This weekends recent snow should have most of the ski trails back to great early season conditions once it’s worked in. The snow was very, very, wet which may have taken down some limbs. Snow in the Marquette city limits was fairly minimal at around 2 inches but as is typical the farther west, and […]
Trail Reports
Trail conditions are coming along in Marquette County. Currently, we’re up over 15 inches on the average snowfall for mid November. With the early snow, and below normal temperatures, mid season conditions are right around the corner and the skis are out. We wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
Newsletter #2 is now archived on the site. You will find our preferred accommodation sponsors there with links for where to make reservations. Be sure to read up on the finish line plan as it stands for now. Snow is on the ground and local areas have been rolled – skiers are out. Most of […]
E-newsletter 1 hit e-mail inboxes this morning. Be sure to follow along and stay up to date as event details get nailed down. You can do that here on the Noque website, the E-newsletter, and the social media channels. Be sure to start that base training if you haven’t already – snow has already been […]
Take advantage of early bird rates for the 50K, 24K, and 15 mile snowshoe races now through April 30th. With well over 100K of cross country ski trails in the area, 100K of snowbike singletrack, plus loads of snowshoe and winter running trails, Marquette is the perfect basecamp for an epic weekend (or week) of […]
Directors report: Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of the Noquemanon Ski Marathon! We have made a number of course improvements over the past few years and we think you are going to be very pleased in the shape of the course this year. Mother Nature has blessed us with a good amount of snow with solid […]
The final race newsletter went out to all pre-registered participants late this morning. It is also linked in the Archived E-newsletter page on our site for all to read (newsletter opt outs and those that did not provide an e-mail address with registration). The highly anticipated map of the new Forestville Section is included in […]
Significant snows fell on the entire course yesterday and this morning – some of the higher elevations saw 12+ inches. This is especially good news as there is a significant warm up on the way for Thursday night into the weekend. Friday’s temperature is forecasted, at this time, to be 42+ degrees with a low […]
Crews were out today prepping our usual spots on the full 50K course and things are looking good the entire length of the trail. A few spots to hit, as usually happens this week, but we have real snow and great base. More snow is on the way too. Possibly a lot of snow with […]
Our last round of snow really added to the base on the west end of the trail and conditions are currently great. Areas out on course received anywhere between 5-12+ inches depending on the location. Our attention now turns to a 3-4 day period of above normal temperatures with the possibility of some rain/mixed precipitation […]