It without fail always rains when it warms up.: We can handle a thaw - it's the 50 t0 70mm rain that ruins everything!   Fingers crossed - we're locked in and good to go here.

It is a unique place in that it has lots of cottage roads making for quick set up and the elevation of it makes for some good snow coverage - not all of it, but there is always one section that get more snow and in much better shape, that the other half, not so much.

The early Jan thaw used to be a great thing - it would help settle down all that snow that fell in Dec, create a great base on the trails and help set up the lakes for some safe running! But just one thaw, only for a day and no or very little ran......not asking for too much  

Honestly, you're probably bang on - that will be the 1st meltdown with my luck lol

Last time I went there was fall of 2005 when I picked up my 2007 IQ 600.   We have some fields near us that I could usually do shake down early season riding in - that year I wanted to hit some trails after hitting the fields - so I went to the Forest. We are down to 1 field now - and it'll be shut down soon too  - so the Forest might become something I will use again.