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OC crew leaving Hearst this morning and heading to Kap. Mrs Turbo Doo, Flying Dutchman, Turbo Doo, Techdenis007 and his better half. Have a great ride guys.

A few pictures from today on the L159.

Absolutely spectacular day of riding. Enjoying cocktails now at the Super 8 in Hearst. This is the busiest I've seen the Super 8 and Companion EVER. Absolutely packed with Sleds. Was very nice to meet OC member 1049 and his wife this am in Kap. And thanks to you 1049 for the parking arrangements tonight. . Lots of OC members here tonight. Some photos to share..First picture is Us and @Evil and company getting ready to hit the trails..

thanks @Re:Leaf, maybe next year all the trails will open, the border will be open, and you guys and gals can set up a loop ride, and we can do an old fashioned OC ride in. we need a family reunion after all this. ride safe! have fun, take lots of pics, as @zrtkat says, we enjoy living through your pics, stories, descriptions, when we cant be there ourselves. say hi to the gang for us. Ski

Did just under 300km today, great loops in and around Kap and Hearst, the L155 and the L123 were mint, great conditions and great scenery. I may have found my new favorite riding area....

Stayed in New liskeard last night then continued trailering to cochrane this am. parked at Thrift lodge (staying next two nights) and headed out up to do the abitibi loop. on the trail 10am ish after filling up sleds, gas caddy and 2 extra empty 4l jugs of oil with hi test - as was really worried abilitbi camp would be packed , potentially run out of fuel , and wasn’t wanting to stop in today (As cochrane is packed...) First 40 km out of town was a little bumpy for cochrane - but flat white carpet mostly after that. ice road still at 100cm! Saw two groomers today. Dumped the 8l in at 85km mark in the 850. made it to the canyon - 145 km, NO WATER flowing ! fast boring (as no powder) hydroline run down to smooth rock - great late lunch at the restaurant (chicken wrap and poutine!) 230.2km to that point. The 900 ACE made it the entire way with one bar to spare on gauge. very bumpy A trail back to Cochrane. Was fast, as had to keep it 80-105km/hr to skip over the bumps. 300.2 km for the very short day. checked in really early this aft at Triftlodge. Unloaded truck, drove to get some beer, cleaned off tracks/adjusted suspension, locked up and covered by 5pm. early relaxing night tonight as plan is the head to Hearst and back tomorrow. I can’t stopping thinking about a blacked out XCR now thanks to UsedtoSkidoo!!!!

Last few throwback pics, From my 1st trip in 2000, stopped in Hearst for lunch My '98 MXZ500 parked @ the end. Stopped for the night in Kap' @ the Two Bridges (Advantage) Motel Stopped along the way to pick up some oil in '01 LOL

Looking for some other photos and thought the younger members might find these interesting. Did the Tour of the Line trip from the Soo (March 30/31, 2003). Waiting @ Hearst for the train to depart Train would back up west past the 'Y' & then proceed to the Soo. On the trip back saw a couple of sleds on the trail near Hawk Jct. In 2006 we did the Tracks to Trails trip Loading in the Soo Parking in the garage (my buddy's SRX) Mattice Clubhouse Opaz cluhouse. Not sure if there is anything in place to indicate the building was beside the trail or not. Bambino's/Mooseland I don't recall it looking that good when I was in to pay for fuel prior to '06. It was pretty sketchy in the restaurant part.

Great to see everyone again. OC Members, FIRE242, WinderFab, Extreme600, White Dragon, Tech Denis007, Re:Leaf, OF7, and of course our very own group, Myself, Mrs Turbo Doo, and Evil and her gang of speed demons. Awesome couple days of riding. A few more days of riding for us yet..

Lunch time. Not many pics today yet. It's just that good. Really high pace today. L159. OMFG. Absolute epic perfection.

The OC members are missing you guys, zrtkat, skidoo boy, and all our neighbours to the south. We look forward to seeing you guys next season.

. Bingo...

Another prime example of some non elected twit causing financial hardship to hundreds of businesses and citizens of these districts. Hard to believe his compensation package is just slightly south of the train wreck we have steering the Canadian ship.

^^^^Like^^^

That good logic killed just over 500K people instead of the 200K it could have killed. I am thankful that our leaders think differently than the Texas and Oklahoma governors.

Real leadership is what we're missing. Common sense happening south of the border, enough of the nonsense.

Thanks Re:Leaf I still enjoy reading the post and seeing the pictures of the trails and the stories that go along with them until next winter may things be different and we can enjoy snowmobiling in Ontario again. Zrtkat &Crew

We're off to a good start tonight already, the Dutchmans locked himself out of his room ....

Yeah it was a good year. 2014 we had way more snow though, this year it stayed and didn’t melt. Hopefully we get another good year next year. Have a great summer.

This section was just something today. @Evil and myself pulled up beside each other, said, Our new favorite Section of trail. Period. Wow. .. Absolutely beyond the C note. My oh my...What a pull...

Little side note. I will be doing a report on the Super 8 in kap. Once I am home..

Fill up in SRF and head north. Not as big of a top up @ the trailer. Only time we've run the west side was coming east from Kap or Hearst. Rest of our trips to the Canyon were day trips out of Cochrane.

Depending if you need fuel at the canyon. Twice the distance to the canyon from Cochrane vs from Smoothrock Falls.

Rayonier bought out a lot of the Tembec mills in Ont. & P.Q.!

Hey, probill...it was great to meet and chat with you at the Advantage as well. Glad you and your wife got to enjoy all of the local Kap and Hearst loops. Would love to connect with you again next year...perhaps up north again, and down here in Simcoe/Muskoka on our local trail system. As revrnd has rightly pointed out, I can't take any credit for his ice hammer, although I do like to spread the word about how useful it is.

I've been meaning to talk to you about this...time to re-negotiate our commission arrangement...

This has been around for a while (from 2003): Posting about the mill, I later found out that RYAM owns it now.

Great pics Rev! I see one of that green clubhouse we were discussing a few days ago. Completely agree about Bambino's. Pay for the fuel and get gone. LOL

Have next Tuesday and Wed night booked at the Advantage in Kap that we haven't canceled yet, (2 beds). Going to Stay in Hearst for those nights then back to Kap for Thursday. Let me know if someone wants the room, I'll hang on to them till tomorrow then cancel them.

To the guy in his underwear, pretending to ride the sled at the Super 8 tonight in Hearst. First of all, you put on quite the show, and your braver then most of us......

Will be there tomorrow

For the rookies it is.

Good to hear that you are set up. Not sure what I was or am thinking. I am booking for next weekend. Thurs is solid booked in Cochrane. I got moose in SRF heading to Hearst all booked there then Kap booked and SRF to finish.

Traffic Jam at the Companion...

No Transports on the trail today. Almost ran over a pine martin coming in the A trail hydro line coming into Hearst. Poor guy didn't know what to do, when he had a pack of 900T's running the C note at him...

Awesome pics!! Glad conditions worked out for everyone, trails look amazing

Econolodge looking at Terry’s Steakhouse

Hi revrnd...just got back from Kap this afternoon. Great to meet and have a chat with you and irReverent. Thanks again for the information you gave us on all the local trails. We had a great 2 days in Hearst on the 165, 163, 115, 171, 159, 153 etc. all trails were in great shape. Friday we did almost 200 miles on those trails and only saw 1 sled!! I can tell you that irReverent's hammer got a real workout!! Hope to meet up again with you guys again next year. Let me know when you will be sledding in my area.

Our tracks: 1058 klicks or 658 miles for the 5 days of riding.

Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Have a safe journey home gents.

Last day on the trails & still snowing. 187 klicks. Rode west towards Opaz on TOP A & then took the L123 back to Moonbeam. @Arctic JC we turned onto the L119 (east end) around 12 noon. Hope you guys had a good ride west. The Nursery Loop was a bit of a mess lots of sled traffic & lots of snow. Caught up to the groomer on the top of the L125. Top speed wasn't as good as the other day. A little snack on TOP A before heading back to Kap before loading up. Still a but blustery & Hwy 11 was wet. Trailer in the background is a couple that arrived Tues' afternoon. The following pics are on the L123 The little cabin that certain OC riders have said doesn't exist... Northeast corner of L125/Beardmore Loop. Looking west on TOP A @ L125 intersection. TOP A on the right L125 to the left Looking north to L125 Bridge on TOP A between L125 & L135 Back in Kap, getting ready to load the sleds. All in all a good trip, just wish we had some blue skies for better pics.

My neighbour’s 600etec doesn’t like the trails up here. It decided to shut down on the L159, so we towed it out to Val Côté. OF7 met us at the side of the road with his truck and trailer, and we brought the sled back to Hearst.