YK to Prelude Trail Report – December 24th

One of our members was out for a ride to Prelude and supplied us with the following trail report.

My son and I went for a spin up to Prelude on Thursday.

We originally planned doing the Hay Lake route but the portage leaving Hay Lake going to Prosperous had exposed rocks (need more snow).  We also noted a number of rocks sticking up through the ice on the south end of the lake that I never knew were there before.

We headed back to YK/Back Bay and headed up the portage at the top of the bay that crosses the highway and YK river and then on to Walsh.  There has been some brush clearing at the highway and the old trail that used to run adjacent to the highway is not really identifiable.  Lots of sharp sticks, brush and small logs to ride over right near the highway.  The portage from the highway to the YK river crossing was a bit rough but not bad considering we don’t have a lot of snow yet.

The  portage from YK River to Walsh Lake was nasty. Lots of fairly deep ruts from quads (I think). It appears that this portage was used to access Walsh Lake from the river. More snow might fill in the voids. If it doesn’t get any better I’m not sure they’ll want to use this route for the Frostbite 50 if they do it again this year. Rest of the trip was fairly uneventful.

Larger lakes have small drifts. Smaller lakes not so much. Portages still rough from not enough snow.