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Fresh 2" on the ground this morning in port sydney and supposed to snow all day. Trails will be mint this weekend in D7. HGR open house is this saturday at the groomer shop 12noon-3ish. The usual vintage sled display and bbq. Im thinking with the warmer temps of smoking a pork shoulder for pulled pork on a bun. There is some skidoo swag for those attending as well as 60th anniversary HGR gear for sale. 

Rear sag was too much, 5 whole turns on the spring collar to bring it to the suggested 95mm.   Rides much better, but more tweaking required   Photo as requested.

Not this year 👌

And I guess there's always the factor of the weather causing shorter seasons and more travel expense.

Snowmobiling, to my way of thinking, has always been, if not a rich man's sport, at least a sport for those of comfortable income. I never bought a snowmobile until I was 44. No one in my family owned a sled to introduce me to the sport. I was married with children in my twenties, and played golf and hockey, owned and raced motorcycles both road and off road before getting into sleds. I figured all my sports combined weren't as selfish (my wife hated sleds) or as costly/per hour of use, as snowmobiling. Finally, in my forties, friends younger than myself started to buy sleds and talked me into it. I had always known a few guys wth sleds, but felt the family budget couldn't handle another major cost. I bought, was hooked and have stayed hooked. Curiously, almost all of the people I started sledding with, are out of it now, and it has nothing to do with affordability in all but one case. There are plenty of reasons beyond pure cost that snowmobiling will never be mainstream. Many modern families can't even find time to golf 18 holes, despite visiting the simulator in all seasons. They also live in houses where there isn't enough room in the driveway to park the family cars, let alone trailers and snowmobiles. There is dance, gymnastics, soccer, baseball, hockey, skiing etc eating up family time and money. Yes, sledding is costly, but there are plenty of financially comfortable, active people who just wouldn't consider it because of the time and space the pastime requires.