Another good ride this past weekend. Me and Siobhan went to Mount Sylvester on a sponsored ride with 44 snowmobiles and about 80 people ranging in age from 3 – 60+. There’s more information at www.ridetothemountain.com, a site I made for the trip.
It was an all day trip, we left home at 8:45 am and got back home around 5:00 pm. I had 74 miles on my snowmobile when I got back to the start point.
We left from South East Pond Road and drove to AMalijek for our first break. From there we went on to Mount Sylvester. The snow was picking up and it was a little windy but we had experienced guides and a number of GPS units. Once we arrived at the base of the mountain some people decided to venture up on the snowmobiles. The mountain was so windswept that no one made it to the summit on their machines due to the bare rock surface. I’d guess about half of the people went to the top while the rest stayed at the lake below.
Once everybody got back to the base and had a little break we headed off to Medonnegonix Lodge. The trip from the mountain to here was a little rougher. One spot in particular required a lot of manual labour to get about half of the machines through. We all chipped in and everybody made it without any casualties. Once we got to the lodge the staff had a meal of soup, sandwiches, and hot dogs ready for us with all the hot tea and Pepsi one could drink.
Video of all the snowmobiles except mine leaving Amalijek.
We spent about an hour and a half at the lodge. Everybody was stuffed, the kids had a snowman built using cheese slices for the eyes and mouth (I never got a picture of that), and starting to get tired.
We now started the trek back to the road where we began. This leg of the trip was pretty easy and quick. Only one person flew off their snowmobile while trying to ride up a hill. Gerard took care of that with his shovel and everyone else was simply able to ride up the hill with little issue.
After we got back to the parking area I decided to continue home on the snowmobile while Siobhan drove the truck home. If I never stopped for gas on the way I would have beat her. The riding is perfect.
We are hoping next year will be just as big, or hopefully bigger. It was wonderful seeing a line of snowmobiles behind you as far as you could see.
Rene