Conditions - 3/10/2008

Good Morning Everyone...

Wow..what a weekend! Our weather was great. The temps were relatively cool, with highs in the low 20's on Saturday, and high 20's yesterday, but the oh that sunshine. It sure felt like spring. The snowmobile trails are for the most part in pretty good shape, conditions are starting to very, depending on the exposure to the sun, but in general they range from good to some very good. While we had traffic over the weekend, it has already begun to taper off. Trails on Saturday, were well groomed in the Manitowish Waters area. Trail 8 south of town was good, with some sun exposed areas near the highway, but they are still easy to navigate around. Trail 8N, was great until the IC line, were we found some trail chatter. From Chucks Bar, 8/17, trail 19 was again smooth and in great shape. Even Cedar Lake Rd, had amply snow, although there were bumps, and the beginning development of sun scars. The PI/WI system had some of the best trails all day. The J trail was as close to perfect as it gets.
As we move out of the weekend, the next 2-3 days should have sun and mid 30's. If we get lucky, the forecasts are starting to develop towards more snow possibilities, from Wednesday evening into Friday. The solar clock is clicking, but we could end up with another good period for riding. My guess is the temps and sun early this week will cost us some, but the night are still cold, and the likelihood for some snow is improving. Remember, we are into the 8th inning, and the game is getting short.
As far as other activities. The downhill skiers are reporting great conditions at Indianhead, all the lifts were running this weekend. Unfortunately for the ski areas crowds were pretty light. Please see our website links for area details.
Have a great week.

Drive and Ride Safely,

Rich - www.timberlineinn.com