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The Big Wide Open

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Otter Tracks

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Moose Tracks

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A few of the track makers

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A chilly sunset

Nice pictures how is the temp up there?

'Twas below zero Fahrenheit by 18º + or - a few....You can tell by the frost on the grass stems that it was near dead calm too. The pics actually show an example of the contrasts which are so common in this land. Frost= dead calm : drifts= the wind which is more common. And actually, the snow was not as deep and soft in the open as it looks. It is mostly so much moved by the wind that it drifts very hard. There was nice powder on the top though, a good ride overall considering the temps.

Thats cold do you have to ajust carbs for that cold riding? I see you have 21,000 miles on have you had to rework that motor or no?

I went through the engine at 13,000. It was running really well then; it just seemed like the thing to do. I had planned to replace pistons and rings at least. As it was the rings were worn barely over max tolerance on the end gaps and the pistons looked really good - no sign of fatigue cracks at all. What to do? Since I know that new pistons can sometimes go in under 5,000 if you get a bad batch, I figured mine were proven anyway so keep on going. Consequently, they are original. Only the rings are new. Well, only about 8,000 miles old now.

But, no, other than moving the jet needle clip one position when it was a less than 500 mile machine, I have never made any adjustments to make it work well. I don't know exactly how ACCS works, but I figure it must somehow be inclusive of temp related air density in its function. I wish I could replace "Old Faithful" with another like it.

Those are amazing pics.....You can tell how cold it was from them. I bet if it had been windy it could be down right brutal out there.

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My summit has a littile over 5500 miles now and has never had any problems I was going to redo the top end this summer . But it runs so good . I was even thinking of buying summit with low miles on it and put it up so when mine is over the hill I,ll have a new one . I have had 25 sleds over the yesrs and this one is the best for me.

Those are amazing pics.....You can tell how cold it was from them. I bet if it had been windy it could be down right brutal out there.

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Thank you. I can tell you for a fact that wind does make it brutal for sure. One feels lucky when it is still and cold, even though there are a certain "wariness" or something one feels at those temps, especially being alone.

(I will say right here that though that really violates a serious safety rule for riding, where I was going was not a place with a lot of tracks - or any for that matter. That would have made following mine easy. I also left clear details about where I was going and didn't deviate from them. Further, I had a VHF radio along and competent people who I could call or would have looked for me if I hadn't returned on time.)

I'll take very cold and still over less cold but windy any day. Wind not only blows, it sucks too!

Do cell phones work there? you must have to pack gas and food just in case maybe a tent and things to keep warm?

Cell phones are a negative - don't work here. As you can see, our "sleds" don't have tracks, wheels, or engines and we pull them with the snowmachine. (Perhaps we are semantically challenged but even the dealers don't sell snowmobiles, they sell snowmachines.) But a sled is pretty handy as you might have figured from all the sleds you see in my sig pics. I had 12 gallons of gas in tow on Sunday, as well as a pack with tools, a few edibles, a few extra clothing items, and a rifle (in the scabbard on the machine.)

That is great I would love to try the great Alaska one time snowmobiling.

Yep I agree, would luv to make it up there some time to ride. Alaska is flat out beautiful! and that comes from somone who lives at 11,000ft in the top of the Rockies. But man that would be a long drive for the powder.