OT: Pics from my snowmobile adventure

Sloeber · 02/02/2009, 02:53 PM

Thought some of you may have interest in photos from a Wisconsin/Michigan snowmobile trip. Enjoy!

Typical trail near the Willow Flowage area of Wisconsin

Overlooking Lake of the Clouds in th ePorcupine Mountains in Michigan

Trail dead ends at Lake Superior

Freshly groomed trails at 3am

Lake Minocqua ice fisherman

Couple creeks in the area

Let's roll!

Sugar Camp Lake and trail

For a full naration and 90 more pics plus links to several other years of snowmobile trips follow this link.

panaboy95 · 02/02/2009, 04:13 PM

that is cool i have a buddy that goes up to that same area once or twice a year.

syrinx · 02/02/2009, 07:47 PM

Sweet trip - I`ll think of it while I am in Haiti next couple weeks!

Vitaly · 02/03/2009, 07:59 AM

Wow that is pretty sick!!! How cold is it out there...any idea on the elevation (the mountain shots)?

Sloeber · 02/03/2009, 12:06 PM

V,

No colder than it was here. Daytime highs were 8 degrees, lows about 0. It greatly varies though. On Saturday when we left the temp was 25. Locals were not happy. I have ridden up there when the high temp was a balmy -25 without wind chill (and at 90mph the windchill begins to get downright chilly LOL), and just 2 years ago we had a daytime high of 56 degrees (record for the area) and we were snowmobiling without our jackets or gloves LOL. Overall, temperature isn't a factor unless it is over the freezing mark. Once you are dressed for it, -25 feels like +25. I can't ever remember being seriously cold and most the time you are rather warm from actively riding the machine. The handle bars and throttles are heated and become very hot to the point of having to turn them off because your fingers are burning.

Cuyahoga Peak is roughly 1600 feet in elevation. That is the peak where the Lake of the Clouds pic was taken. The park itself has a high point of about 2000 feet. Certainly not an impressive height, but to a flat lander like myself it warrants attention and causes my ears to pop. The cliff down is said to be a 500 foot drop off. In years past you used to be able to snowmobile right up o the edge of the cliff but when a drunk decided it would be neat to launch himself over the edge on his sled the park decided to restrict access to motorized vehicles. Now you have to walk about 300 feet up a trail to reach the edge. FWIW, the drunk landed in the trees below and lived.

If you have interest in going next year LMK and I'll keep you informed of the plans come next fall.

02/02/2009, 02:53 PM	#1
Sloeber Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Utila, Islas De La Bahia, Honduras Posts: 7,623	OT: Pics from my snowmobile adventure Thought some of you may have interest in photos from a Wisconsin/Michigan snowmobile trip. Enjoy! Typical trail near the Willow Flowage area of Wisconsin Overlooking Lake of the Clouds in th ePorcupine Mountains in Michigan Trail dead ends at Lake Superior Freshly groomed trails at 3am Lake Minocqua ice fisherman Couple creeks in the area Let's roll! Sugar Camp Lake and trail For a full naration and 90 more pics plus links to several other years of snowmobile trips follow this link. __________________ "Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." Current Tank Info: 1000 kilometers long - Mezo-American Barrier Reef

02/02/2009, 04:13 PM	#2
panaboy95 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pana IL Posts: 1,835	that is cool i have a buddy that goes up to that same area once or twice a year. __________________ Nathan Morrell Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy--- Ben Franklin Current Tank Info: 225g

02/02/2009, 07:47 PM	#3
syrinx Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: champaign Posts: 2,541	Sweet trip - I`ll think of it while I am in Haiti next couple weeks! __________________ My views are based on 40 years as an aquarist, 20 years as a pro reef consultant, 10 years of owning a LFS, and the results of thousands of customers tanks. But I am always learning.

02/03/2009, 07:59 AM	#4
Vitaly Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 1,278	Wow that is pretty sick!!! How cold is it out there...any idea on the elevation (the mountain shots)? __________________ Vitaly A. Stepensky Current Tank Info: 110 gallon reef

02/03/2009, 12:06 PM	#5
Sloeber Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Utila, Islas De La Bahia, Honduras Posts: 7,623	V, No colder than it was here. Daytime highs were 8 degrees, lows about 0. It greatly varies though. On Saturday when we left the temp was 25. Locals were not happy. I have ridden up there when the high temp was a balmy -25 without wind chill (and at 90mph the windchill begins to get downright chilly LOL), and just 2 years ago we had a daytime high of 56 degrees (record for the area) and we were snowmobiling without our jackets or gloves LOL. Overall, temperature isn't a factor unless it is over the freezing mark. Once you are dressed for it, -25 feels like +25. I can't ever remember being seriously cold and most the time you are rather warm from actively riding the machine. The handle bars and throttles are heated and become very hot to the point of having to turn them off because your fingers are burning. Cuyahoga Peak is roughly 1600 feet in elevation. That is the peak where the Lake of the Clouds pic was taken. The park itself has a high point of about 2000 feet. Certainly not an impressive height, but to a flat lander like myself it warrants attention and causes my ears to pop. The cliff down is said to be a 500 foot drop off. In years past you used to be able to snowmobile right up o the edge of the cliff but when a drunk decided it would be neat to launch himself over the edge on his sled the park decided to restrict access to motorized vehicles. Now you have to walk about 300 feet up a trail to reach the edge. FWIW, the drunk landed in the trees below and lived. If you have interest in going next year LMK and I'll keep you informed of the plans come next fall. __________________ "Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." Current Tank Info: 1000 kilometers long - Mezo-American Barrier Reef