IRON MOUNTAIN — Last weekend’s lake-effect snowstorm spread north and east across the central Upper Peninsula, serving as a reminder that winter is near.
In Michigan, state-designated trails will be open from December 1st to March 31st and will be groomed when there is sufficient snow on the ground.
The Tri-County Snowmobile and ORV Club, which manages trails in the Dickinson area, will meet at Wauceda Township Hall in Loretto on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m.
In addition to registering a snowmobile with the Secretary of State, residents and nonresidents operating snowmobiles on public lands in Michigan must purchase a snowmobile trail permit.
A trail permit allows snowmobiles to travel on approved state-designated trails, public roads, and public lands. The state’s snowmobile program is 100% trail permit funded.
The Blue Ox Snowmobile and ATV/UTV Trail in Florence County, Wisconsin is maintained by the Florence County Blue Ox Trail Riders. Approximately 320 miles of trails in Florence County connect riders to Iron Mountain, Crystal Falls, Iron River, and even Marinette and Forest counties in Wisconsin. Free overnight parking is available in the lower level parking lot of the Florence Natural Resources Center.
For more information, visit https://www.exploreflorencecounty.com/recreation/?category19=Snowmobile.
Information about snowmobile registration in Wisconsin can be found at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/permits/registrations/snowmobile.
The UP Trappers Association is offering an online trapper education class with six hours of field activities to be held on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources field office in Escanaba. The fee is $10, which includes a light lunch and a pail for students under 18. “Goods” It’s worth many times the price.
Contact Bob Steinmetz at 906-786-6265 or bobsteinmetz@charter.net. If you call, please leave a message.
Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season ends Sunday, while Michigan’s 16-day gun hunt continues through Thursday.
As of Friday afternoon, Menominee County had harvested 1,861 antlered deer, marking the highest harvest of any firearms season in the U.P. Delta County was second in the UP with 1,213, followed by Marquette with 710. Dickinson, 580; iron was 562, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ online deer harvest report.