Trail Detail
Notes
These classic single-tracked trails are set in the remote boreal forest of Isabella on Superior National Forest. The trails wind along lakeshores and through spruce/tamarack bogs and old pine, fir, aspen, and birch forests. Skiers can experience a wilderness character on mostly beginner to intermediate loops. Trailhead located at Flathorn Picnic area.Trail Reports
2016-2017 season
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Monday, January 9, 2017
Afternoon
posted: 2017-01-10 18:03:21
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Skied Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Never saw another soul. Only saw the tracks of another skier on Monday. They must have been out ahead of us. Lots of snow. It was very cold so we used our hardest kick in the morning and then switched to blue when the temps rose. Perfect conditions if you don't mind breaking trail. It snowed about an inch every night. So we broke trail as far as we were going on that trip and then took advantage of our glide on the way back. Totally awesome was in addition to the wolf tracks there was an otter track on the trail on Monday. Rare to see that. Otters apparently like to ski too!
(Thomas Enzmann)
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Sunday, January 8, 2017
Afternoon
posted: 2017-01-08 16:50:57
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Recently tracked but wind blown in spots. Lots of wolf tracks on trails with a few deer parts laying about. Trails are in good condition with some having sticks and twigs poking through. A great backwoods ski with little or no company.
(Bill Schroedl)
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Afternoon
posted: 2017-01-04 10:28:54
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Additional 5-6 inches of snow in the past couple days. System was completely groomed on Tuesday afternoon. Excellent base, track set and beauty.
(Andy Fisher)
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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Morning
posted: 2017-01-01 20:54:17
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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All trails are perfectly groomed. Firm base, tracks very well set. Best conditions we've seen in any of the 10 consecutive years we've been coming up. There was slush on Gegoka when we arrived on Dec 27th, but it seems mostly to have frozen when we traveled across on Sunday morning.
(Vince King)
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Thursday, December 29, 2016
Afternoon
posted: 2016-12-30 20:17:53
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: All, ]
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Oh man was this a great ski! 12" of base and then we were floating on another 1" of new snow. As we were skiing I thought we found a rabbit that had exploded but it was just an exceptionally large pile of "wolf wax". Quite a few wolf tracks on trail--and there were some big ones!
(Dan Murphy)
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Evening
posted: 2016-12-27 19:24:33
Grooming [ Trails Open: All, ]
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All the trails have been groomed and tracked as of today. Good conditions. Beware of slush if you venture out on the lake. 5-7" base and 12-14" snow depth in the open areas.
(Andy Fisher)
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Friday, December 23, 2016
Morning
posted: 2016-12-23 08:40:32
Grooming [ Trails Open: Most, ]
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Thanks to Matt Morris, our new trail groomer, for his many hours this past week getting the trails shaped up. All but 3 trail sections have been cleared of downed trees and either tracked or packed. Snow in the forecast! Let the ski season begin!
(Andy Fisher)
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Friday, November 25, 2016
Afternoon
posted: 2016-11-27 19:05:20
Firsthand: Classic [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Conditions: Ungroomed-some downed trees, Snow cover about 6 inches with the occasional rock peeking through.
We skied the far east trail around the lake. One skier had broke trail a few days before us. We waddled around about a dozen downed trees. Saw one wolf on the way up and many animal tracks in the fresh snow.
(Dan Murphy)
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