1st decent snowfall

 

Got sled all apart thinking of swapping drivers to go 146 or 155 

 

Got BC Trip booked for end of January 🤟😎🤟

700 kms for the season. Rode  my old Cat 300 kms today with the wife, my buddy on his yellow Doo, and I lent my Mach Z to an old friend. He’s 79 and sold his sled 3 years ago. 
 

Last 3 hours were in the rain. Trails we rode today are all closed now. Our trails are likely done here for the season unless the weather makes a big turn around.

9 hours ago, steve from amherst said:

Where?

Rode out of Groton, VT .

Riding is pretty much done across the entire Midwest. The warmth over the next two weeks will melt most everything. Will take a miracle in mid to late February to get things in riding condition again. 

1 hour ago, akvanden said:

Riding is pretty much done across the entire Midwest. The warmth over the next two weeks will melt most everything. Will take a miracle in mid to late February to get things in riding condition again. 

Hurley, Wi officially opened their trails for the first time this morning 1/24...Maybe 6" on the ground...Should be a MUDFEST by the weekend...

Edited January 24, 20241 yr by SlugsOnSleds

1 hour ago, akvanden said:

Riding is pretty much done across the entire Midwest. The warmth over the next two weeks will melt most everything. Will take a miracle in mid to late February to get things in riding condition again. 

Unfortunately this is most likely the case.

40 minutes ago, Mag6240 said:

Unfortunately this is most likely the case.

The year with no winter. Anywhere.

15 hours ago, akvanden said:

The year with no winter. Anywhere.

Still good in northern Maine.  Couple feet in most areas.  Sucks for you guys in the midwest.  Not sure whats going on for conditions in the UP.

2 hours ago, DriftBusta said:

Still good in northern Maine.  Couple feet in most areas.  Sucks for you guys in the midwest.  Not sure whats going on for conditions in the UP.

They’ve stopped grooming in the UP as well. We’ve made reservations there for mid Feb but may have to cancel and turn guys weekend into an ice fishing only weekend. 

16 minutes ago, akvanden said:

They’ve stopped grooming in the UP as well. We’ve made reservations there for mid Feb but may have to cancel and turn guys weekend into an ice fishing only weekend. 

saw some guys who moved the UP trip to Maine next week because of conditions.  Sucks for sure having to do that.    Even QC whose almost alwasy good got a late start and still not 100$ open on the easter south shore.  

Just a reminder, this coming weekend is ride Vermont for $25.00

https://vtvast.org/r425-weekend.html

Edited January 25, 20241 yr by XCR INDY

Out with Delgaty yesterday

After this week we will be fucked for snow 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM6ssXoEs/

On 1/25/2024 at 11:02 AM, akvanden said:

They’ve stopped grooming in the UP as well. We’ve made reservations there for mid Feb but may have to cancel and turn guys weekend into an ice fishing only weekend. 

Ice fishing?  There’s very limited ice as well.     This is bullshit!!!!

3 minutes ago, gravy davey said:

Ice fishing?  There’s very limited ice as well.     This is bullshit!!!!

Hoping northern MN lakes hold out!

Guess that didn’t work - short vid of a guys truck going head first into a hole in the lake east of Aberdeen.

Edited January 30, 20241 yr by Mag6240

We're supposed to be in the U.P. right now, heading from Copper Harbor to White Pine.  Instead, we're taking tomorrow off and doing a local SxS ride.  All I can do is laugh at the absurdity.

10 minutes ago, Bontz said:

We're supposed to be in the U.P. right now, heading from Copper Harbor to White Pine.  Instead, we're taking tomorrow off and doing a local SxS ride.  All I can do is laugh at the absurdity.

What were the reports from the guys that still went

48 minutes ago, Doug said:

What were the reports from the guys that still went

It wasn't good.  The exact text message was:
"100% the right decision to not do our trip.  We only made it to Houghton from Twin Lakes.  As you get to South Range the whoops really pick up and turn to 2-footers all the way.  You can only ride about 20-25 mph and people were saying the whoops continue all the way up to Copper."

That was from my nephew and his buddy, who came home the next day.  The other crew that was up there, left the same day & cut their trip short by 3 days.

Just now, Bontz said:

It wasn't good.  The exact text message was:
"100% the right decision to not do our trip.  We only made it to Houghton from Twin Lakes.  As you get to South Range the whoops really pick up and turn to 2-footers all the way.  You can only ride about 20-25 mph and people were saying the whoops continue all the way up to Copper."

That was from my nephew and his buddy, who came home the next day.  The other crew that was up there, left the same day & cut their trip short by 3 days.

That sucks.  

Rode island pond yesterday.  Snow blasters country was real sweet. Every thing else kinda sucked 

On 1/31/2024 at 10:14 AM, steve from amherst said:

Rode island pond yesterday.  Snow blasters country was real sweet. Every thing else kinda sucked 

Nicole said that there were a ton of sleds around when she was in town last Saturday. That coupled with temps in the mid 30s probably didn't do much for the trails

I see up by our riding area in NW Wisconsin, they pulled stakes on several of the lakes including the biggest part of the trail system on the Chippewa Flowage.  I guess our buddy in Alaska can gloat about it, as the business owners suffer through this winter's WEATHER CYCLE.

We did a 90 mile RZR ride yesterday and although it wasn't as fun as a snowmobile trip, it was still a good time

 

 

Good day with the Wife in Southern VT. 

Edited March 29, 20241 yr by EvilBird

I rode northern NH yesterday. Plenty of snow. Especially above the 45th

Edited February 4, 20241 yr by Shifty

Awesome weekend in Pittsburg NH. Was definitely not expecting it to be that good. Special thanks to the guy who threw me the twirling finger gesture on trail 145 🚨, saved me a stop from the po po.