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ABR TRAILS SKI REPORT - 03/24/10
Categories: ABR Trails, Cross Country, Featured
The snow went fast, just patches in the woods. ONE DAY SKI SHOP SALE: we will be open this Saturday March 27th from 9-4. Clothing 40% off, wax and accessories 25% off, ski boots, skis, and poles 25-60% off. Race demo and rental skis and boots for sale.
The ski shop is order for mail order or by appointment only. Discounted Season passes are on sale by phone order or mail in checks. ABR E5299 West Pioneer Road Ironwood MI 49938. Discounted rates $110 Adults (18-64), $95 for Jr and Sr. $300 for a Family.
Thank you for your patronage, have a nice summer see you back next November!
Kids accompanied by an adult ski free, get free equipment rental and instruction. Noon to 2 pm Sundays in February.
Kids Ski Sundays in February
First Snow - 1 inch - Western U.P. - October 10, 2009
Categories: ABR Trails, Featured, Indianhead Mountain
Woke up to white ground and it continues to snow. - Eric at ABR Trails
First Snowfall of the season! It’s official. About an inch has accumulated here at the mountain on October 10, 2009. Time to plan your vacation to Indianhead. Discount lift tickets available online www.indianheadmtn.com and great lodging specials available by calling 1.800.346.3426 - Indianhead Mountain
Snow is forecast for the weekend. stay tuned to the new website www.abrski.com
The fall has been really pretty. Colors are in full/post peak. September/October have been the months to take care of any last minute trail changes, get the firewood, get rid of dead fallen trees on the trail and mow the trails low for the October snows that often fall here in Big Snow Country. We are now ready for the white stuff!
Widening Rudy’s Shoot for skating
Well-known for its collection of downhill ski resorts, the Big Snow Country of the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan is also home to some of the most challenging and most scenic cross country ski trails in the midwest.
Every winter a succession of snowstorms blows in over the waters of Lake Superior and turns the rugged terrain and old growth forests of the region into a pristine and spectacular white landscape. Here in the Western U.P. the blessings of winter are bestowed upon the cross country skier with a great and wonderful abundance.
“The secret to our popularity is that we get a lot of snow and we get a lot of snow early,” says Eric Anderson, owner of ABR Trails in Ironwood. “We attract a lot of competitive skiers early in the year who use our trails to train for the race season later in the winter.”
The professionally groomed trails of ABR Trails generally open in November - with the season starting some years as early as the last couple of weeks of October.
ABR TRAILS — Trail Update - November 21 — 7:30 PM — Skiing was rated quite good today and when I went out to groom tonight, I saw all white , no dirt or rocks. There are some bumpy sections that follow the land contours but the base on the main trails is well established. We had 4 out of the 6 groomers out this morning grooming the new snow and we will back out in tonight and in the early AM to regroom.
ABR Trails Is Grooming Again - Trails to Open Monday, November 17
Categories: ABR Trails, Cross Country, Photos
We missed skiing the weekend again but we will be open for skiing Monday starting at 9 AM! We have been grooming 10-20 km over the last 48 hours and it looks like most of it will ski pretty good (for early season) starting Monday AM .
ABR Trails is a full-service touring center with Pisten Bully groomed trails for skating and diagonal striding.
60 km of Scenic Cross Country Ski Trails
ABR Trails is a full service ski touring center located on over 1100 scenic acres of varied terrain along the Montreal River in Ironwood Michigan. Our facilities include a heated warming cabin with light concessions, and a full service ski shop, change rooms, indoor restrooms, and a large heated wax area with many wax benches. There is additional room for tables and chairs available for teams or groups to use.
We pride ourselves in RELIABLE and CONSISTENT grooming at ABR. There are no surprises when you travel long distances to ski here. We have a reputation for one of the “Best Groomed” trail systems in the Midwest.
We have state of the art groomers and use them almost daily. The fleet includes a Pisten Bully PB 100, 3 wide track snowmobiles and an ATV and RTV and 18 different implements from Tidd Tech, Yellowstone Track Systems, Bachelor, Alpina and Snow Implements.
ABR is home to Snow Implements, a grooming equipment supplier. If you are looking for new or used groomers ask for an info pack with a CD, color brochures, grooming tips and the price lists (new and used) .
An instructional DVD on grooming is now available for sale. The hour long DVD covers trail grooming fundamentals, shows various grooming equipment and includes a short clip from the 2006 Grooming Clinic. The DVD sells for $29.95 plus $5 shipping.
ABR hosts the Midwest Grooming Clinic the second Wed and Thurs of January every year. January 20th and 21st in 2009.
