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[bs0861]

I spoke to some friends and the were talking about running some lakes out of bosebuk to stay off the trails. They said its the only way to go! something to look at in the future.

[ICG]

Wait, you all have it wrong! Those 30 miles of eternal 4 foot moguls are the official testing grounds of Team Fast M-10 Suspensions and the other OEM Manufacturer’s long travel suspensions proving grounds….


Those 30 miles of big moguls have been there as far back as I can remember… Just seems it’s too far out for both clubs to take care of, or they don’t want to put the time in to keep it maintained to facilitate interstate traffic?

[pathfinder]

Just prior to termination of reciprocity, I can remember the Ridge Runners use to groom well into Maine to Rooster Camp in order to minimize the distance that the groomer from Oquossuc had to go. There were some issues over running out of fuel from their end for awhile, and at one period in time the trail went up and around Parmacheene Lake, rather than between Azicohos and Parmacheene, making the distance one way almost 80 miles. When reciprocity was terminated that good will effort on both sides faded, the big loser being anyone going between the two points. Hopefully both states can find a way to solve the economic issues dealing with grooming to bring back the catalyst to traveling both ways again.

Traveling across Lake Aziscohos is a definite short cut to Lincoln Pond Road, but that Lake changes levels very quickly at times and is nothing to mess with if you are not very familiar with it.

path finder#6

[Ajak]

pathfinder, on 30 January 2012 - 11:14 PM, said:

Just prior to termination of reciprocity, I can remember the Ridge Runners use to groom well into Maine to Rooster Camp in order to minimize the distance that the groomer from Oquossuc had to go. There were some issues over running out of fuel from their end for awhile, and at one period in time the trail went up and around Parmacheene Lake, rather than between Azicohos and Parmacheene, making the distance one way almost 80 miles. When reciprocity was terminated that good will effort on both sides faded, the big loser being anyone going between the two points. Hopefully both states can find a way to solve the economic issues dealing with grooming to bring back the catalyst to traveling both ways again.

Traveling across Lake Aziscohos is a definite short cut to Lincoln Pond Road, but that Lake changes levels very quickly at times and is nothing to mess with if you are not very familiar with it.

path finder#6

Interesting stuff...... and I agree, it's all economic related. The PRR side is almost always impeccably groomed right to the border......somehow PRR has made it a priority while the other side has not. The trial conditions into ME and down into Rangely are often times a deterrent for most people. It's unfortunate but "it is, what it is". Just shows you what type of a "machine" the PRR really are.......and I say that in the most reverent way possible.

[RK-SXViper]

Ajak, on 31 January 2012 - 10:40 AM, said:

Interesting stuff...... and I agree, it's all economic related. The PRR side is almost always impeccably groomed right to the border......somehow PRR has made it a priority while the other side has not.

Its all about $, 100% of our reg $ goes to the sport and ME clubs only get a small % of the reg $ from the states general fund. Simply put they get less $ to work with and thats why a lot of the border clubs didn't like reciprocity, their trails were getting beat up and they were getting no $ to groom them (economics 101).