Blake G Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I met three friendly gentlemen early this afternoon, as they unloaded their nice late model sleds at Smith's Ultramar in Port Sydney. They asked me how long it would take to snowmobile to Barry's Bay, and I told them about ten months. LOL Discussion revealed that they were setting out on the RAP tour. I have never done that tour, nor paid close attention to details about it, but I told them that I thought there would be way too much road running to accomplish the RAP at this time. South of Astorville, I seem to remember a few kilometres of "follow road to trail" and I assume there would be more of the same along the way. The guys said they had experienced some difficulty finding information about current conditions for the route, but they were game to give it a shot. I told them about Ontarioconditions.com and said I would start a thread today, hoping they could check out the site this evening and possibly alter their plans.... So, would the RAP be possible at this point in time, and if so, how many kms of road running would be encountered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbakernbay Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 All of District 11 went Limited - Yellow today but that doesn't mean it isn't possible. Road running will be an issue for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake G Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 I told the guys there was a lot of road running on D south of Astorville, though I didn't know how much. They thought they might be able to bypass that area some how. They didn't seem too bothered by the prospect of wearing out sliders and runners. I thought they might experience overheating due to road running and icy conditions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I told the guys there was a lot of road running on D south of Astorville, though I didn't know how much. They thought they might be able to bypass that area some how. Â Head towards Powassan. Don't have the trail at present...but there are clear signs on the trail. Â Also, were they heading clockwise or the other way around? Â Hopefully they're going clockwise and getting Muskoka- north out of the way today, while there's still snow. Hate for them to return in 3 days heading south from North Bay. Â You're a good "Sled Citizen" Blake G. Way to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhz06 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I was going to say that I hope they get Hali out of the way first as most of the trails are very muddy and any road sections are dry. Went from great to not so good very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doogirl69 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I hope they left their truck keys with someone to go and pick them up tomorrow. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake G Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 That might have been a good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extreme600 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I hope they left their truck keys with someone to go and pick them up tomorrow. Â That would have been a great idea. Â Well hopefully they read this post. Â Too bad they didn't know about this site before. Â But nice job Blake by informing them about it. Â There will be a few bad spots for sure along the way. Â Darn I hope they change their mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 there is another post about the seguin. I can't help them but .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Wishful thinking imo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Saul Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 we rode home from north bay today, best of luck boys, talked to my brother at the cottage in whitney, don't look good, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhz06 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Wonder how these guys are doing. Trails are looking pretty rough from Hali over to Muskoka area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbakernbay Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Today's snow in the Mattawa & North Bay Area should be helpful, depending on which direction they took. NBSC had 2 groomers out today and all 3 on Wednesday. Bonfield and Mattawa out as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunz Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Their rig is still there as of this afternoon .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhz06 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Most of HCSA went red today. B is still yellow and a couple of minor secondary trails are still yellow. E is red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhz06 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Hope they're back if they went clockwise as all of HCSA went red this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Sucks that there tour will probably be lousy, but this is a prime example why you really can't "schedule" a RAP tour. Last winter you probably could have done it on the 3rd week of March. This week the conditions went down the toilet pretty fast w/ the 2 days of +8 temps & not a lot of base to begin w/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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