It's not unusual to experience mild weather and no snow through November and December here on the East Coast, this year has been much the same. We've had one Snowblower worthy snowfall and a bunch of cold weather, unsurprisingly that keeps getting interrupted by torrential rainstorms.

The snowfall from last week's storm has mostly melted, but its been good and cold as of late. Today I fired up Project Foreman and hit the trails in Torbay to check out the conditions.

Most trails were well frozen, the crusty snow provided lots of traction. Glare ice was not too common which was great as I wasn't running my studded tires today. Water holes, even large ones were frozen enough to hold the bike, places with moving water were open. Overall it was a promising sign of a great winter for outdoor activities to come!

My biggest surprise came as I found the bogs were completely frozen and easily supporting the bike! This is great news as a frozen wetland can be legally crossed by ATV, this makes for much quicker and cleaner exploring when searching new hunting ground or trouting spots.

It wasn't a long run today but it was certainly great to get out for a few hours on the bike!

Cheers, MIKE

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