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1971 Rupp S-23
1971 Yamaha SL-292
1972 Moto-Ski Mini-Sno
1973 Moto-Ski F-440
1971 Rupp S-34
1982 John Deere Sprintfire (340 liquid cooled)
1988 Polaris Indy Sport (340)
1997 Polaris SuperSport (488)current
2007 & 2009 SkiDoo Freestyle Backcountry (550 fan)
2009 SkiDoo (Freestyle) Tundra (267 single)
2×2006 SkiDoo Freestyle 300 (267 single)If the 267 single as 340 a single and 35 instead of 25 HP the tundra and 300s would really be super.
I’m thinking about getting a new Yamaha Transporter Lite /Arctic Cat Blast LT.
I rode all the way around the shoreline of Sacandaga Sunday about 4PM. Surprisingly no significant slush. Lake did not look too bad this morning either. Village trails and LP1 pretty rough Sunday afternoonl. Way to warm and wet to groom. Not worth risking scraping off the snow that is left and won’t set up anyway. Now that the rain has stopped and it is getting colder I think they will be out Trails won’t be quite as nice as when there was lots of cold loose snow, but will set up hard and should withstand this weekend. Let’s hope for some snow and no more rain. We could get in another couple weeks.
Yesterday I only got to ride a few miles to Clay Vly (past Fawn Lake) and back.
Monday I rode a loop Fawn Lake – Big Brook – Jessup River Road – S82 to Mason Lake and back – Hatchery Brook – Speculator. All good until I crossed Elm Lake Road. From there in to Speculator and village trails were somewhat rough. Lakes good in packed tracks but there is slush under the unpacked snow. I regret not stopping at The Inn for dinner. Missed the meat loaf special. 🙁
No riding today (2/24) so far except around the yard and out on the lake to turn around. Packed snow areas seem to still be hard. Some traffic on the lake but seemed light so I doubt much damage. 45° today but as of 5 PM no rain. Trails should be OK and any grooming next few days should be really effective to harden the base for a while longer. But Saturday forecast 39° and rain combined with traffic does not look good for trails.
People attempted Upper Pine a couple of weeks ago but no one got past the rocks and ruts at the bottom of the first big hill on the skidder road. I tried last Saturday but the snow was way too light. I spent over an hour walking up the hill with my shovel filling in the ruts and packing. Next day I came back with my Tundra. 2 guys had just made it up to where I stopped packing and filling but they didn’t know where to go after that. I rode to the top then made an extra trip to pack and widen the trail. I may get the chance to go back again after this snow.
Willis was near perfect when I rode it today. New bridge over fall Stream is really nice.
Went in Jan 10 from the former Arietta Hotel to C8 past Third lake, and S82 to Spectacle Lake trail clearing with Stratford. Trails should be really nice now the all the snow and cold.
According to the Ohio club Farcebook page, they opened up the trail on 1/23. Th picture shows some bridge building or repairing. According to one comment “Another day of clipping and a lil more snow to fine tube it and that trail will b the best its ever been…alot of traffic on it today!!”
On a related note, the Stratford Snowdrifters have don a lot of work on C8 in lower Arietta. I was part of a work party that cleared the trail from the former Arietta Hotel (which is being refurbished and will re-open as the Balsam Inn) to C8 and S82 over to Spectacle Lake. So this means we could ride a nice loop down from Clockmill Corners, over to Stratford, then either up the Powley Road or over To Salisbury then up through Mosquito Hill.
