Tuesday 6:30 PM

Wully Bully and Pig Heart groomed the North end classic only Trails . @ passes and we had the trails back to normal configuration after the SISU. Pig Heart went ahead and removed signage and closed gates from the SISU event Saturday. Crasher lightly groomed all the combo trails on the skate lanes and left some very nice cordoroy.

Wide Track is coming in early AM to groom with Pig Heart on the classic trails to the south.. We will check and see if skate lanes need a buffing when we are out.

Monday 6 pm

Groomers slept in this morning…the trails are in great shape. I groomed about 3-4 km this morning at the dog trails with the bigger PB. The dog trails sure do not get much use. It is a great trails system with varying terrain. 1 road crossing.

3 groomers heading out in the morning, mainly touch up on skate lanes and 2 of us are heading north to regroom jack pine white pine and close gates from the SISU.

temps and snow is as good as it gets.

Sunday 9 AM

we just finished grooming with both Pisten Bullies. We have the trails back to the normal configuration.

SISU Saturday 6 pm

what a great day of grooming and racing and volunteering today! We had 4 of us out setting the last 12 km of the course early morning , grooming and filling in road crossings. Coleman Engineering team was on the support side with road crossing barriers and sign placement.

the course was firm and pole placements were pretty solid, a few missed pole plants where we went went wide and a couple twigs hanging…but overall a great course.

I hung out at the Kinnunen Road Aid station with my friends and neighbors from Erwin Township. I had the rescue sled and snowmobile. Thankfully it did not get used. Both Pisten Bullies will be back out early morning to get the trails groomed up as normal. Ridge runner will go back to skate

A big thank you to all the SISU volunteers and racers today!

Thursday 6 PM

9 hour shift in the Pisten Bully’s today. The SISU Race director asked for a firm course after the new snow and we are working our “Bully’s” to get you one! 4 passes this afternoon after the snow stopped into the Finnish Line. Fun to have lunch with the Finnish Line Banner installers at Bens Place Restaurant, just across the street.

The Bullies did double duty on the ABR end of the SISU this morning. The course is looking very good. The new 8-10 inches of heavy wet snow the last 2 days brought down a few more twigs, we are trying to nip them as we groom…if you see one we missed Friday, you can snap it off.

Classic only trails got some loving from Wide Track and Partner, they are in great shape, Ridge Runner is Classic only until Sunday.

REMINDER: The SISU Race course is open for racers with bibs to ski on Saturday from 9-3:00 It is forbidden to ski on the race course if you are not a SISU Participant with a race bib. ABR Day skiers have many km of trails to ski on race morning 9-4 and skaters have 10 km to skate until 12 PM when the ABR race course is open.