Silver Bay Minnesota gets 10 inches of fresh snow!

Feb 26th, 2009 Silver Bay receives over 10 inches of snow. Snowmobile trail conditions are very good from Silver Bay to the Gunflint Trail and to the Ontario border.

Go to snow storm totals for North Shore Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin; www.snowmobiletrails.com/snow_storm.html

As usual the North Shore has the best snow conditions in Minnesota. Snow fall this season 54-86 inches. Check out the trail reports, trailheads and routes at http://www.snowmobiletrails.com/
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Circle Tour of the Boundary Waters & Quetico

Circle Tour of the Boundary Waters & Quetico by Nancy McReady Ely, Minnesota

" Dave, Rich, Doug and I left Ely on Thursday morning and rode the lake trails and the Tomahawk Trail to the North Shore State Trail on to Grand Marais. The trails were in great condition. We stayed in Grand Marais at the Aspen Lodge Hotel, but I would suggest staying more up the Gunflint Trail to cut the next day of riding to Atikokan.

The trail from Gunflint Lake to Atikokan was freshly groomed. We gassed up at Kashabowie and continued on to Atikokan. Again the trail was in great condition.

Read more at snowmobiletrails.com
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Low solar activity shutting down Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis

The Aurora Borealis, AKA 'Northern Lights' have been non-existent this year. According to Dirk Lummerzheim, a research professor who studies the aurora borealis for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, "we are at a solar minimum."

From Minnnesota to Alaska people are asking, "what happened to the aurora?"

Read more from;

Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/interior/story/700194.html

Very Low Solar Activity Causes Some to Speculate About a New Dalton Minimum
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/615061/very_low_solar_activity_causes_some.html

University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, Aurora forecast; http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/

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Poker Run - Snowmobiling Event by Cook County Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club

Poker Run starts at the Devil Track General Store @10 am CST Sunday Feb 22nd, 2009

Get first card at start, ride to Trail Center Lodge and Windigo Lodge, have lunch, get last card by 2pm.

Entry fee and prize for highest and lowest hand.

Devil Track General Store directions from downtown Grand Marais; go to http://www.snowmobiletrails.com/#optionc

For complete 2008-2009 events schedule PDF go to; www.snowmobiletrails.com/news.htm

- Snowmobiling Event from Cook County Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club;
www.snowmobiletrails.com/ridge_riders

There is another Poker Run with same itinerary as this one on March 8th @10 am CST.
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Freestyle motocross star Jeremy Lusk died early in the morning EST on Tuesday, Feb. 10 from head injuries he suffered at an event in Costa Rica on Sat

Freestyle motocross star Jeremy Lusk dies from head injuries he suffered at an event in Costa Rica on Saturday, Feb. 7. Read more at links below...

http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/blog?post=3896326

http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/blog

Official Jeremy Lusk Web site http://www.luskfmx.com/

Metal Mulisha has created a "Remembering Jeremy Lusk" photo gallery" featuring the work of Chris Tedesco and Ryan Cropley.

Metal Mulisha Blog;
http://www.metalmulisha.com/blog/
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North Shore Snowmobile Trail Report Feb 12, 2009

February 12th, 2009 " Departed downtown Grand Marais at day break, rode to Devil Track Lake. After the rain earlier this week trails close to Lake Superior lost the most snow, but are still very rideable. Trails up over the hill from Lake Superior are in very good condition and with the couple inches of fresh snow this morning, it was hard to tell there was a melt. Fresh snow falling today with 5-7 inches forecasted through Friday. Today we're riding about 100 miles to Gunflint Lake and back to Grand Marais. We'll publish our report ASAP so you can plan accordingly. In our opinion; the Upper North Shore snowmobile trails are fine and will be even better with the new snow. See Winter Weather Advisory " See trailhead option J for planning this route. Report by Chad Jones / Editor snowmobiletrails.com - Grand Marais, Minnesota. Send your report to us!

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Annual Cook County / Grand Marais Area Snowmobile Events

http://www.snowmobiletrailsblog.com/2010/01/cook-county-snowmobile-club-2010-events.html

Arctic Man 2008 Summit Lake - Paxson, Alaska

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