I've heard the Wolfeboro area got some sour. Can anyone confirm how much and if the trails might be open another week?

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Yesterday I went riding all day, Moultonboro trails didn't look good so I took the lake to the tracks in Meredith and headed north. Went all the way through Franconia notch towards twin mountain before I turned around. The trails up north were great the groomers were out all over up there. Once I got past Plymouth coming home there was no grooming anywhere that I found so I took the lake back to Center Harbor. 137 MILES.....round trip... have fun if you go out !

Grooming
 

We started grooming last night. I will be doing the corridor trail tonight along with Red Hill. We did get decent snow- but please note that it was in the low 40s yesterday and will be again today, so melt will occur.

Access from the lake at Ambrose Cove is still closed due to poor snow cover. This is the property where riders decided to use the driveway and plantings as an alternate trail. It will easily cost the club $2K to repair the damage, and a lot more goodwill to repair the relationship.

We will undertake a major project this summer to improve access on both sides of Ambrose Cove by building wooden ramps with rubber mats (or similar).

lake riding
 

Think there is there any riding on the lake for Saturday?

Was thinking of coming up with my son to get in a leisurly ride with him.

Hope the snow lasted better on the north side of the lake.
 

At my house in Alton Bay, we had at least 6 inches, and perhaps nearing 9 or 10 inches. However, from the time I got up at about 730 to when I went out to clean it up about 1100, a combination of compressing and melting brought it down to about two inches of almost slush.

As much as I want to play golf and get the boat in, and I was truly hoping the snow would prolong the season by a week, I can see the trail going through my property behind the house getting thin to non-existent. :(

I'm afraid this banner year for snowmobiling is rapidly coming to an end around here.

And Vita Bene...I feel your pain. We have a landowner who shut off his property making the trip from Alton to Mt Major much more difficult. MMSC worked really hard working with some land owners and the town to get around this closed area. I don't snowmobile, but gladly opened my land for a small part of this trail. On the road section of this trail, they have a sign posted at each end asking that snowmobilers ride on the far side of the road from where the trail enters the road. Several did not heed the signs, and even went on private property. A land owner has complained to the Town about the sleds going across the front of her property on the road rather than on the other side of the road, and the town is now raising questions as to how long the club intends to use the short section of the road. A few idiots may very well end up costing the good snowmobilers access from Alton over the D trail to Mt. Major. Very frustrating. And there is a PO'd landowner. Good luck VB. As far as I know, there is no damage to our landowner's property, only in the goodwill.

today's ride update
 

4Fun, I just got back from a quick 60 mile ride today. Moultonboro Neck trials are still holding up well but its going fast. The lake was fantastic no slush anywhere about two to three inches of snow just enough to cool the sleds and flat as can be. I found the north side of the lake to be better you can really see the snow line gets a lot less further south you go. South of Long Island not as much snow. North of LI was great. Enjoy it while its still here.

Vita- Thanks for opening the trials for one last ride and for the great season of groomed trails. I thought I was done a week ago but was happy to get one more in. Who knows cold temps and more snow next week could keep things rolling :)

Update 3-22 0930
 

Update 0930, Sat
Skelley's/ Balmoral/Castle lot groomed last night
Red Hill groomed this AM
Corridor 15 groomed this AM

Please note the lake access at Ambrose Cove is closed due to a lack of snow. Because riders could not make it up, they started using other routes resulting in damage that will likely cost $2K to fix.

We are going to undertake a project to improve access on both sides of the lake at Corridor 15. Likely some type of removable structure (wood or aluminum perhaps) with rubber mats.

Moultonboro trail conditions
 

Left Braun bay ay 11:00 this morning went through Kona, down the neck, past Village Kitchen over Red Hill, across Squam Lake and to the farm house on Sandwich Notch Road. Turned around and came back. Just over 50 miles. Kona and neck trails were very good. Red Hill was awesome. Best all year. Thanks Vita Beane for great job grooming. Squam Lake was great. Seemed to have way more snow on it than Winni. Trail from Squam to the notch was rough. Not groomed. Plenty of snow. Notch must have 3 feet or more on the ground. Notch trail was very good. Big thanks to Moultonboro Snowmobile club. Great job this year. I just got back into snowmobiling after being out of it for a few years. I noticed big improvements in the Moultonboro trail system. Will voulenteer for work party next year. Saw 16 deer today. 8 on Braun Bay at 7:00am this morning. 4 on Red Hill. I believe they are the same four I have seen for the past month. Same place hiding behind same tree, and 4 in Kona late this afternoon. They were walking on the trail.

Thank you so much. I am glad you enjoyed it. I love grooming and then seeing sleds out on the trails and parked at local businesses:)

And I saw a lot of healthy looking deer running the trails!

As a club president, this happens all too often. Some sledders think that the signs/rules don't apply to them. Every year, we have a couple of landowners who are upset (rightfully so) at something an irresponsible sledder does. If people knew what clubs have to do when something happens, maybe they wouldn't be so irresponsible.
This year, I have made a list (fortunately it is short) of things the club has to do, or will have to do, to fix the problem. The list will be sent to club members (no names, addresses, etc) so they are all aware of the repercussions from their actions

Gee, you could do what he anti-gunners want done. Micro-stamp the tracks and register the numbers. :laugh:

We had a problem here too, couple of people playing in a field that was posted. We hung up a couple of game cameras and caught them. Maybe this will work here too?

Lake access?
 

Other than Ambrose cove, how is the ice at the lake access points? Even the rocks I've seen, seem to be still solidly iced in.

It is my preferred option at this point. We will also try harder to make the trails more accessible.

Over the next few weeks we will be looking for some help putting trails to bed for the year... I'm ready for ice out!

Conditions - WOW
 

Is it really late March? I took a ride today (Tuesday 3/25) via smith cove, braun bay, kona loop and back via smith and around the islands. Conditions could not be better unless there was several inches of fresh powder. No open water seen - none! The lake/land paths are frozen solid. The water bars on the trail are non-existent. The swamps are solid. When crossing the bridges, there is a small flow of water, but mostly, things are still locked up tight. The lake has a nice 6" frozen snow layer on plenty of ice. No slush, no pressure ridges, just flat smooth riding. Who ever groomed the trails is an artist! Really nice. It won't last of course, with the warm temperatures and rain coming - but I can't remember better conditions for this time of year.

Conditions
 

Hey lakegeezer--- do you ride a Fan Type Sled? I have a 700 liquid, and I tried to go out yesterday, but got about 10mins down the hard packed RR Tracks (Corridor 26 in Wolfeboro) and my High Temp light came on. Just wondering if you have a fan, and/or if anybody with a liquid sled has been out in these conditions, and if their high temp light came on.
ultrarider

I had similar problems with overheating on my 800 liquid a few weeks ago.

The sled was parked in the garage and all the ice on the heat exchanger melted. The Lake surface was hard and granular and did not provide enough cooling to prevent the sled from overheating. Probably, just like the tracks you were riding. I needed to stop a number of times to allow it to cool. A couple of guys in fan cooled sleds stopped to ask if I needed help. They had no problems since the temps were low enough, and there was enough snow for the slides.

Cobalt

My sled is water cooled. While I was concerned, there was no overheating problem on the lake or trail. There was enough loose stuff, especially since I have pics that tear it up a bit.

Ice scratchers. Makes all the difference on hard pack trails, churns up enough if you are not studded (like me, studs would be 1 5/8 with my track) to keep the motor cool and stop the sliders from melting. Still doesn't help much on ice though.

Doesn't that just figure? I knew this year was going to be very good because of, you know. Glad to hear you're getting some good sledding in on that new machine.

Still open (for now)
 

Quick update. We are still open. We stopped grooming on Monday and do not expect to resume until next season!

It is supposed to warm up this weekend and once I start seeing too many bare spot, I will start closing gates.

I hope everyone had a good snowmobiling year and hope to see some of you at our annual meeting/ elections on May 3rd at the Suissevale clubhouse. Details to follow, but as usual, the club will be cooking up some BBQ.

You guys did a bang up job this year keeping the trails in awesome shape. Most folks don't realize how much time and effort is put in by a few for the benefit of many, not considering that it's all done by volunteers.

So big thanks to the MSC!

On behalf of all of the fantastic volunteers, THANK YOU!

Moultonboro Trail Conditions
 

Took last ride of the year on the trails this morning. Just as we went out around 11:00am it started raining :(. Did Kona Loop which was awesome. Headed over to Camp Tecumseh and on nice smooth trails. Was going to head down lake and make our way up to Red Hill but weather got worse. Decided to head home via Kona. Lake was nice and smooth. Great job on the trails by the club this year.

I did my last ride today up in Tamworth out of White Lake. It was great. Trails were flat, groomed and not a single bare spot anywhere. A treat to ride in such warm conditions. Wish it was like this every year. If it wasn't for tonight's rain iI would make the run again tomorrow.

We rode today, considered riding out of white lake but looked at the trails at the road crossings and decided to go north and up. Berlin to Errol, 5ish inches of new wet snow made the corners a bit interesting. Might try again for next weekend depending on the temperatures and how much rain comes this week. Any takers?

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