Snow-X this weekend near Ottawa.

Here are some of the London Recreational snow-x sleds about to be loaded up for the drive to Calabogie Ski Hill near Ottawa.
STV will have a camera on site Saturday and Sunday, capturing the action and interviews.

Getting closer....closer....closer...

I know the mountain sledders are out riding and I have seen Revelstoke pic's floating in cyber land. Here in Ontario, we are close and just waiting for the white gold to start falling.

A freshly staked trail and bridge.

I found the trail crew taking a break at the next roadside.

It is amazing how many stakes go in every fall.
In this garage, Hal is in behind that 650 triple assembling a 440 engine. (Am I helping? Of course not.)

Getting Ready

Picked up the Woody's studs and carbides today for my 2011 Ski-Doo GSX SE 1200 4TEC; now all I have to do is get them installed! I'm also going to try the new Split Rail, Dual Axis skis I saw at the Toronto show in October.

Off this weekend to the Peterborough Sledarama (Sunday, Nov. 20 only), which is a great little grassroots show and will probably spend some time in the Triton Trailers booth with Paul McNichol.

Getting closer to the winter season.

We have no snow on the ground but snowmobile clubs are out getting the trails ready, and race teams are getting ready for their first event as well.
Near Alma Ontario, the fields are levelled and the trail stakes are in the ground.
The trails near Shelbourne are also ready for snow.
The race sleds have arrived at London Recreational Racing, and it's time to do some set up and tuning.
More race sleds looking for a mechanic. John was standing behind me waiting for me to finish with the camera so he could start mod-building! Where are the panels?

Here is Kael from ProGrafx.ca putting decals on the race sled panels. The first Canadian race is December 4/5 at Calabogie Ski Hill near Ottawa. Two weeks from now, the teams will be on their way!

Peterborough Show

Just a reminder for those of you in Central Ontario that the one-day Peterborough Sledarama takes place Sunday, November 21, 9am to 5 pm at the Morrow Building, corner of George and Lansdowne streets. This is a great little show with a big outdoor flea snowmobile market too.

Great Winer Promised

Just heard Dave Phillips, Senior Climatologist at Environment Canada, on the radio and , when asked his prediction for the upcoming winter, he said that it would be a great winter for snowmobilers, ice fishermen and skiers! That's good news, because my planning is already well underway for two Snow Goer Canada tours in Ontario, one in New Brunswick and at least one in Quebec.