Another great first supper at the lodge last night. We want to thank Pat Elhatton of Elhatton’s Funeral Home for their 24th year of sponsoring his supper. We had a sellout crowd with people in from NS and different parts of NB. Great food and prizes and everyone had a great time. Many old faces and lots of...

January 10: Safety
Usually I’ve stressed the issue of safety on the trails and it is about time that we bring this topic to the front. Fortunately we have been spared a fatal accident this year in New Brunswick, but that goes without saying that we’ve had a share of accidents. With increasing traffic we...

Update 7AM: #2 unit still on the trail. Returning from the Host to Nepisiguit on 19 /23
Wednesday, Jan 8th, Club #1
-18 overnight, which is a big change from the higher numbers we were used to seeing so this gives us better set-up conditions. How long will this last, I do not care to speculate. Since Saturday...

Tuesday, Jan 7th, Club #1
-12 and a little cooler than what it was. The #2 was out last night with it running 19 from the Atlantic Host to East Bathurst and Bass River. The #1 was out of Rogers Lake on Trail 23 to Nine Mile Shelter, Shady Lane Cluster Trail 509, around the California Loop, Trail 508 40...

Our Wednesday night suppers start this Wednesday, tomorrow, Jan 8 th and will continue each week into March. The first supper is sponsored by Elhatton’s Funeral Home and it is Roast Pork served with all the “fixens” and Joan’s homemade dessert plus all kinds of prizes to boot. Call the lodge 548-9174 for...

Monday, Jan 6th, Club #1
-7 in Bathurst. There was an abundance of traffic in the system Friday through Sunday and the groomers were doing their best to keep up. Trail 23 seen most of the traffic and the groomers were on the move most of the time through that time period. We got the Trail 23 from Rogers Lake...

Update: 11 AM #1 heading for Mt Carleton from Rogers Lake Trail 23 and 504
#2 Heading for The Host from NSL on Trail 23 and 19
#3 Heading for Nepisiguit Sports Lodge from Rogers Lake on Trail 23
Sunday, Jan 5th, Club #1
We finally made it to Serpentine without a hitch. The #1 groomer...

11.15 Update: #1 on the trail for an hour heading for Serpentine.
#3 still on 23 from Rogers Lake down Nine MIle East turned
at highway 430 and is on the way back to Rogers Lake
9.15 Update: Groomer #1 is being floated to Rogers Lake after repairs. Will be on the trail to Serpentine this morning.

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2nd Update 4 PM: Ron has the trail done from the Nepisiguit to the Host, (condition is from very doable to good). He is now on his way back from the Atlantic Host to Trail 19 East towards Bass River where there will be the third operator swap. Here comes the bad news. We were just about 10 Km past Governors...

Update #3 at 11.40 PM: Three Groomers are back on the trails. See you in the morning.
Update #2: A foot of snow at Nine Mile Shelter. Lots of snow on rail bed Trail 19
Update #1: 25 to 30 cm at Nepisiguit. Ron has groomers lined up for tonight at 10 PM. Let the snow settle with temps
around zero,...