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Rain, rain, go away!
We need some cold and snow to play! Temperatures are above freezing and a light drizzle is falling as I type this, but next week is forecast to be much colder with snow coming here and there. Voyageurs National Park reports that lake ice is highly variable in thickness (ranging 2-8 inches) and strength - with a lot of weaker "white ice". The lake ice is not yet strong enough for equipment, so they have been focusing on doing what is possible with land-based trails and the ski trails. No snowmobile trails are currently open in the park. The DNR is reporting similar to what we are seeing on our trails. There was 6+ inches of snow in the woods with little to no trail base. Some colder temps had started to make ice in the swamps, but this latest warmup will likely change that. Beaver ponds continuing to drain after ice formation mean lots of shelf ice. They also reported less water than usual in many beaver ponds - meaning more hummocks and stumps to watch out for, and the dams have become large steep berms in the middle of a trail. They advise to watch out for these conditions particularly in these areas: from Big Aspen to Pfeiffer Lake and from Black Bear trail to the Y Store Trail on the Taconite State Trail; and on the Arrowhead just south of the Hwy 1 crossing, at the Frazier Bay shelter, and in the Elephant Creek/Blackduck grade segment north of Elephant Lake. Active logging has also started throughout area. Please stay aware of conditions, slow down and give plenty of space to trucks and logging equipment. Also please remember that only snowmobiles are allowed on State Trails or Grant-in-Aid snowmobile trails. For the latest info, visit:
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