The beauty of grooming
Arlyn Aronson | 02/13/2009 11:37AM   |   2 Comments

In late January while the sun was out — a rare occurrence here in the Houghton-Hancock, Michigan area — I dragged some trails which hadn’t been done yet. This was of course with our new and improved drag, an updated version of the YTS drag that we sold this fall. Its a foot wider and a tad shorter than Yellowstone’s. The teeth are adjusted via actuator and it sides on plastic.

Here are some before and after photos I took while grooming the Churning Rapids Trail. Note how more square or flat the bottom is with the “moguls” gone. Gee, I love this new drag!

So while much of the upper Midwest has experienced a meltdown, remember you can rely on enough snow here to ski for another six weeks or so.

Arlyn Aronson @ Superior Tandems

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CJ
2/16/09 - 8:06AM
Arlyn keeps our trails in awesome shape! It keeps him busy too! As of Friday the 13th of Feb, in Houghton County, in Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula, we have had 217 inches of snow with 28 inches of snow on the ground. should be lots of great skiing for many more weeks!
 
Matt
8/6/09 - 11:37AM
There is no snow on the trail right now. Be warned!
 
 
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Image Credit: Arlyn Aronson
Before dragging, I tried to capture this trail's unevenness and rounded edges. These trails become more bowl shaped with each consecutive snow and grooming.

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Then, after two passes with the drag....

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Then tracked. This was taken from the other direction.