Chain o' lakes - il
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Dang I was hoping to ride this weekend. Thanks for the info. I may just go buzz around the lakes....
rich_jelinek
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looks like lots of tracks on the fox river at rt 173, anyone been up and down it from say Blarneys to hwy 50 ?
I used to live on lake marie, but since I don't anymore, I don't keep tabs on ice conditions so just looking for some accurate reports. From what I've seen, some areas are solid just going by the ice fisherman, but as usual there's plenty of the usual open areas, under grass lake rd, rt 12 etc.
Lots of snow out there, the question as usual is - how much ice is under it?
I used to live on lake marie, but since I don't anymore, I don't keep tabs on ice conditions so just looking for some accurate reports. From what I've seen, some areas are solid just going by the ice fisherman, but as usual there's plenty of the usual open areas, under grass lake rd, rt 12 etc.
Lots of snow out there, the question as usual is - how much ice is under it?
rich_jelinek
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I rode the trails from home up to hwy 50 yesterday ( sat. ) morning at about 9am, and they were not very good. When I got to Hwy 50 and the Fox river there were only about three sets of tracks headed south and since to get home that way I would pretty much have to make it all the way to under the bridge at Rt 12 I chose to just take some different trails back home. Just in the 2 hours from when I left til I got back the trails were DONE IMO and that was at about 11 am ( yesterday ) so I would imagine by now they are completely junk.
I did get to try out some new settings on the sled and have a lil fun riding around on the twin lakes though.
It's just a damn shame that once again, winter finally got going and then we have to have the damn warm up to ruin it !
I did get to try out some new settings on the sled and have a lil fun riding around on the twin lakes though.
It's just a damn shame that once again, winter finally got going and then we have to have the damn warm up to ruin it !
SledTL
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Dad and bro were out on lake Elizabeth today. We got a house on there and they said that it was slushy stuff, but still nice to rip around a bit.
rich_jelinek
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And then after a good freeze up ( again ) the key is to get more SNOW ................................
rich_jelinek
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I just went over the bridge on the way home, and yes for the most part it looks like the west side is frozen over. There were some sleds riding under there on sunday, but it was only really frozen along the very west edge, but now as much as I could see was frozen over, and with the next couple of really cold days/nights it should build up some more.
Best is to park near the Wilmot Riverside. Plenty of room on the road along the river there. you can get right on the river. Even closer would be Riverview (? not sure of the name). A mile east of the river on 50 take 76sth st just past the tracks.
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Just an FYI, if anyone coming from WI rides the river south into IL, make sure you have current IL registration, or an IL user sticker and proof of liability insurance. The DNR are out in packs, and last year they set up on the last turn of the river before entering Grass Lake. They will give you a ticket if you don't have the proper stickers, and if you don't stop for them, they will chase you. They had turbo cats last year.
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/recreation/snowmobile/Pages/Information.aspx
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Yes this is true. Good Point! You can buy an out of state sticker at Triangle Bait Shop in Antioch. Supposedly you can buy at Pro Bass or Lake County Walmart. They have the license machines, but they may not know how to do a snowmobile. Also make sure they give you a sticker backing. I had to use tape. If you are riding the chain you definitely want to go into Illinois...