As much as I would like to say the snow is great come on up and ride opening weekend, unfortunately I can't. We currently have less than 6" of light fluffy snow on the ground, a couple of passes on the same path and it is more or less gone, we did not get all the snow they were saying we would. trbomax is right on with his posts and gives a very accurate description of the current conditions.

If you want to "ride" and not waste gas to be dissapointed with the conditions in the area then I would suggest heading to the UP. As much as I would like to kick off the opening weekend with a boom of business, I do not want to tell people lies about how great it would be and to have them disappointed with how it actually is.

As of right now it looks like perhaps by Monday the riding around here might be ok, but we will keep you posted with honest reports.


Jay
The Hide-A-Way Bar
Downtown Starvation Lake

Atta boy, Jay.. that's the kind of stuff that will WIN you customer loyalty in the long run!!

I agree, two passes on LES fluff with no base and an unfrozen ground will be a mess in no time.

Nice!!! That's the way to do that!

There is only one place to ride in the state this weekend as of right now and that's the Keweenaw and even then it's pretty localized. Give it time!

knowing you, that's an incredible amount of self-restraint you're showing...

Thanks for the update Jay!!

Here's fair warning that we will be riding in next weekend though so make sure you have plenty of your world-famous pizza and some chili cheese fries for us!!!!!

Your welcome Tammy, it looks like the cold and snow is going to stay around for a while, next weekend should be good if the temps stay low like they are saying.

Plenty of pizza and chili fries, we are loaded for bear and ready for a great season.

Jay

I get my birthday pizza this year!!!!


Thanks Jay!! We're looking forward to a great season with you too!!

With age comes brains......I guess.

Your honest report insures that when we do come up, we will stop by the Hide-a-way for lunch. Thank you for the ingtegrity.

Tom

well, not always.


hell yea!

Thanks for the honest update. Way too much BS herd when it comes to snow conditions.

BTW, I love the Hide-A-Way. We always stop there when riding out of Bear Lake. Do you know if the gas station down the street is going to be open this winter?.

rlh6805,

Thanks, we try our best to take care of evryone that stops in. Yes the station has new owners, they will be open this year, they have a new tank to keep cost down and just installed new pumps that accept credit cards at the pump.


Jay

call me lame but where is exactly the hide away? I once wasted my time at DICKMANS sounds like the hide away is the place to be

Starvation Lake, not to far from Lakes of the North

That will make it a hell of a lot more convenient.....


Like CGT said, some of the best pizza around!

Interesting that the gas station pumps can accept cards... Thats very helpful. They seem to be quite competitive for the location.

AWK

Jay was correct at 9 am only 7" or so in Lakes of the North. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. HASN'T STOPPED SNOWING IN L/N. OVER 10" NOW AND STILL COMING HARD!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You suck.........j/k

really looking forward to this season also. the hide a way is my favorite bar in the lower. always a good time to be had. i like riding the trails up there also. lots of fun!

Good honest report Jay...I live Charlevoix and our group will definitely hit The Hideaway this season!

What do you mean more convienent, we always have a couple hundred gallons at the cottage

Jay, how the hell have you been? We are ready for another exciting winter in the Hideaway!!!

I may even try to get Sasquatch back up there if he promises to behave........we still talk about that weekend all the time and make fun of him!

Worst case, see you around Christmas!

Ryan