'15-'16 TYMFC *Mileage Quest*

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S0 the fun begins again!!!!!
12/26/2015
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So my '12 Vector LTX was totaled out at the end of the '13-'14 Season... read about it here: http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php?t=124237 That was the year everywhere had snow... So after collecting the insurance check I had time to ponder what sled to get next... I choose to gamble that the following season would be one which only the U.P. gets snow... I was right no snow anywhere... So I took a year off... I spent the last four months shopping for the right held over Apex XTX... I found a dealer demo for a great price... Early last weekend got my ducks in a row...

I made the 6 hour drive to pick it up the day after X-mas... Had a few friends that wanted to tag along since I had convinced them there would be rideable snow there...

We rode low snow conditions the first and last 10 mile of our trip but once we got going we found some pretty deep stuff... We even found some double groomed trail

Lots of good snow here!!! 4" to 6" base in places:



The main problems we encountered were: the down fall from all the wet heavy snow, early packed but not groomed trails (very large bumps) and not being familiar with the area defiantly kept the speeds down for the day:


after spending 5 hours with her I put her away and started my 6 hour drive home:



This trip clocked 132 miles
Current miles on ODM 2083
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 132

 

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Jan 8/9, 2016
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So we headed up the North Shore Friday around noon... Last ride we found a place along the trail that rents cabins for a decent price... This was the view from the front door!!!​

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Friday night we rode to a snowmobile hotspot and then went over to see if the ski bunnies were out?!?



On our way back to the cabin we meet the groomer... that left us with quite a bit of this to ride on Saturday!!!



Quick pic of the sleds...



It was going to get cold and windy overnight so we loaded up and hit the bar (that's the night the LES started for da U.P.)

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This trip clocked 238 miles
Current miles on ODM 2321
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 370

 

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Jan 19-21, 2016​

So I got to get away for a little solo midweek trip... I have a couple friends that live in east Duluth area so I ride while they are working and crash at their pad... The only down fall is that you need to load up to get to their place in town... I headed up Tuesday morning so I could ride south of Duluth before they got off work...

Jay Cooke State Park:

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The next morning I trailered up to Two Harbors and dropped off there... Destination is Grand Marais!!!

Hit a few stops that you can sled to along the way

Gooseberry Falls State Park:



Tettegouche State Park:

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Picked up a pack of guys at the gas station which lead us into...

Temperance River State Park and Carlton/Tofte peak:​

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(Pictures don't do this park justice... This is possibly the best summer state park in the state!!!)

(I lead them up Tofte... no one had been up Carlton and I wasn't going to be the first... going up Tofte is sketchy enough!!!)

After this they headed back and I forged ahead... The next morning this was my view for my room... I love this lake!!!

From here I headed up the Gunflint Trail about halfway then turned around... Picked up the North Shore/ C.J. Ramstad trail at its trail head and rode it all the way back to Two Harbors...

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This trip clocked 425 miles
Current miles on ODM 2746
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 795

 

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Jan 29/30, 2016​

So after seeing the pictures from my last trip the guys wanted to take a few of their own... I planned a trip that was very similar to the Two Harbors to Grand Marais trip I took last week...

We dropped off right in town and headed up the Yukon Trail...

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From there we headed over to the Blue Fin then up to the Cascade Inn...

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By then it was getting dark so we headed up to Grand Marais... Since it was going to get into the mid 40's F we got an early start toward home... We only stopped at shelters, Gooseberry Falls, and once for gas...

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When I got home there were a couple boxes waiting for me (star kit and gytr with dual rate + hylo valves)...

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This trip clocked 330 miles
Current miles on ODM 3076
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 1125

 

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Feb 4-6, 2016​

So I had a friend call and offer a spot up at The Walleye Lodge during her groups trip to the Western U.P... All but one person had never been snowmobiling in the U.P. and he had only been up here once... It worked out well for both sides... They never had to worry about gas, food, or what trail they were on and I got to ride all the trails that I wanted... So my friend and I were unloaded by 1pm est on Thursday and took off ...


Everyone else showed up later that night so we made plans to head out as a group in the morning and split off as the day went along...


By the end of the day there was only 2 of us left...

Saturday morning 4 of us left early because we wanted to get a head start on the traffic... We headed over to LotCs... I wish we would have waited for the sun to come up (we were 30-45 min early)

We were headed over toward Rockland went he locked her up tight... I pulled him 13 miles back to the Lodge...


Got back around noon... He found a sled to rent by 1:30 and we filling up in Bergland at 2... Waited 45 minutes for a pump... This was about half way through the wait and you can only imagine what the trails were like after...






This trip clocked 643 miles
Current miles on ODM 3719
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 1768

 

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I was hoping to get much more on my Nytro this year but due to the quick warm up I ended up with 2,368 miles of smiles. Can't wait till next season.

 

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I was hoping to get much more on my Nytro this year but due to the quick warm up I ended up with 2,368 miles of smiles. Can't wait till next season.

I might have a couple rides left this year... Surprisingly the North Shore area of MN has had the best snow around this year!!! With all the traffic and trashed out trails we had this trip we would have gladly taken the week trip in MN

Feb 15-19, 2016​

My dad, our riding buddy, and I have finally committed to an annual week trip... This year we decided to go earlier in the year due to the warm/ low snow year... We planned to do a smaller back pack trip in the U.P. starting and ending at Lake Gogebic...

Monday we got out early... Started off the ride on trail #13S on the east side of Gogebic... took that to #2E and gassed up in Watersmeet... From there we took #107N to and connected up with #8E... We stopped to see Xena in Sidnaw... After we left there we headed toward L'Anse and took #14E to Big Bay...

Tuesday morning we left Big Bay headed to Munising... For the next two days we will be riding trails none of us have rode, except for the trails just west of Grand Marais... I had a day on them 10+ years ago and been trying to get them to go out that far ever sense... We stayed on #14E where we came upon this area somewhere around Marquette...

From there we connected up with #417E and headed toward Munising... Somewhere near Deerton we stopped to check out the sculptures and hang out at the only trail shelter I've seen in Michigan...

From here we connected up with #8E and took it to the Comfort Inn in Wetmore... We unpacked our stuff and headed East toward Grand Marias... Once we got over that way we took #89E along the lake

We were just getting back when this guy pulled up

Wednesday we left early and stuck to #8W all the way to the Baraga (back on familiar trails) and headed up #15N to Chassell...Then we cut over to #3S via the Chassell-Painesdale road ... From here we caught #13S and came out at Pat's Yamaha... We got a bite to eat across the street then took #12E back to #3S and caught #8W into Bergland

Thursday Morning my dad woke up and said he had enough... The trails were bad and this was in the middle of the week... We had 700+ on already so I didn't blame him... The banana and I took off for Copper Harbor and back trip... We headed up #13N to #3N...

Once we got to Hancock we stayed on the west side on till we got to Calumet... We reassessed and determined that with the amount of sleds we had already seen and the distance we'd have to go back that this was as far north as we wanted to go... We came down #3s all the way to Mass City where we meet my dad again... From there we took #12E to #109S... That links you back up with #8W near Sidnaw... We continued west until we turned on #107S that lead us over to the connector that links you back up with #3N... We rode that to #8W and loaded them up when we got back to Bergland




This trip clocked 1036 miles
Current miles on ODM 4755
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 2804

 

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Feb 26, 2016​

So I made a quick trip up to the Minnesota TY ride... Andy, Rob, Drew and I left Andy's place Friday around 11 am... We headed over to the Trestle Inn, had a bite to eat and then headed back...

We stopped at the same place going in and coming back... Sunset makes it so much better!!!!

I headed home early Saturday while Brandon joined Andy and Rob on a trip up the Vermillion River...





This trip clocked 219 miles
Current miles on ODM 4974
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 3023

 

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Well it was a year ago today I purchased my Apex... As I was out in the garage prepping it for a upcoming trip to the U.P. I realized I didn't post the last trip of the year for last year...

So my dad and I went to the U.P. some time around the first weekend of March... Rode most of the Western U.P. like normal... (got my stop up on the Brockway)

So I parked it for the season with 5619 miles on the ticker for a total of 3668 for the year


This trip clocked 645 miles
Current miles on ODM 5619
Previous years miles on ODM 1951
YTD miles 3668