Whats your BEST trail trip??????

[Sasquatch]

Good to know. Got to admit some of the most memorable and best rides I have done were not planned at all. Just pick a destination and ride there. It's all the new trails and even obstacles getting there that make it the best.

I hear ya but with the Snowtrain ride and a tad over 100 miles with no fuel ungroomed trails for that distance equals total disaster. Huge distances with no one around to help you. That's of course the appeal. Wilderness for miles and miles. Where I am has that appeal and I know what can go wrong in a hurry.

Its the main reason I don't venture to far from civilization when I'm riding solo. The old rule of thumb. You can ride further in and hour then you can walk in a day applied in the early sledding days but you could probably cut that time in half now with todays sleds. Not that one would try that (snowtrain) ride alone! But I do remember a two hour night ride that started out with three sleds and 5 people that turned into a all night slush fest first leaving one sled behind and then almost another. We said we get the sleds unstuck after stopping to help the first for the third time and now giving up on the first, we where not stopping till someone made it back to civilization ( no cell phone and no one looking for us, one sled had to make it out). With four people on two sleds we made it and then the best of our sleds went with search and rescue back for the fifth as promised. They found him walking on frozen feet covered in blocks of ice a mile from his sled about 5 or 6 miles to go trudging along in -30F and except for frostbitten toes on all involved, we survived. It could have been worse.

We chopped his sled out of the ice and pulled it home on an old car hood the next day. The ice was halfway up the tunnel guess that would explain why everyone was soaked to the knees. Sled looked funny in a block of ice.

 

[cannondale27]

Well that would be terrible but definitely unforgettable! That's one nice thing about WI. It's not to far to help. Glad it all turned out ok.

 

[benjamingvsu]

Big dog, you drive past lots of great trail rides on your way to the u.p. my favorites start from Indian river and go to Rogers city, harbor springs or the Jordan river. When there is snow black mountain out to Rogers city has zero traffic. Smoothest day long trip this season. Harbor springs has lots of elevation, twists, and little traffic. The Jordan river trail must be avoided holiday weekends but it is the most scenic trail in the lower.

 

[BigDogrx1]

Big dog, you drive past lots of great trail rides on your way to the u.p. my favorites start from Indian river and go to Rogers city, harbor springs or the Jordan river. When there is snow black mountain out to Rogers city has zero traffic. Smoothest day long trip this season. Harbor springs has lots of elevation, twists, and little traffic. The Jordan river trail must be avoided holiday weekends but it is the most scenic trail in the lower.

Sounds great, really like that they are below bridge will right this down.
Thanks a bunch this is why I ran post.
Just hope for snow below bridge.

 

[yamadoo]

I hear ya but with the Snowtrain ride and a tad over 100 miles with no fuel ungroomed trails for that distance equals total disaster. Huge distances with no one around to help you. That's of course the appeal. Wilderness for miles and miles. Where I am has that appeal and I know what can go wrong in a hurry.

Its the main reason I don't venture to far from civilization when I'm riding solo. The old rule of thumb. You can ride further in and hour then you can walk in a day applied in the early sledding days but you could probably cut that time in half now with todays sleds. Not that one would try that (snowtrain) ride alone! But I do remember a two hour night ride that started out with three sleds and 5 people that turned into a all night slush fest first leaving one sled behind and then almost another. We said we get the sleds unstuck after stopping to help the first for the third time and now giving up on the first, we where not stopping till someone made it back to civilization ( no cell phone and no one looking for us, one sled had to make it out). With four people on two sleds we made it and then the best of our sleds went with search and rescue back for the fifth as promised. They found him walking on frozen feet covered in blocks of ice a mile from his sled about 5 or 6 miles to go trudging along in -30F and except for frostbitten toes on all involved, we survived. It could have been worse.

We chopped his sled out of the ice and pulled it home on an old car hood the next day. The ice was halfway up the tunnel guess that would explain why everyone was soaked to the knees. Sled looked funny in a block of ice.

Problem solving with others is often hard yet part of the adventure, but when I was broke down(some lazy idiot was going to tighten some bolts later.... ARRRRG) alone in the woods I realized how long and lonely the walk was after it took me 2 + exhausting hours to go just 3 1/2 miles in the snow, thankfully not cold. I am more cautious now.

That's why I prefer to ride as a group. The TYers are the best if you have a problem there will always be someone there to fix or bypass the problem, its the terrible teasing you will take for the rest of the trip that is the most fun! On the Manitoba trip I was on I thought my Vector GT was doing great trying to keep up with a lake run at between 104 to 108 on the dream meter, we had been bragging about how our 4 strokes could be held open with no worries... so on this perfectly smooth lake I did. What a mess a belt with over 6k miles can make when you run it like that. I had several people helping get that rats nest out. Thanks again guys!