scottyr Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) My dad and I are getting a bit bored riding the same trails around here lately so we decided to trailer up to Anten Mills and ride up to Port Severn to "inspect" his water access cottage. We left from the club parking lot and did a bit of a side trail tour and had to get back on the C trail to Midland. I was kind of surprised with the lack of snow compared to SW Ontario. The snow is BEAT. I am not sure if it is even groomable anymore? Even at -10c it just like mashed potatoes with no life in it. There was a ton of traffic on the trail. You really had to keep on your toes as there were people coming at you at just about every corner. Long story short the trail from Waub to Port Severn was brutal. 2 out of 10 would be generous. We were concerned about having to ride it back to the truck as it was only going to get worse as the day progressed. We made it to the cottage, checked the mouse traps and gave the place a quick once over and headed to the gas station for a burger and a beer. We talked to some guys who just rode the lake from Midland to HH and said it was ok so we decided that was our best plan. We got back to Midland and just rode the C trail back to Anten Mills. The C trail was a 30km long whoop section. I felt bad for the guys riding 20 year old iron. We did talk to some guys who said the trails were mint to the north but agreed that they were falling apart the further south they went. All and all it was still a day on our sleds, but the trails were beat around there. Edited February 21, 2021 by scottyr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Sled Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 12 hours ago, scottyr said: My dad and I are getting a bit bored riding the same trails around here lately so we decided to trailer up to Anten Mills and ride up to Port Severn to "inspect" his water access cottage. We left from the club parking lot and did a bit of a side trail tour and had to get back on the C trail to Midland. I was kind of surprised with the lack of snow compared to SW Ontario. The snow is BEAT. I am not sure if it is even groomable anymore? Even at -10c it just like mashed potatoes with no life in it. There was a ton of traffic on the trail. You really had to keep on your toes as there were people coming at you at just about every corner. Long story short the trail from Waub to Port Severn was brutal. 2 out of 10 would be generous. We were concerned about having to ride it back to the truck as it was only going to get worse as the day progressed. We made it to the cottage, checked the mouse traps and gave the place a quick once over and headed to the gas station for a burger and a beer. We talked to some guys who just rode the lake from Midland to HH and said it was ok so we decided that was our best plan. We got back to Midland and just rode the C trail back to Anten Mills. The C trail was a 30km long whoop section. I felt bad for the guys riding 20 year old iron. We did talk to some guys who said the trails were mint to the north but agreed that they were falling apart the further south they went. All and all it was still a day on our sleds, but the trails were beat around there. We rode C trail south of Midland Penetang which is also a multi-use Tay Rail Trail mid week a couple of weeks ago. It was less than ideal and even mid week had lots of traffic that day. I can only imagine what it would have been like on Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poo Man Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 The c along there is always beat quickly. I think it never gets a chance to build a base/setup as people start riding it when there is 1/2" of snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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