Trail Report #1 Winter 2014-2015

[Lee & Mary]

Trail Report #1 Winter 2014-2015

Well the snowmobile season is upon us. Unfortunately, there isn’t much snow. Our trails are ready and we’re waiting like everyone else. The heavy snow of last week hit other parts of Vermont but NOT the northeast kingdom. It is critical at this time of year to build a good base and that takes time. Although there is some snow cover the ground beneath has no frost and thus even light travel pretty much wears out the snow cover. Conditions vary from poor, to fair, to good on each of these trails and vary by location and underlying terrain, there is no consistency. At this point our objective is to build a good base, cover rocks and normal trail debris. Also wet areas are not frozen. Hopefully the newly packed base will have the opportunity to freeze up and work frost into the ground, then we can begin to groom if and when new snow arrives. F-98 and F-2 have not been opened yet.

Connecticut Valley Sno-Riders Grooming Area

From Guildhall Village Trail 2F to the Pipeline Jct EX 64
From EX 75 on the 2F trail north on route F102 to Maidstone Lake
From EX 532 North on the Lake Road to EX 55 on Route 98
From EX 532 West on 102-A to EX 51
From EX 51 North on 102-A to EX 42 on Route 102
From EX 343 North to EX 501 on Highway Rte 105 (Stone Dam)
From EX 51 North on Route 98 to EX 491 junction with trail head Rt F98
From EX 491 North on Route 98 to EX 49 joining Route 102
From EX 50 feeder trail F102 to Bloomfield
From EX 402 to EX 532 the Route 1 trail