cleetussnow Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 minute ago, mreaves said: Go to the VAST map and click on grooming for an idea of how freshly groomed the trails are and the click on the parking icon to show you where parking areas are located. Another good resource is the VT Hardcore Snowmobilers group on Facebook. Yep got it! I am a rookie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 minute ago, cleetussnow said: Yep got it! I am a rookie. It's easier for me on a pc than on my phone but you can do the same on the mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 33 minutes ago, WinterWolf said: All depends where ya go. Been at it over 30 years, and it’s not a waste at all if you get your moneys worth each season. I take 3 good trips each winter(once in a while I’ll do 4 trips), 4-5 days at a clip(includes the weekend/long weekends), and believe me I get my fill. Where I go season is not short most years. And conditions are almost always fabulous. Doing an 8 day trip next month from Jackman to County back through Milli. Never been on a trip that long and trying to figure out best way to pack for this. Few pair of underwear, some socks, bathroom essentials, shoes, two shirts and jeans. That's it. Need to pack some injection oil on the off chance we can't get any where we're going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Crazy to think with just a little more cold air around ESNE could have had a 12 to 16 storm yesterday. God darn Montreal Low 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWx Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 31 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: Doing an 8 day trip next month from Jackman to County back through Milli. Never been on a trip that long and trying to figure out best way to pack for this. Few pair of underwear, some socks, bathroom essentials, shoes, two shirts and jeans. That's it. Need to pack some injection oil on the off chance we can't get any where we're going. We used to do a six day trip through Canada staying at a different location every night. Group of thirty of us! We had the luxury of having somebody bring our luggage to every stop so we didn't have to pack it with us. Make sure you have a first-aid kit and plenty of Advil! Also a fuel rated siphon and tow strap aren't a bad idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWx Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, cleetussnow said: I won't have time to get up that far this season. Busy high school kid! I have 50 miles. Five ZEEROW Ahhh high school. Couldn't wait to graduate!! I'm trying to get back into sledding...glad I didn't choose this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said: I love snowmobiling, we owned 2 growing up as a kid and went fairly regularly. But it might be the biggest waste of time and money hobby going in this part of the country. My dad loved to snowmobile too, but he said the day he sold them was probably his best day as a snowmobile owner, given the amount of time and effort for such a short season. Not to mention the $$ I’m selling my 05 Polaris Friday, haven’t ridden seriously for 7 years for more than a quick rip around town in a snowstorm…snowplowing, marriage and a toddler, and another on the way will make it even harder going forward. It was fun but it’s not cheap especially with lodging,etc. Maybe when the kids get older I’ll reinvest, until then I’ll enjoy the jet ski instead on the lake in the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 49 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Crazy to think with just a little more cold air around ESNE could have had a 12 to 16 storm yesterday. God darn Montreal Low It’s over . The season 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: Doing an 8 day trip next month from Jackman to County back through Milli. Never been on a trip that long and trying to figure out best way to pack for this. Few pair of underwear, some socks, bathroom essentials, shoes, two shirts and jeans. That's it. Need to pack some injection oil on the off chance we can't get any where we're going. Oh wow that’s gonna be so dam awesome. Lots of dealers on that trek for you to grab oil, but if you have the LinQ caddy you can carry it. But that probably won’t be necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I'm still sore from the 202 miles i did Saturday ha ha, Ice fishing this weekend but back up north next weekend for another 200 miles or so, Get past these next few days of warmth and back to cold. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Lava Rock said: Doing an 8 day trip next month from Jackman to County back through Milli. Never been on a trip that long and trying to figure out best way to pack for this. Few pair of underwear, some socks, bathroom essentials, shoes, two shirts and jeans. That's it. Need to pack some injection oil on the off chance we can't get any where we're going. Getting the gear dried daily looks to be one of the biggest issue i can see, Clothing, It would just be the under garments and a few shirts, Pair of Jeans can go a long ways, And toiletries, That e-tec won't require much oil and you should be able to fine that along the way i would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 3 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: We're going March 1956 this year to throw the entire breadth of prognosticators on tilt. I went for a big March, but if we do get that, then I will have been right for wrong reason...as I expected a SSW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 3 hours ago, WinterWolf said: It’s been a shitty snow season so far for most outside of eastern areas, but we’ve had some good solid cold, that’s for sure. That wreaks havoc on the roads/pot holes. Southeast....its sucked here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Getting the gear dried daily looks to be one of the biggest issue i can see, Clothing, It would just be the under garments and a few shirts, Pair of Jeans can go a long ways, And toiletries, That e-tec won't require much oil and you should be able to fine that along the way i would think.Lol, etec is a bit of a pig. 1qt every 125miSent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 39 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: Lol, etec is a bit of a pig. 1qt every 125mi Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk What? Somethings not right, I had to get a quart at Pittston farms for mine last Saturday, It was full before i left and that didn't fill it and was only 100 miles.......lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Lava Rock said: Lol, etec is a bit of a pig. 1qt every 125mi Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk 28 minutes ago, dryslot said: What? Somethings not right, I had to get a quart at Pittston farms for mine last Saturday, It was full before i left and that didn't fill it and was only 100 miles.......lol The 900 ACE uses 0 oil. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 The 900 ACE uses 0 oil. I do miss the 1200s I used to have for that reason. Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 37 minutes ago, dryslot said: What? Somethings not right, I had to get a quart at Pittston farms for mine last Saturday, It was full before i left and that didn't fill it and was only 100 miles.......lol Ya the older rev two strokes were oil hogs for sure. Etecs are all different…although most are very good on oil. But I’ve seen some that use more oil for whatever reason? My buddies ‘18 850 is a lil better than my ‘21 850 is on oil, but mine is still dam good. And they’re both incredible on gas for such a powerful sled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Northern Maine snowing nicely currently, 5-10” new when all said and done up there tonight. They are buried and getting deeper every few days. The President’s day weekend is shaping up to be epic up there in a couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 How would like to live in a place where a forecast of 7-14 gets you an advisory. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, weathafella said: How would like to live in a place where a forecast of 7-14 gets you an advisory. Weymouth? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, weathafella said: How would like to live in a place where a forecast of 7-14 gets you an advisory. SEMA? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, weathafella said: How would like to live in a place where a forecast of 7-14 gets you an advisory. And 36-48” overnight with 50mph winds doesn’t even warrant a Blizzard Warning up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 55 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: I do miss the 1200s I used to have for that reason. Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk My buddy picked up a 2016 1200 Renegade this fall. Less than 3000 miles, LED package, complete preseason service including a new battery for $8K. Given the current market, I thinks it’s a pretty good deal. Fun sled to ride too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 44 minutes ago, weathafella said: How would like to live in a place where a forecast of 7-14 gets you an advisory. I mean, Thompson pass is near some of the best heli skiing areas in the world. Mountains inland away from the coast that get well over 1,000” each year. Heck, even Alyeska Resort, which is only an hours drive from anchorage already has over 500” this season. Snow Mecca up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleetussnow Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, mreaves said: My buddy picked up a 2016 1200 Renegade this fall. Less than 3000 miles, LED package, complete preseason service including a new battery for $8K. Given the current market, I thinks it’s a pretty good deal. Fun sled to ride too. I have a 1200. Can be a bear to keep cool. Scratchers just arrived. 8k is a good price these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, cleetussnow said: I have a 1200. Can be a bear to keep cool. Scratchers just arrived. 8k is a good price these days. After our first ride a couple of weeks ago, he left it running while he opened up his trailer to load up. Below zero and he left it running maybe 5 minutes but less than 10 and it overheated. Lesson learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, weathafella said: How would like to live in a place where a forecast of 7-14 gets you an advisory. I seem to get some of my best snows when GYX says "less than an inch" so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 16 minutes ago, PhineasC said: I seem to get some of my best snows when GYX says "less than an inch" so... We were trying to get hard data on it before John moved from Pittsburg, but our guess was that we probably only forecast like 60% of the snowfall up there. A lot of hand waving of upslope snow showers at 30 PoP when it's 1/4SM for half the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: We were trying to get hard data on it before John moved from Pittsburg, but our guess was that we probably only forecast like 60% of the snowfall up there. A lot of hand waving of upslope snow showers at 30 PoP when it's 1/4SM for half the day. You guys absolutely nailed the last storm (SWFE) here though. The forecast for here on the SNE blizzard was pretty good too as I recall. This event was tricky as hell, I didn't expect much at all so it isn't like I was sitting here waiting for the bust. I was shocked to wake up to 4-5 and snowing hard. I think the biggest misses are on the lame looking upslope that instead piles up to 3-4" of fluff out of nowhere. BTV seems to laser-in on that stuff. The microclimates around here are crazy; makes it hard to produce maps for the general populace I'm sure. BTV office is lucky they don't have to deal with the population centers and long commutes to BOS you have to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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