Great Escapes Fall 2022 | Page 7

13 WINTER 2022 VOL . 04 / ISSUE 02
Northern Maine
SNOWGOER . COM 14
Here are some of the moose tracks we came across during our ride . Those moose like to use the groomed snowmobile trails as much as we do .
were headed .
Polaris 800 Switchback XCR that was
our riding team , swept for our group
for automotive traffic . The trail ’ s edges
A bit past sunrise , our group topped
graciously offered by Daigle Polaris in
while tucked behind the huge window
were heavily forested by a mix of hard
off at Shin Pond Village ’ s fuel pumps ,
Madawaska , Maine , and followed Craig
of another Daigle-borrowed machine – a
and soft wood trees , but where there
then headed north on the trail that bi-
Daigle of the dealership-owning family
Polaris 800 Titan Adventure cruiser .
were clearings a rider could see tower-
sects the Village property , with King
on his 600 Rush XCR . Relatively recent
The combined Trail 81 / 85 was a gen-
ing hills on the horizon . We weren ’ t more
leading on his Ski-Doo Renegade Back-
Aroostook County convert Derek Comeau ,
tly weaving path , groomed wide on what
than a half-hour into our ride before King
country . I was aboard a shiny 2018
who was instrumental in pulling together
was likely a gravel road in the summer
took the first side-trip , leaving the main