Saturday, December 29, 2007

Saturday, 12/29/07

LOTS & LOTS of snow!!! Great riding. Trails are groomed. Riders welcomed. Ride safe & most of all ENJOY the true winter beauty of the northwoods!
Happy New Year!

Jon

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Good Morning and marry Christmas. Hopefully we will get the snow in the forecast for Sat. (1-4inches) Trails suffering from a lack of snow. Trail and road intersections are poor, loose gravel and dirt showing. Staying hopefull! Ride safe Jon

Friday, December 14, 2007

Snow Conditions

Fri Dec 14 2007 Trails are open and opening around us. Lincoln co is opening today at 12:00 Noon. (Only Northern Half) We still need more snow to make things realy nice. No snow in forecast untill thursday. Hopefuly we get a pile for Christmas week! Safe rideing Jon

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Welcome to a new snow season!! Trails open today 12/12/07 @ noon. I have not been on our trails yet this year. I think we are a little short of snow. (Aprox 6.5") To day it is sunny and cold. It is 12:00 noon and 16deg. Ride Safe I will try and keep you posted Jon

Friday, March 16, 2007

Well the snow is just about gone and a short snowmobile season has ended. I would like to thank all the people that came up and rode this winter. I hope to see you this spring at Minocqua Rental & Supply. We are affiliated with Hardware Hank and will have a line of hardware and supplies this summer. See you soon!! Jon & Jeremy & AJ too!!!

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Cold is the buzz word of the day. Last nite -14 deg today highs in the teens. Chance of 1-3" of snow. Trail are in excellent condition! This is the time of year when trails can go away in a couple of sunny days. Remember daylight saveings time starts Sat night. (Move clocks ahead 1 hour) Safe riding Jon

Monday, March 5, 2007

Currently Sunny & light snow 9 deg gusty winds. Snowmobile trails are in excellent condition!!! I think the best of the year. If you have any winter vacation leftover I would use it this week. I will keep you posted on trail conditions this week. Safe riding Jon

Friday, March 2, 2007

Still SNOWING!!!! aprox 8" so far. Trails should be in Excellent cond this weekend!! I will be grooming the Bearskin trail tonite. Hope to see you out riding. Safe riding Jon

Thursday, March 1, 2007

SNOW is the key word in our forecast. 6"to 16" today and tonite!!! This should make for an excellent snowmobiling weekend!! Last nite we got about an inch again. The snow machine is finally on and it just keeps on snowing. Hope to see you out on our trails!! Safe riding Jon

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Sorry for not keeping up with things. Good news I had to plow snow for two days. Lots more snow on the way. Did not groom trails lastnite went riding instead. A group of us went into the U.P. we rode from Rockland to Copper Harbor (220miles) . Excellent ride & excellent weather. Hopefully with our next storm the trails around here will be in the best shape of the year! The forecasters are calling for 4" to 16"!!! lets hope for the most. Safe Riding Jon

Friday, February 23, 2007

Still no good forcast on the amount of snow for Sat. forcasters predicting 1" - 12" no one has pinpointed the amount. Presently I would say the trails are unrideable!! I will keep you posted later today or tomorrow on the amount. Safe riding Jon

Thursday, February 22, 2007

I am posting late tonite because the forcasters are calling for snow. I was trying to waite until they had an amount. Yesterdays 50deg temps wiped out what was left of our trails in the open and around town. Now we need all the snow we can get to end the year with a bang!! Safe riding Jon.

Monday, February 19, 2007

+20 deg forecast for mid 30s one extream to another. Have not rode in two weeks due to conditions around town. I seen the groomer out on the bearskin lastnite. They are calling for drizzle and lite snow for today. Friday they are predicting rain changeing to snow. Lets hope it is all snow!!! I will keep you posted. Safe riding Jon

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Currently -6 deg wind chill -14. Snow conditions around town are poor. Snow conditions out of town ok. The weather man says lite snow tomorrow. Also a warm up for next week. Hopefully this will produce some big snows. Safe Riding Jon

Monday, February 12, 2007

Sorry no blog for a couple days. Not much has changed, no snow in at least 2 weeks. Trails around town dirty & icy. Woods trails not real bad, any thing near roads the sun is afecting. WE NEED SNOW!! Safe riding Jon

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Warming up temp -9 chillfactor is -20 feels balmy. Groomed last nite, snow is at a short supply trails still look ok. The north end of the Bearskin by the Thursty Whale is Ice and lite dirt covered. Do not forget Cruiser Fest on Lake Minocqua this weekend. Safe riding Jon

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

-24 degrees actual temp. Lite wind do not know what the chill factor is. I will be grooming tonite. Dont forget Cruiser Fest this weekend on Lake Minocqua. Minocqua Rental has a new Dolmar chain saw on the silent auction Retail value on just the power head is $409.95. Hope to see you there! Safe Riding Jon

Monday, February 5, 2007

BURRRRR!!! -20 Temp chill factor -35 to -40 not good riding weather. Did not brave the elements this weekend but there were several riders that did. They told me trails were good to ok depending on the terrain they were riding in. It is suppost to warm up this week high around 10 to 15 by mid week. NO SNOW in forcast. Safe riding Jon

Saturday, February 3, 2007

BURRRRR!!!! -4 -20 chill factor. Lincoln Co opened their trails this weekend. Cross Country Cruisers still grooming every nite. Trails are ok and still have traffic no mater the temp. Do not forget Cruiser Fest next weekend. Lots of fun and food on Lake Minocqua. Safe riding Jon

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Sorry no blogg yesterday. I went out grooming Tuesday nite. Trails are in ok condition we keep getting 1-2" of lake effect snow every nite. The cold weather makes the trails setup real nice after grooming. The Bearskin trail still has small stones showing through. In Minocqua the Bearskin is short on snow. We are going to have a cold weekend comming up. Hopefully we will get more lake effect snow. Safe riding Jon.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Good morning about a 1/2inch of new snow lastnite. Cold 1deg this morning high today 13 we are not loosing any snow! U.P. got aprox 16 inches scence Friday. They are reporting the best riding of the year!! We still need more snow before conditions improve. Safe riding Jon

Monday, January 29, 2007

Good morning we went riding on Saturday trails need snow!!!! Lotts of sleds out. Icy corners bumpy swamps, and the sun is just starting to melt road edges. The Bearskin is needing snow bad. Forcast is for small amounts of snow everyday this week. Very cold for upcoming weekend. Safe Riding Jon

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Aprox. 1" new snow last nite. Cold 4deg rite now. Everything fresh brite white. Chance of lite snow all weekend. Safe Riding Jon

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Nothing changed from yesterday. Cold last nite -10 good to freeze up lakes. Safe riding Jon

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Sorry no blog yesterday google had problems. Today lite snow falling chance of a couple inches. The bearskin trail starting to show small pebbles more snow would help that. Swamps still need more fill snow. Trails in general still good to very good. There seems to be more snow west of town we rode 12w had a good ride (140Mi) on Sunday. Safe riding Jon

Thursday, January 18, 2007

20deg and light snow, should be a good weekend to ride. Gas prices 1.99/gal in Minocqua this helps make more fun less cost. Trails look good, I did not ride last nite. Enjoy the snow!!!! Good rideing Jon

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Cold and sunny no new snow. Trails good some bare spots in corners. Ice base good. Bring good carbide runners. Weather forecast is for lite snow tomorrow and little warmer in the 20s. Excellent rideing weather. Good Rideing Jon

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

About a 1/2" new snow yesterday. trails groomed icy white and fast! Today we have sunshine and -11 deg. trails should not melt!!!! Thanks Jon

Monday, January 15, 2007

Minocqua Rental Snow

LET IT SNOW!!! Last nite 3" and currently snowing lightly. Groomers will go out tonite and pan down new snow. This is my first blog and i hope to expand with Mich. snow report. I am going to try and link this to my web site. Thanks Jon