Has anyone seen the article in Snow Goer (Snow Sports in Canada) about the tour from the Soo to Hearst? It seemed to me that they had a lot of sled problems. Does this seem out of the ordinary to you? The 1 Cat was a ZL500 that was the "rounded style" & black in colour. Any idea what year that would be?

I was wondering if anyone had taken a trip like this? Do the tour operators have any kind of policy about the age or mechanical fitness of the sleds?