EAGLE RIVER - Many of us can't stand these frigid temperatures, but the workers at the Eagle River Derbytrack welcome them, especially just days before it hosts the largest snowmobile derby in the world.
Groomers need to create a base of ice 14 to 16 inches thick. The trucks have been hard at work making ice and snow for the track. The cold temperatures came at the perfect time:just before this weekend's 2015 Classic Vintage Snowmobile Championship.
"They work around the clock when they can," said Chuck Decker, the derby track's owner and race coordinator. "When the weather's cold enough, like right now, they never shut off. They got two crews and they just work around the clock."
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