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Where i strategically boot-packed sideways to make steep sections climbable (once it hardens).
you won't even recognize it by july it's so badly routed
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They can barely run snowmachines on our straighter wider trails. They got no chance here. The snowdogs won't do it either and are too skinny in their normal state. There is a "doublewide" snowdog and what that needs is independently throttle-able tracks. Then we'd be getting somewhere and able to make tight turns.
Right you are. Even a Tundra ski doo with a fancy compacting setup will not be as effective as snowshoe traffic. Our trails (snowshoes only) are rideable at the same time if not earlier than other networks that are spending ludicrous amount of time to machine work their Fatbike dedicated trails.
Snowshoes are a great combo of pressure and size. I'm running the Hok skis a lot more, but if you want them to put enough pressure down to make the trail ridable, you basically use them like snowshoes, baby-stepping/shuffling and so on. Unfortunately we get so many jackasses pot-holing with micro-spikes...like the ones I saw today skiing.
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I would totally make pedal trails for you. If a sled can fit between it, a sled can ridden through it.
Under me at least, doubt those AK boys know what trees are. Biggest downside in tight places would be the surface would end up a little lumpy from slowing and accelerating.
Since you're fine with narrow, a snowbike would be even better.
one each of those on a foot and you could really get creative!
A friend of mine has one of those for his kids. He lifts on his shoulder to put it on his truck
They can and do use snowmachines for pedal trails here…but those trails are wide and meh. Cant fit bike handlebars through the trees, unless you turn em a bit.
Main problem we have is most of our trails are sidehill bench cut, 30 inches wide and less, and steep. People tried some snow dogs and after one pass they basically quit. One guy lost his s-dog down a chute and had to call a buddy to get it out. So the slowshoes prevails.
We've had a metric ton of rain here and it just keeps raining. Got a little break today and headed out for some trailwork.
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I call this one the "moat". It used to be eternally wet and mucky. Now it's eternally dry. I got the slope so it sheds into the trench. Around the corner it goes into a giant pit I dug.
Before
after
Others
I call this one the "moat". It used to be eternally wet and mucky. Now it's eternally dry. I got the slope so it sheds into the trench. Around the corner it goes into a giant pit I dug.