SNOW!

[knoppers]

of course it hits Iowa first. which is OK, we need to freeze the ground first, and with this storm in Iowa, it means cold temps here. so far its a perfect setup for the year.

give snow reports here as you get them.

let it snow!

[Xplorer]

1/2 inch of snow in Cloquet/Duluth....does that count

Swamps have started to freeze down tho with the colder temps.  Was 7 yesterday morning.

[leech~~]

Relatives in Chicago had the kids out playing in about 4 inch's the other day! It's coming. 

[gunner55]

Close to 10 inches here. Seen some sleds out riding Saturday on our way back to Ia. It melted some yesterday & going to lose more of it the next couple days

[knoppers]

drove by ERX in elk river today, and there was many sleds riding the course on the man made snow there. with all the trailers there, either it was a good day for practice, or there was actually some racing today.

[knoppers]

big storm on its way in!

[leech~~]

big storm on its way in!

Where, when?

[knoppers]

Monday night into Tuesday. still not sure of the path, but 7-10 inches predicted in central mn.

[fishersofmen]

I'm seeing anywhere from 3 to 9. Hopefully its on the higher end but looks like some will melt later in the week anyway.

[leech~~]

This snow my not last. Hopefully a lot of guys will get out and run around on it to pack down a nice base and find all the rocks so the next storm will be good to ride!

 

 

[LoonASea]

I picked up my sled from the dealer after its chain case was checked and lubed (first oil change waits till 2,000 miles) ,,,Now to get my Garmin GPS with the snowmobile maps mounted and Im set ,,,So now Im sitting here tapping foot  waiting for it to start snowing

[leech~~]

Well big whoopy-ti-do! I have 3" of slop in my driveway and it's going to be 42 and sunny on Sat. I think the weather folks were just a little to excited to play with all their charts and toys. Next!

[leechlake]

before it started snowing yesterday I bet a meteorologist we wouldn't get 4 inches by midnight.  I won in the NW suburbs,  I did have to drive about 7 miles last night on some back roads.  The driving was terrible though.  I have an atv with plow and for the first time in years I took out my light double shovel and shoveled the driveway by hand around 10pm.

[fishersofmen]

Yea they blew the forecast imagine that. We had planned on plowing for a couple days but I was done by 3am.

[knoppers]

there talkin like we could get some snow late this weekend, but again mid week next week. the only problem is all this warm weather has thawed everything out. this could be another bad snow year, but there is hope, we have started to get the storms to come in, we just need the cold.

[fishersofmen]

Maybe got 1 inch in Buffalo out of this one. I wish they had been right about the forecast!

[BoxMN]

There is enough to get on the sleds in the Crosslake area, but not sure yet if enough to even groom. Will know tomorrow when I get back up there

There was probably about total of 6ish or so inches on ground last Sunday.

[MN Mike]

Any reports from this snowfall today?

I'm thinking we are at about 4 inches today, wind is starting to pick up now.

Picked up 7" last week...... it's starting to add up!!!

 

Mike

 

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, MN Mike said:

Any reports from this snowfall today?

I'm thinking we are at about 4 inches today, wind is starting to pick up now.

Picked up 7" last week...... it's starting to add up!!!

 

Mike

 

Really Mike, Isn't sledding MN after out west kind of like trying to fish Mille Lacs for Walleyes now after fishing Canada? Do you still have any fun?

Edited January 15, 2016 by leech~~

[MN Mike]

It's all fun....... I do love going to the mountains but I enjoy sledding around here too, it just makes it easier with the sled I have cattails are not that much of an issue anymore when you can skip over the top

 

 

 

 

Looking for some snow / trail info is anyone makes it to International Falls / Rainy / Crane Lake in the next few weeks.

Kind of have my eye on getting up that way if it works around mid February, it's been a few years.

Thanks!

Mike

 

Edited January 20, 2016 by MN Mike

[leech~~]

This is my relatives house in PA today. Those bumps are cars in the 2nd pictures. Man they got all the luck!

Edited January 24, 2016 by leech~~

[BoxMN]

I finally got out last Sunday in the Emily area. Only went for about 60 miles, but the trails weren't too bad. But as it got warmer it started to get a bit greasy so I went back and ice fished about 11 am. Was nice to be out, but I could tell my knees aren't in sledding shape yet, haha! 

I think this snowmageddon is going to miss Xlake unfortunately...

[Xplorer]

Only got about an inch here in Duluth, not gonna do anything for the trails

[LoonASea]

My snow gauge  I pounded in my front yard shows just about 3 new inches  here in Hermantown,,,I plan to ride this weekend just not sure where ,,,,Any one interested to ride along ??

Edited February 3, 2016 by LoonASea