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I’ve always let my sleds idle after riding, with a turbo now, same thing, temp I think creep close to 100, but as soon as return to riding, they drop quick. your sled should have the fan that runs after you shut sled down that is pushing air through the engine compartment that should help evacuate some of that excess heat. must feel great to get some miles on her this early!

I feel like it was 2006 to 2009’ish we had some good early riding for a few years.

I agree and it seems with this $$ and increase in sales, this year is turning the corner, at least mentally for many, will some trails open and some not, no doubt, but that’s normal year to year based on weather amongst other things. Lack of money shouldn’t be an excuse for a trail not looked after - will there be the manpower though to keep things in good shape - tbd I guess given the other non financial issues. hopefully if there is money left on the table it can be directed towards infrastructure projects dealt with in the spring/summer. at the end of the day, there are positives to focus on, but people need to set realistic expectation at this point given the change, focus on what can improve moving ahead and enjoy the season.

On paper there might not be - but in reality, too late to reverse things at this point.....look ahead to next year for some I guess. But does that 5 or so mil just a shortfall for this year, I think so, which means technically it is needed year after year, so permit increase has to happen or more grants, etc.....

might be better answered by @Steve F6 being literally right in his backyard. Still lots of trails missing around Mary Lake actually,

The permit increase for next year will cover that......

LOL - I do not recall those choice of words the forest has used in the past about conditions, new sleds, a sled you baby... lol

WOW - that is quite the 360 from the initial direction. It was talked about the needed funding from the province to keep things moving in a better direction, especially with the impact sledding has to our province. Could have still done with a permit increase though.......cannot recall what the shortfall was going to be without the permit increase, I think around 5 mil coincidentally...... Not a complaint, but it sure would have made more sense to have this known a few months ago - typical government I guess, backwards way of doing things that just causes conflicts and encourages a bad frame of mind.

Slowly it is coming together and looking so much better - even up north is connected for what looks like it should be a good Christmas destination for many...and dist 7 too if things continue. Speaking of cold - you do a rink this year? Few of my kids teammates got their rinks started just under a week ago and they are coming along very well! They should making memories soon and having a few rink side bevies by the fire....in between weekend games!

that is a great recipe on the bold! Do you mean the B through the park to/from Whitney - this is a nice run when the trail is in good shape.

I have seen the interactive guide and it is looking better. as expected and as the process plays out. As for the spin, this is related to the posts you see on social media with an update shared, whether shared for a simple update to those not in the know or perhaps a persons agenda at play, that people then start to jump to wrong conclusions on and it turns into a slew of negativity that is usually false info, that is what I am referring to, not your spin spidy .

There is still good things happening if you look for it vs the bad and how people are spinning it…..ASC has been working away at a new new extension for a groomer storage with all donated money.

If you have business A that operates in 100 locations across Canada and location 1.2.3 see a decline in business, the business needs to decide to keep presence at a loss or break even to weather the storm or shut it down based on reduced sales, local hurtles, provincial incentives, long range outlook, etc…regardless of what they sell. All my point was is if shops are closing here in Ontario, I wonder if the same is happening in other provinces to the same degree based on declines regionally within the Powersports world. BC has a huge mountain segment that I’m sure isn’t doing great, but how bad is it, QC has a large tourist attraction in this sport with a much more favorable season and NB seems to have a large Powersports group that from my understanding are made up more of older machines vs new iron…hence my three examples for comparison purposes of places closing within the Powersports industry.

Actually, compared to a few provinces that also have a strong power sports following that came to mind, QC being one of them. there is no doubt pain felt across the board, but being that I do work all across Canada I see provinces that appear to be handling things better than others, Ontario is not one handling it better but has the highest population as well.