Thank you very much for the explanation of trail closure start and end points. Makes sense. No apology required. I will get an answer to 'where to park' before I go. Mixed reviews of conditions might cause me to delay my first ride anyway.

Their Facebook page post from 19 hours ago says they had to close a section of trail due to flooding but doesn't say what section.  If it was flooding west of Hwy 6,  the parking area across from the Spot restaurant could be included in the closure because I believe closures on the ITG are usually from the closest trail intersection on one side of the flooded area to closest trail intersection on the opposite side of the flooded area. In this case if the flooded area is west of Hwy. 6 the trail from the Spot southeast to the next trail intersection may be included but could be still passable. I'm not saying this is the case but this is how closures are usually shown on the ITG. The trail into the No Frills is because they have gas out front. I've never noticed sled trailers parked on that lot but wasn't particularly looking for them. That said there are now 2 trails coming in to the area of the No Frills. I think the north trail may be to get into the A&W and the south is for No Frills gas. Sorry, I'm not a lot of help for alternative parking.

At Mount Forest, the first couple of km of B111 from the Spot 1 parking area are closed (red). To me, that means the official parking area can't be used to access the B111 trail. Is that the case? I see an open trail terminating near the No Frills store. Can I use that parking lot to access trail. Back in Covid shutdown time, I seem to remember there was no staging allowed there. Does anyone know the proper way to stage and sled out of MF?

sorry pics didn't load.. hate these machines!!

Artic JC report very accurate . Yesterday I started just south of Shelburne, railbed thin ,. I would start in Dundalk as there was a very decent amount of snow on trail all the way to Owen Sound from there . I did a loop cutting off railbed just north of Shelburne ( trail 327 ) . Looped up to and around Durham re joining railbed north of Markdale. I see the bottom end of loop is now closed, which it should be , but top end of loop had a lot of snow , ( trail, field and road ) . Great day for first ride , 240k return.