Deer Park Lodge

Come on UP and get your sled on!

The roller coaster of winter weather continues at Deer Park. We started last week with some wonderful winter weather with the temps into the mid 30's each day and the sun out. Even county road 407 was almost free and clean of snow and ice.

But then things changed real quickly. Wednesday night it started to snow pretty good and just like that overnight we had 10" of new snow. The snowing continued all day on Thursday and this came accompanied with some really heavy winds that lasted for a day or so. The drifting around the neighborhood was pretty intense. I have included a couple of pictures of neighbors cabins that aren't used all winter. No chance of getting into these cabins for a while!!!

The snowmobile trails help up pretty good throughout the week. We are starting to see a lot more riders up now. Conditions downstate have deteriorated considerably, so more and more folks are coming north. Grooming continues on a regular basis and for the most part trails have been really nice and flat. [ Check trail reports for Newberry and Grand Marais ]

Last week during the nice weather, with a south wind, Lake Superior was wide open with only the ice bluffs built up close to shore showing signs of snow and ice.  Since last week's storm and the continual wind off the lake all you can see is ice. Here's the view from the Ranger Station.

We still have plenty of openings for the month of March available. Unless the weather drastically warms up quickly it looks like March will be a great time to come up and do some riding. Longer daylight and warmer days, in addition to all this snow we have, will certainly make for a great time. [ Seven day NOAA forecast ]

Give us a call - we'll be glad to have you spend a couple of nights with us.

Call (906) 658-3341 or use the email form at the top of the page to make your reservation.

Get Outside Today!!!

M & M

Skiing & Sledding - What a Deal!

Oh what wonderful weather we have had the last few days. Yesterday was bright and sunny with the temps in the upper 30's. Of course we don't want to see too much of this fine weather - we still have a couple of months of winter left and we like to keep our snow. But the break from the sub-zero weather and heavy winds has been welcome. 

Along with this nice weather also comes snow sliding off our metal roofs. In most cases this doesn't cause us much grief, but on the store the snow slides right off and into the path we keep between the house and the store. Monica got the pleasure of having to dig this out Saturday eve when the snow started to slide.

Cross country skiing has been great and it's something we have been enjoying daily for the last couple of weeks. If the weather continues like the past couple of years we should be able to keep skiing up until the later parts of April.

Monica took the ladies out to lunch at Tahquamenon Falls the other day. She took the time to walk down to the falls and took a number of pictures. The falls really take on a different look each and every winter and the tannic colored water adds a nice contrast to the white snow.

We took a nice ride around the neighborhood yesterday on our sleds and off course no ride is complete without going down to the big lake and checking things out. The ice bluffs are much different so far this year than years past.  Much of the ice mounds are right at the waters edge and on the beach and the ones out in the water are only out 80 yards and, so far, aren't nearly as tall as past years. Of course all this could change with one big storm.  It sure was beautiful riding down there yesterday.

I have included a picture of Abbott perched in one of his favorite spots. The drift out our front window is now high enough that our Mountain dog can climb right up on top and look into the house.  He'll stay there for hours perfectly content to snooze and keep an eye of what's going on.

We still have openings for this coming holiday weekend.  We are in the "lets make a deal mode" so give us call and we'll help you (and your valentine) have a great weekend.

Call (906) 658-3341

Happy Trails

M & M

Lot's of snow... but room to go!

It has been three days now since I have not had to get the tractor out and do some snowplowing.  The temps are now projected to reach into the 20's for the next week or so.  It may prove to be the warmest stretch of weather we have had since Christmas and we'll gladly take it. 

Fortunately for us we will not see any of that ugly freezing rain much of the country is experiencing. Just because we haven't had to get the snow blower out doesn't mean we have been able to get away from moving snow around.  Yesterday we spent much of the day shoveling off the roofs of the big cabin and 6 & 8.  Must of been at least four feet of snow piled up on both buildings.

We were both dog tired by the time we got this task completed.  Of course having several buildings on the property means we get to do it all over again today.  Usually with our metal roofs I don't worry about it, but this is not a usual winter and I don't want all that snow to get heavier and wet before it decides to slide off.

Skiing has been wonderful for the past week. After getting the sleds out to pack down a trail over the weekend the trail has remained in great shape and allowed us some afternoon exercise. Fishing success has been limited over the past week to several jumbo rock bass. One of these nights I will keep several and try them out on the stove top.  We usually don't care for their flavor during the warmer months.

Still have several available openings throughout the month of February. Like I said last week, it's holding up nice and you probably won't find better riding than what we have now. We're keeping the cabin walks clear and the bird feeders full. Give a call and we'll be glad to help you out.

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 Until Next Time,

m & m