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Protect the
resource, use it wisely and do it safely!
 February
8, 2010
All trail reports from the weekend were
excellent. Light snow falling this
am as it did across the area last evening. Conditions for the coming
weekend appear excellent. The temps should be great great for riding.
Please review the National Park trail report for the
latest up to date info in the Park. It is located at the bottom of this
page.
Grooming tractors will begin grooming twice weekly
this week or as traffic dictates.
Lake travel on the groomed marked trails system is
great.
2010/11 trail maps have been mailed and are available
at service providers in the area or on the Request Info page of this
site.
When visiting please
remember to preserve the resource, use it wisely and do it safely!
Regards,
Your friends up north!
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Please check this site for the latest information.
We hope to see you "Up North" soon! Updates will be posted as conditions
change. If you have questions please email David Dill, rep.david.dill@house.mn.
Conditions of specific trails.
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VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK LAKE TRAILS (lake
trails)
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International Falls
to Kettle Falls - Purple Trail [Section 3 and Section 4]
Open and staked
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Rainy Lake
Black Bay to Lake Kabetogama to Ash River - Green Trail
[Section 3]
and Section 4]
Groomed, staked
and open, good to excellent
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Ash River to
Crane Lake - Green Trail [Section 5]
Groomed to Grassy
Bay from Crane Lake the balance is staked and open, good to excellent
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Chain of Lakes
Trail - Dashed Purple Trail [Section 4]
Open and staked
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East Namakan through
Sand Point - Dark Blue Trail [Section 4]
Open and staked,
good
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Ash River to
Kettle Falls to Rainy Lake - Yellow Trail [Section 4]
Staked and open
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VOYAGEUR TRAIL GRANT-IN-AID
(on land/outside Voyageurs Park)
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Voyageur Trail
Orr Exit (Pink) [Section
5]
Groomed – good,
north excellent
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Buyck to Crane
Lake to Ash River and Arrowhead Connections (Blue)
[Section 4]
[Section 5]
Groomed – good,
some excellent
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Ash River to Kabetogama
to International Falls (Light Green and Brown)
[Section 4]
[Section 3]
[Section 2]
Groomed – good -
excellent
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International
Falls to Northholm to Big Falls to Bemidji (Voyageur West) (Brown) [Section 3] [Section 2] [Section 1] See
ridetheborder.com
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Big Falls to
Birchdale (Green) (Northern Connection)
[Section 3]
[Section 2]
See ridetheborder.com or rainylake.org.
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Pelland - Birchdale Connection (Brown) [Section 2]
See ridetheborder.org or rainylake.org.
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See ridetheborder.com or rainylake.org
February
4, 2010
For Immediate Release
Park Headquarters (218) 283~6600
VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK WINTER ICE AND TRAIL CONDITIONS REPORT
Some of the best snowmobiling of the winter season is now occurring in
Voyageurs National Park and the surrounding community. All
snowmobile
trails in the park will be open and in good condition this weekend.
Park
crews and area snowmobile clubs have cleared brush and windfall from a
recent storm and have groomed all overland safety portages. The
Chain of
Lakes Trail on the Kabetogama Peninsula is the only trail in the park
that
is in fair condition with numerous riding surface moguls. The Rainy
Lake
Ice Road is open from the Rainy Lake Visitor Center and now circumvents
Dryweed Island on to the entrance of Dove Bay. If lake ice
conditions
permit next week, an attempt will be made to extend the ice road into the
back channel area toward Diamond Island.
In order to conduct trail maintenance and moose research activity next
week, park staff will be temporarily closing the Chain of Lakes
snowmobile
trail and the overland portages of the Ash River to Kettle Falls
snowmobile
trail. These trails will reopen NO LATER THAN the morning of
Friday,
February 12 to ensure use during the Presidents Day holiday weekend.
An
additional News Release will be issued next week if trail closures are
lifted before February 12.
Please remember that the snowmobile speed limit within Voyageurs National
Park is 45 mph on frozen lake surfaces and 25 mph on all overland
portages.
Speed limit signs are posted at trailheads and overland portages.
Weekly
winter trail conditions reports are available on our website at
www.nps.gov/voya.
Snowmobile Trails
International Falls to Kettle Falls (Purple Trail) – Open & Staked
Black Bay to Kabetogama Lake to Ash River – Open, Staked & Groomed
Ash River to Crane Lake (Green Trail) – Open, Staked & Groomed
Chain of Lakes (Dashed Black Trail) – Open & Staked
Ash River to Kettle Falls (Yellow Trail) – Open, Staked & Groomed
East Namakan Lake to Sand Point Lake (Blue Trail) – Open, Staked &
Groomed
Rainy Lake Ice Road – OPEN (from the Rainy Lake Visitor Center boat
access)
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