Post rain

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.

Rain rain go away

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.

Mid January update

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.

Trails open limited

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.

1st Week of January

Is it really Jan 6 already.  Richard has been out working on the trails all week.  He has packed a large portion of the A trail and staked and signed it north of New Liskeard.  Tomorrow he's going to pack the trail to Thornloe.  A group of volunteers is going out on Saturday to stake the trail to Thornloe and if we have enough people also the A trail to Cobalt.  We're leaving the Groomer Shelter at 9:30 on Saturday if you are interested in helping out.  Bring your sled and a shovel for piling up snow.

At this rate we should have some trails open on a limited basis by Monday and all that we can open by Friday.

We have all of the information to the MNR and MTO to be able to do the Moose Lake Trail reroute.  With any luck our contractor should be working on it by Jan 20 with it open by the end of January.