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A small group of us decided to brave the temperatures in the teens and go for a snow ride.

Only the third trip out on the new quad....need to break it in right.

The group shot.

The views did not disappoint

We went up the mountain until the snow just got too deep to continue and headed down. Dave busting trail for a while, the Polaris 850 Snow Machine.

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The Can-Am Renegade 800 with the ATR radials performed very well in the snow.

On a short steep hill we did a little tire comparison. Polaris 850 stock tires.

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Same rider 850XP with ITP Bajacross tires....big difference.

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Usually my ITP MudLites prove very effective in the snow but he was able to run circles around us with those tires. The Mudlites do well but when you loose momentum you dig, the Bajacross kept him moving forward.

It was a great trip, good powder, good friends and great views.

Myself and a couple friends went on an exploratory ride into an area neither of us had been in for a few years. *We unloaded with a little show around and 25 deg temps....it was sunny though.

It didn't take long to find a reason to take some pictures.

About 15mi into the ride we came across a road we could not remember going on so we had to explore it. *Not .25mi from the turn we found a small herd of wild horses.

Farther into the canyon we found a good place for a break.

Great views on the climb back out

A great place for lunch

A great morning and a fun 42mi

We took a good sized group down to the lower Klamath river canyon to look for the wild horses again, some of the wifes thought they were a myth. A quick picture before we headed out.

We made several stops, this one by a nice camping spot called Fox lake

We moved on a little farther down the road and stopped by another spot called Griffin Lake. We found fresh horse sign, they must be close. The week prior the roads were wet with no hint of dust, this week they were a little on the nasty side. Vader all decked out.

A quick stop for food and drinks.

The views on the way down don't suck.

I lost some of the pictures from the bottom of the canyon....gremils in the camera I guess.

Splashing in the creek.

On the way out of the canyon, on the table lands above the rim we found the horses.

All in all it was a great ride and a great time had by all.

If folks on this site are interested in seeing more rides I would be happy to post some done in recent past.

Just wanted to say hello, great site.