Clueless in Canada

[polarisrider1]

I have thousands upon thousands of miles racked up in and between all those areas. If you want to talk about risk, it mainly involves going off trail. Much greater potential to experience that serious stuff which you're referring that will untimately leave you stranded without seeing someone for up to a week. If someone doesn't want any risk, stay home in your padded rooms....and by all means, don't get on a snowmobile.

I see your pretty new here. the bulk of the riders in here are not "off trail" this is in reality a "Bar to Bar" riding crowd. Not all, so guys don't rip me to bad. But in the real world of JDee there are about two handfulls of us out of 15,000 that do the extreme stuff. I do not want anyone misled that Northern Ontario is a piece of cake. towns average 100-110 mile apart. I know what walking in the dark is all about when the only lights are 50-60 miles away and it is minus 23 once the sun goes down. klim layering and you gear in your "Garden sack" is your friend.
Yes Wawa sits on top of the worlds largest rock, mostly pink granite. You do not venture off trail until you are at least 4 cases of beer deep in snow. That is why Mo at the northern lights posts this for us.
I myself love to ride Canada outback and the trails. It is worth it to me. Just do your homework before you leave, we don't want to lose anyone in here due to ego. I would like to put a mid March trip together for those who wish to experience this area. Maybe 8 guys max. who would like to possible hook up with "Getsome". I have team Jamison aka Smurfrider, Buck fity, Snots and Myself going at that time. Logging roads, Totally non groomed abandoned trails, some trails, the famous Magpie, the badlands, power lines and the short cut to Ernies place. let me know if you are interested. I posted a pic of the beer cases and Team Jamison.

 

[chillywilly]

I would love to go on that ride with your group polarisrider1. I am easy to get along with, have a reliable sled, I don't complain, a ton of free time and a great asset to any group. I sent you a FB friend request yesterday.

 

[Marty]

I see your pretty new here. the bulk of the riders in here are not "off trail" this is in reality a "Bar to Bar" riding crowd. Not all, so guys don't rip me to bad. But in the real world of JDee there are about two handfulls of us out of 15,000 that do the extreme stuff. I do not want anyone misled that Northern Ontario is a piece of cake. towns average 100-110 mile apart. I know what walking in the dark is all about when the only lights are 50-60 miles away and it is minus 23 once the sun goes down. klim layering and you gear in your "Garden sack" is your friend.
Yes Wawa sits on top of the worlds largest rock, mostly pink granite. You do not venture off trail until you are at least 4 cases of beer deep in snow. That is why Mo at the northern lights posts this for us.
I myself love to ride Canada outback and the trails. It is worth it to me. Just do your homework before you leave, we don't want to lose anyone in here due to ego. I would like to put a mid March trip together for those who wish to experience this area. Maybe 8 guys max. who would like to possible hook up with "Getsome". I have team Jamison aka Smurfrider, Buck fity, Snots and Myself going at that time. Logging roads, Totally non groomed abandoned trails, some trails, the famous Magpie, the badlands, power lines and the short cut to Ernies place. let me know if you are interested. I posted a pic of the beer cases and Team Jamison.

I remember the one time we, my wife and i, rode to Manitouwage, the trail had been re-routed, by a dozer, rock city. Got to the hotel with a broken rear shock mount and a broken skid frame. Everything was going bad, finaly got to the bar in the hotel for dinner after rigging my junk back together. It was pretty late, happy they still had food. There was lots of activity in the bar, cops, and a tracker, turns out 2 guys were missing from a group. Went back downstairs for breakfast in the morning, they found them, frozen, dead, stuck in a swamp they couldnt get out of, it was sickening........then we were on our merry way.....I cant beleive she still rides with me......

 

[polarisrider1]

I would love to go on that ride with your group polarisrider1. I am easy to get along with, have a reliable sled, I don't complain, a ton of free time and a great asset to any group. I sent you a FB friend request yesterday.

Found it, you got the brand new "cat in a box" in the back of a pickup truck?

 

[chillywilly]

Found it, you got the brand new "cat in a box" in the back of a pickup truck?

Haha, that's me. Picture is a few years old now.

 

[srt20]

2 places with gas inbetween Chapleau and Thessalon. Both are in Aubrey Falls. In case you go that route.

 

[fightercat]

humm wawa looks like a awesome plce to ride since were suckin here canada it is

 

[Jonger1150]

When I first started investigating Wawa and Ontario I first noticed the long stretches without gas. If I go up there I might do quite a bit of back tracking so I'm never far from homebase... looks like a nightmare.

Heck I get nervous in the UP about running out of gas in spots... We were really freaking out once last year trying to get into Grand Marais.

 

[famousguy]

last time I did it it was Searchmont gas to Halfway gas 90 miles and Halfway to the Wawa gas south of town 110 miles. That to me equals 200 miles. of course I did play on the power lines between Halfway Haven and Wawa but stayed moving in the general direction.
Point is it is not worth the risk. Canada riding is serious stuff especially when you are up in the Hearst, Hornpayne, Manitowadge, Chaplau, Foyette, Missinabie areas. you may not see anyone else on the trail all week.

Searchmont to Wawa is 165-170.

 

[polarisrider1]

Searchmont to Wawa is 165-170.

Thank you, I was figuring from the Soo since everytime I head south out of Wawa we get gas at Halfway and Searchmont gas would be closed because it being late in the evening when going thru (6pm or so). There also is no gas for sale at the ski lodge. I tried that. Back about 10 years my group and i would stay at a bed and breakfast in Searchmont on the first and last days of our 7 day loops. (I would do 3 such trips a winter) that was nice since we had gas to start and finish garanteed that way. It was a young Greman guy who ran the place. Who liked to share his Irish wiskey. Hence the Team name of "Team Jamison". He was a "last man standing" type of drinker. And I paid the price of trying to keep up with him each time. (the wiskey was free, and I am dutch). searchmont to the Soo is 35 miles.

 

[maddog24]

I just read in Snowtech magazine that the trail between Searchmont and Wawa (D trail) is closed this season.

 

[polarisrider1]

When I first started investigating Wawa and Ontario I first noticed the long stretches without gas. If I go up there I might do quite a bit of back tracking so I'm never far from homebase... looks like a nightmare.

Heck I get nervous in the UP about running out of gas in spots... We were really freaking out once last year trying to get into Grand Marais.

Well yaa, Rolling into Grand Marais does not garrantee gas. I spent a day waiting for the delivery truck. (I think it was a ploy to get me to sample every beer in the lake Superior Brewing Co.).