Saturday, March 7th, Club #1
-6 in Bathurst. So far we’ve been doing our best with the grooming, but our workhorse the #1 unit has been giving us a lot of headaches and yesterday was no different, when it had to turn back with a coolant leak. With over 16000 hours on this unit in just 10 years it is getting on...
Friday, March 6th, Club #1
-12 in Bathurst this morning. Well, the temperatures seem to be back to normal for now. As I expected, there was more snow than rain in the higher ground towards Governors. They had 10 to 15 cm up that way and it would be more of the wet variety, which in the end would be better for...
Wednesday, Mar 4th, Club #1
It was a bit of a mild day yesterday with temps in the positive single digits, but great riding. Spoke to sledders from Nova Scotia and they said trail where they rode yesterday were awesome. Now the forecast for today has been all over the place in the past few days with 15 cm of...
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, Club #1
-1 at post in Bathurst this morning. With the snow last week plus all the traffic from the Danny Burger Run, the trails held up to at least a 6 or better. We have been working them and have still a bit to go yet. looks like +5 to +7 for today. YIKES! Then it looks like what was...
Update 3 PM: #3 replaced three cleats. On Trail 23 from Nepisiguit to Rogers Lake. #1 on return from
Piston Alley and 503 is back upto Red Pine shelter, up the 507, over to Nine Mile Shelter
on Trail 22, return on 22 to the 301/22 intersection and will finish
back at Rogers Lake.
Monday, Mar 2nd, Club #1...
Sunday, Mar 1st, Club #1
-10 at Post in Bathurst. It was busy day everywhere yesterday. There was a lot of overflow into all lodges due to the Danny Burger run. Thanks to all for participating.
Quote from a sledder "Very busy day. Most sleds I seen this year in one day, but where are the police this year?"...
Update 3.30 PM: Not good news. Engine code problems with the #1 groomer out of Rogers Lake.
Towed the unit to Bathurst Heavy Equipment. Hopefully back by Monday.
Saturday, Feb 29th, Club #1 The 29th day of February (an extra day in the season)
Groomers were out yesterday and last night. This is Danny Burger...
Update 2.30 PM: #1 and 3 groomers are up and running. The #1 is around the Cal Loop and on Trail 22
to the 22/301 intersection. The #3 Big Blue is on its way to Rogers Lake.
Update 11.45: They just opened the highway 430 to Rogers Lake so it will be a couple of hours for the #1 Ron will be pulling into the...
Update 11 PM: 25 CM down and storm is at a standstill/
Update 8.30 PM: 17 cm down with NE winds at 20 gusting to 40 Km/Hr
Update 3 PM: No snow yet.
Thursday, Feb 27th, Club #1
- 6 at post here in Bathurst. In anticipation of the snow tomorrow we had limited grooming over night. We brought the #2 from the...
We had a fantastic turnout again for last night’s supper at the lodge. Thanks to our two sponsors, Doucet’s Landscaping an Blanchard Ready Mix for their continuous support for our snowmobile club. They had loads of prizes on hand and everyone went home happy. We had many people in besides our local residents...
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