Although winter was very late arriving this year, it actually shaped up to be another decent riding season. Not as crazy as last year but quite respectable all the same.

On Sunday we received another 20cm snow which was followed by high winds and snow squalls which persisted into Monday. I got the driveway cleared up with my trusty Honda 9/28 Snowblower with ease.

Monday morning the driveway was half drifted in once again!

Tuesday brought with it another 15cm of fresh snow in a storm that petered out and cleared off beautifully by mid-afternoon.

With driveway clearing finished for the third day in a row and our road not yet plowed I decided to take Project Powertek REV out for my first ever Torbay snowmobile rip.

Crazy to think that we've been here six years, while I often ride the bike or Argo leaving from the house, I've never explored the area on snowmobile.

Snow conditions were excellent with plenty of deep drifted snow in the open areas bordering the airport fence. I got to break trail all the way to the gravel pit which was fun and thankfully without getting stuck!

I did manage to sink the sled on the sharp turn after the gravel pit as snow was deep and I couldn't keep momentum due to the turn, fence and tree line. A quick bit of digging and lifting the rear end sideways had the machine out in no time.

A few days of winter storms have cleared off beautifully and sets us up for a weekend of adventures!

Cheers, MIKE

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