What a RIDE! It hasn’t been confirmed my Guiness Book officials yet but we will end up within a few machines of 1632. If my memory serves me correctly, the record to beat was 1138. So, we clearly beating the record by almost 500 machines! Last year we ended up about 50 short and then the Guiness officials disqualified 26 more, they could disqualify 50 and we’ll still smashed the record.
It’s unknown yet if the parade will be an annual event but for sure we’ll do everything we can to keep the record in Minnesota! It’s rumored already that the Kentucky Club that was the recent record holder and a Hurley, Wisconsin, club that held the record before them are gunning for us…….
It was an AWESOME RIDE in Silver Bay and I thank everyone from the Iron Range that showed up to help our cause!!! I’d to see your pictures and hear your ATV Parade stories.
Larry
Congrats to Richard “Dick” Parker of Grand Marais!
Safety has to be on the top of the list for ATV’ers. I’ve seen Youth Safety Training sessions increase on the IRON RANGE over the last couple years with no chance of slowing down. The DNR and Iron Range ATV clubs see the need and are responsing with more and more sessions available for our young riders. For more info you can contact me or the DNR website, the link to the website is below. Safe riding everyone!!
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/safety/vehicle/atv/index.html
Here’s the schedule for the World’s Largest ATV Parade, courtesy of my friends at ATVAM.
Friday, June 12, 2009
3- 9 p.m. Registration in front of the AmericInn Motel on Hwy # 61
Saturday, June 13, 2009
6 a.m. Silver Bay Fire Dept Pancake Feed (Fire Hall)
7:30 a.m. Registration and Staging for Parade (please come early so we have time to setup ATV’s for parade
10 a.m. Northern Helicopter will be giving rides for a fee throughout the day.
11:15 a.m. ATV Parade
3 - 7 p.m. ATVAM Silent Auction & “all you can eat” buffet at the Union Hall
6:30 pm Announcements Union Hall
**Please bring a canned good or staple item to donate to Silver Bay’s food bank we will be collecting them at the parade site.**
Sounds like our trip to the ATV Parade in Silver Bay will be downsized from last year. Last year we had 18 ATV’s from the Northern Traxx ATV Club in Chisholm. This year, it sounds like seven are planning to ride, so far. I really hope this isn’t the case for other clubs and the ATV groups that attended last year. We need to beat this record!
The parade is Saturday June 13th. The day starts with a pancake feed, registration and the parade at 11:15 a.m. It’s a full day at the parade with an Auction following, Dinner and a Banquet type announcement meeting in the evening.
Anyone else planning to attend???
For those of you planning to trailer your ride up to the Iron Range this weekend, here’s a great map that will give you a better idea of all of the trails that wind their way through (and around) the Iron Range.
Here’s the link: http://ironrange.org/_site_components/pdf/IRTB_ATV_Broc_WEB.pdf
You can also contact the Iron Range Tourism Bureau (or stop there on your way north) to get your very own copy. You can request one online here, or call 800-777-8497 and they’ll mail you a copy.
Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend.
Exciting ride from Virginia to the Britt Lounge to say the least. We lost a Polaris with a broken axle and a flat tire, soon as all trash talk was finished up and the Polaris got a ride home on the back of a Arctic Cat….. Another tire went down but on an Arctic Cat this time, that really killed the Polaris trash talk. Whatever was eating up the tires didn’t stop everyone from having a great time.
The spring weather is off to a rough start this year but you have to make every weekend count on the Range! This weekend for example, 48 degrees for a high on Saturday???? I’m thinkin’ cold fingers but always a good time out on the trails.
This guy has a lot more time and probably a lot more money than me!!! AWESOME is the word!!!
I’ve seen a lot of cool and different ATVs over the years but this one is sits at the top of the list. I’d bet my last dollar that the owner of this ATV feels the same way.
This was one of about 20 ATVs that left Tom & Jerry’s in Chisholm last weekend and rode all day between Chisholm and Buhl. To be honest, there isn’t much I’d rather do than take a ATV ride on a beautiful day…
I’m hoping to get a ride together this weekend! See you on the trails! Upload your Iron Range ATV riding photos and/or videos, here.
Northern Traxx ATV Club in Chisholm, Minn., is pleased to announce that they’ve been approved for and have received a trail grant from the Yamaha OHV Access Initiative in the amount of $10,000.
The money will be used toward wetland delineation costs and to purchase wetland credits for any areas that maybe impacted. Northern Traxx ATV Club has been working on developing a 10 mile ATV trail for 4+ years, the trail will start in Chisholm and travel north approx 10 miles to the Highway 5 Bar & Grill.
News of the grant couldn’t have come at a better time for Northern Traxx ATV Club as the Minnesota construction season is just getting under way. Northern Traxx ATV club has pending grants with the Minnesota DNR trails program and the federal trail program, the timing of the Yamaha Grant will allow Northern Traxx to move even closer to the actual construction stage of the project.
Northern Traxx ATV Club wants to send out a HUGE “thank you” to the Yamaha Corporation, Yamaha OHV Access Initiative committee, City of Chisholm, DNR, Cliff Rue Motors and all the local businesses and people helping to move the project ahead!
Larry Folstad
Northern Traxx ATV Club
Chisholm, MN 55719
218-969-6789
Spring is arguably some of the best riding of the YEAR on the Iron Range. I have pictures to prove it!!!
This time of year is awesome out on the trails, low maintenance roads, old mine and logging roads, etc. Depending on the area you usually end up with six inches (or so) of water and the mud is still frozen underneath, allowing you to get places you sometimes can’t get to in summer or fall months. This ride started in Virginia, heading south into Gilbert and ending up down by by K&B Drive In (south of Eveleth).
I want to here about your Iron Range riding hot spots!
Oh, and thanks for the pictures, Stacey!
Stay tuned for AWESOME news from Northern Traxx ATV Club and Yamaha Corporation!
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Some spring trail riding near Virginia/Gilbert
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More on our spring ride near Virginia/Gilbert.
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Stacey makes her way through the mud on our recent ride.
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My friend Rob had a whole lot of fun on our recent ride! He looks a little wet.
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Rob made his way through this mess! It was a blast!
Water Skips on Lake Vermilion last weekend was GREAT! The weather was questionable for ATVing (some would say) but that didn’t stop us or the other 800+ people we met up with. These pictures prove it was a huge kick off to Spring ATV riding on the Iron Range last weekend.
We had 30 ATV’s, side-by-sides and a few snowmobiles for the big ride. We left Fortune Bay Resort~Casino at about 11 a.m., hung out at Water Skips till about 4 p.m., stopped at the Vermilion Club on the way back for Poor Gary’s Pizza (and to warm up), and ended up back at Fortune Bay about dark. Everyone had a great time and plans are already being talked about for next year! Now, lets hear about your spring ATV rides…
