Wife and I have been loyal riders and have been buying two permits every year since 1991. This will be the first year we wont be buying them. Touring was always our thing . Take a week once a year and ride a loop. Normally a couple smaller trips as well each year if there was time and money. Same old story , snow conditions , closed trails etc. Sort of taken the fun out of it for us . In recent years sleds have improved so much in terms of power and suspension they are capable of much higher trail speeds than even ten years ago. There seems to be more and more sleds roaring around blind corners way too fast and with no chance of stopping if you happen to be coming the other way. That is one of several reasons in recent years we seem to have less and less friends to ride with. The proverbial nail in the coffin so to speak for me was the loss of riding in my local area . The Ganaraska and Northumberland forest trails due to liability insurance battle. To me at least in my local area it seems snowmobiling is dying. Figured I'd sell my sleds b4 it gets any worse. A sad chapter in my life as I have been doing this for so long. I have to say I do not miss the amount of time and effort and cost I would normally be putting in this time of year , pre season service , insurance , licence stickers , Permits , trailer maintenance etc. Even to gas two sleds up with premium gas is really stinging these days. Then there was usually a few upgrades to riding gear to be purchased each year as well . A new jacket or helmet whatever . All and all the pre season always seemed to me to be a busy and costly time . Never really minded as I always enjoyed the sport and saw value in the effort. Unfortunately for me at least this is no longer the case. Anyone else sitting on the fence with this ?