can!
Thanks for being so patient!
-John
President, Keweenaw Snowmobile Club
We will have all three trails, 132, 124 and 133 open and groomed as soon as we can!
Thanks for being so patient!
-John
President, Keweenaw Snowmobile Club
HardwaterHoosier
Member
Gay beach are a blast to play on.
OK, so 132 has been groomed, so getting to Lac La Belle is a go on groomed trails in both ways.
124 and 133 are still closed for the time being, but will be open soon. I believe that one of the broken groomers will be up soon, which will give us 4 out of 5 in our system running. The groomers are being shuffled around to make sure all is being done that can be done, rather than just sticking to some kind of regular operation.
I just talked to some friends that are riding and they said the trails they were on were great, but it is cold! I also overheard another conversation between two snowmobilers where the one was complaining about trails not being groomed. I was not able to catch that person in time to find out which trail they were talking about. It could have been one that is not even open yet. From what I have seen from the roads, the main trail from Houghton/Hancock to Copper Harbor looked to be in good shape. The Eagles Loop was in good shape and since 132 was just groomed, it will be good for now. Hopefully we can keep up with traffic and the bumps it generates. I did not see anyone with frowns on their faces!
-John
124 and 133 are still closed for the time being, but will be open soon. I believe that one of the broken groomers will be up soon, which will give us 4 out of 5 in our system running. The groomers are being shuffled around to make sure all is being done that can be done, rather than just sticking to some kind of regular operation.
I just talked to some friends that are riding and they said the trails they were on were great, but it is cold! I also overheard another conversation between two snowmobilers where the one was complaining about trails not being groomed. I was not able to catch that person in time to find out which trail they were talking about. It could have been one that is not even open yet. From what I have seen from the roads, the main trail from Houghton/Hancock to Copper Harbor looked to be in good shape. The Eagles Loop was in good shape and since 132 was just groomed, it will be good for now. Hopefully we can keep up with traffic and the bumps it generates. I did not see anyone with frowns on their faces!
-John
rich_jelinek
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What's the latest on trails 124 & 133 UP there ?
rich_jelinek
New member
We were up there the week of xmas, and just about everything we rode was really good, the only bummer was 124 and 133 were closed which cuts off some nice loops to stay off of the main drag ( 3 ), and I'm sure they've got ALOT more snow since then.