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I've got a room booked for Cochrane this week Jan 30- Feb 3 but with conditions deteriorating and more warm weather forecast for the week again, I think I'm going to cancel the room and try again in a week or two. Sucks cause I haven't been out yet this year but no point travelling all that way to fight poor conditions and more warm weather.

Looks like the Smooth Rock side has now opened to the top now too. Loop is fully open now.

I saw that too, here’s the pic someone put on Fbook. Looks like the tongue broke off under the trailer and was still hitched to the truck. Yikes.

Looks like Smooth Rock side just opened up as far as probably the warm up shack this morning.

Has anyone heard of when functioning DESS parts may become available for our new sleds that didn’t come with them? Any chance of happening during this riding season?

Wasn’t this in the privately owned Halliburton Forest Reserve, not on the OFSC trails that aren’t open yet? Why are the OPP policing private property now?

Several inches of fresh snow in Cochrane this morning 👍

I don’t begrudge them either. High expenses and a short season, not too mention the shut downs and the resulting even shorter season last year. I usually pass through there once a year doing the loop and have no issue with buying some high priced fuel from there. But I know what I’m in for beforehand because I’ve been there before. I do think however that the price should be posted on their website so people know what it costs ahead of time. I think the main issue that upsets people is the sticker shock, especially for first timers on the loop, when they get up there and only then find out what it costs. That loop and the Base Camp are heavily promoted on every media out there but no mention is ever made of what it actually costs when you get all the way up there and find yourself with little choice at that point but to pay it. If people know beforehand, then they can decide if the trip is for them and at that point they have nothing to complain about.

Just got the call, my Renegade X 900R with Ice Ripper is in and ready to pickup. Just missing DESS.

Love seeing the pics and itineraries of the trips out there. Looking to make a trip there this year for the first time, we always do at least 2 a year to Cochrane/ Northern Corridor but would like to do 1 somewhere different this year.

Just ordered my gift card as I don't yet have a VIN. Now just waiting for my new sled to come in so I have something to put it on 😂

I don’t think it would really apply to snowmobiling, a bit too cold to be riding without one anyways.

Black Renegade X 900T R with the base gauge and 1.25 Ice Ripper. Kinda wanted the new gauge but with mixed reviews on how it works and still no Ontario maps available on it, I’ll stick to the base gauge and my Garmin for this sled. Hopefully this market holds for at least a little longer as my Blizzard 800 now needs a new home.

Just rode from Cochrane to Kap, good ride all the way. Left Cochrane this morning in a whiteout, cleared up a bit by smoth rock. Passed the Cochrane groomer that was heading to the canyon, Smooth Rock was grooming East to Greenwater. OPP had Hwy 11 closed at Smooth Rock when we went through at noon, trucks backed up as far as you could see.