Snowmobile Trails 4 and 4a Solon to OHV park and then along Lake Macbride (about 14 miles - 2 hrs riding). Until a few days ago was looking forward to a frozen dry trail with patches of ice since almost all snow had melted away - followed by a couple really of cold days. Then yesterday through last night got about 3-4 " of fresh wet snow. I was expecting everything to be too loose and deep to ride esp if the snowmobiles got out. They did but it was warmer last night and cooler today than forecast and the snowmobile tracks were actually pretty good and packed. No sinkage. In the fresh stuff it was powdery. Only in the woods behind the OHV park where there was a still a good base of snow and a lot of ice was it a bit squirrel-y. Speeds went down from 11 to about 4 mph for 1-2 miles. I had 2.4 mutano raptors on front and IRC studded rears. They studs didn't help much. Never really had much contact with the ice - just slid on the snow above it. Maybe aggressive nokians would have made a noticeable difference.

This was JR's inaugural Pugsly ride. This ride was exactly what it was made for. Two thumbs up I'm sure. We made it back in time for a late breakfast of beer, steak and eggs at Smitty's Bar. A great end to a great ride.