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Trail Conditions in and around Detroit Lakes?

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Does anyone know what the trail conditions are like around the Detroit Lakes area? I will be heading up there in a little over a week and hope the conditions will be good enough to ride. I know they got a lot of snow a while back but am sure that has been heavily ridden on. Any feedback would help. Thanks.

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I just got done driving from Fargo to the Mahonmen casino. And we saw quite a few snowmobiles out on the HWY 10 ditches. Theres a trail that follows HWY 59 ditches, north out of Detroit Lakes, it was groomed. Everything I saw looked well groomed and smooth. There some grass showing on the trails in spots but thats about it. The trails looked good, not pounded out. Theres talking more snow up here later in the week too.

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Through the end of last week, the trails were still in decent shape around here so far. Snow came early this year and caught many off guard. The numbers just aren't out there yet, as a lot of sleds are probably just now getting taken out of storage. Everyday though I've been seeing more and more sleds out. hopefully things should hold up through next weekend, as long as the groomers can stay on top of things. I don't know what the trails look like after this weekend though.

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I put 247 miles on over the weekend. Trail south of DL (vergas trails) were not groomed as of last friday. Even if they groomed them after friday there is not enought snow to make it enjoyable.

North of DL. Rat lake, Yellow head in great shape but the lakes like Little Bemidji and elbow are horrible. Both have open water and alot of slush. there are signs posted with thin ice. Rock and rice lake seemed OK but still had some slush issues.

SouthWest of DL. Cormorant, Lake Park area seemed pretty good, but beaten due to a weekends worth of riders.

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Thanks for the information. Any snow the last couple of days to add to the 2"? ALso, I was wondering, is there any place in or near detroit lakes that rents snowlobiles for the day or weekend? We may need an extra and want to find some place to rent one. Plesse give any info. if you have it. Thanks!

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WildFan10m, I don't know of any rental outfits off hand. We only got between 0.5" to 1" of snow last night. I'm not sure if the drifting and blowing snow from the other day would have helped or hurt the trails any. I guess I'll find out tomorrow...

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Thanks Deep Thinker. Glad to hear the trails are OK. I am coming up to DL tomorrow and will be riding Friday and Saturday. I am from the cities and we got 4" yesterday and it is still snowing! I like the snow here, but sleds are up north. Are they talking about any snow for Friday up there?

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Trails were in pretty decent shape when I got out this morning. I only saw 4 other riders out all day. Beautiful weather for riding. It would have been nice to have a little more base in a few areas, but it wasn't too bad. By the end of the day some spots on the trails were getting worn though. We need a good couple of inches to dress things up around here. I was in Otter Tail County today.

Hint: If you're looking for a good place to ride with trails still in good shape, look for inconvenient places to get to or dead end trails that aren't connected with major systems.

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Thanks Deadhead. It sounds like we will be able to get some decent riding in then over the weekend. I wish you guys got the snow we got here yesterday. We got 6" where I live. I will be riding Friday. Hopefully my father-in-law can find some places that haven't been ridden much. We generall go north from DL when we ride. A good couple of inches would really help I am sure. Will report after my outing. Shold be fun either way.

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