I was a customer of your resorts and loved my ski and snowmobile vacation. There was no safety issue. You are what’s wrong with America.

Unfortunate decision to alienate this group of winter clients. You could impose a speed limit after certain hours to reduce noise rather than cut this valuable group of paying customers off. Cutting your nose off despite your face!

They said something about insurance that's where it's at I do antique tractor pulling and they make us put kill switches and wheelie bars on our tractors all because of the insurance and some stupid lawyer that wants to make money so think about it it may be out of their hands

I guess I’m a little surprised that with all the property there that not even a little bit of land can be set aside for a trail to go through off to the side, even if it has to be fenced off for the season. I’ve ridden through it a few times through the years and I sure would think a compromise could be made. I get the insurance side of it, but this is a big deal for the area.

A statement from GRTA Club President Steve Hamilton regarding the Big Snow Resort trail loss: "The Gogebic Range Trail Authority is a proud supporter of private property owner’s rights first and foremost. For the past 7 years this motorized trail functioned in beautiful harmony through these two ski hills beloved by all who visited them. While it’s utterly heart breaking for us, we warmly respect Big Snow Resort’s new direction to end motorized tourism on their property. However, we wholly refute Mr. Skinner’s claim of egregious liability and insufficient or no documentation, that is entirely false. Mr. Skinner has asserted that “A trail was built across the resort without a written use agreement or adequate liability plan.” The GRTA has held a liability policy and trail permits (land use agreement) for Big Snow Resort since the inception of the trail. The State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources wouldn’t allow GRTA to operate on their lands if we didn’t have liability coverage in place. It’s the absolute cornerstone of our program – landowner protection! The snowbelt region of the Midwest would not have the proliferation of snowmobile trails in this modern-day litigious society if egregious liability for landowners existed. Landowner protections in Michigan are stout and the snowmobile trail program hasn’t had a claim in 30 years. Currently GRTA requests Snowriver to afford us a timetable for our departure – April 2023 – to find a solution off their property. However, there is currently no known reroute and not for a lack of trying. The MDNR granted $30,000 in 2018 to find a route for Snowmobile Trail 2 and the new Iron Belle Trail through this area. After 4 years the work has turned up no viable options. The only option to connect the ultra-critical snowmobile trail infrastructure was through Big Snow Resort. The fallout to area businesses from an abrupt shutdown will be devastating and everyone must do everything to prevent that from happening. We sincerely wish the circumstances of the trail were different and we were able to simply pick it up and move it. However, local landowner politics and exceptionally dynamic terrain make any solution outside of Big Snow Resort a multi-million dollar project. We look forward to constructive talks with the new ownership to avert a devastating trail shutdown."

I would assume that many have trespassed on the ski resort property over the years and a lot of snowmobilers have given others riders a bad name. The resort is private property and the owners are to do with it as they please.

Aren't the trails on private land insured through MSA or the club?

How many accidents have occurred since the 2010s to claim that having the tail run through the resort like it has for over a decade is unsafe?

As a snowmobiler ( skier and boarder) we enjoy a safe experience with families, young children and people of all ages as well... The condescending attempt at trying to justify the actions taken ( understandably within your rights) by implying snowmobiling and snowmobilers are not safe, not with families is quite clear where the resort management rests... I will be looking forward to seeing what options will be explored.

This country is too soft. Bubble wrap society.

I’m sure their future clientele with their EVs, man buns, and gluten free diets will gap the huge economic impact this made….

Only the liberal turds will be skiing there that don't like to snowmobile. I hope he loses his ass and goes under. I always liked skiing at Lutsen. I'll be going to white cap now.

Who bought this and where are they from ? China 🇨🇳 Kinda sounds like John Dutton !

Thanks Biden

They imagine a problem that doesn’t exist

It’s their property, they have every right to prevent people from using it in a way they don’t think is safe for their paying customers. Everything in their response was logical, and smart from the perspective of a large business in todays lawsuit happy world. If they do as they said, and private financial resources to getting the trail up and running in a different area then they should be commended, not attacked

Good move -