Keweenaw snow photos

[Buppies]

Arly Wally always seems to have fun

 

[ArlyA]

Pics from skiing and grooming today. The paper says were at 160" for the year and about 3ft on the ground.

After grooming twice, we got out for a ski and the sun even came out.

Same ol foot bridge I've posted pics of in the past. Creek is getting fuller of snow.

Wally was told to go into the canyon.

The snow is indeed deep and this is a steep hill. You can see the snow it rolling down.

He was told to get on this dead-fall. Same I've posted pics of in the past. Its good to make dogs do things.

Off he leapt. He's a conservative dog and kind of surprised he did that

Ya, its deep.

 

[ArlyA]

A nose licking good ski we had today.

 

[SwingOak]

I went up north last weekend to go see the Huskies get beat in the 3rd period, took the sled from my friend's place near Bergland up to Houghton for the game. It's about a 75 mile trip, the trails were in nice shape considering how much traffic was on them. Over 200" so far this season in the Keweenaw from what I hear.

Saturday night was clear and cold, it got down to -23°F. The moonlight was very bright, so I tried to take a photo with my phone:

Went over to my land Sunday afternoon to change trail camera batteries. This photo was taken on an old skidder road I opened up last summer, the snow was around 3 feet deep here in the woods.

And here is a photo from the old logging road through my land that the neighbors groom and maintain as a skiing trail. You can see my sled is sitting a lot higher on the snow!

I managed to get my sled stuck turning around in a small meadow, and when I hopped off the snow was above my waist, so it was about 3-1/2 feet deep. Soft, fluffy powder... I got my sled wiggled around, hopped back on, and with a blip of the throttle it popped right out.

Unfortunately, the tracks on the groomer vehicle crushed a grouse that was roosting for the night under the snow. It will make some coyote, wolf, or bobcat very happy though.

My road is an all season maintained one, but because it's a dead end road it doesn't get plowed as a priority. And you can see why they don't rush to get the road plowed, because it had snowed about a foot two days before I was here, and there were no tracks on the road. No traffic, no rush to plow...

 

[ArlyA]

Out doing some trail work today. Tomorrow the boss goes back to the shop, since its not running well. Should have groomed today! NOAA says we'll get more snow the next few days.......

We replaced some maps.

While adding a sign here, Sandy took her skis off and sunk in. The snow-pack is actually a bit deeper than that.

All done! and on our way out.

 

[jjeff]

Monday-Tuesday they are predicting over a foot with drifting in parts of Baraga county.

 

[SuperiorLakeEffect]

Somebody was adamant that my bridge across the creek was far too narrow for all but the bipedal.

 

[ArlyA]

I just got the plow out of the school shop and like how it looks but the boss is still in the repair shop.
This is what our forecast look like.
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[Opti-Mist]

That reminds me of the standard forecast when I lived up there, "Clear and Still" which really meant that the snow was clear up to your butt and still snowing.

 

[cqaigy2]

loll. Chances of snow, followed with periods of snow, with snow likely.