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[QUOTE="Smit-Dog, post: 947874, member: 25436"] Well.... We ended up staging at the Ambrose Lake campground and rode north. Hit a brief section of the Ambrose Lake trail, then took the connector up to the Rose City loop. The connector isn't all that long or all that nice. It has well-formed quad grooves all along it. You have your choice of the left wheel rut, or the right wheel rut. Most times you're jumping between them, depending on line selection. They're worse in the corners, probably from blasting out of them. It wasn't uncommon to feel the outer edge of your boot rub along the lips of the ruts in the turns. Once we crossed over Rose City Road, it got better. Other than the 3 riders we saw heading south on the connector, we didn't see a soul over 4 hours and 30 miles of trail. The trail was basically quad-wide the entire way. Not much sand, other than 2 big hillclimbs. My son's CRF-100 just didn't have the conjones to make it up these hills. Even dad had to wring that thing out like a rented moped to get up them. We also came across a nice downhill rock garden, two lines to take with some erosion thrown in the mix. My son's downhill riding technique up to this point had been "feet out and squeeze the front brake". This particular downhill helped to break that habit. The rocks were smooth, and sized anywhere from baseballs to melons. A little intimidating for an 11 year old on a smaller bike. So we shut the bike off, put it in 1st, and used the clutch and engine for braking on the rocky decent. The bike had a hard time moving downhill with the clutch out.... might have proven how powerful the rear brake can be when it's used. Spent quite a bit of time on that downhill, but the experience was well worth it. Next time we'll tackle it going uphill! We ended up riding north to Gilford Ranch Trail (it's a 2-track), then back down south to Ambrose, taking the east side of the loop this time. By the time we hit Rose City Road on the way back, we didn't have the time to ride the 5-6 miles into town for food. Staging was only 20 minutes away at that point, and we had to get back to Secord Lake to pack up. It's a nice option to have available, but it would have added an extra 45-60 minutes to do it. Before heading out, I printed out the ORV map provided by 2TrakR and grabbed my GPS. I couldn't find the latest CCC mapbook, and the older version I did find wasn't as good as 2TrakR's map. If I didn't have that map and the GPS, we would have surely of gotten lost. We came across a ton of ORV, route, 2 track, and snowmobile crossings. The orange triangles were spotty, and there are a handful of 2-track sections that are used to connect the ORV trail. The map from 2TrakR has most of the major and minor roads labeled, but out there in the woods they're not marked at all. At each crossing, I'd dig out the GPS, and the road name would pop up so that I knew where I was on the map, and which way to go next. We didn't have the time to sightsee and explore, so being able to stay on the right trail was key. The next time we ride in this area, we'll stage again out of Ambrose, but head south instead. Met some riders crossing over Fairview Road on the way up to staging, and they said the loop south off Ambrose (Ogemaw I guess) was really nice; zero whoops, very little sand, and somewhat technical. Overall a great weekend. Got to combine some family boating time with some father and son riding time... :ride: [/QUOTE]
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