Paradise Area Night Riders
Here are your groomer operators for the 2011-2012 season
Business
Dave Ferguson-Curly`s Motel
Mike Cook-Paradise Foods
Chris Saunders-Saunders Sunrise Cabins
Ben Musielak-Shelldrake Shores Construction
Residents
Woody Woodrich
Don Bitnar
Gerald Roach
Bob Leighner
We also have many other residents who help with the brushing and signing of the trails pre season
Our club takes care of approximately 120 miles of trail in and around the Paradise area. We break the trail down into 4 seperate groups for scheduling the groomer runs.
Trail #452 and #453 is the Point run, it is done the first thing in the morning and takes 6-7 hours to complete
Trail #45 is the Falls run, it is done in the evening and takes 6-7 hours to complete
Trail #8 west is the Pine Stump run, it is done in the evening and takes 9-10 hours to complete
Trail # 8 south is the run south to Hulbert and towards the Soo, it contains the infamous south swamp which gives us the hardest time freezing down and is done in the evening also and takes 8-9 hours to complete
The trails are groomed every day, weather permitting
Trail Report
February 1,2012
Sure am gettin tired of this up and down weather, I feel more like a weatherman than a trail reporter. The temps got up to 37 here yesterday and only down to 34 last night. Right now, its noon, it is 32.....that`s alittle better!
We did get the groomers out last night on the Falls trail and the Stump trail. Both drivers turned around half way out cause they just were wasting their time and didn`t want to dig up any dirt. They both said the trail was in great shape.....FLAT. We stayed out of the south swamp trail for fears of breaking it up. It is ridable but be careful. I`ll post again tomorrow to keep you up to date. Weatherman Chris
February 2,2012
8 AM....Have family and friends coming up for the weekend today. Gonna ride all day with them once they get here around noon. Just gonna stick to our local trails for today cause they had a 6 hour truck ride to get here. I will post again tonight to give you a first hand feel on how the trails are. I see nobody else doing this for YOU.....this sure is a tough job!!!
We did get down to 30 last night and its only supposed to get up to 34 today. Should be a good day for a ride!! Check back later tonight. Weatherman/Groomer Chris
February 3,2012
Well.... this is what its like from the seat of my sled. The trails are not in too bad of shape for the stinking weather we have. They are starting to get snirty but they are FLAT. We only managed 70 miles yesterday cause we had a break down. Everybody said they had a blast, even the guy who ripped his track off!! I asked everybody if it was worth the 300 mile drive UP here and they all said DEFINITELY!! We are going riding again today.
The weather still stinks.....we didn`t get below freezing last night, but with the soft snow we didn`t have any cooling problems and the icey base is holding up. The back trails are actually in great shape....not alot of traffic on them.
Well.....riding today....tomorrow is the Soo I-500, we`ll be there, and crappy weather....it doesn`t get any better!!!!
Groomer Chris
I would like to thank all of our Groomer Operators for a wonderful job they have done for all the sledders to enjoy their time here in Paradise.
Please patronize these business they help through the season and thank the residents
Mike Cook (Paradise Foods)
David Ferguson ( Curly Motel)
Bob Leighner ( Resident)
Ben Muselak ( Shelldrake Constuction)
Chris Saunders (Saunders Sunrise Cabin)
Woody Woodrich ( Resident)
Don Bitnar (Resident)
Gerald Roach (Resident)
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