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Did you catch that fall feel in the air this afternoon? Well, start digging in the attics, cellars and sheds and dust off those old sleds as the OVSC is gearing up for another one of our fantastic fall swap meets to be held once again at Canoe King/All Sports Autoracks! Stay tuned and check back often as we finalize the dates & times for this must attend event.
8/14/08
Have you taken a good look in the swamps lately? That's right, the first trees are starting to show early fall colors! Yes, we still have plenty of summer weather ahead of us but the days are getting shorter and fall work parties are quickly approaching. Please keep a close eye on these pages in the coming weeks for important updates as we gear up for yet another snowy winter in one of New Hampshire's premier snowmobiling areas!
Of important note is this fall's anticipated bridge building project. The steel and lumber will be ready for delivery soon, and plenty of helping hands will be needed to help our President David Bowles in completing this must needed project that is high atop his 2008 "to do" list.
Last but not least, we still need to replace the stolen Warn winch for our Tucker. To date we have received approximately $100 in donations, and could really use any additional spare change to help replace this very necessary item! If you can help, the great folks at Canoe King/Allsports Autoracks are ready and willing to handle your donation....and thanks for helping out!
More to come soon.....
3/6/08
Well here we are, at the tail end of the most exciting and fulfilling snowmobile season in the history of the Ossipee Valley Snowmobile Club.
Mother Nature stepped up to the plate and the batters at the OVSC, with the financial and personal support of both our members and riders, hit one out of the park!
While we are grateful to so many this season a special thank you needs to be extended to all the folks at Bureau of Trails in general, and to Chris Gamache and
Mike Weeks in particular. The faith and trust placed in the Club by the great folks at BOT helped ensure the smooth and successful season we all enjoyed.
Now to the nuts and bolts. As the season winds down and our record snows dissipate we would like the rider to be aware of the spring conditions just ahead of us.
First and foremost be aware that trail conditions will vary greatly with location and time of day. Expect icy conditions evenings and during first light.
As the days warm and the sun gets stronger the trails will quickly become loose very early. Also expect a variety of stumps, rocks and waterbars to begin
the eventual appearance, first down low then working their way up to higher elevations. Also expect continuously changing conditions along the Corridor 19 rail trail.
Rails and switches will soon be rearing their ugly head, a condition we have not had to deal with most of this long season!
Finally, expect the grooming schedule to become more relaxed as the opportunities to groom lessen in the coming weeks. Warm weather and rain makes grooming impossible,
but rest assured that as long as we can reach the trails we will groom when conditions allow.
During these last weeks of the season we will keep you as best informed as possible of the changing conditions via our website.
In closing we want to once again thank all of you that have made this season a record breaking success for the OVSC. We truly appreciate the kind words,
additional donations and the extra help we received from our customers this season. We encourage all of you to stay active in our Club by monitoring our
website during the off season for information on trail parties, social events and next season’s meeting schedule. We look forward to hearing from you in the off season,
and can’t wait to meet all of you back out on the trails this upcoming winter!
2/17/08
Finally we have some time to sit and update the website. We have been busy
digging out from the heavy wet snow of last week. It has topped off and already
deep base. The local trails are in really great shape. We expect these
conditions to continue despite a front of slightly warmer temps and rain that
will be in the area for just one day. This is going to be a great vacation week
for visiting riders.
Remember, next week is the RMR SnoX happening at Mt Whittier. We expect a bigger
turn-out than last year so come early to get a good spot on the course.
Our grooming operations will continue normally this week. Enjoy the riding and
be safe.
2/12/2008
And it just keeps snowing!!!!!! More snow is expected tonight into
tomorrow with 10" expected.
As you may notice our website does not get updated every single day. The reason
is that we are busy and can't sit behind the keyboard all day. Plowing snow,
Clearing Roofs, Clearing Trails, Grooming, Working at our jobs, Going to
meetings and on and on.
So again a call for help is going out.
We have trail signs that have gone missing! Where did they go????? We
have replaced some already but more need to go out. Can anyone help? Canoe King
has plenty of signs in stock. If your familiar with our trail system we could
sure use your help.
Grooming operations are ongoing. The trails are best first thing in the
morning because grooming is normally done at night when there is substantially
less snowmobile traffic. As the day wears on and sled traffic has used the
trails you MUST expect deteriorating trail smoothness. Also after a trail is
groomed it has to SET UP. That means the newly moved snow has to get stiff to
stand up to traffic better. When riders ride just after a groomer has gone over
the trail you might as well not have groomed it. It's loose and will bump up
immediately.
State wide, snowmobiling is in trouble. Why? There are no substantial
numbers of folks volunteering! This was the main topic of discussion at the
Carroll County meeting this month. A major Coos County Club has expressed it's
wish to CLOSE DOWN OPERATIONS because of lack of volunteers.
Our clubs are not ski areas operating for a profit. We do not have
employees that have a responsibility to maintain a great product for you. We are
VOLUNTEERS that are trying to have a good time and that have devoted huge
amounts of their personal time to maintain these trails that you enjoy in your
spare time. I imagine how much more riding I could do if I was riding instead of
working out in the trail system. But then what would happen to the trails that I
work on? Would someone else step up? Not to many have so far. If more people
were involved to spread out the load then we would all have more time to enjoy
the trails and we ALL would be able to take pride in the finished product.
I am eluding to this problem now because the riding has been great and our
website as well as all the club websites around the state are getting lots of
hits. We want everyone to see the situation we are in and hopefully drive
volunteerism to this sport we are all enjoying.
Also please read below. The Ossipee Chamber has asked for help also. Please read
below------
For our Membership Dates please see our EVENTS PAGE. All upcoming meeting dates
are posted. We will try to post the meeting dates on the Home Page before each
meeting...but if we don't have a chance to get it there soon enough for
you...remember that they are posted on the EVENTS PAGE -and- that they are held
THE FIRST SATURDAY NIGHT OF EACH MONTH.
Enjoy your riding adventures with your families and friends and please ride
carefully.
2/4/2008
What a surprise this morning to wake up to 7" of new snow instead of the sleet
and rain predicted. It is still snowing so the totals are not in yet. This is
going to improve the conditions at the perfect time. Looks like another great
week of riding coming up.
PLEASE CONTACT US @ ossipeevalley@gmail.com OR THE CHAMBER IF YOU WISH TO GIVE A
HAND WITH THIS EVENT.
1/30/2008
Remember gang the OVSC Membership Meeting is this Saturday night @ 7:30 @
Samantha's Inn. We will have our meeting and then reside in the Pub for food and
beverage. Come on and join us and participate in the club.
Again this season snowmobile racing action is coming to the Ossipee Valley.
Brought to you by the Ossipee Valley Chamber of Commerce members, Rock Maple
Racing Sno X is back for it's second season at the Mt Whittier former Ski Area.
Check out the website for info:
www.mountainblizzard.com.
See our events page.
The weather this week is pretty quiet. We did get some rain today (Wed) with
temps in the high 30's. The snowmobile traffic has been light
and that will help preserve the snow in the thinner areas for this weekend. All
and all though the conditions are still very good, especially as you climb to
the higher elevation trails.
1/22/2008
RACING THIS WEEKEND. NO MOTORS....DOGS!!!! Yeah that's right It's Sled Dog
Racing this weekend January 21st.
The racing action starts on Chocorua Lake and will ply the trails of the
OVSC. This is a really fun time. Find a spot on the course and have lunch
and watch the teams mush by. If your riding please be aware of the racing
this weekend.
January 21, 2008:
Tamworth Race - The NESDC race manager and chief judge have inspected
the Tamworth race trails today and are happy to report that they are in
excellent shape (see below, photo taken 1/21/2008). The race is ON!
Also, the race manager is happy to announce that there will be no membership
late fee this season.
Visit nesdc.org/for more info.