Grommed this afternoon

Just returned from a 6 1/2 hour run to the Ragged Trail. Groomed up real nice for the first run of the season. The new groomer worked flawlessly. All the new controls that we fitted to it and radios all worked like textbook. Good run. 2'-3' of snow down towards Lobster and Little Lobster Lakes. Great views, maybe b/c the groomer does 7mph wide open. So slow down and enjoy!

AND YES WE ARE OPEN WITH GAS JUST DELIVERED!

2012-2013 Season. Snowed about 10'-12" overnight. Blowing and drifting makes it difficult to determine just how much we received. We had a good solid 12"-18" base of frozen hard packed snow under that so sledding is good. Nothing major groomed yet, just a few club trails to make getting around a little easier. Lake ice is a clear 6". Some slush with the weight of the all the snow. Still some open spots.

Brought in a 1999 BR275 MP Plus the day after Christmass. Fabricating a hitch now and going over every nook and cranny of it. It's in very good shape but needs some updating. Looks like we are a week out on our first run. A lot of welding and retrofitting from a ski-slope machine to a trail dragger. The PB240 headed down to Abol Bridge to groom portions of ITS86 and it's drag is getting refit to the 240 from the 170.

Off to a good start. Should have our trail nailed down in a week. A lot of cutting in the area, and a lot of hauling going on before more snow hits.

2010 SNOW!

We received 26" of new snow in the last 48 hours. Add that to a good solid base of 12" and we're off to great start for this season. The ground is still unfrozen and wet spots are showing up, it's early, they'll freeze up.

Just some light grooming around the area with VKs and small drags. We need to get around, we moved out the wheeled vehicles 3 days ago.

Still snowing!

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.

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.

SNOW AND MORE SNOW!!!!

Better late than never! This is the fist launch of this blog and as the name and description implies we need your input to help us do a better job. The Nortwoods Trail system includes all trails from Jackman east to Millinocket from Kokadjo north to Pittston Farm and Chesuncook. This is snow county, and for the last 11 years that we've lived here, we've always had plenty of snow, early in the winter and late right into early Spring.

We'll be contacting the clubs in the Northwoods area and ask them for their input. Please send your input also.