Ossipee Valley Snowmobile Club

2/26/10

Dave Bowles ventured out into the upper elevations from his trailside home in Wonalancet. Dave reports numerous trees down, branches and debris blocking the mile or so he was able to travel before calling it quits. He reports that there is new snow in the trail openings, but woodland areas received no new appreciable snow cover. We warn anyone that ventures out onto the system this weekend to be prepared for waterbars, washouts and numerous blowdowns. If you have to ride, please bring a saw to help clear the trails! Suffice to say conditions are extreme spring like with much storm damage. Obviously grooming remains suspended under these conditions…..

2/24/2010

We received several inches of heavy wet snow overnight, not the 10 to 18 inches predicted by the local news station. Our main concern is predictions for heavy rain, up to four inches, predicted for Thursday night into Friday. This type of weather event would devastate what is left for snow on our trail system. Right now we are sitting back and waiting to see what hand Mother Nature will deal us over the next 48 hours.

FLASH UPDATE: Richard has had to close the southern trail system due to poor conditions and potential flooding. Trail Conditions page updated accordingly!

2/18/10

The new snow that fell Tuesday is gone, a combination of warm temps, direct sunlight and yesterday’s riders. Unfortunatlely we have large stretches of trail that have lost the base and are now down to gravel or mud. Corridor 19 has many exposed rails, ties and switches. We caution anyone that ventures out on our trails, especially in the lower elevations, to keep a sharp watch for many exposed hazards. The problem we face this late in the seaon is that even with a substantial snowfall, we have no base in many places in order to help pack down a solid trail system. We will keep our eyes to the sky and work with whatever mother nature deal us over the next few weeks!

2/17/10

Unfortunately we only received about three inches of light powdery snow from yesterday’s storm. We will be  out assessing the situation today and post conditions later on this afternoon.

Believe it or not, the OVSC’s March meeting is only three weeks away. This is our traditional last meeting of the season, known as our general membership meeting. This is a non election year, so all present officers remain until the 2011 March General meeting. This is the meeting to come to to help plan next year’s and this off-season’s events and fundraisers, or just to raise your voice or offer an opinion on general Club operations. Also, with the poor conditions this season it is no secret that overall registrations and club memberships are down. If anyone has any new ideas on fund raising ideas to help bridge this gap we would love to see you in March. The General Membership meeting will be held at 5:00 PM sharp on March 6th at the Canoe King on Route 16 in Tamworth, just a tad bit south of the entrance to White Lake State Park.

2/8/10

We apologize for not updating the site the last few days, but unfortunately there is no new news to report. The lack of snow this season, and the ever increasing solar radiation from a sun growing stronger each day has decimated our lower level trail system. Grooming is still suspended. We will update the site as soon aswe receive a substantial snow storm. Finally, we thank those that came to last Saturday’s monthly meeting!

2/2/10

Unfortunately we are still waiting on a substantial dumping of snow to get us back to mid winter conditions. REMINDER: Monthly club meeting at the Canoe King on Route 16 in Tamworth this upcoming Saturday, February 6th at 5:00 PM!