Greetings and welcome!!
We had -14ºF last night and we are up to -9 with a minus 20 wind chill. We are making some ice today. With an expected high of +6 we will keep making ice and any snow that we have is not going anywhere.
With the cold snap keeping us inside since Sunday Me and the Mrs and my 12yo border collie are all getting a little squirrely. Maybe I will take them down to the lake today and see if the ice is making noises.
I was looking at the 2024 trail map this morning and there is some stuff to bring to your attention.
Here is a link to the full sized map if it shows up too small.
First of all the snowmobile trail from the north doesn’t go all of the way to Jungle Jim’s or the Red Pine BP anymore. After a bunch of people riding closed trails or off of the trail a landowner shut it down. Now if you need gas and are coming from the north you need to go past Rustic and Rapids, past Fisher’s Camp and Thornton’s, and back up to the gas station and Jungle Jims. You need to be aware of this so you don’t get a surprise extra 10 miles when you are running on fumes.
Another update to the map.. Fisher’s Camp is open. There isn’t a dot on the map because they opened after the map got printed. The last that I heard they were open 7 days at 11am and did have food & drink.
I also noticed that the Athelstane gas station icon isn’t very easy to read. The last that I heard they were open with credit card pumps. I will verify the next time that I go by.
Hopefully I will get a look at some trails when I go out later.
RJB
Follow-up-
Hooray!! We made it up to 4ºF!!
The trails that I saw between here and the gas station looked pretty good for what we have. If it wasn’t so cold I’d ride ’em.
RJB