Trip to Munising - 1/12 thru 1/15 - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

PolarisINDY500 · 01-10-2007, 02:28 PM

well guys, ive been following the snow reports, and evidently munising has enough snow to ride. ive called munising pro sports, checked johndee's web cams, looked at fishweb.com, and it appears as though they have "decent" trails to ride on.

i know some may call me crazy, but it will either be a hit or miss. worst comes to worst we'll just sit in Foggys and drink a few beers to pass the time.

on the other hand, if the trails are "poor" then the guy i spoke with suggested riding the seasonal raods, log roads, and fire roads. since these dont get plowed he said try them too. i have a county road map so ill check them out as well.

the guy at munising pro sports said he just got back from riding 150 miles today, and said conditions were good due to the "small" base and the 12" of fluf that has fallen today. he said groomers will be out all week/end to get the ball rolling.

ill post pics when i get back...keep your fingers crossed...

locky · 01-10-2007, 04:26 PM

I better get out to the end of my driveway and wait for PI500. Im sure he wouldnt go up there without picking up his buddy Locky.

SnowRida · 01-10-2007, 05:07 PM

He has to stop bt here first. It's closer!

PolarisINDY500 · 01-10-2007, 05:29 PM

actually, im headed up thru WI to da UP...so looks like locky "would" be closer.

IndianRvrShiver · 01-10-2007, 06:29 PM

Me & Jr going up ti IR Sat night....come home later Monday. Not sure what we'll find??

BTW - 1 Year anniversary this w/e!!

I'd like to forget it, tho!!

SnowRida · 01-10-2007, 09:01 PM

Take care IRS'S. Hope you get some riding time in.

PolarisINDY500 · 01-10-2007, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by IndianRvrShiver

Me & Jr going up ti IR Sat night....come home later Monday. Not sure what we'll find??

BTW - 1 Year anniversary this w/e!!

I'd like to forget it, tho!!

hope ya find some snow to ride..ill keep my fingers crossed for the both of us.

take her easy this weekend too, no repeats of last year.

locky · 01-10-2007, 09:30 PM

If I didnt have so many things going on this weekend I would drive up and join you IRS.

SnowRida · 01-11-2007, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by locky

If I didnt have so many things going on this weekend I would drive up and join you IRS.

Same here. My son has his last leaque hockey game on Sat. Then it goes into districts. Hope conditions are decent for ya both. Enjoy and let us know.

big bore king · 01-11-2007, 10:41 PM

I was in Indian river tonight and not much snow there. Its raining again here as I type. I had a good 10" wensday AM and now I'd be lucky to hae 4-5". Less than that by morning if the rain keeps coming.

SnowRida · 01-12-2007, 05:00 AM

It's raining again here right now. Bummer.

big bore king · 01-12-2007, 05:41 AM

By this evening snow will be history here. There calling for a big storm on Monday, and cold.
But by fri it will probally be raining again, fffen weaather. Somebody got on the wrong side of mother nature

IndianRvrShiver · 01-12-2007, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by big bore king

I was in Indian river tonight.........

Pinehurst or Brass Rail??

big bore king · 01-12-2007, 06:39 PM

I drive thru there 4 days a week. today I spent a couple hours shooting the sheet with Travis and the gang at Rental Express, then stopped and seen Dewey at Adventure Power Sports. Just killing a little time.

IndianRvrShiver · 01-13-2007, 09:00 AM

I bought my F7 from Travis!! Decent guy, but I mostly deal with Cam, since Travis usually isn't around too much! They've always treated we well as far as getting work done (recalls, etc) & always order my parts in a timely manner.

PolarisINDY500 · 01-16-2007, 12:23 PM

to get back on topic...haha

the trip to da UP was awesome. i put on 500 miles between friday and sunday. snow was fabulous. all the trail systems were groomed and ready to ride.

day 1 - rode 419 out of munising to trail 8, trail 8 to 417 and 418 to au train. very good riding along trail 8. we tried to ride the au train trail from trail 7 but it was iffy.

day 2 - rode 419 to 8 to 422 and up to miners castle. very good conditions. from miners castle we rode back to the county road and took that to the bear trap. bear trap to trail 8 to H58 along pictured rocks was AWESOME!!! H58 comming into Grand Marias sucked especially at the park. leaving Grand Marias we took H58 to trail 8 then to shingleton. trail 8 just before you get into shingleton was bad. open water and poor snow. however, when you leave shingleton and ride trail 8 west it was awesome.

day 3 - we rode 419 to 8 to 7 to the buck horn. trails were very good. from the buck horn we wanted to see how far south we could ride. we could only get about 15 miles south of the bear trap before we turned around. we wanted to ride 7 all the way to 411 but there was no snow at 411.

over the weekend it snowed friday night 3+", saturday 2", and sunday about 1"...then on monday morning i woke up to 6" of snow on my truck (ironically the day i was leaving).

for anyone who wants to ride, id suggest this up comming weekend for sure.

i have pictures ill post, so stay tuned.

SnowRida · 01-16-2007, 06:10 PM

Sounds like you had a great time. Now lets hope for good conditions in FEB.