Overnight grooming reports out of Forestville are that despite best efforts there was not enough new snow to set classic track. What snow did recently fall was very dry/fluffy lake effect and it did not mix well with the hard base underneath. On the horizon there is the potential for some snow to arrive Sunday […]
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Approximately 4 inches of light fluffy lake effect snow fell today in the Marquette city limits, which was nice, but not much snow fell to the west. Will wait to see what the status is after tonight in terms of if there was enough snow for classic track to be set out of the NTN […]
The current conditions report is a mix of good news and bad news. The good news is that below seasonal normal cold temperatures have returned after the Christmas and New Years warm temperatures and rain. The current temperatures are cold and at this time the extended forecast includes a mix of both below normal to […]
The lake effect snow machine has started up for the year. The bulk of the lake effect has gone to the east and west of us, but, the wind is forecasted to shift a bit which should help start to build some accumulations. Do your snow dances!
This is likely the last trail report as we’ll be out working on course tonight…we have had a lot of snow melt over the last 24 hours. The base is holding well in some spots and not so well in others. There are areas where things are really thinning out – we will attempt to […]
New adjusted course information is now published – we hope to have some better maps to share soon. Course signage will go up tomorrow in preparation for Friday nights groom. The weather was maybe a bit warmer than forecasted – despite a cloudy day, there was quite a bit of melt. But, the base at […]
IMPORTANT – COURSE CHANGES IN EFFECT! Our top priorities as a race organization are making the Noquemanon both a safe event and a high quality event. Despite our maximum efforts, and our own stubbornness, we have determined that putting on a near-normal length event with the current conditions would mean we could not deliver on […]
We had hoped to have more definitive information today, but, the weather forecast this week is throwing a wrench in to those plans. We are in a low snow year and the warm temperatures forecasted for mid to late week, along with the possibility of some rain and mixed precipitation, are concerning. These factors could […]
The forecasted cold temperatures certainly materialized after the big storm end of last week which we are hoping added some ice to the lakes! Rolling and packing of the very soft snow has occurred in several areas and we are very happy for the snow we received. We are still below our normal snowfall amounts but […]
The weekend storm delivered! New snow was added inconsistently but ranged from as little as 6 inches of windblown snow near the Superior Dome (finish line) to approximately 35 inches in the highlands to the West. The further west you go, the more snow there was that fell. At this time much of the main […]