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02-20-2017, 10:23 AM | #1 |
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Please snowmobile responsibly!
I am very glad that we are having a good winter from a snow perspective.
Unfortunately, it has not been a great year with multiple negative interactions between snowmobilers and the landowners who allow us to traverse their properties. We have been served notice that our trail out of Kona Forest onto Morrill Drive will not be allowed any longer due to people not stopping at our stop signs and speeding on the road (that is going to be a fun reroute to pull off). We also have a landowner on the other side of town who was leading a group of horseback riders on HER trails when a group of sleds raced by them creating a bad situation. This type of behavior needs to stop. I volunteer for the snowmobile club because I believe that it helps our town's businesses and people prosper, but I have a "real" job too. Neither I or my fellow volunteers have the time to run around town posting yet more signs that some people will ignore, regardless of the quantity posted! I can find better things to do with my time. Stay on the trail or stay home and realize that the person who you irritate (or flip off) may be the landowner whom will shut us down. Thank you to the majority that snowmobile responsibly! Regards, John Harrington President, MSC |
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02-20-2017, 11:28 AM | #2 |
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Kona trail
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We just found trail junction 26 To junction 54 to bran bay this weeekend It this that trail that is closing on map it says Kona trail That will be a big loss in that area To bad riders can't obey signs Dave |
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Trail closing
Here is the location that will be closed.
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Kona trail
Well that's unfortunate it's going to close in that area
I have friends who live right there in Braun Bay and I visit them from ash cove looks like have to take the lake all the way was that section part of the old Kona loop trail I will be joining the moultonborough club next year as I am new to the area and would like to help to re route the trail if possible I'm sure all of owners in 2 the coves their will lose trail access also I will keep looking on MSC site for info Thanks |
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02-20-2017, 07:07 PM | #5 |
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Nothing is more frustrating than closed trails. I'm down in Tuftonboro and it's frustrating with the section of 26 closed to the Castle lot. We also have a trail behind 19 mile bay the cuts down to lang pond road and mirror lake closed. Really puts a crimp in access. I don't get these knuckleheads that don't stay the trails. Why is it so hard too abide by the rules.
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It is amazing. We humans are our own worst enemy. How much control of our lives by government and other enforcement agencies could we eliminate if we only knew how to behave and respect the rights and property of others.
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AMEN, whalebackpoint'r!!!! Nicely said!
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Laws are made for law breakers, and there are plenty of them.
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02-24-2017, 10:29 PM | #12 |
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Hate to say it but there are always going to be meatheads out there on the trails. Unfortunately no matter the tireless efforts of the clubs to hammer respect for the property they are privileged to ride on and enjoy, there are those who feel they have a "right" because they bought a registration.
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While I agree with a lot of the comments above I'm not sure the same amount of deviations you see from common sense and the law while snowmobiling don't exist on the lake any Saturday or Sunday during the summer. Plenty of intoxicated boaters, plenty of trash and beer cans floating in the lake, plenty of reckless boaters operating at speeds over the limit and plenty of jet skiers doing plenty of illegal things similar to the problem people on sleds. No doubt I agree with comments above but it's not limited to snowmobiles. The older generation by in large, self included, were taught right from wrong and when you wronged you were punished for it. That doesn't happen much anymore.
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Come join me on my commute to work each day in and out of Boston 3 plus hours a day and ride the subway system. You'll change your mind pretty quick.
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The big difference is that when a snowmobiler is "bad", there is long-lasting evidence of that behavior. For example, when one rides off-trail. If a boat does not give right of way for example, there is no visual evidence except to the offended boat. Another example is say trash on the trail. We are confident that it was left by a snowmobiler, but you don't know for sure it was left by a hiker or mountain biker. If you see trash floating in the lake, sure it looks bad for boaters. But you don't know if it was from someone in a canoe, or someone sitting on a dock, or if it blew into the lake from someones shore front property. Overall, snowmobilers look worse because you can directly visually see what they have done wrong. The latest facebook video makes a lot of people look bad, including the snowmobiler as well as the skier. But who was operating illegally? Yes, it was the snowmobiler.
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We drove by a snowmobile trail the other day that had trail marker poles marking the trail, similar to the markers on Kingswood Golf Course. There were multiple tracks where one or more operators decided to use those poles as a slalom course, weaving in and out of the poles. Just another example how the actions of a few can make access more and more difficult to obtain by the local clubs.
Invariably, when a landowner has had enough disrespect for the property and closes it down, it creates a "you can't get there from here". Sent from my GT-P5210 using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app
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