2020 Sled Season

[Vmax]

With winter coming to the end how was your sled season. Did you get lots of snow. Did the groomers keep the trails in good shape. How many miles/kilometers did you put on?


Myself I only got out twice, one trip in Mid Feb to Upper Michigan....trails and snow conditions were good and one trip first week of March to Algonquin Park Ontario....trails and snow conditions were excellent. Put on about 600 KM each trip.

 

[Carbide]

2 trips with the TY group in the UP.
3 trips to Northern Minnesota.
Probably put on 2,000 miles between the 2 Apex sleds.

 

[cannondale27]

I rode every weekend since NewYears weekend till now. I don't think I will ride this coming weekend. Bums me out. Due to grooming a lot I only got a one day ride in right from house. But that's okay I waited till trails were prime! No breakdowns that caused walking! No crashes. #1 rode with a lot of new and old friends and both my Daughters. Most of my rides started in WI and went to UP or close. so I know this year I put more mi on sled than I did on truck. I also had to do a few solo trips. One was 675mi. Enjoyable and fine tuned my sled while riding. Sad to see it end and did not meet my goal of 18000 on it but it's ok. Lot of great Memories!

 

[Vmax]

I rode every weekend since NewYears weekend till now. I don't think I will ride this coming weekend. Bums me out. Due to grooming a lot I only got a one day ride in right from house. But that's okay I waited till trails were prime! No breakdowns that caused walking! No crashes. #1 rode with a lot of new and old friends and both my Daughters. Most of my rides started in WI and went to UP or close. so I know this year I put more mi on sled than I did on truck. I also had to do a few solo trips. One was 675mi. Enjoyable and fine tuned my sled while riding. Sad to see it end and did not meet my goal of 18000 on it but it's ok. Lot of great Memories!

Sounds like a great winter for you !!
I am a avid hunter and ice fisherman so I burn holidays enjoying those sports also.
Retirement isn't far away now so hoping to sled more at my buddies cabin at Algonquin Park in the near future. Enjoy the summer cant wait for next winter

 

[Redbeard]

With winter coming to the end how was your sled season. Did you get lots of snow. Did the groomers keep the trails in good shape. How many miles/kilometers did you put on?


Myself I only got out twice, one trip in Mid Feb to Upper Michigan....trails and snow conditions were good and one trip first week of March to Algonquin Park Ontario....trails and snow conditions were excellent. Put on about 600 KM each trip.

Just shy of 2,000 trail miles for me this year. Not bad for a farmer from central Indiana that has to drive 600+ miles each way. My Apex turned 10,000 miles last week.

I put over 3,600 miles on my truck driving to Michigan and back, three times this winter. My mileage to drive vs. mileage to ride is way off! That's what you do for what you love.

 

[cannondale27]

Some pics of the year 3700 on Viper few hundred more on 800.

 

[Vmax]

Very cool story of your winter sledding and awesome pictures.....thanks for sharing

 

[Redbeard]

3700 on Viper.

I wish I could log that many miles. Jealous.

 

[greatwhite89]

Great year, 2,600 miles. Would've put on even more if I did not spend so much time socializing with my snowmobile brethren.

 

[GR8BBQ]

See for yourself!

About 900 miles for me this season.

 

[cannondale27]

See for yourself!

About 900 miles for me this season.

Right On!

 

[cannondale27]

You know what. We all are very lucky no matter the miles or sleds to be able to see and feel what we do every winter. 99% of humans will never experience what we have. I think I am going to cry a bit now!

 

[Snowfreak47]

Excellent thread topic!! I bought my used Yamaha with 1629 miles this year. It currently stands at 3015 which looks like all she wrote for this year, according to the current forecast. So just shy of 1400 miles in NY. My ski doo I put on 1086 miles on in Quebec this year with hopefully one more solid trip up. The best part of all this was my Son got to put on 1200 of the 1400 miles here on NY trails with the old man. The other 200 he had to sit out with a nasty cold. There is nothing quite like watching your son grow up and mature enough to "keep up" with the old man on an all day adventure. It was a bad but awesome winter here. Bad from the standpoint that it didn't kick in until the tail end of January and lasted only until end of Febuary. Awesome from the standpoint that every time it got cold and snowed the groomers were out and I had the day off or it was a weekend. The planets aligned perfectly for me this winter!!

 

[Mtnviper]

Only about 400 miles so far, but it's mostly all mountain riding so we don't clock the mileage that you guys in the mid-west and east do. The good news is the snow pack is looking decent, so hopefully we can ride into May, or possibly June. Mainly depends on how cold/wet spring we get as far as the snow pack is concerned.

 

[yamahinn03]

Just shy of 1500mi this year. Missed 3 weekends in a row didnt like that.
09 Nytro has 11870 miles now.
All Wisconsin riding!!
More to come next season!!


This sport is the biggest waste of my money but I love it an will ride till I cant!!
My parents sold there Apex’s this fall @ 79yrs of age. Snow birds now!!