Trails

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 grooming and good weather

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.

Trail Conditions

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

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!

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.

Trails

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!

Trails and Snow

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!

Groomed Trails

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!

Trail Conditions

The trail from here to NE Carry is in very good shape considering the traffic it's been getting. Groomed parts of it yesterday, cleaned up turns/curves, and put some signs back up that a moose decided to dine on. Packed powder until today. Temperature is hovering around 30F and a light drizzle. Hopefully we don't see too much rain.

The Lobster Trip road is plowed, but there is plenty of snow on the sides of the road. Groomed a 4' wide trail on each shoulder of the road. As soon as they are done hauling wood, we"ll widen the size of the trail.

Snowmobile Trail conditions.

Trails are in excellent shape with the warm days and cold nights, their really holding up. Not to mention that Ragged, Jo-Mary, and Ourselves (Suncook Sledders) have been, and still are grooming, and will for another week or more if the weather holds. Lakes are flat and granular. Stay off them till 11:00 am till the surface softens up some. We had several sleds overheat last week and a couple with melted sliders fused right to the track.

Look forward to seeing everyone again this weekend. Ride safe and often....two more weeks! Shawn, swing by for Spring fishing spots. We'll go over some favorite places on the lake.

Snowsleds & E10

OK now, we lost a total of 4 sleds this weekend, burnt......no compression in one cylinder.........Hmmm! E10 perhaps? These are sleds (and owners) that have been coming here for many years. We've seen more sleds crap out this year then ever before. Doesn't add up. Well is does, one thing that has changed is the gasoline with ethonal added. Alcohol/Ethanol, mixes with water/moisture. Oil and water don't mix. Oh you say you don't snowsled, wait till you toast a cylider in your Subaru + your catalytic converter. It'll set you back $3000-$8000, to get it fixed.

Trails and weather

+2F and crisp and clear, no wind. We are booked solid again for this weekend. We have a few openings over the next couple of weeks, a lot of last minute bookings. I think folks are looking to do some great Spring riding this year.

All the trails are groomed to perfection, at least that what people stopping in are telling us. Our trails are groomed and ready to go. Ride safe!

Trails and weather

-3F this morning. Big change from Friday's +48F. Had some rain Friday night that packed down the 2-3' of snow earlier in the week. The lakes are flat as a pancake and very good going. The weight of the snow and the rain has pushed the ice down and cracked it. Then the lake water comes up through the ice and gives us nice slushy pockets, so watch out, don't get stuck! Lots of folks passing through yesterday commented that Chesuncook Lake was the worst for slush. Most of that slush should have frozen up with last night's low temps. Outside of that groomed yesterday to break up the trail and icy spots. Ride safe!

Trail Report

Everyone that stopped in today and yesterday can't believe the trails out there.....the best ever! A lot of hard work by all the clubs involved, GREAT JOB!, not to mention the blood sweat and tears that go into the trail system. Labor of Love I suspect! A fellow in Kokadjo told me "we do it for the people", I'll let you know that he was 20 hours into grooming with only 3 hours of sleep, he meant it!

Have a safe, fun, and great ride this weekend. When you come across a "Trail Fund" jar, put some cash in it. These trails don't groom themselves!

Snowmobile Trails

Wow!!! Busy, busy week. Thanks to everyone that stopped by and stayed with us this week. I never thought we'd flip over 100 buffalo burgers in a day!

You folks really made our winter, and we just just wanted to THANK YOU! and thanks for all your support on the new snowmobile trails.