Good morning from  Bathurst. It is -10. The Nepisiguit Lodge is now open for food & gas. Take a drive up to see the newly renovated lodge. We think it is beautiful.

     The #2  groomer went down the line as far as Big River and beyond on Trail 19 towards Bathurst...

Ron brought the #2 groomer to the Nepisiguit Lodge today from Rogers Lake. On the way down there were many fixes to be done, especially between Highway 430 and the lodge itself. The #2 also did the 507 into the Austin Brook cluster. It is now stationed at the Nepisiguit Lodge for the short term. The #1 was also...

      After the little meltdown on the weekend it looks like temperatures will be more favorable going forward. It has been a rough startup, especially from the trails out of the lodge. All trails West of Rogers Lake have been decent with enough snow to groom.

       Yesterday...

     Good morning from Bathurst. Hopefully from this day forward we can see some good changes in the weather. This is especially true from trails out of the lodge on 23 East, 52 South, 19 East, which are trails to the peninsula, two Bathurst and the Miramichi.

      After the rain...

Hope all goes well with you in the New Year.

    With yesterday's temperatures at Plus 8 and rain is not exactly what we need to develop the trails in and out of the city. However, we did not fair as bad above Rogers Lake as the temperatures weren't as high in that area. We could be in for more soft...

 Update 4 PM: The #2 is just arriving from its run from Rogers Lake out to 507  and Trail 22 to the 22/301 intersection.

     Good morning from Bathurst. It looks like Ron got the #2 unit running as it did the job on the 503 on Thursday. It turned out okay so now you have another loop...

Good Morning from Bathurst: This morning Ron has some volunteers along with the #1 groomer going to open up the 503 from Popple Depot to Simpson Fields on Trail 19. If you are willing to help meet anywhere on 503 and start cutting & throwing. BUT, he also stated that a crew went through and reported no...

Update #1:   See second paragraph:  #1 did what the #2 was supposed to do last night: groomed 23 to Red Pine Shelter up 507, 22 South to Nine Mile Shelter, then down Nine Mile East Rd (trail 23) to highway 430. From there it was to back tracked to Rogers Lake. This should be done by 8 PM.

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      Ron had the #1 unit out yesterday out of Rogers Lake. It did the 23 up to Red Pine Shelter, the , 507 and trail 22 up to the 22/301 intersection, which undoubtedly had broken branches and down trees. It turned at that point and headed back south on trail 22 as far as the Nine Mile shelter....

      Not great news about the trails. Friday's storm caused great devastation to some trails, such that we had to close Trail 23 out of the Nepisiguit Lodge to Rogers Lake. (see yesterday's post)

        Ron is sending a groomer out today from Rogers Lake up to Red Pine...