Ride With Thal: 2017-18 Snowmobile Season

2017-18 snowmobile season arrived like a lion and left like a lamb. We road out and tacked on a over 2,000 sensational miles this season. Through all types of snow conditions.

Here are some of the highlights:

One of my first rides was an early season ride January 4 with Liz up to the Tug Hill. Check out these pics.

Was a beautiful day!

Towpath Restaurant

And as usual, it's not necessarily the ride as much as

the food found on the ride. We stopped for lunch in

Turin, NY.

Yes, you can get a snowmobile stuck. It's usually just a matter of letting off the throttle to soon. In this case one of Liz's skis slipped off the trail causing the sled to get sucked off the groomed trail into some real heavy packed deep snow. Knowing how heavy her sled is and how hard it can be to get it out of deep packed snow, she did the right thing to quickly let off the throttle and annualized the situation. Come to find out, it wasn't bad at all. Joe and I packed down the snow directly in front of the sled and I gently throttled it out and back onto the trail.

Took what I thought would be a last ride with Joe. I had just upgraded and purchased a new to me 4-stroke. So, glade we could get out and I could tally the 100 plus miles that day. Above freezing most of the day made it seem like spring even though it was only February 14.

Trails are well marked with route numbers just as road are.

Notice under the map a sign advising Miami 1445 miles. 😆

That signpost is about 4 feet tall!

New (2014) Cat handled great all day. Zero ski lift. Suspension really fits my style of riding (Cool Old Man😎). Needed to stand for ruff trails about half as much as with my older (Polaris 209) sled. And when standing is needed it is much less effort to stand as seating is much more raised and rider-forward.