Lake Ice, Trail, and Snow Conditions

April 27, 2023

Hello Everyone,

Last Friday and Sunday a work party of six volunteers, rode out to mile 17 on the Moore trail and began remarking the trail. We were able to mark about five miles of trail on Friday and then

Saturday a snow storm came through the area dropping about twelve inches of snow on the trail. On Sunday we were unable to continue where we left off so we worked our way back to Lake Louise doing trail maintenance on our return. The stream, at mile twelve, on the Eureka Trail has begun to break up making further travel on that section unadvised. We plan to continue trail maintenance as long as we can on the Moore Trail, starting at the trail head on Lake Susitna. Contact Randy Arndt or Harry Holt for dates and time.

With the warmer temperatures over the past weeks the snow has been settling down and getting wet and heavy. With these conditions it makes grooming fruitless. The weather is forecast to continue warming and possibly begin to rain this coming weekend so, with that, we'll no longer be grooming this year.

The Lake Trail gets quite soft in the early afternoon and freezes up at night. It still has a base of

eight to ten inches but has become rough in sections on the west side. The channel between Lake Louise and Susitna is open water on both ends. Gas holes have also been showing up near the trail going to the back bay of Susitna. That doesn't mean they aren't showing up elsewhere.

The trails off the the lake are holding up very well with a base of about eighteen to twenty inches of hard packed snow. Keep in mind they too are getting softer and mushier as the days continue getting warmer.

This week we pulled all the trail markers going to Tyone Lake. The channels in the area have

began to open up and we needed to get the markers before we could no longer get to them safely.

Beginning next week we will begin picking up all the map signs on the Lake Trail. We'll also

monitor the trail markers and begin pulling them as the sun and warm temperatures melt the ice around each one. So....if you have personal trail markers on the lake, will you please collect them up this week so they don't pollute and litter the lake and lake shore this summer.

Leave a Travel Plan..........Ride and Drive Safe!!! 

Thank you for everyone's support!

Harry Holt, President