Hancock

[firefighter1]

Can you ride thru Hancock without too much trouble? I now it’s spring conditions but I don’t want to ride pavement for two miles as I cross the lift bridge and ride north. I’m leaving Bergland in the morning and heading to Copper Harbor with my son. Just want to know what to expect so I can prepare myself. Thanks!

 

[Tuck]

monday 3/6 am what we could see was pretty bare as we drove south through town on our way home.

 

[firefighter1]

Thanks, well we are going to see what happens, I will make that decision when we arrive in the parking lot of the Ramada.

 

[rp7x]

watch out for a hole or wash out just noth of calumet , heard a guy left his spleen on the side of the trail last week

 

[garageguy]

that's still there???
That was like that two weeks ago

 

[rp7x]

how bad was it ? my budy is done snowmobling now

 

[rp7x]

it was 2 weeks ago today that he crashed

 

[garageguy]

Ok, they had it marked with a flare. The next day it was still there. They should have pushed a round hay bayle in there and groomed over it.

 

[rp7x]

how deep was it

 

[mezz]

Forget travel through Hancock, that trail is toast. You will have to travel further north via trailer.

 

[garageguy]

It was as big and deep as a round hay bale

 

[rp7x]

i guess it took down a apex mountain sled , and a spleen

 

[mspease]

i guess it took down a apex mountain sled , and a spleen

Is he out of the hospital yet rp7x?

 

[rp7x]

he did make it home

 

[bayfly]

I rode through Calumet yesterday and didn’t see a hole on Trail 17 or 3. Maybe it’s fixed?

 

[garageguy]

It's fixed then.. You'd a been in it.

 

[firefighter1]

The hole must be fixed because we never came across anything. We did ride thru Hancock, it was bad but I’ve ridden worse unfortunately. Everything north of there was good. The new snow helped, Bergland area is the best riding right now in my opinion. The ride yesterday morning from Twin Lakes back to the Root Cellar was some of the best riding I have done in a few years. Fresh groom and 5-7” of fresh snow. My said said it was like riding on a cloud.