Tri-Town Sno Travellers

We also worked on upgrading signage because of some problems found in a trail audit. The goal is to keep the trails consistent across the province so that when people crash into stuff they have a hard time suing us.

We had a great day for the Poker Run on Saturday.  It was a little cool in the morning but warmed up nicely during the day.  135 hands were dealt.  The winners were 3rd - Bob Kerr, 2nd - Ray Snarr and 1st was Ron Caruso.  Thanks to everybody for helping out.

The trails were excellent.  The new brusher really makes a difference and you can't believe the difference it makes to be brushed.  Latchford to Cobalt is still a little rough but is a lot better now. 

I tried the reroute on the A107Q and it is quite good - needs snow because it was created last week.  Really neat where it comes out onto Lake Temiskaming.  There are 2 large ash trees curved over the trail like a giant archway.

There are no excuses so get out and ride.

We met at lunch today and decided to declare all trails open.  The trail through Haileybury needs grooming but it is well packed right now.

All of the lake trails have been staked. 

Some brushing is still needed on the Belle Vallee trail.  Richard is planning on getting it done by the weekend.

The Poker Run is this weekend.  It is always a fun ride and a good chance for people to visit about snowmobiling. I'll be out on the trails riding along.

Get out and ride.  This is it.  Winter is here and it won't last forever.

5 of us from the club went out for a ride this afternoon.  The trails were still a little soft but they were surprisingly good.  Richard was out using the brushcutter on the front of the groomer.  It was doing a great job.  The A trail from Latchford to Haileybury was rough - it needs another 6" of snow before it becomes really usable but the other trails allowed us to travel at the speed limit. 

We probably won't groom much until after the weekend unless we get some snow since there is literally nothing left to groom.

The last part of the reroute on the Quebec trail was cut on Monday.  With a little luck it will be open by the weekend.

The guys are also going to work on staking the lakes soon.  That'll have all of the trails open and awaiting snow which is forcast for Monday but that didn't turn out so good last week.

Things aren't looing good out there.  It has been raining all day.  The snow has held up but the lakes are going to be icy.   Hopefully we will have a little snow as it cools down so the trails aren't glare ice.   I'll do an update on Tuesday or Wednesday.

We haven't closed the trails yet but they are very limited and there may be washouts on the creeks so use extreme caution.

We actually got a little snow last night.  It was pretty fluffy but it whitened things up a bit.

By the end of the day today the A trail should be open from one end to the other. 

We are still having problems with reroutes on the unopened trails.
         The Belle Vallee Trail reroute has been worked out and should be open by the weekend.
         Moose Lake reroute is running into bureaucratic delays so we're going to reopen the pipeline trail.
         The Quebec trail needs workwith heavy equipment to make it usable.
Hopefully Moose Lake will be open for the weekend. 

Staking the big lake is nearly ready to go and may be done tomorrow.  Richard has checked it out and he thinks its safe.

We are forecast to get a good dump on Sunday / Monday.  If we get the snow and no rain we should be fully open on all but the Quebec trail by Tuesday.

Several volunteers came out to help the trail guys to stake some trails Saturday.  We did the Thornloe trail - L189 - from the Wabi River.  The A Trail is open from Cobalt to Kerns.  Club Echo also has some trails open. 

They guys are going back at it Monday.  The L 185 will be open by the end of the day tomorrow.