Chesuncook

Homemade Meals and Soda

2010-04-26T09:42:00.004-04:00

After a busy winter many of you asked if you could stop in for supper in the summer. You sure can. Just drive in (4x4). We do ask that you call and make reservations if you'll be visiting before July 15th. After that stop in whenever. It is a different menu than the winter. If there is something special you'd like us to prepare or a special occasion, let us know in advance (Grocery Store is 2 hours away) and we'll prepare it. Or just stop in for a homemade root beer float.

Buffalo Roast, Prime Rib, Roasted Chicken, Turkey or Duck, Pork (too many ways to mention), Lamb, Seafood. With all the homemade fixings, breads, soda and desert. YUM!

FIREWOOD

2010-04-26T09:36:00.003-04:00

Last fall we purchased a firewood processor and can deliver seasoned or un-seasoned firewood to your camp located in the Maine Northwoods. Delivery is available and is included to most camps located 20 miles from our processing location. Extra per mile rate after that.

2 cord minimum for delivery. Call or email for pricing. PLEASE DO NOT TRANSPORT FIREWOOD into the nothwoods, we don't want the bugs.

Fishing Specials

2010-04-26T09:10:00.002-04:00

OK, we keep getting a lot of calls on this, so here it is. 2 people, One cabin with 3 homemade meals, One 15' aluminum boat with outboard motor (oil and gas), life jackets. 2 night minimum stay.

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. $225.00 per night
Thursday, Friday, Saturday. $250.00 per night. Check our "AVAILABILITY CALENDAR" for dates.

All you need to do is drive(4x4) right to our lodge with your gear and fishing tackle, we provide the rest......and relaxation! Remember, we're located at the north end of Chesuncook Lake with the West Branch of the Penobcsot just around the corner, not to mention Black Pond and Umbazooksus Stream just across the lake from us.

Official Ice Out 2010

2010-04-18T12:55:00.003-04:00

First of all, sorry for the webcam issues. For some reason our satellite feed wasn't working nor was the webcam. It's up and going again.

Odd year this year and the ice went out before the ice out entry deadline. Can't change the weather. There is still a huge portion of ice 6 miles down the lake. For our contest we go by what you can see in the webcam.

This year ice out on northern Chesuncook Lake was APRIL 13th 5:30 pm. 3-4 weeks before normal ice out earliest ever recorded. Looks like Glen Haggert gets a free night for 2 with meals at the Lake House this year, Enjoy!

"Glen Haggett said...April 13th @ 3pm"

Thanks to all that participated, we'll do it again next year. Contest entry deadline is April 1, 2011.

Ice out contest 2010

2010-03-25T10:03:00.002-04:00

It's that time of year again. Whoever comes closest to the day and time of ice out on the webcam wins. Entries end at April 15, 2010. Good luck!

Trail's End

2010-03-22T10:03:00.003-04:00

Looks like last weekend was it. Then we got 2" of snow last night and more on the way all week. Not to mention forecast nigh-time temps in the single digits. We'll see.

Trails are pretty much done and just lake riding, even the lake riding is in question. Be careful out there.

Trails

2010-03-16T04:45:00.002-04:00

Groomed from the intersection of Maxfield and Loop Rd trail to the end of the Salmon Pond trail last night. Should be good riding today, lakes are still flat with plenty of snow.

Still snow and grooming

2010-03-15T09:09:00.004-04:00

Groomed the Maxfield Brook Trail north off the Ragged Lake Trail last night. Still plenty of snow. There were a few holes in the trail, not any more! Groomed to the Golden Road and will groom the Salmon Pond Trail tonight.

Temps still in the low 20s at night. Sledders coming from Greenville and Rockwood yesterday reported a good ride, not much traffic. Conditions west and north of here are excellent. We'll be riding those areas this week.

Sunny days and cold nights, Spring Riding at it's best!

Still grooming and good weather

2010-03-10T18:24:00.003-05:00

No rain in our NOAA forecast below. Repaired some bare spots today. Ragged is out tonight grooming and groomed last night. We cleaned up the connector trails to the trains. And we'll be grooming everything Thursday night. Rode our trails today and they are in good shape. Lakes are flat and 3 feet of ice. Night temps have been in the single digits. Looks like 2 more weeks of sledding here and north.

If the trails start falling apart south of us you can always trailer to our plowed out parking lot at the Pine Stream Rd and Golden Road and take the Salmon Pond Trail north up to the best riding in the state!

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Northeast wind around 6 mph.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. Light east wind.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 46.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 44.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Great Riding!

2010-03-08T10:45:00.004-05:00

Trails are all groomed and ready to ride. We suggest using the NEW Maxfild Brook Trail headed north from the Ragged Lake Trail. This will avoid any brown trails. Follow the signs to Chesuncook. Fantastic weather, mid 30's during the days and teens at night. The latest forecast calls for nice weather this week into the weekend.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=CAR&llon=-69.912083&rlon=-68.852083&tlat=46.077917&blat=45.020417&smap=1&mp=0&map.x=113&map.y=6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz-avxyQ-HQ

Chesuncook Trail System Map

2010-03-04T09:38:00.002-05:00

Chesuncook Trail System
Our current trail system is from Pittston Farm Seboomook Trail to Little Lobster Lake. Or from the Millinocket and Kokadjo take the Ragged Lake Trail to the NEW Maxfield Brook Trail and head north to Little Lobster then continue north to the Salmon Pond Trail then your here. It's all signed and groomed. ENJOY, and ride safe!

Google Earth Link:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106507245598943280745.000462fc3d6ecd804b03f&t=h&z=10

Thank You Peter

2010-03-04T09:28:00.000-05:00

Good evening. I can not tell you what a pleasure it was for me and my snowmobile buddies to visit your wonderful Inn on Chesuncook Lake. From the young man that provided fuel for our sleds to the waitress who took our order for a lunch. The food was great, the Root beer tasty but most of all it was the hospitality of you and your children. I wish you the best of success and the best of good health and look forward to coming back for another wonderful experience next year. By the way this is from the Peter one of the snowmobiles that our friends called you about last evening when we showed up late. Thank you for your concern. We enjoyed the trains. God Bless Peter K.

Peter Z. Kupczak
84 Jaffee Terrace
Colchester CT 06415

Trail Conditions

2010-03-04T08:15:00.003-05:00

Trails are all groomed last night after 5 hours of welding repairs on the groomer's tracks, we where up and running.....Ah, crawling! Plenty of snow and with the low nigh time temps the trails are setting up good. Off trail riding is as good as is gets. When snowed last week is was wet and heavy, now off trail has 2-3" of hard pack with 2'+ of snow under. We'll be grooming up the small connector trails to the Trains this afternoon.

Ragged Riders and the Chesuncook Snowmobile Club opened a new trail yesterday from the Ragged Lake Trail to Little Lobster. Nice Ride, great views of Spencer Mt. headed south and Lobster Lake headed north. THANKS TO THE LANDOWNER WE HAVE THIS TRAIL TO USE AND ENJOY! The trail is 10 miles long and winds through some beautiful country. It is signed and groomed so have fun!

Trail Conditions

2010-02-28T18:46:00.002-05:00

We ended up with 12" of heavy wet snow and another 2" today. Everything is groomed up and in great shape, judging by all the smiles on the trail, folks where having a good ride. The Lobster Trip trail was plowed up again and we spent 3 hours putting the trail back down on a groom that should have taken an hour or less.

We are hooking up with the Pittston Farm Groomer at the north end of NE Carry Road and the Burbank Road on the Moosehead Loop. We are grooming the side of the Lobster Trip Road with the Land Mangers permission. Be careful, it's a multi-use trail and there are vehicles on sharing the road.

We need to hear from you, start typing and tell us how the trails are. Off to do the Salmon Trail, just rode and it's washboard.....sorry just groomed it yesterday afternoon. Temps dropped below 30F, so where good to groom.

Snow!

2010-02-26T08:25:00.003-05:00

Plenty of snow this morning. Temps holding below 30F should bring more snow throughout the day. 6" of new snow since sunrise and 4" yesterday.

We'll be grooming late today and all night. So will all the other clubs in the Northwoods Trail system. Logging in some areas finished up weeks ago and we've been waiting for a significant snow to groom the trails. Pay attention, with 16-20" of new snow things will look a little different this weekend.

YES MORE SNOW!!!!!!!!

2010-02-21T21:04:00.003-05:00

Just got dumped with another 8 inches today! We've been grooming all day and the trails are PERFECT!!!! Groomed from Northeast Carry, Lobster Trip Road trail, Loop Road trail, Little Lobster trail, Poulin Road trail, and up to the Salmon Pond trail (that will be done late tomorrow). We also groomed up to Mud Pond including all the connector trails and a newly opened trail which avoids Mud Pond Carry.

Snow!

2010-02-21T08:29:00.002-05:00

You know it's been a dry winter when 2", now 3" of new snow is something to write about. We've been getting an inch a night for the the past 3 nights and this morning finally some measurable snow.

Better late than never. Think snow!

Trails

2010-02-18T16:28:00.002-05:00

The Lobster Trip Road trail is pretty bony due to no new snow. If your coming up you can take the Black Pond Trail around Female Mt. then head north a few miles (it's signed) to the Greenville Road over the Golden Rd then onto Caribou Lake then head up the lake we'll be here.

Also, you can trailer to our parking lot at mile 1 on the Pine Stream Road and take the Salmon Pond Trail up and ride our trails over to the trains on Eagle or up to Caucomogomauc Dam Loop.

Off to Groom!

Snow, trails and Lake Ice

2010-02-12T09:13:00.004-05:00

We're still holding onto plenty of snow, 12"+ off trail. If you get stuck off trail in these conditions you better pray no one has a camera. The off trail and lake ice is riding incredible. The lakes are flat with enough snow for traction and cooling. Our trails where all groomed Wednesday and Thursday and are in excellent condition.

When you get into the North Woods snow-belt (north of the Golden Road) you'll get into good snow. If your headed up on our Chesuncook trail from NE Carry, it's worth a couple of bony stretches to get up here. When your North of the Logging Camps your golden.

Trail re-route from Lobster Trip Road to Loop Road, pay attention! This trail brings you down and around the Logging Camps. Those folks at the camps have been very accommodating letting us run trough the middle of their operation while cutting/hauling was taking place on the Loop Road. Thank You very much Mr. Crawford!

This is looking like a VERY SHORT SEASON, don't let it pass you by. You already registered your sled. Trailer it up to the south end of the Lake, or to our trail head at the Pine Stream and Golden Road. Plenty of plowed out parking.

SEE YA!

Trails and Snow

2010-02-08T07:39:00.005-05:00

For all of you who stayed home this weekend, you missed out on some great riding and good weather.

*****WE HAVE SNOW HERE****

Just around 18" off trail and a good 10" on trail. There is plenty of snow on the lakes too, and the lakes are flat as a pancake. 2-3" of new snow yesterday and a couple more expected today.

See you on the trail!

Fresh Fish

2010-02-08T07:30:00.004-05:00

Zack caught this one yesterday at dusk....goes with cusk I guess. Fishing has been pretty good here. Plenty of action, no trophies yet. This one filleted and chunk-ed up, then deep fried, will taste just like scallops if not better.

Groomed Trails

2010-02-05T18:06:00.002-05:00

They're all groomed! Just finished Salmon Trail to NE Carry Trail. Pulled back snow that was plowed off the trail on the Lobster Trip Road and made a good 10' wide trail on the roadside. It's not perfect, but it will keep you running cool. in the snow.

The trails going to the trains north of here have been re-routed also. No more Mud Pond Carry "Jet Skiing". You'll have a dry butt now!

Ride Safe.........Enjoy!

Salmon Trail

2010-02-05T07:59:00.003-05:00

New Salmon Trail is in a word, "WOW" and that's not just me. The first group I encountered yesterday morning while I was putting up signs and cutting alders. Stopped and said "WOW that's the real deal"! So, the 15 mile re-rote is a success, and folks coming in all day loved it too.

Here is the trail in a nutshell:

Cross the Golden Road at the Poulin Trail onto the Pine Stream Road, stay left where it's groomed for a 1/4 mile and then take a left onto the new Salmon Trail. 10 miles in you'll go through an old groomed rabbit trail onto the bank of the West Branch then head east 4 miles (caution!! spectacular views of Mt Katahdin) to the village or off to the trains on Chamberlain.

Or you can get there and just follow the signs.

On the Poulin Trail be sure to check out the new "Katadin Lookout". You'll see the whole Katahdin mountain range. Spectacular!

New Trail

2010-02-04T08:30:00.003-05:00

New trail to Chesuncook Village. From the south (Golden Road) take the Salmon Pond Road north, Just groomed it last night. At the end of the trail take the connector trail to the West Branch head west 4 miles on the lake, and your here. OR just follow the signs. Awsome ride, great views!

You can still ride the Pine Stream Road to here, it's plowed, and is now a Mixed Use Road. The trucks have the ROW (right of way). Go slow and be alert and ride the right side of the road.

Ice cutting

2010-01-25T08:26:00.003-05:00

We put up 83 cakes of ice on Friday. Each cake was 15" x 15" x 30" and weighed around 150 pounds each. Not bad for our first annual ice cutting event. We planned on two days, but had it done in one.

We'll see in the summer how well we really did!