Blackstar Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 8 minutes ago, 95rxl650 said: Looks the same around Owen Sound. Good cold temps, but no amount of snow. We need a good snow event to pop up somewhere in the 2 week forecast. At this rate I'll have to winterize the sled all over again. lol I didn't check Owen Sound but I do check Durham/Markdale and I think they are forcasting 5-10cms of snow every day for the next week. Edit: It looks like that for the next 2 weeks. I may have to get the sleds ready…lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Farmer Posted December 30, 2024 Share Posted December 30, 2024 4 minutes ago, 95rxl650 said: Looks the same around Owen Sound. Good cold temps, but no amount of snow. We need a good snow event to pop up somewhere in the 2 week forecast. At this rate I'll have to winterize the sled all over again. lol At this rate I think mine going to have un explained electrical fire shortly 🤣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ox Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I think I'm going to bring the LP tanks indoors for that! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95rxl650 Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 13 hours ago, Blackstar said: I didn't check Owen Sound but I do check Durham/Markdale and I think they are forcasting 5-10cms of snow every day for the next week. Edit: It looks like that for the next 2 weeks. I may have to get the sleds ready…lol Hard to believe there's that much difference between Owen Sound and Durham being 1/2 hour down the road. We are estimated about 15-20cm on Jan 1/2 and 1cm a day after that. Last snow event seen Hanover area with 5 times what we got here. I have snow envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskoka Man Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Seeing some fresh coming for orrillia /Barrie area tomorrow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95rxl650 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 About an inch here over night. Just enough to make me bust out the ice scraper to get the vehicles moving after prying the frozen doors open. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskoka Man Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 south of Muskoka this time thank god 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 A surprise 3-4 inches here in Kitchener last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMSOMAIR Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Zip Zero Nada in Parry Sound! First time TWN was actually correct!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyr Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Even Quebec and NB are feeling the effects of low snow. The 1st pic was taken on the main trail outside of Matane a couple of days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Odd, my brother sent me a picture Dec 27 on his property in NB and they had what looked like a foot of snow and stating trails were groomed, not sure about open - but I know our weather since then has been crap, maybe there too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderman Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/parts-of-ontario-could-get-up-to-60-cm-of-snow-environment-canada?tbref=hp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re:Leaf Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Brechin is looking good 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricky Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Forget the snow for now. The two week forecast for little snow but steady cold for most of southern Ontario is just what we need. We need frost in the ground beyond surface frost. We need swamps, rivers and lakes to freeze solidly. Through my rose coloured glasses, this is setting up beautifully for the best season in at least 3 years. Of course, we will need some snow later in January or early February for this to pan out, but I am feeling some positivity. I have come to view February as sled season, and any January and March sledding in Ontario is bonus. Some clubs and districts need January to hopefully finalize land use agreements, and then voila! it will be just like the 20th century. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 16 minutes ago, tricky said: Forget the snow for now. The two week forecast for little snow but steady cold for most of southern Ontario is just what we need. We need frost in the ground beyond surface frost. We need swamps, rivers and lakes to freeze solidly. Through my rose coloured glasses, this is setting up beautifully for the best season in at least 3 years. Of course, we will need some snow later in January or early February for this to pan out, but I am feeling some positivity. I have come to view February as sled season, and any January and March sledding in Ontario is bonus. Some clubs and districts need January to hopefully finalize land use agreements, and then voila! it will be just like the 20th century. Funny talking about happy to have or view Feb as the sled season - true though in todays world! I like the positive spin / outlook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 10 minutes ago, tricky said: Forget the snow for now. The two week forecast for little snow but steady cold for most of southern Ontario is just what we need. We need frost in the ground beyond surface frost. We need swamps, rivers and lakes to freeze solidly. Through my rose coloured glasses, this is setting up beautifully for the best season in at least 3 years. Of course, we will need some snow later in January or early February for this to pan out, but I am feeling some positivity. I have come to view February as sled season, and any January and March sledding in Ontario is bonus. Some clubs and districts need January to hopefully finalize land use agreements, and then voila! it will be just like the 20th century. Theoretically I agree with you but this morning we have 51/2 inches of damp packing snow on our trails outside of Waterloo. More snow is on the way over the next couple of days. I think we have to get the groomer moving and pack what we have. That may let the frost get down through to the ground easier than leaving it as is and waiting for more snow. We'll take all the snow we can get anytime. Winters aren't what they were years ago and waiting for the ground to freeze first while ideal is not realistic today. We need to provide open trails as soon as feasibly possible for the permit buying sledders while keeping crop and property damage to a minimum. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeater466 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 We got around 3-4" in Haliburton over the past 24 hrs or so. No frost in the ground so the upcoming cold snap will be good to firm and freeze things back up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 58 minutes ago, Re:Leaf said: Brechin is looking good Big hole in the map around Brechin now. The wife’s parents live in Uptergrove and we’ve ridden that side of Simcoe a couple of times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re:Leaf Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Uptergrove is a great area. Brechin is having some landowner issues so I’m not sure if we’ll have any trails open this season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sksman Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Re:Leaf said: Uptergrove is a great area. Brechin is having some landowner issues so I’m not sure if we’ll have any trails open this season. Did the Carden club get taken over by Orillia now? That was rumoured to be happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskoka Man Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 8 minutes ago, Sksman said: Did the Carden club get taken over by Orillia now? That was rumoured to be happening. One of my workers in orrillia said they got slammed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re:Leaf Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Sksman said: Did the Carden club get taken over by Orillia now? That was rumoured to be happening. I’m not sure. I wanted to ask you the same question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricky Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 On 1/2/2025 at 12:10 PM, PISTON LAKE CRUISER said: Theoretically I agree with you but this morning we have 51/2 inches of damp packing snow on our trails outside of Waterloo. More snow is on the way over the next couple of days. I think we have to get the groomer moving and pack what we have. That may let the frost get down through to the ground easier than leaving it as is and waiting for more snow. We'll take all the snow we can get anytime. Winters aren't what they were years ago and waiting for the ground to freeze first while ideal is not realistic today. We need to provide open trails as soon as feasibly possible for the permit buying sledders while keeping crop and property damage to a minimum. For sure things have changed for the worse and you have to make the best of what you get. It's a tight window and we appreciate all you do for local sledders. As I said elsewhere, I feel a local ride coming soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95rxl650 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 About 5-6 inches in Owen Sound. I was over to Meaford today and they seem to have double what we got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledguy74 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Nice to see it snowing here in kitchener and a week forecast of cold weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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