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Ran from senneterre to chiboug today, about 370km. yes snow is on the lower side, but a fantastic ride with no complaints. passed/saw 3 to 4 groups on the trails. just a few pictures from the day.

Saw groomer I’m timiscaming earlier today. roads were real slick heading north east from there, few vehicles in ditch or flipped. trails look decent from road and saw sleds out enjoying the trails too.

Currently a mixture of Red, Yellow and Green.....Red is wining the battle by the looks of it!

I do not agree with many of your thoughts, but this one, I do! to each their own though, I get how some will have a hard time swallowing the pill of trails less than ideal, while others consider it the cost of sledding.

I was checking out their offerings a few weeks ago, they do offer some good stuff. I imagine with the new cats and the system they now have, they’ll sell lots of kits that covert cat to LinQ.

Been watcing the conditions there, mild today with a bit of rain, not as bad as here, starts to dip into negatives tomorrow evening and continues that trend the rest of the week, which is good, but not much new snow.......going with the mindset not all snow that falls is forecasted......

Anyone putting on their weather forecast hat at this point is just asking to look stupid.....

LOL Are yuo not in QC somewhere, or almost headed there?!?!

The winter of 04/05 I was almost going to buy a 900 Fusion from Edge up the road.....ended up with an F7 from Dryland instead, later was I ever happy I went with the Cat, sled was flawless and fun.

That looks like a cool place - nice to see some still exist! Is that the home track for your boy, any other places you frequent.

So does that mean the 200 or so billion being spent of our tax money on climate change is not working.....maybe 400 billion is the magic number where we will see some return on the waste......

I think you’ll be able to ride, ideally around your parents place or possible trailer a bit further. It feels like winter is done in many areas , but I don’t think so.

As a manufacturer you build x number of sleds per year that need to go to dealerships to keep the assembly line moving, etc….so I understand the theory behind it, especially with good and bad years that no one can really forecast. There will always be buyers and as long as the manufacturer provide the incentive rebates to dealers when products don’t sell in a timely manner, I think it’s not a bad system. Having dealers as well that sell all lines of products means they should be able to absorb a bad year with sleds but good year with other product lines - it’ll help balance the books when you consider all 12 months and not just 3 or 4 months of sledding.

lol, well crisp considering the last week…I think it was around -5!

Ya, it was a crisp beautiful morning….although too much sun and not enough white on the ground, but nice regardless.

I think there is even an acception that if you are going to said lake to fish, you can use the OFSC trail to get to lake in order to fish witghout a trail pass.....or if yuo have a cabin that is accessed by an OFSC trail. I am sure someone will be able to corect or clarify this, but I recall this was always an exception, with certain guidelines applied. But sounds like you have an alternate way to get to lake anyways, so not applicable.

Talk today of maybe being able to hit the golf courses in a month or so.....maybe less....

Yep, have to agree. Reading the other posts above, looks grim, but we are all, or mostly all looking out at green grass at the end of Jan with minimal yellow or green trails - funny how our minds can swing when conditions are different, assuming things actually get better. Need to rationalize what makes sense for each and go with it. I try to be optimistic about things, but that is hard this year....atleast regarding this activity.

Is it - does a 2-stroke DOO or POO cost that much? I can look it up, just not sure right now. Regardless, and to sound like the broken record, just insane.....but some will buy, maybe not as many in the next year of course based on the banner season upon us..... Talk about horrible timing for Cat to release the new engine in the new chassis!

Is that Kennisis lake?

Feeling pretty good about the decision on the rink I am sure. See the odd person around here that did there's, dont think I have seen them used yet though.

Go away…please.

First thought when I saw the post was that video in the states when some riders came across a moose on the trail and pulled out their hand gun.

Welcome to the new age!!

How about something in Feb, during the week for a few days, etc......lol I would like to get out for some riding, albeit a bit far for a day ride for me, maybe another time though!