Trail Report #10 Winter 2014-2015

[Lee & Mary]

Trail Report #10 Winter 2014-2015

There is good riding but conditions are still variable throughout the trail system. Groomer operators have been out for the last several days compacting the snow and working it into the base. The trail base is now very solid. Along with other trail hazards more unexpected ice floes are developing in many areas. Good carbide skegs and track studs are helpful. Do NOT expect trail hazards to be marked...it is impossible to mark these consistently and conditions change without warning. “HEADS UP” safe riding is required.

CAUTION... Active logging operations are ongoing in two locations...
#1... @ F-98 S at Freedom Way, near North Road, Guildhall (there is a signed side trail in place to skirt the yard/processing area.. stay out of the yard and on that trail ..watch for trucks and skidders.
#2… @ F-2 S just beyond the old sugar house on Boucher Rd. The job is almost finished, but there may still be equipment operating along the sides and sometimes in the trail...pay attention...stay out of their way, stay away from the processing equipment. There are logging trucks hauling out the products, you must get out of their way, pull off let them pass.

PLEASE STAY ON DESIGNATED TRAILS.... With the hard snow surfaces you can travel most anywhere, that doesn’t mean you should. Throughout the northeast permission is secured for designated trails, this includes through open fields, private and publicly owned forest. This is not like the western US where you can ride anywhere...regardless of what manufacturers' marketing efforts and U-Tube videos would lead you to believe. PLEASE STAY ON THE TRAIL.
• 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