Without the big lakes, this would be a pretty lame winter to date anyways. Would've been hard to be worse than the super Nino last winter of course but almost zero snowmobiling conditions outside the common LES belts, and even within some of those. Thankfully, the WWA headlines produced just enough west of Cadillac to make riding possible on this final weekend of the holiday break. I made a drive over to M22 and while there weren't a ton of riders, I did see tracks where trails crossed M55 and M115. Great windy January day with "snow devils" swirling and on/off SHSN off the lake but totally lacking the usual 10+ inch depth that the missing synoptic storms typically lay down. NWMI had some rain last Saturday, but escaped Sunday's deluge so they retained a small (1-3) base for the new snow to add to. I will say one thing I saw for the first time was a LOT of ice shanties, even here on Budd lake in Harrison.

Yeah. I’ve punted these next couple weeks. I’m glad I don’t live south knowing the snow will be gone in a week or two and we will get the snow with staying power later in the month into February. So congrats to them but it’s more of a disaster for them than fun. I have a good feeling about the last half of January and early February up here.

I question their sanity. How do millions of people live there. That said, I'm the weirdo who's house hunting at 7,000 feet in Montana lmao, so never mind me.

Only >>> weeks away!

I have actually never been there. My wife has been there a few times for conferences and she raves about it. Its very popular and has a great reputation. I am guessing most people consider the lack of snow and generally mild climate a selling point. Spring comes early and fall lingers long time.