Michcanska Adventure 2023

4:00 P.M. – Both groups have safely arrived in Cochrane, Ontario

A very cold morning as we leave Smooth Rock Falls to make a loop around Abitibi Canyon. The weather had warmed up to -2 degrees by 10:30 A.M. when we arrived at the Base Camp which consisted of a gas pump (which was $2.40 a liter) and a construction trailer which we gladly entered and warmed up with a cup of hot chocolate.

Inside the Base Camp

9:00 A.M.- The groups left this morning from Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario. The temp was 0 degrees F, but feels like -18 and lots of snow. They will ride north to Abitibi Canyon and Fraserdale, Ontario for lunch and then loop east and back south to their destination today of  Cochrane, Ontario. (Click here) to see map

This is our coldest day so far. The wind was gusting at 30 MPH. We have learned through experience how to dress to handle the cold and no rider had frost bite today.

3:30 P.M. – All the riders have arrived at their destination in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario.  We stopped a historical monument today.

The group left this morning at 9:00 to ride east to Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario on OFSC Trail (A), They will be stopping at the Moonbeam snowmobile club for lunch. Both Bryon Pattullo (Team 3) and Kristy Lipinski (Team 4) are heading back to the Soo on the Snow Train from Hearst, Ontario. They both have to go back to work, we will miss them both.

We have a layover day in Hearst today and the weather has not changed much for the past three days. We waited until noon to ride today and it had warmed up to 2 degrees F. The trails are all groomed and the people in Hearst are wonderful. We will be riding for the next 5 days and hope the weather warms up just a little. Thanks for all the messages from home. They mean a lot to each and everyone of us.

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update: noon, a group of 15 riders have departed from Hearst, Ontario to ride northeast on a loop and will return back to Hearst, Ontario later this afternoon.