We went to town yesterday and discovered that there is very little snow remaining once you drop down the hill into Grand Marais. A strong wind was blowing across the harbor and creating a rolling wave along the seawall by the Guard Station parking lot. In fact, the parking lot was covered by spray coming over the top of the seawall. The wind was so strong that when the carryout at the grocery store try to load some groceries in the back of a pickup that it blew the roll-top cover over the pickup cab.
Up the trail there is still snow cover but nothing like we are use to or like we would hope to have. I took the photo on the right today. This is the road down to the Poplar Lake boat ramp that is never plowed! Normally this road in not passable in the winter and is only used by snowmobiles.
The forecast for tonight is rain turning to snow later followed with below 0 temperatures starting on Sunday. Great, just in time for the Trout fishing opener this weekend on the lakes outside the BWCAW.
We're hoping for a lot of snow so that the groomer has something to do. The trails have a nice packed base but fresh snow always makes for a better ride. When I was in Iowa last weekend there was more snow on the ground between New Hampton and Rochester than what we have up here in the Northland.
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