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Glad you got out, and thanks for the report. Do you think it will still be rideable on Friday?

We passed a groomer which had shed one of its' tracks on the A trail south of Iriquos Falls yesterday afternoon. Hopefully it is not out of action for too long.

Could someone direct to the link which was on OC for accommodation inn the snowbelt? I can't recall the name of the guy who prepared that information.

We rode the Forest today. Conditions were generally pretty good on the main trails, which were mostly groomed. The side trails were mostly not groomed and were pretty rough. There are still quite a few of the famous Hali stone available to ding your skis and studs (I'll do inspection of studs and carbides tomorrow to see what it cost me). Overall, a good day's sledding and well worth the trip. Major offseason clutch rebuild work on my 1200 and new engine top end on my Polaris worked without a hitch, awesome.

Anyone been in there today who can give a report? Were trails beat at end of day after a busy weekend? Are they likely to be groomed for riding on Monday? Thanks

Thanks guys, but not a pretty picture.

Are there any recent conditions reports on OC for the Northern Corridor? Surely someone is up there at the moment. I can't find.

Apart from the Northern Corridor, I was wondering if any other districts are getting remotely close to having enough frost and snow to go yellow/green in the next week or two?

Now that we are at busiest phase of trail install (yippee), I was wondering how the different clubs address the issue of lunch for volunteers who are working a full day (6-7 hours minimum) on the trails? Snowmobile volunteering is a little unique in that we are generally 'in the middle of no where' when lunchtime rolls around. During my years of volunteering, I have seen the following methods of handling lunch, but there are probably others: Each volunteer packs their own lunch/snacks/drinks. A club volunteer offers to prepare/purchase lunch for the full-day work crews The club has budget space to cover a few pizzas or other lunch items. Just wanting to see how this is handled at different clubs around the province.

Ya, Good ride yesterday Blake. It was a pleasure riding with you and it's always a bonus to get out sledding on Paddy's Day. As Blake said, conditions were mixed. Don't go if you hate the sound of an occasional rock grinding against a carbide!! Lots of decent riding left in there, but you also need to be ready for the 'spring riding surprises' of water cuts and ATV damage to the base. I'd go for one more visit if it wasn't such a long drive.

So, all my buddies have joined the ranks of the 'early foggers'. I don't know why because it is not as if they all have nice sleds. Anyway, if anyone is riding Hali tomorrow, or wants to ride there, send me a PM if you want to join up with another OC'er? Apparently they have decent base still but you may need scratchers.

Has anyone ridden that little patch of yellow trails over the weekend? Conditions?

Has anyone on here ridden Durham, Markdale or Meaford area today or yesterday? Any trail report would be appreciated.

Just wondering if anyone has ever done a mark-up of a D9 map showing where the really bad road runs are located? I often run D9 but always seem to forget about the bad road run until I'm sitting there facing it

Thanks, I did forget about that. They were very quiet on our night there and also had a big party cancellation for this weekend while we were there (shitty to give such late notice). Not a good season with Covid and everything.

I haven't been on Polaris for a few years. Does their 650 Patriot motor have a good reputation so far? Any issues arising after their first season?

Yesterday, we rode from Sportsman around Wolf loop down to Rocky, over to Capreol and then worked our way across to Warren and to Noelville. All trails were hard, fast and had adequate cooling. Will be better on weekend with grooming on-going. Why is there no signs for Sportsmans on trail? Is there some dis-agreement there?

We are planning to do a loop from Noelville up thru Warren, around L Wanapitea and Wolf Mtn loop on Tues/Wed. Everything looks green but wondering if anyone know any specific trails or areas which we should avoid, or interesting things we should go see? Thanks.

Where is that railway bridge located? Is it still a snowmobile trail crossing it?

Well, I know this will go over like a lead balloon around here, but I'll give it a shot: If you were in charge of public health in NB/PS in January 2021, it seems reasonable to me that you should consider methods to limit the arrival of non-essential folks from the 'dirty south'. What would you have done? You could try to limit ice fishing, downhill skiing, X country skiing, etc. I would guess that in January, all these activities bring a fraction of the visitors to NB/PS compared to snowmobiling. And snowmobiling is easy to regulate. I would probably have made that same easy decision. As always, it is easy for the armchair experts to always know what is the right decision; it's not so black and white in real life. If you don't believe in public health measures to limit Covid spread, just ignore this post.

Thanks PLC, that was a good place to park. Did a 280 k loop from there down to Turkey Pt. 40% good, 60% so so. I have to quit riding on Sundays. Not really alot of snow to work with, snirt in the corners.

There is Drumbo truckstop at the 401 interchange, is that the place? Truckstop looks active, is it OK to park there? SF, I"m headed south so I don't want to park further north if I can avoid it.

Does anyone know a good trailer parking spot near trail in general area of Ayr/Drumbo? Thanks

Just wondering why the D, C101D and D108A in this area are all red? Is it lack of snow for grooming, health units boundaries? Is there any grooming on these trails?

I rode it all the way to Whitney on Sunday. All was groomed except the last 1 km where it connects to 106