AmSnow.com is now SnoWest.com
7 feet of snow in the Midwest? Yep, you read that right. Only a few places in relatively quick driving distance from Detroit, Toronto, Milwaukee and Minneapolis get as much snow as this area!
We are talking about a little known place of powder heaven along Lake Superior’s shores in North Ontario.
The folks from the OFSC (
Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs) and
sled.algomacountry.com invited us to come on up to one of these snow-rich areas and be guests of the small town of Wawa, Ontario. So the AmSnow crew headed up there for their first annual Snow Down event and found some of the much talked about Ontario white-gold.
Getting there is half the fun!
Wawa sits just off the Trans-Canada Highway, or Highway 17, that runs pretty much the length of the country. We crossed the border from the U.S. to Canada at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Once in Ontario, we stayed at the fantastic Quattro Hotel & Conference Centre , which just happens to be where my wife and I stayed at for our wedding … but that is another story altogether. (spoiler alert: my wife is Canadian!) More info:
www.quattrossm.com.
This is no ordinary hotel though. It is 100% newly renovated and conveniently close to the snowmobile trail in the “Soo.” It is a full-service hotel, and it can easily host 400-plus rowdy guests for a snowmobile editor and his wife on their special day!
To travel from the “Soo” to Wawa, we hopped aboard the “sled train!” This tracks-to-trails passenger train picks up people and their sleds in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and services several northern communities, including Hawk Junction, Hearst, as well as hundreds of small camps and cabins that people own on lakes, rivers, and other areas cut off from civilization in the winter. More info:
www.agawacanyontourtrain.com.