I quite often lead…so any group is given the same rules. Number one rule…Everyone is responsible for the sled behind them. Always make visual contact and look for thumbs up. Do not worry about sled in front, he is responsible to watch for you. If you lose sight of sled behind..you stop, turn back if needed and find missing sled. The leader must also take responsibility for the sled behind, any intersection or difficult corner must make contact w sled behind..and so on. New riders are always focused on sled in front of them for fear of getting lost.. they need to be told opposite is more important. Wide northern trails w few intersections can definitely spread a group out. Remote areas w no cell reception and frigid temps can be dangerous.    That being said I don’t like to ride w a large group,I actually avoid it. 2-3 riders is preferred ..4 max otherwise it’s just too slow to get anywhere.    Big warmup on the way..I’m optimistic that there will be a couple weeks at end of March N Ont and Que with some good riding yet. Get after it while you can!

So, where did the missing coolant go? was some work recently done on the sled, if not, he might have an issue that needs to be looked at.  I will say it is not possible to keep trailing sled in view, with a group of sled on a cold day, the amount of snow dust makes that impossible, most will hang back behind the cloud so they can see, which makes intersection stops, high risks corners and routine stops every xx km a good thing.    otherwise some good practices to try and keep in check!

I think I’m usually pretty good leader - although today my riding partner mentioned I must have really been into a groove as I was gone and not making the normal frequent check in stops like I normally do 😂

Another awesome day. Trails were much better, some even too hard and fast.  Cold day as well - started somewhere in the feel like mid -30’s…and sure felt colder as we headed further north.  lucky or almost not so lucky to see a couple of moose trail side and a almost dead snowshoe hare! a couple of pics as well. 

Oddly enough, have come across quite a few branches and small pieces of cut tree on the trails over the past 5 days - each time I avoided them for fear of just this, ruining a perfectly good day based on bad luck!