Hopefully to land owners who provide easement.
What trip(s) have you cancelled so far?
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ICT Sledder
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I cancelled opening the shop door and riding across the street to hop on the trail here in NE MN. In said shop my trailer sits perfectly detailed with shiny tires and wheels, with sleds that are likewise detailed, greased and have full tanks of gas with stabilizer. Nothing has changed or moved in that respect since last spring. Until a few days ago we were did holding on to about 7-8" that fell early January, so local clubs and the state (DNR does main state trail corridors in MN) had been out out rolling and packing, but that's as far as it got. Right now we still have enough snow to cover the grass and look kinda like winter, but it's heated up, turned to mush and will probably be gone soon.
I'd be happy to take a half-day drive to the western UP, but their story as of today is obviously the same. No news there for anyone a poster here. Never would have guessed that one 10 day window in the western UP was the "sh*t or get off the pot" opportunity for riding anywhere remotely reasonable, geographically-speaking, from my home.
Pondering how crazy a Quebec trip by myself might be. Have always heard it is epic there, and they do have snow. Probably too far and too nutty of an idea, especially solo.
I'd be happy to take a half-day drive to the western UP, but their story as of today is obviously the same. No news there for anyone a poster here. Never would have guessed that one 10 day window in the western UP was the "sh*t or get off the pot" opportunity for riding anywhere remotely reasonable, geographically-speaking, from my home.
Pondering how crazy a Quebec trip by myself might be. Have always heard it is epic there, and they do have snow. Probably too far and too nutty of an idea, especially solo.
Sadly X 2 whitedust! Yeah, well, and there's not much hope for the late season UP March snows. The ground is too warm, wet areas not frozen, and absolutely NO BASE whatsoever to work with.
I've had some awesome UP trips riding with my son in March. Some the later half of March too.. That was back when he was on college spring break, and 20 years ago. I don't remember but a few times since being like that? But it is not gong happen this year. Some weather services are saying snow, and cold last 10 days of Feb, and on into March? I'm not betting on that happening this year! It would be extremely hard for that to happen, with what conditions we are dealing with at this time. I can remember 40, 50 years riding in the Augusta, BRF, Sparta areas of West Central Sconny in March! That's not going to happen anymore either with the weather we have now days!
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SledTL
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Yes and no. If its plowed corn fields sure you can ride within 24hr of weather change. Woods and swamps need a good 2-3 weeks of building. Anything north of Madison area is subject to the swampy.
I know where i'm going
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Cost to ship ourselves= $578
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Cost to ship Sleds= $4800 for delivery by 2/11
Cost to ship ourselves= $578
'Pandemic of snow' in Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow
Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter. As of Tuesday morning, the three-day storm had dropped nearly 17 more inches (43 centimeters) of snowfall, pushing Alaska's largest city past the 100-inch (254-centimeters) mark earlier than at any other time in its history. The...
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mezz
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Just the facts, what is depressing is getting 57 to 60" in 10 days & have it get wittled to almost nothing 10 days later. It literally looks like the end of March out there right now. Will we get more snow? Probably, will it be too late? probably, just the way this El Nino has been for us all.
snoden
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Headed to Fort Kent in Maine, waiting on a call to make a reservation for the 10th - 17th. Always wanting to go there so now is the time. Only down fall is a 17 hour pull but no different than going to Gaspe Peninsula, which I've done. Big wide and fast trails....made for the SRX to stretch its legs.
As long as the Rec Council doesn't bomb again, like they did this year with 1 bridge.
600_RMK_144
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fresh coming to CO this w/e. Stop complaining and go get it!!!
Looks like 20 bridge rehab projects? $1.1 Mil. Nothing new for bridges though. Was your club's bridge new or rehab? It does show some comments on the rehab requests,
A good snow season brings in a need of extra Supplemental funding. Plus add some storm damage also.
It is my understanding that they put $1M into one bridge and no new miles were approved. If that's true, that was a dumb move. I don't get all that info anymore, so correct me if I'm wrong.
CrossfireLOW
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Think back to the winter of 2013-14. In general that winter featured a massive ridge in the jet stream going over Alaska and diving straight down into the eastern 2/3 of the Canada/US. That winter was one of the coldest and snowiest in memory for the northern plains/midwest, leaving Alaska with the opposite (warmth and dry). Check out this 2014 Iditarod video and you can see how little snow there was in Alaska that year.I know where i'm going
Cost to ship Sleds= $4800 for delivery by 2/11
Cost to ship ourselves= $578
'Pandemic of snow' in Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow
Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter. As of Tuesday morning, the three-day storm had dropped nearly 17 more inches (43 centimeters) of snowfall, pushing Alaska's largest city past the 100-inch (254-centimeters) mark earlier than at any other time in its history. The...
This winter has largely been the exact opposite with the jet stream ridge over the heart of north america and a trough position just right to bring cold and stormy weather to Alaska.
I believe you're talking about the Dane/Sauk bridge over the WI River. It appears they put $500K in this year, and $250K in the next 2 years.
They still approved a lot of other bridge rehab projects though.
It appears they approved 336 new miles of funded trails. There wasn't anything added to the fund, but that new mile fund already had $186K in it.
I think all that is correct by looking at both the pdfs. A lot of money going to different places! A lot of people are probably not aware of all the behind the scenes of financials.
I remember that winter. I went to Finland on a work trip and folks there were asking about the Polar Vortex in the U.S. and how cold it must've been for us!
CrossfireLOW
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Don't get me started on that term... Funny thing is that Polar Vortex didn't drop down south until early January. I felt like that kid in the back of class trying to get attention of the teacher explaining to people down south how the "Arctic" Air had been feeding into ND/N MN/N WI/UP since early December.
The below average temps lasted trough March, 8' deep water lines were freezing with 2 feet of snow on the ground.