RECON!!!

Sketchy D. and Ruckus make the first foray out to H8TR country and Dave files this report on trail conditions.

"Rode with Ruckus to the H8TR down Seminole. Snowed/Iced over everyplace we saw. At the Purcell intersection decided to ride (on 23's) the icy snowmobile ruts. It was like riding if frozen deep mud.. the ruts would throw you all over the place. We did find a nice track tread and followed it's washboard for a while, but any where the sun is the trail the snow was just wet and heavy. Fortunately neither of us put a foot down and we just kept on truckin'. I think CX tires would have been just slightly better, the trail is still a far way from being ready. We pulled off the H8TR at the driveway on Sayles and were pretty proud and worked from the iced, rutted, crumbly road tire ride."

As our good friend Colin stated, "The trail doesn't get ready, you get ready for the trail. or you die. " True dat.

The weather sounds like it will be "nice" this weekend, get out there and do some of yer own recon and tell us what's what.