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Saturday ski crowd flocks to ABR trails

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD - Groom it and they will come.

The parking lots at the Active Backroads Retreat trails off West Pioneer Road, near Norrie Park, were full Saturday morning as cross country skiers got a jump on winter.

The ABR groomer machines were heading out again around 10:30 a.m. to smooth the trails as temperatures reached the mid-30s.

"It's the only game in town," Bill Richie, who was selling ABR ski passes, said from his small booth, explaining the good crowd.

Richie said business had been "brisk" for a second straight day. "It was a little better on...