I did Iron Mountain to Waywayanda Road to Hofferlin to the Ranger station today, and then the road back to the west gate . Iron Mountain/Waywayanda road was tough going. I was using a combination of the sled tracks, and tracks left by a few XC skiers that were leaving the trail as I entered. It was pretty much like riding a never ending skinny, cause if you got off line or dabbed, you'd sink in about a foot deep or so. Climbing was pretty rough, the downhills were fun as hell, though on one of them the front wheel randomly sunk axle deep and tossed me off..lol. Hofferlin was a different story, as it looked like someone had made some attempt at packing it down, and it had seen more XC ski traffic as well. Someone had hiked it though , leaving deep footprints , which made staying on line just as tough as it was on Iron Mountain, even though it was riding much faster and easier. All in all it was a hell of a workout, a fun ride, but will be much better once it gets colder, and more packed down. Lets hope for more traffic in the days to come. The rest of the park is a mess though. They did very little plowing, the lot by the brook that leads up to furnace, is untouched, as is that entire section of road. The lots by the beach, and boat house, are plowed to only about half capacity, and no attempt was made to clear anything past the lot. There were no sled tracks anywhere other than Iron Mountain, that I could find, so no real clear pathway into the single track, at least not the I could find. Might be a different story on Ferber side of the park though, seeing in increase in motorized traffic i've noticed coming in from that end of late.
