Heading to the U.P. first thing in the morning.

[Deeppow16]

Well I'm finally ready for my trip to the U.P. Its been snowing like a mad man up there all week and I guess its deep, which is even better. I will update with Pics and conditions when I get home next Tuesday.

 

[slowride06er]

Where in the UP are you going? I like to head towards Gwinn MI next weekend and ride from there.

 

[Deeppow16]

We are up in South range. I do have to say the snow is awesome but I made it 500yds before I snapped my handled bars off.

 

[slowride06er]

UTE="Deeppow16, post: 1340731, member: 26113"]We are up in South range. I do have to say the snow is awesome but I made it 500yds before I snapped my handled bars off.[/QUOTE]
You OK? Got any duct tape?

 

[Deeppow16]

Yeah I'm fine. I didn't even hit anything. I was just boondocks g una this clearing and they snapped right off. I was able to find parts so it's good to go for tomorrow.

 

[Deeppow16]

Well this was one interesting trip to say the least. Lots of bad and lots of good. It all started when I snap my bars off in the first 500 yds after leaving the trailer. I found parts and we were good to go. Day 2, the snow was awesome as it snowed a foot the previous night. I made it until noon until I say my sled leaking coolant. Tip it over and I found where are rock went through my front cooler and cracked it. No fixing this one so I got stuck riding the back up sled. Which I was actually surprised how well it did for only being a 136 compared to my 153. I also purpose to my girlfriend and she said yes, which was a huge positive for the trip. Day 3 was a good day. Lots of untouched snow that was deep. The most snow we found was about 5ft deep. We never found less then 3.5ft. All powder. Day 4 started out alright but I bumped a tree and broke the bumper on the back sled. We only rode a half day as we had a 6hr drive home. We almost made it home until we hit a really bad icy spot and the truck and trailer were sliding in the ditch and over a couple medians, took out a large street sign and ended up in the far side ditch. No damage to the truck or the sled but the trailer got pretty banged up. Needs a new axle and some straightening plus a couple tries. Overall the snow was awesome, the trails were prefect everyday and it was an ok trip as far as my sled goes.

 

[DGZRT]

Congratulations on the proposal ! It sure looks like fun.... If she was calm through out that whole experience then you know you got a good one !!

 

[Deeppow16]

Thanks! She kinda knew it was going to happen in the near future but she never saw it coming out in the woods in a blizzard. Haha.