Revitalized snowmobile trail club seeking more members

BESSEMER — The Gogebic Range Trail Authority is seeking new members to assist with trail work and to fill in as snowmobile trail groomers, according to the president of the organization.

Steve Hamilton, of Wakefield, said Friday the club is no longer doing business as the Western Upper Peninsula Snowshakers and has returned to the GRTA name that had been used for the previous 40 years.

In a news release, Hamilton said the club will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Black River Lodge in Ironwood Township and people interesting in keeping the snowmobile trails operating may attend to offer the...