Where are all the local PA riders? The previous post got me thinking, there are lots of trails in PA, especially the Northcentral region, but I don't see a lot of posts.

Give a shout if you ride in PA!!! :celebrating:

I live in forest city in PA and we have pretty good trails

i live in cameron county, trail have been getting better the last few years. they have been doing alot of grooming

I ride in Tioga County mainly. My dad has a cabin off of Rt. 6 right before you get to Gaines. We cross Rt 6 and ride over at the Grand Canyon.

Hey Guys! I live in Westmoreland County and usually ride up on Laurel Mountain, which has trails in westmoreland, somerset, and fayette counties. The trails were really nice for a lot of last winter, and I'm hoping for the same or better this year. Also met lots of nice people there.

I'd really like to get up to the Potter county area this winter as I've never been there. Maybe we can get a little ride together there sometime?

Dave

LIVE IN CENTRAL PA, UNION COUNY

USALLY RIDE BALD EAGLE STATE FOREST, MOSTLY NORHTERN HALF OFF I80.

TAKES ME ABOUT 10 MIN TO TRAILER PARKING AREA.

ALSO RIDE SULLIVAN COUNTY WYOMING STATE FOREST.

2 YRS AGO IN JANURAY IT WAS 5 BELOW AT 9PM THAT COLDEST I HAVE EVER BEEN.

Im about 10 miles south of Erie in lake effect country.Usually lots and lots of mud,wouldnt have it any other way!!!!! :beerchug:

I live in greensburg, and ride the laural highlands alot.

i ride in potter county alot.

Live at Lake Wallenpaupack, ride all over NEPA. Mostly ride NEPAST and Delaware State forest.

Live near Pittsburgh , and have a cabin Near 7-spring and mostly ride Laurel Highlands area

I have a cabin in Potter Co. just above Carter Camp off of Short Run Rd. Great riding when the township does'nt plow to hard.

Live in Somerset County so ride Laurel Mtn. and have a place in Potter County so try to get there 5 or 6 times a winter. :beer2:

i live in lawrence county,south of new castle.usually ride around my area,lots of farmland.all of my buddys have farms and we just ride from place to place,if there is snow! if not, we go to laurel mtn,marienville,or up around mckean,south of erie.the picture in my avatar is behind my house,looking towards west pittsburg,not the city of pittsburgh.im about 45 miles away from there.

Live in MD but ride in PA. I know of all of the different places to ride in PA (the internet is a good educator!) but the only place I have ridden is the Laurel Highlands with QuadRacer. Would like to get to Potter County. Would like to stay in the Wellsboro area and ride the Canyon and/or stay in Emporium and ride from there. My wife and I each ride, and my kids are six and almost four. :beerchug: :fluffy:

Maybe we should try to put an HCS Potter Ride together...Coudersport would be the best starting point due to hotel situation and Canyon is a nice ride from there with gas in Cherry Springs and Ansonia so no problem there. Jan. 7,8, and 9 is the Potter County Snowmobile Clubs yearly Rodeo in the Snow which is a good time but trails are very busy and hotels are full if conditions are good. The southern end of the county has some good riding down by Kettle Creek State Park.
Pic in my sig. was taken at the parking area of the Pa Grand Canyon...aka Colton Point State Park

Sounds like an excellent idea!! I bet Bob, GoCaps, would be up for it too. While the rodeo sounds good, it also sounds bad for the reasons (crowded, lack of rooms etc.) you mention. Maybe some time a little after then. I have vacation saved up to roll over to next year just for sledding...hopefully I'm not too busy to use it though!! :beerchug:

A get together would be great. The only downfall for me is the planning. I work every third weekend, and when I do I work both Sat. and Sun. Our schedule is for a quarter (3months) at a time, and I won’t know my work schedule for Jan.-Mar. ’05 until early December. I need to get the ‘fam out and also ride with the guys, which my wife has no problem with. Definitely need to kick this idea around some. My first ride will probably be in the Laurel Highlands, and I am hoping Dave (Quadracer) will be available! Dave, I got your e-mail and will be in touch! :banana: :beerchug: :fluffy:

sounds good to me. i definetly be into taking off from maybe howards in coudersport or maybe at potato city.

:banana:

Gocaps and quadracer, let me know when you guys are going, i'm always up the laurel highlands.

Sure thing, G5301!!

You bet G5301!! You would certaintly have the first F8 that I've seen, or at least the first I've known about! I usually ride with a guy, Tim, from Youngwood as weel. He rides a Po, but is still a really cool guy!

Well i ride with rjf7, and he has one also. We were at dynotech monday and it should be a fun winter.

Wow...i didnt know there were that many big HP guys around here! How did things go at Dynotech? How long was the trip there?

Potato City is a good starting point. You can cross 6 and go down Irish Farm Rd to the trail to the clubhouse for breakfast or you can follow Billy Lewis and go just about anywhere from there.
I hope they keep up the good job grooming Laurel Mtn. this winter as they did last, it's only about a 10 mile tow for me to get there.

could even ride over to the potter county sporting club. quite the sledding hang out.

Hey polxc5, see your favorite rideing area is Potter Co, I have been wanting to try that area. Could you help me with where I could come up with a trail map of that area? Thanks for the help, and if you guys ever come out east give me a shout if your rideing NEPAST.

I think Potato City would be a good spot to meet, It,s right on RT#6 for the guy's that are towing, good parking and you can hit any point in Potter from there. Not to sure about the Sno-Deo weekend for A date, Not so much the traffic but lack of rooms. Maybe the following weekend?

i can send you a trail map if you like.

Quadracer it's 285 miles to jim's and takes about five hours. It went great, i left with 168 safe hp with twins and rj had 159 and a single pipe. He is going to have fun, his sled looks bone stock, even has stock heat shield on the pipe. No not many guys up here do more than pipes and reeds. My last sled was a zr 1010 and i will never ride stock again. You have to know what your doing with these things because you can add some bolt ons and make them slower than stock. Yes i speak from experience.

otterbob, Thanks for the offer, I sent you a message with my address. kdjdhunter

ok its in the mail :banana:

Wow...this thread is really taking off! Good to see so many PA folks! I almost sold my sled before moving back here from Upstate NY last year. Sure glad I didn't. G5301, sounds like you're trip to Jim's was well worth it! Your sled will be the talk of the mountain. I'm tempted to mod mine as we always want more, but for now the stock F7 is as much or more than my experience can safely handle. I may get an ODS clutch kit just for the heck of it though.

Dave

It is good to see some chatter on here! What is hard though is the fact that we won't be able to ride for most likely another four weeks! Oh, well, it could be longer!
If a person wanted to see the PA Grand Canyon and wanted to stay at the Black Forest Inn instead of the Coachstop Inn in the north, how many miles by trail is it to Ansonia or Colton State Park? Just curious, as I would like to take the wife and kids this winter. Can't be more than 30 miles by trail between the two, one-way, could it?

It could be a little less but get a map for sure, those state forest road's can be tricky going to the canyon.

I think it is less than 10 miles. It is only about 5 miles or so from Ansonia to the Colyon Point lookout

:augen41: I`m from PA. near the pocono`s ride all over and whenever i can

I know where the good places are to eat, in the laurel highlands.

Point me in thier direction rjf7!! That's my main riding area and I've yet to stop to eat anywhere! Any uneasiness or reservations about leavin your sleds sit out at any of the places you stop? :beer2:

Yeah, where do you eat? I went to Seven Springs ski resort once (Foggy Goggle bar), and a few years ago I went to the ski resort on the north side of the turnpike (I-76), I think it was Laurel Mountain. It was closed last year due to the owner dieing, I think. Also, I know where you turn to go to Wallets (sp?), but never went there. :beer2:

Stop at Wallats and order the Big Ham...won't need to eat the rest of the day.

Boy that's no lie. I might head up their and watch the game. I know that's where rj was talking about , since we usually ride from walats.

There is usually 25 30 sleds there at all times. We park there and ride in all directions. We meet sunday morning most of the time.

Also for food you can take the trail off Summit Road to the ski lodge since Seven Springs is opening it up this winter.

Thanks otterbob,
It came in yesterdays mail, it was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much. I noticed the date on it was 10/00, do you know if they update it it regularly? Where is a good place to stay and start out? I cant wait to try that area. Thanks again kdjdhunter

hey guys, got a buddy who has some property in shinglehouse. about 200 acres i think, with a cabin. any good trails close by? thanks for any info.

hey no prob. they are official maps that i picked up last year while i was at howards in coudersport. not much of a map. doesnt pa give their trails number designations?


im not too far from shinglehouse. we ride to their from here in ny.

how can i find out where any local trails are? thanks.

whats goin on everyone,how about this weather it better snow soon i cant wait anymore!Anyone here every stop at walets bar up on route 30 great trail ridin up there.well look for me up there im there alot when it snows so stop up and well going bust some trails.

catrider...you're right about the weather. If i'm not mistaken, we alreayd had a decent snow about this time last year. I've ridden up to Waletts once or twice, but never had a chance to actually go in yet. I plan to change that this winter.