Trail Conditions: Early Season
Snow Cover: 12"+
Date of Report: December 10, 2024
Area Report:
SAULT STE. MARIE UPDATE via Sault Ste. Marie Snowmobile Association – 12/10
12/10 update-
The trail was groomed on December 9th in the Raco, Brimley, and Bay Mills area on Trail #8 west of Brimley, Trail #480 to the Spile Dam turnaround, the Raco powerline, and Trail #889. No other routes have been groomed the last few days due to warm temps and low traffic.
Trails are likely still somewhat hard packed from the thaw/freeze pattern as we hover around freezing and have had some very light mist and mixed precipitation the last 2 days.
Ride safe and let us know if you have questions that we can help with.
Thanks! Think snow and cold! 
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Snowmobiling Information
Join us for the 54th Annual International I-500 Snowmobile Race and experience all the thrills of NASCAR on a one-mile oval ice track.
The I-500 is the BIGGEST event in the Upper Peninsula and in the entire snowmobile-racing world. No Hans devices. No padding. Just 100% raw courage!
When drivers accelerate to speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour on the straightaways, your heart will race…
If you enjoy NASCAR, you will love the I-500 Snowmobile Race. It’s, “NASCAR on Ice!”
Every snowmobile adventure requires one very important element: snow! Averaging more than 120 inches annually, Sault Ste. Marie is a snowmobiler’s dream and the perfect hub from which to explore hundreds of miles of groomed trails across the Eastern Upper Peninsula and beyond.
Connecting a variety of small communities and running through national forests, state forest lands and snow-covered hills and plains across the region, touring the EUP by snowmobile is both exhilarating and awe-inspiring. Watch for the abundant wildlife and be sure to leave time for hearty lunches and dinners at area restaurants and taverns.
Most, but not all, city streets are open to safe snowmobiling and allow riders access to businesses and lodging. A break from the trail is equally exhilarating at Kewadin Casino or in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, where a local brew pub, wineries and restaurants await you. Be sure to put the first Saturday in February on your calendar, when the International 500 snowmobile race brings NASCAR-style excitement to the snowy city.
