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schmied last won the day on April 24 2019

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  • Birthday 02/05/1973

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  • Location
    Cambridge
  • Main Riding Area
    D 5&9
  • Club
    Cambridge
  • Sled
    05 Sabercat 600
  • 16/17 Mileage
    98
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    Male

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  1. Another season has come and gone. Though be it early due to unsettling times. Once again I've been keeping track of how many KM's of trail were open daily according to the IATG Numbers were taken as close to noon as possible on most days. Days that I failed to note were estimated at 50% higher/lower that the corresponding days on either side. I only missed a few here and there, maybe six days I had to calculate. The 2020 season open was the earliest I have in my data - December 1st. But the earliest close, March 22, for Covid-19. 2020 also saw the highest KM of trail I've tracked in 4 years, Feb 22, with 27318 km available. On a personal note, I enjoyed 5 trips out for a total of 675 km, all down in D5 and the Southern tip of D9. A quick shout out to the clubs in the GTSA, specifically Birdgeport SC and the FEB crew in Fergus - Elora - Belwood for working to route new trails so we could get out onto the rest of the system. Great work! Looking at the graph, I was amazed to see how closely the data mirrors other years. A few times the KM total was almost the same as previous years (Jan 22 and Feb 4 areas) Also how the dreaded February thaw strikes around Feb 17th, give or take, every year. On to the graph...
  2. I went this route a few years ago. Bought an older sled, still fun and reliable for a few thousand bucks. Told myself I'd get my wife out a bit, introduce some friends to the sport, try to get some back into it... She went out a few times and friends rode it twice. It's going up for sale this year, an expense that I don't want any more.
  3. Hello all As the IATG was once again displaying total kilometers of open trail this year, (perhaps to be taken with a grain of salt) I was able to track the season and graph it out. For those that may not have seen this before, I take the KM of open trail around noon each day and add it to a spreadsheet. If I miss a day here and there, I fill it in by averaging out the day before and after. This year we have 3 years of data to compare and can see some trends. Please note that there is no 2018 as the IATG didn't display the info I needed to graph. Since I have the soap box for a moment, I'll lament about my season. My wife had some surgery Jan 9th that kept me home, or close to it, for the winter. District 5 was the suck all winter and the only weekend I had a chance to ride from just up the road, I had a funeral. I did run the sled off the trailer once, in reverse, about 20 feet. Loading it a week later I ran it back on about 10 feet. All in all I did more riding backwards than I did forwards. Oh well. Anyhow, by the numbers, a great winter! Trails open 130 days. Best day, March 9th, 26219km open.
  4. I'm hopeful that "Counting available trails..." will show us a total KM of open trails so I can waste the bosses money and graph the season out again this year.
  5. Was out to the club house on Saturday, looks like you added 60+ seats with the expansion into the garage! What is the latest we could show up in the 4th and still get wings?
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