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Great reports of the trip.  I may be somewhat optimistic (delusional maybe) but with the weather improving this week and snow in the forecast I'm thinking of one last trip up nord March 27 for a few days.

Was the same way - my self diagnosis is in my signature line!

 

“Cognitive Dissonance”  - a condition in which the subject, unable to reconcile his own understanding of reality with the facts, retreats into the preferred reality rather than endure the acute discomfort to which he would otherwise be exposed.

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Denis

nice report and pictures too

Glad you are getting out and riding

See you next winter :icon_goodpost:  :icon_goodpost:

Greg

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I may be somewhat optimistic (delusional maybe) but with the weather improving this week and snow in the forecast I'm thinking of one last trip up nord March 27 for a few days.

I think you are being realistic.

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Son and I made it back home today about 2:30

275 miles in 1 1/2 days, had a great time.

Got to meet Denis in SRF and chatted for a few mins..

Got to meet a few guys from some of the other forums as well.

Every hotel was full of trucks and trailers, had a hard time finding a place to park a sled even.

Trails where an 8 out of 10, road crossings where brutal, trail fantastic, little dirt showing in places but great riding.

I did find out the the bush chickens are just as dumb up there, they just sit in the middle of the trail and look at you.

Saw a couple that didn't get out of the way in time along side the trail.

Saw and older guy riding a yellow doo all alone off the trail with the sled up on its side, son and I helped him flip it back over and get back on the trail.

I'm 90 % he was not local and 99% sure he was hammered.

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Hey Blake, we had a great ride to the canyon. Trails were 8 out of 10.

Dooski, you old Cow ! Wish I could have been there with you. Next year ? Hope so. Somewhere, anywhere. Would be fun to meet up again.

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Terrific report Denis. Thanks for the details and thanks for the pix. You're a great ambassador for the sport and your contributions to the forum are very much appreciated I hope we meet and hope we ride one day. à la prochaine.

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Glad you and your son had a great trip.

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Terrific report Denis. Thanks for the details and thanks for the pix. You're a great ambassador for the sport and your contributions to the forum are very much appreciated I hope we meet and hope we ride one day. à la prochaine.

Thank you ma'am .... thank you very much ..... ;-)

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Thank you ma'am .... thank you very much ..... ;-)

Isn't an Elvis impersonator supposed to have a full head of hair?
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Isn't an Elvis impersonator supposed to have a full head of hair?

 

I'm working on it ... one thing at a time ...... :baghead:

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Great pics and report Denis, it was great meeting you and your family this winter and already looking forward to next winter, We are hoping you take a drive this summer for a visit, if you guys do will see if we can get some of the OC guys to come north to Huntsville and go for a boat ride and bonfire at our place.

 

Take care my friend!!

 

Nunz

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Got up early, hit the road at 7. Left the clubhouse in Moonbeam at about 8:35, pretty nippley ride, trails like concrete.... scratchers right off the bat. Frisky ride for the first 50km to SRF, then the sun started warming me up a bit. Topped up the sled, met Soupkids just pulling in as I was pulling out .... talked for a few minutes, then off I went.

Bloody big bridge from ground zero .....

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Good flow from those falls ....

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New cover photo ...

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SRF Downtown ...

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Idgit on the trail with a SxS ...

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Hit the "A" heading East, quite a few groups of sleds already out running. Stopped at a sign board on the way through.... some guy named WhiteDragon leaving graffiti decals on the board ... and some heart shaped thingy on there too ....

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Went a little ways, man the trail is gettin' bushy on the North side of the 11 .... lots of stumpage and debris visible on the side getting afternoon sun. Not long after I came up to this building, with an Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters sign on it, next to a small lake .... anyone know what that's about ?

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Went on from there, stopped off at the warm-up shack at the A / L105 junction, also the border of Arctic Riders / Polar bears clubs ....

Nice shack ....

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Up the L105, pretty bumpy ride after the 1st turn .... fun riding thru a Provincial Park though ....

Couple of guys up there already, turns out one is the uncle of a friend of mine in Kirkland Lake ... while chatting with them a wolf started howling ... so I let off a wolf call, and the whole pack started to respond ... the howling went on for about 3 minutes .... pretty neat ! They had seen a moose just below the hill before the last turn ... explains the wolf presence .....

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Missing about 15 feet of ladder ....

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They headed off down the hill, heading towards Kap. I texted Doris26 and my son for a bit, 10-15 minutes later I headed down, and caught them before getting to the A .. one on a Rev 500SS and the other on a Renegade 800 with R-motion ... and I caught them with a 15 minute lead ? ...... lol !

I carried on East, got to the turn for Cochrane, and seeing I had a bunch of fuel left, I turned Left and went up towards the Canyon, only to cross the Abitibi River and check out the ferry ... we once crossed that ferry in the pickup, pretty neat. They've broken the trail for the ferry, but the ice bridge is still in place... not for much longer though ....

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Headed back across the river, promptly got right stuck on the way up the hill, turning up onto the ditchbang trail along the road ... into a deep rut where someone else had gotten stuck ... put gravity and common sense to work, got it out and drove it up the gravel .... sorry no pics ... did stop at the Polar Bear Den along the way back though ... fed the stove... turns out I missed Melanie Mitchell by a couple of hours, prolly passed by her somewhere ....

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Got into the trail again and headed up to Cochrane, thinking I was getting low on fuel, I got into fuel conservation mode and slacked off (a bit). Got to the Crevier next to the Tim's, the young guy working was very adamant that my sled was the nicest looking, best shape Old sled he'd seen, very nice of him. I put in a whole $29 (29.8L) of fuel for 170 km ... total of 39 liters for 222 km to that point. Pretty impressed for a '99.

Grabbed a coffee & donut next door, more updates with Doris, then headed home with a few more pics on the way... in & around SRF....

Sign board / map across from Smoothies ....

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Bush chicken on the trail thru town ...

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Riders beyond this point were losing their sense of location on the trail. 3 guys passed me while I was stopped for the grouse photo, took off riding .... I got on the sled, stopped to take a pic of the bridge before crossing, then got riding. Caught them about 5 minutes later, they were doing about 70-80, kind of stuck-up looking guys when they went by me ... So they were all over the trail slowing me down. So they took this shortcut across this beaver pond to avoid some snirt, I greased by 2 of them taking the long way around on the trail, before they crossed, then passed the 3rd (lead) at the nearby stop... he kind of didn't know what to think, I guess he wasn't expecting such a beater to pass them ... I hammered it and never saw 'em again.

5 minutes later I met 4 sleds, that were WAAAAYYYYY over on my side, in a right-hand corner of course ... signalled the first 2, then a corner later the other 2 coming even faster .... I made several gestures meaning "What the F___ are you doing ?" then pointed agressively "Get the FARK on YOUR OWN SIDE" ... the only really unimpressive moments of the day.

Quiet ride the rest of the way back to the clubhouse, other than hitting increasing sections of dirt and bare patches, until reaching the Moonbeam trail border.... at which point the trails were all but mint. Only the clubhouse parking lot and a coupla bridges were bare-ish. Loaded the sled after taking a couple of season-ending photos ... chatting with Nunz on the way home, careful buddy, we'll show up with the camper and a boat this summer .....

Last sledding pics for the year ......

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344 km for the day, 2102 km for the season .... never thought I'd poke it past the 2000 km mark for the year, nor the 12,000 km mark on the sled ....

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I'd like to thank all the clubs and volunteers for their selflessness and generosity, for bringing us the trails that we so much enjoy.

And special thanks to all of you people, my extended family, and especially to Nunz and WhiteDragon, you'll always have a special place in our hearts... !!!

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Looks good Denis. Great report and pics..

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I see on Facebook that Timmins is still grooming today and SRF groomed Sat night and yesterday. No new snow but temps are cooperating.

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Yes, I saw that.  In theory you can still ride from Timmins to Dub ... the A trail thru Hearst is almost as much dirt as snow though. I'd still be riding if I was still living at my last apartment.... back yard across the field was the trail.  Last year this time we were looking at Rouski's, I don't know how they'd hold out doing 3 km of road to reach snow ....

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Dooski, you old Cow ! Wish I could have been there with you. Next year ? Hope so. Somewhere, anywhere. Would be fun to meet up again.

 

Old Cow? Why you geriatric old fart..... . :lol:  Hopefully next year will be much better snow wise and we can can get together for another epic slow tour. I'm sure Roger Rollover would be interested as well as the girls. Maybe we should invite the wives too! -_- 

 

Cheers,

Paul

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Old Cow? Why you geriatric old fart..... . :lol:  Hopefully next year will be much better snow wise and we can can get together for another epic slow tour. I'm sure Roger Rollover would be interested as well as the girls. Maybe we should invite the wives too! -_-

 

Cheers,

Paul

 

Slow tour sounds good. My wife and I like to see the scenery a bit as we ride. At least slow by some peoples standards. I talk to people and ask did you see xyz on the trail and their answer is no I guess I missed that. Why, because they were going too fast to see anything other than a blur. Interestingly though we both get from point A to point B in the same total amount of time. They buzz past us and we catch up with them and pass them while they are taking a trail side rest then repeat.

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Could be interesting to see how much snow we get. Sudbury to get 20 cms, and starting next week looks like snow all week farther north.

Not giving up yet :)

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Could be interesting to see how much snow we get. Sudbury to get 20 cms, and starting next week looks like snow all week farther north. Not giving up yet :)

 

At this rate it could be an almost normal length winter.. just got a real late start. Summer will begin Aug 1st maybe.

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Old Cow? Why you geriatric old fart..... . :lol:  Hopefully next year will be much better snow wise and we can can get together for another epic slow tour. I'm sure Roger Rollover would be interested as well as the girls. Maybe we should invite the wives too! -_-

 

Cheers,

Paul

 

 

I'd love that.  Say 'hello' to the Rollover for me.  And to Roger.   LOL. 

 

(I have pictures!)

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just came back from a great weekend in Cochrane. Was up there with my wife and daughter as well as sister in law and her boyfriend. My daughter is 4 1/2 and she has logged 1000 miles this year. We had an awesome few rides, even took her up to the canyon and showed her the big dam. Great way to end the year. Will be doing a year end ride every year now that we know our daughter is capable of doing it and the weather is generally warmer so she can play around during the breaks. We all loved the warm up shacks. Got to meet a lot of different people too.

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Glad to here you had a great weekend flash.

My wife and I just arrived here in Cochrane and are looking forward to our Easter weekend ride. I think spring riding is my favourite time to ride.

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Let us know about trail conditions - - some of us may want to head up that way.....

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Flash 800

We chatted with you up there at the hotel and in the warm-up shack, hope your neck is feeling better.

it was so nice to see a young future snowmobiler get exposed to the sport good for you guys to bring your daughter

Myself and my buddy were out with our two teenage kids and had a great weekend.

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Let us know about trail conditions - - some of us may want to head up that way.....

What he said!!!

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