Hope so too. Would much rather have snow when it's cold than ice. You asked if I'd been up north sleddin'... the only trails we've been on have been ITS 84 which went across our old farm. We had a couple old $500 Skidoos than ran pretty good. Made the mistake of popping our heads up on the trail on a Saturday one time only... The herd of Mass riders going 100 mph drove us back home fast. We only got on the trail during the week from then on, have even been on it with the atv on tracks... hardly a snobeelah family here, for sure. Sounds like you're a serious rider. There's some mighty nice country up north and it sure is popular...