Local Ride Reports

hazelnut · 01-15-2011, 04:34 PM

I figure people could chime in with reports from our local Winnipesaukee area riding conditions.

I posted in another thread last night about the conditions of the Neck Trails in Moultonboro.

Today we left from Suissevale and headed up the Castle Trail up and over Mt Shaw to W. Ossippee to the Snow X races. Conditions were early season type conditions this morning. Decent coverage, some water bars and bumps, some "snirt." All in all a decent ride over the mountain. Coming back was a different story. It seems as though the state did not groom the trails Friday night and it really showed coming back up and over the mountain. The passable conditions from the morning had deteriorated quite significantly by 3:00pm this afternoon. If they groom tonight I am not sure what the conditions will be like but the snow coverage is thin. We need another big storm.
Moultonboro trails at the base of the castle were the best we rode by far. I did not venture any further into Moultonboro today.

Side note: I met "Skip" today at the Snow X event, as he was working at the gate. What a great guy! It's always great to put a face with the name.

Skip · 01-15-2011, 06:00 PM

It was great meeting you today also!

I do believe the State was getting ready to go out this evening to groom up and over the Mountain to fix the problems you noted this afternoon. Also the OVSC is going out tonight to recover Corridor 19 (the Railbed) that runs along the Sno-X event, and many of the connecting trails. It was super busy with everyone riding into the event today.

And thanks for coming by!

01-15-2011, 04:34 PM	#1
hazelnut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,348 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 508 Thanked 462 Times in 162 Posts	Local Ride Reports I figure people could chime in with reports from our local Winnipesaukee area riding conditions. I posted in another thread last night about the conditions of the Neck Trails in Moultonboro. Today we left from Suissevale and headed up the Castle Trail up and over Mt Shaw to W. Ossippee to the Snow X races. Conditions were early season type conditions this morning. Decent coverage, some water bars and bumps, some "snirt." All in all a decent ride over the mountain. Coming back was a different story. It seems as though the state did not groom the trails Friday night and it really showed coming back up and over the mountain. The passable conditions from the morning had deteriorated quite significantly by 3:00pm this afternoon. If they groom tonight I am not sure what the conditions will be like but the snow coverage is thin. We need another big storm. Moultonboro trails at the base of the castle were the best we rode by far. I did not venture any further into Moultonboro today. Side note: I met "Skip" today at the Snow X event, as he was working at the gate. What a great guy! It's always great to put a face with the name.

01-15-2011, 06:00 PM	#2
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	Great trail report.... It was great meeting you today also! I do believe the State was getting ready to go out this evening to groom up and over the Mountain to fix the problems you noted this afternoon. Also the OVSC is going out tonight to recover Corridor 19 (the Railbed) that runs along the Sno-X event, and many of the connecting trails. It was super busy with everyone riding into the event today. And thanks for coming by!

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