CHAMPION TOWNSHIP, MI-- A downstate man walked for hours after his snowmobile broke down Saturday in Marquette County.
Around 7 p.m. Central Dispatch received a call of a stranded snowmobiler on Trail #5 north of Trail #8 in Champion Township. The sled had apparently been broken down since 5:20 p.m. and the rider was walking south on Trail #5 somewhere south of County Road AAA.
Sheriff’s deputies used a heated snow-cat due to below-freezing windshield temperatures and whiteout conditions.
Just before midnight they found Jason Goletz, 42, of Pontiac walking on Trail #5. He was fatigued but in good health. Goletz was taken to Trail #8, where a patrol unit was standing by. At about 1:45 a.m. deputies transported Goletz to the Maple Ridge Resort in Michigamme.
No medical attention was required.
