I was just at the Milestone in Chaffe (not on a sled though). There were a few sleds there, they were clean, not covered in mud like I thought they would have been. The trails looked alright at the road crossings. I’d say they have 8-10inches on the ground there now, and it was coming down pretty good when I left.
In East Aurora/Elma, nothing really, I’d say a dusting to an inch at most. Really sucks, as I live right on a trail, and I know 20 minutes away, guys are out riding and I can’t get there unless I trailer. Normally, I can just walk out the door, start up the sled and be there in a half hour. Hopefully the snow starts making its way up this way.
Would be nice if the temps hold out enough for it to stick. Sounds like a warmup on the weekend. It’s like a bad horror movie. Just waiting to see how it’s gonna play out.
I’m ready, I keep mine in holland, the trail is across the street from my brothers house. Just a waiting game now. January was spotty last year but most of February was fantastic.
If anyone hears of officially opened trails post them up here. Only one I know if is Tri-county drift hoppers, so that’s where we’re heading tonight after work.
Drifthoppers trails look to be in decent shape as of two hours ago. With single digit temps this afternoon and evening, any water/mud holes should be frozen up. I saw traffic in Holland near the Willows by rt16. These trails are not open, but I’m sure locals are just trying to get farther down south. These trails looked pretty decent with no grass showing. The fields in Chaffee/Arcade were holding up nice too. Corn fields are gonna prolly suck, but who knows. I’m heading out tomorrow.
As always I go down south everyday all the trails in arcade look to be good, even the cornfields they do have about 1ft of snow and I did see people out in the trails today all the way from arcade to rushford. Good luck to all and have fun riding!
So pissed right now. We trailered down to Chaffee last night after work and my sled wouldn’t start. I went through it top to bottom in the off season and just a couple weeks ago slapped in new plugs. It had been starting on the first pull every time.
2000 Arctic Cat ZR600 carb with 18xx miles. Getting good spark (pulled one plug at a time and cranked it with the plug grounded to the block to watch for spark). Ignition and kill switch verified working while doing the spark check. Headlight is lighting up good and bright when I yank the pull start so I know the stator is putting out good power. I can see fuel in the line (previous owner installed an inline fuel filter).
What concerns me is that after 40 something minutes of messing with it the plugs came out dry other than a little bit of oil. Any time I’ve cranked like that and not got something to start the plugs have always come out soaked in gas. I’m thinking the trailer ride up there in -3 temps last night may have frozen a line or something inside the carbs. After work I’m going to pull it apart and drop the float bowls on the carb and see if anything is stuck.
