FreezerBurnt Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Beware when heading out and relying on the interactive map This was posted on Freedomsledder, could be real dangerous if someone thought the lake was safe or travelled long distances to ride and find out the map was wrong This is in eastern Ontario http://www.freedomsledder.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweese Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 That's why the OFSC calls it a Guide and not a map. Anyone that would blindly follow the interactive guide out on to a Lake without looking for a trail maker or something is an idiot. This is most likely why, you can select trails and create a route on the integrative guide but can't print a route or download it in to a GPS format. They want you to use your head when out on the trails. That's why I still find it surprising they sell a GPS map of the trail system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamahas Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I am glad they just changed the trail on Mississippi lake to closed. As far as I know it is not safe. It is showing almost all of beast as open but it is not correct. For BEAST trail conditions: http://www.snowmobile.on.ca/?page_id=395 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreezerBurnt Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 That's why the OFSC calls it a Guide and not a map. Anyone that would blindly follow the interactive guide out on to a Lake without looking for a trail maker or something is an idiot. This is most likely why, you can select trails and create a route on the integrative guide but can't print a route or download it in to a GPS format. They want you to use your head when out on the trails. That's why I still find it surprising they sell a GPS map of the trail system. 100% agree but we all know there are tons of ignorant people out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Sled Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Anyone that would blindly follow the interactive guide out on to a Lake without looking for a trail maker or something is an idiot. Yet there are people that make pretty stupid assumptions all the time. I hear people from time to time that say the ice must be safe because they see sled tracks on the ice. So a 150 lb. kid on a 400 lb. sled rips across at 90 kph and makes it. The 220 lb. guy on a 600 lb. 4 stroke looks and says it must be safe and heads across a couple of inches of ice and 60 kph and doesn't make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidooboy Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 idiots follow their gps off the road on a regular basis. people get trapped in the mountains on mountain roads that are closed in the winter. you would think snow over the hood on an suv, would be an indication you may want to "re-route" your planned route. people dont even watch the road any more.... they just stare at the gps. STUPID! Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giddy UP Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Too many scary stories about people following GPS - got one this weekend up in Kearney following his GPS down Top D looking for Echo Ridge Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viperules700 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Too many scary stories about people following GPS - got one this weekend up in Kearney following his GPS down Top D looking for Echo Ridge Road What about the guy in the suv that got stuck on the trails in Kearny following the gps?? Then the groomer pulled slash pushed him out. Then I heard he was going to sue the club over a scratch in the bumper?? What happened to that nut case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Doo Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 As i said before, there's no cure for stupid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarisracing1 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 plenty of stupid to go around...no global shortage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamahas Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Looks like district 1 just jumped to all open... Not sure that is right, lakes can't have enough ice already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barberch Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Trails we rode in Kemptville and around Morrisburg, definitely deserved to be GREEN! I did see tracks across the river at Osgoode on Friday, but no stakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreezerBurnt Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Trails we rode in Kemptville and around Morrisburg, definitely deserved to be GREEN! I did see tracks across the river at Osgoode on Friday, but no stakes. If trails cross waterways be it,lake,river,creek that are not staked they will not mark the trail as green, trails can be perfect either side of the waterway but if you mark it green most will assume the water crossing is safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweese Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The in-laws live in Cornwall, it hasn't stopped snowing there since New Years. Not surprised everything is Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimm Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm finding that the trail guide is getting more and more glitchy on my Ipad app. Sometimes it loads the maps, sometimes not. Sometimes it shows the trails, sometimes not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledjunk Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I find it sometimes slow in loading the data on Android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viperules700 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I find it sometimes slow in loading the data on Android. Having issue's too. The trick is to leave it open, on it's own window. If everyone does this, the whole thing will freeze. Working good for me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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