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It’s not too bad out here

Geraldton to Nipigon is doable. Just follow the Natural Gas pipeline. Bring Gas! As you near the Nipigon River, you'll cross a road that may or may not be plowed, that runs toward Cameron Falls dam. That's about the only way to cross the river. When you cross the river, you'll ditch bang for a while until you get to hydro lines, that you follow most of the way to Nipigon. Most of this route will have snowmobile traffic. From there, maybe best to try and find somebody to trailer you. Sorry. My trailer contact has moved on. Good luck.

Heading out to Shelburne tommorrow-Sunday morning for a ride, Hoping to see some OC members out there, flag me down if you see me, cant miss my sled this year.

Until they find another 50hp in their 4-stroke they aren't worth looking at.

Started the day in Orangeville and rode the rail bed up to Owen Sound. A nice 200 k day to kick the season off. Seriously , I couldn't believe how good the conditions were considering where we were at 2 weeks ago! Great day of riding and maybe saw 40 sleds through out the day .. no to busy at all! Nice flat trail and a lot of snow , especially as u get north . Get out and enjoy!

You better go for a ride this weekend or sell it.

You better get out and ride this weekend 😃

Lots of people park along the little yellow section o E108 along the side of the road.

Give it time next week weather doesn't like great, it go to ice I think. Then another 4 to 6" on top we are all set. Not very cold next week so not going to help wet area's hopefully wet stuff stays away 🙏

Get a new seat. I grabbed one off an 850. Supposed to be way better. But I dont have any seat time yet

Hey Gadgetman, It's a bit of a mix through Smiths Falls. Here are a couple maps. Map 1. Blue is groomed trail. Red are spots where you need to road run a bit. The first section runs along the street and grocery store parking lot. side slope cannot be groomed but there is always a single track in the ditch to use. This leads you to crossing at Drummonds Gas at Lombard St. Next red is to get across the Rideau at Detached lock. Unfortunately it had to be extended up a couple of blocks as there is no agreement to use the old train bridge. Once you hang the sharp left you are in a paring lot that will lead you to the trail again. Map 2. Red is the parking lot mentioned in Map 1. Trail then picks up again and is off the road until you cross at highway 15. Obviously it's not ideal but the pavement is limited to probably a couple hundred meters in total. still some snowbanks to ride up on for some of it. I haven't been down that way since RRRSC changed things to yellow and green. This is all past knowledge. Very exciting to see what Rideau Ridge Riders SC has done over the last couple of years. https://www.facebook.com/groups/160403710721723

Meh……..lol It’s alright. I was hoping I would like it more than I do right now and most likely with more seat time and adjustments, I will. 8 years on my Cat so I have to compare. 1 ride and I miss my studs. Ice Ripper needs to go. Steering is heavy which I figured it would be. I find the seating is too far forward, banging my knees on the console, Cat felt more spacious. Cat front end is better in the corners. The ride is better on the Skidoo, especially the rear. The hand and thumb warmers are great and the multiple settings is handy. Can’t even compare the gauges, Doo by far but I have a lot to learn. From the seat of the pants, the Cat pulls way harder. Prefer the Cat exhaust tone. The Doo drones at low speeds. Interestingly, I was told I would never use the comfort setting for the Smart shocks as it’s too soft. I was preparing to send my shock module in to Precision EFI for their programming. Well, I couldn’t stand sport mode. It bothered my hands and shoulders cause the bars shook so bad. I switched to comfort and thought it was great, could be a tad softer yet for me but a huge improvement over Sport and never bottomed once. And I miss my heated seat…….lol

Seriously, I don't know exactly where you want to go on the trip, but I would never again use North Bay as my trip staging point. Most accommodations are a convoluted lousy sled ride to the good trails. Proper snow coverage is usually iffy until late in the season. Sudbury or even Sturgeon Falls offer much better good trail access. Just my opinion, of course, based on 30 years riding in the area.

I believe groomers are down in owensound area