PISTON LAKE CRUISER

That's good. Always like even numbers for sled trips. Better for restaurant tables and rooms. Have a great time and don't forget the reports!

One of my Elmira friends says "If you don't have a plan you can't go wrong"

I'm pretty sure you can get them at CTC or pretty much any good auto parts store. Mini spades are quite common these days.

What those program lack is telling the riders if the trails are open or closed. We were working on upopened trail a couple of weeks ago and most of the sleds we waved down would tell us that the trail shows open on their dash screen. Y'ah really, well this guy with me is the gentleman that opens and closes these trails. You need to check the ITG because your dash won't tell you its open..

Its usually the third Saturday of the month from 4PM-7PM. I haven't seen official advertisement for this February. They have a big Valentine dinner on Saturday the 8th advertised but nothing about a Feb. wing night. You can watch their Facebook page for more info. St. Clements S.C. has a wing night again this Friday from 5-8PM at the Greenwood R&G. Unfortunately no trail to the door anymore. They sold 285lb. of wings and sold out of fries last month.

Just my 73 year old opinion but if you take a lady who has never snowmobiled on a 146 km. trip the first time she rides, you will NEVER have/get to take her sledding again. Start small on a smooth trail day and she might enjoy it.

The groomer is finally back running and grooms St.Clements, Wellesley & Elmira trails. It went by my place Friday afternoon and again about 9:30 PM Saturday night. I'm told it ran all through that timeframe +.Thanks to the operators who have our trails looking the best they have in years.

What part of No Parking don't you understand? It's a very large Sno Pitch event that is held yearly.

Did anybody get arrested?

My laptop shows the same as yours now. They sure are having a lot of issues with the new map. Too bad as the old one worked well and was better in some ways.

Just got back from a 70km. ride. Had to clear a bit of moisture off my visor 3 or 4 times but didn't get noticeably wet.

My laptop says all the trails in Gaspe are open this morning. Grooming isn't as optomistic but I'm thinking its going the direction..

Looks like you are good to go around the coast. All trails that are on the map are open in Gaspe.

They have lots of snow up there, even in Bayfield and Goderich which are sometimes skimpy being close to the lake. The issue this week has been visibility with a lot of roads closed.

You forgot the Ontario License Validation Sticker that is required.

That tensioner spring looks a lot like an exhaust spring.

I would come from the north. You can ride the boulevard from where the subdivision fence starts at the corner of our lot up to the older part of the village then if you wish you could ride the sidewalk (if its snowcovered) to the lights. If you decide to go that way, beware of the dugout for the culvert for about 20' just where the subdivision fence starts. From the St.Clements side you have to ride ditch or shoulder to the edge of the village then pretty much the side of the road from there in to the hotel.

Could it be that the club is still trying to get 1 or more MOU(s) signed? The trail won't show up on the ITG until they are all signed and submitted.

They used to have a big parking area right across the street from the Motel Nick. I'm not sure if its still there but know a guy from the sled club often parked there when riding in Quebec. Hope you guys have a great time!

Its working fine for me today and was yesterday as well as last night on my Windows 10 laptop.

Maybe he has changed to a track kit. He was trying the wide tires a couple of years ago.

My wife and I grew up in that area. We are up there a lot. The locals and not so locals eat at "The Boot" on the main street. The food is excellent ( especially the Smash Burger) and it's a lot cheaper. It is 2 blocks south of the railbed trail at the highway crossing. Work your way up a side street by Howson Mills and turn right up to the blue building on your right. Usually snow on the side streets to run on.

We stayed at Motel Louise one time. Motel wasn't fancy but was clean and relatively easy to get to from the north end of town. Fuel across the street. Food was good in the restaurant and the rum was excellent.

The good news is that the majority of great scenic trails are open and green. If 5 opens down to the local trail over to 597 and up to Murdockvile, you could loop back up to the top and see the scenic stuff from the other direction. I think you will see the east side of 5 open shortly.

That is Graham Snider's personal tractor groomer from down in the Bridgeport club area. If you noticed, it is on wide flotation type tires instead of tracks. He was up helping out on Elmira and St. Clements trails today.