Once again the National Weather Service dropped the ball. For days we heard how this huge snowstorm was going to dump a ton of snow on Northeast Minnesota- besides a swath of a good 8 inches south of Duluth this storm was a big dud with Duluth getting around an inch and points farther north getting a dusting. So where does that leave the trails? We did go out and ride Wednesday night and the trails were quite nice- icy under that dusting of snow but there is still a great base. If you have a studded track you are in great shape for the weekend- without studs your back end may be sliding quite a bit in the corners. Overall the base is still fantastic- roughly 12 -14 inches in most places. There are more rumors of a significant amount of snow falling from Duluth to the Canadian border on Friday but I’ll believe it when I see it.