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- CommentAuthorpantera
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
03/01/10
Due to the high volume of traffic on the trails we ran logging roads on Saturday. Lots of snow and nobody in our way. Did a little over 100 miles.
Forgot to mention on friday we found 3 sleds out of gas that didn't make it down from South boundary to Bergland. We had 2-5 gal cans on-board for the long day so we gassed them up and sent them on their way.
Later up 13 towards Rockland we found a guy stuck turning around to help his buddys out and gave him a little assistance. He was buried right next to the edge of the trail.
Might head back up this weekend with the kids for another run...
pantera -
- CommentAuthorsurgin
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2010
Pantera,
... soon after I hit the deer I waited for a group of the Ride of Champs to turn onto 2 after coming up out of WI... may be you were the lead sled.. I was the Z! held together by tape..
Got five guys coming up this weekend, tho I fear that I won't be riding thanks to the deer... 40 degree forecast on friday does not bode well. sorry you keep having near misses with the fast boys... after the deer encounter going to keep the speed down when temps are warm.... and even when they are not... -
- CommentAuthorpantera
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2010
Surgin,
Did you hit the deer East or West of where 13 goes South off of #2? We had 2 DNR officers at the intersection of where 13 goes North from #2 and was wondering after hearing about your incident if they were down there for that. But I seem to recall some sleds also sitting by where #13 comes up from the south when we came up from WI. I was leading a group of Vintage machines on my '79 Eltigre Cross Country race sled.
We too are planning on coming up this weekend with the family but not liking the forecast.
P.S. Don't get me wrong, I like to drive fast too, when conditions allow and I certainly don't want speed limits like MN has, 50 mph, day or night. Doesn't allow you to ride like you should be able to.
There is a lot of snow up there so lets hope the warm up doesn't totally ruin it up there.
Pantera -
- CommentAuthorpantera
- CommentTimeMar 7th 2010
03/07/10 09:00am
Ride Report from yesterdays run of 200 miles with the kids: Keep in mind it was close to 50 degrees out!!
Wakefield to the Tula Tracks (M28) on 8: Very thin with places you HAD to drive across wet, sloppy dirt.
Tula Tracks(M28) to Bergland on 8: Also very thin but able to weave back & forth around the bare spots.
Around Bergland on 1 & 8 thin on west side better once into it but wet & sloppy.
Bergland to Rockland on #13:
Pretty decent up to Norwich Road where the GRTA turns around.
East of Norwich road: Rough & Rougher, obviously not groomed as recent as West of Norwich Road. This is Superior Snowmobile Clubs stretch and is usually in poorer condition.
Coming into Rockland: Poor, poor & horrible. Snirt, dirt, mud & water. Do not got this way if you value your sled. This area is done for the season unless the temps drop & they get significant snow.
Rockland to Mass City on #3: Poor, rough, sloppy & rough. Not groomed in a long time. East of #12 intersection was better but not by much.
Mass City to Twin Lakes on #13: Good, plenty of snow although it was wet & slushy in places. A fun ride and a real treat after what we just went through.
Twin Lakes back to Greenland on the #13 loop: Very nice, plenty of snow, not much traffic and snirt only in some corners.
Greenland to Onotonagon on #12: Also very good and we wasted no time getting there.
Ontonagon to White Pine on #12: Also very nice and also cruised right along. West of the 101 intersection was significantly worse but only because East of there was beautiful. Still ok but had to slow down quite a bit.
White Pine to Bergland on #1 was fine too. Cruised right along as things were refreezing and we wanted to get back home.
Bergland back to Wakefield: Same as in the morning but a little worse of course due to the warm temps throughout the day.
My recomendations: Ride North/East of Mass City, around Ontonagon etc. South Boundary, aka #11 should be fine too.
Pantera -
- CommentAuthorsurgin
- CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
Pantera
we were up there Sat.. and feared the trails you took, so trailered up to Mass city... I can't ride thanks to what the deer did to my rotator cuff, so I dropped three sleds and three friends at trail head of Bill Nichols and told them I would meet them at twin lakes in an hour..(38 miles).. they showed up 2.4 hours later!!!
They said there were no bare spots and they had a great time and hit no deer!!
drove the sleds and trailer there via ewen and bruce crossing and that section of 8, and 3 from them up to rockland is also looking real bad...
good year, 2000 + miles on my Z1 and the boys at Northwoods arctic cat in hurley got it repaired in less that two weeks and they even preserved my trail and state stickers and numbers... thanks guys... -
- CommentAuthorpantera
- CommentTimeMar 9th 2010
surgin,
Sounds like they took the 13 loop from Greenland to Twin Lakes. That was a nice run as I indicated in my post. Hope they had fun. South/South-West of Mass City was horrible, well except for 13 west of Norwich Road to Bergland which was pretty decent.
Hope you rotator cuff heals fast and for sure so you are ready for next season.
We were thinking about heading up this weekend again but trailer up from the house in Wakefield to Houghton and ride in the keweenaw but it sounds like it got realy warm up there too.
Need to find out info on trail conditions.
I haven't taken odometer readings yet on the machines to see how this season racked up but I'm thinking it will by shy of 2K.
Pantera -
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- CommentTimeAug 7th 2010
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