Phattie Trail Prep

The problem with being early adaptors of a sport is that you have to often forge your own path.  In the case of snow-biking, there are not many trails available to go pedal through.  We took initiative to go out and pack down some trails in Thompson Park.  It was a ton of work and we are yet to reap the bennies of all the packing but I am hopeful that the 5 hours spent snowhoeing on existing trails in the Thompson Park area will help in making the trail rideable.

It was warmer than usual during the weekend so it was nice to get out with the dogs and go pound some trail.  I am thinking that the first pack is probably the hardest and it will be a little easier to maintain going forward.  In an ideal world, there would be more folks interested in getting out and doing a little trail packeroo action.  If nothing else, it will provide a learning curve as to what conditions are rideable and how much work it is to get trails rideable.

Regardless, it was good to get out and be playing outside,  Unfortunately, all the snow packing meant there was little time to get out on phattie proper.  Although the missus did manage to get out on Saturday as I slaved away on the lower loop in Thompson.

Pix of the ation:

prepack:

 pack in motion

 post-pack

 even the dogs helped:

 nice view of the highlands: