Feb 20th with the Brother up on Red and White

Day after the big ride up on the Flat tops, the Brother myself and Sarah went up on Red and White. No big powder but we had some fun. The trails had been groomed quite well so we put on a few miles for sure. Went out to the over look above Edwards.

Benjie stops moving on a hill, (click for full size)

Someone is tired and needs a nap

Sarah and Benjie checking out the view

New Castle Flat Tops Feb 19

We all made it. Long day
Sludge, Benjie, Chard, Peaches, Conville, Baker, Moyer, Ratz and Sarah
[a.k.a. Tsunamy and the Sledneck Gang... for her Minnesooota fans!]

Crazy day. Long Day. 9 people up to the Flat tops via New Castle. Good trail going out, then a bit of boondocking, but then some rough trails to get further out. Tough to find some decent play areas. Just some big, big meadows. No injuries. But Moyer's sled broke some steering mechanism thingy about 30 miles out. Rough ride for him getting the sled all the way back. Good snow when we were WAY out. Some jumps here and there. Long drive. We would only doo it again if we had some fresh, but still a fun day.

Moyer before breaking his stearing (click for full size)

Some Good blue skies (yep, click it for full size)

Adam Baker checks his suspension (oh yes, better click it)

Some of the group taking a break

Oops

Sarah Joins in on the fun

Hmmm, is it soft?

Benjie on Vacation

This guy is named "Peaches"

Lounging around

A Short video of Sarah

"Sugar Snow" Todd Moyer

Conville wheelie

Benjie gets some powder

Yikes!

Feb 12-13 Maintenance weekend

Went out with a big crew on Tuesday. 6-7 guys and then Sarah. But she held her own very well. She was one of the few of us to never get stuck or roll her sled. I was almost as proud of her as she was of herself. 40 miles on my machine. Then on Wednesday we did tons of maintenance on the sleds and snowmobile trailer. But everything should be ready to go for next week Feb 18 - 21 when the brother comes in.

Heat vents on Sarah's sled, ice scratchers on Sarah's, repair suspension booties, Glue windshield on mine, glue velcro on my boss seat, trim boss seat, lock-tight recoil, put in vent in airbox, seal airbox, seal up around headlights, put on new windshield knobs, etc. Put salt shield on tilt trailer.

Tommy Conville rolls his sled. Funny watching it roll
after him and him trying to get out of the way.

Early Feb Snowmobile update

Not many pics or movies on this one. It was just too deep (and a little cold) to take many pics or movies. We went up to the Flat tops North of Rifle. Stayed at Coulter Lake Lodge. Wonderful hospitality. The hosts Joe and Patty came down to our truck to meet us and haul our luggage (and lots of fuel) up the trail to the Ranch. Tuesday was about 42 miles (we had a late start). Sunny sky and deep snow. However, my M7 Arctic Cat was running pretty bad. Had a ton of water in the airbox after the intake came off. Sled ran better on Wed. but then Wed. it was snowing too hard for us to take our gloves off. We had a couple of major stucks....Me, Sludge and Sarah. 53 miles or so and the treasure was getting a freshly groomed trail on the way back.

We will be back there for sure.

Sarah pulls it around
Click for full size
Canyon drive to the parking lot
Ice climbers on our drive up to the parking...
Here you can get a sense of how big these canyon walls are
Click on the photo..... the ice climbers are in the upper right

Hauling the luggage and fuel

short video clip




the cabin