With rougher conditions this year, we put the Elka Stage 5 shocks to work on the Arctic Cat Wildcat Sport Limited. The Elka Stage 5 shocks only come on the Arctic Cat Wildcat Sport Limited as the Wildcat Sport XT and Wildcat Sport come with JRi shocks, which are still a good aftermarket shock. The Elka Stage 5 shocks did a nice job of soaking up the rutted out trails and gave us enough travel to navigate over some of the large rock piles that accumulated from the flooding.
 |
We
found several rock piles to climb with
the Wildcat Sport, and while the fenders
don't provide great mud protetion, they
do allow you to have a full view of the
tire, which is great for rock crawling. |
As we made our way up Casto Canyon, the sun began to set. Our next destination was Peterson Point. We climbed in elevation and reached Peterson Point, which was only a couple miles from Casto Canyon. We arrived just in time to watch the sun set over the valley.
 |
We watched the sun go down at Peterson Point |
When the sun went down and the darkness started to creep in, we flipped on the halogen headlights and headed down the mountain back to Ruby’s Inn. The bright headlights worked great, however, when riding with a big group and in the dust, the headlights reflect too much up in the air lighting up the dust and making it difficult to see. We arrived back at Ruby’s Inn safely and checked out odometer to see how far we rode for the day – a surprising 115 miles!
The next day we woke early in the morning, fueled up the Arctic Cat Wildcats and took our pick of machines. On this day, we decided to give the 2015 Arctic Cat Wildcat Sport XT a try. This model features an automotive style paint job and XT graphics, but does not feature electronic power steering (EPS).
 |
Here is another example of some more rock formations you can see on the trail |
We hit the 22, which is legal for SxS and ATVs to operate on as it connects to many of the trail systems in the area including the Freemont and Great Western Trail System. Once we reached the Pine Lake Trail Head we turned off and make our way up to the lake. Again we ran into washed out trails/roads that were once accessible with a car, but now you would most likely get stuck. The Carlisle Trail Pro tires hooked up fairly well and the 13 inches of ground clearance came in handy when crossing over a few logs along the trail.
 |
We put the 13 inches of ground clearance to good use climbing over some of the logs that lay across the trail |
