Winter Keeps Hanging on the Gunflint Trail

As a winter enthusiast I couldn’t be happier about the forecast for today. The lakes have plenty of ice for fishing for lake trout until the end of the month when the season closes and the travel conditions are perfect for snowmobiling out to your favorite hole. The cross-country ski trails are in fantastic shape with a great base of snow and there’s plenty of snow in the woods for snowshoeing. Yesterday we went donwhill skiing at Lutsen for Josh’s hockey party and the hill looks like it does in February- tons of snow and not a bare spot to be found. If you love winter then head to the Gunflint Trail, we’ve still got it!

Northern Cook / Northern Lake, Southern Cook / North Shore, Cook County

Winter Weather Advisory issued March 18 at 10:59AM CDT until March 19 at 5:00AM CDT by NWS Duluth
Issued: Monday, Mar 18 at 10:59 am
Expires: Tuesday, Mar 19 at 05:00 am

…SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT…
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS
AREA AROUND NOON…THEN CONTINUE ACROSS ACROSS THE IRON RANGE AND
INTO THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW
DEPARTS TO THE EAST…GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
ACROSS THE NORTHLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT
TUESDAY…
* LOCATION…THE ARROWHEAD OF FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA…
INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF LAKE AND COOK.
* TIMING…SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE 5 TO 7 INCHES. THE
GREATEST SNOWFALL TOTALS BE FOUND ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
* SNOW AND ROAD REPORTS…AS OF 1030 AM…GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF SNOW HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD. THE
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WAS REPORTING TRAVEL
ALONG US HIGHWAY 61 FROM DULUTH TO SILVER BAY WAS DIFFICULT.
* WINDS…EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING…RESULTING
IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE SUPERIOR
OVERNIGHT…MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACTS…SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL
LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
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