We started off the morning in Land O Lakes, WI at Gateway Lodge. We headed north on trail 3 to Watersmeet, MI and the trail was in great shape. After a couple of quick stops at Nordines and the Polaris dealer to get some thicker balaclavas, we went East on trail 2 and then turned north on trail 3. It was a pretty quick ride in to Bruce Crossing. We gassed up and then continued on trail 3 north to Rockland, MI. We arrived at Henry’s Never Inn and met up with the rest of the PrairieRiders. After a long lunch (very slow service) we made our way down trail 13 to Bergland, MI and then headed north on trail 1 to Silver City, MI. We got gas along the way in White Pine, MI. For the first time this season Silver City had decent snow, so we stopped in to Foothills. After a 30 minute stop there, they were closing down so we hit the trail again. We pointed the sleds West and headed out of town on trail 11.
The trail was in excellent shape and we continued on towards Wakefield. Along the way, the sun went down and the temperature really dropped. We got gas in Wakefield and took trail 2 east to Marinesco. The snow dust was pretty bad and a few of us started to freeze up our shields. We made a quick stop at Rogers bar to thaw out our shields and then headed to Watersmeet on our way to Land O Lakes.
Overall the trails were in awesome shape until we hit Wakefield. They had plenty of snow, the trails were just beat due to traffic volume. It was a bit chilly today. When we left Land O Lakes the temp was around -20F (with no wind chill).
Check out the trail video:
Rockland, MI North on trail 3
Snowmobile Trail Video (10 MB)
Distance: 238
Previous: 1,673
Season Total: 1,911