classicdmax 58 Report post Posted January 12, 2022 Any first hand reports on current conditions, if any? Heading up in morning for the long weekend with the intentions of riding somewhere, on something…hopefully white. Will be in groveton with nash stream as option 1, then moving north as necessary? I know nhsa will be updating tomorrow. Just trying to create conversation thanks gents j- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljgomes 77 Report post Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) Here in Stark, there is about 7" of crusty snow on the ground. A good base, but not really enough to do anything like filling water bars. The only decent riding will be where there are logging roads. I would head to Millsfield, Swift Diamond or Pittsburg where the majority of trails follow logging roads. Avoid woods trails until we get more snow. I know Groveton is trying to get some trails open, but they have a logging operation going on in Nash Stream that will knock out some of their road based trails. White Mt. Ridge Runners in Berlin has two problems. A lot of their road trails are also ATV trails that have been getting heavily used this winter by ATV's so not much snow on those roads right now. And their woods trails which are some of the best in the state don't have enough snow to do water bar filling. Both of those areas need a good 1-foot plus snowstorm to get things going. Edited January 12, 2022 by ljgomes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljgomes 77 Report post Posted January 13, 2022 Just got back from a 45-mile ride around the trail system that surrounds Millsfield Pond. We trailered to the end of Newell Brook Road, unloaded and drove the snowmobiles up Newell Brook Road about a mile before hitting groomed trail. From there all logging roads were pretty much perfect: Newell Brook Road, Metallak Trail, Millsfield Pond Road, Loop Road, Signal Mountain Road, etc. We tried following PT110 east over towards Cor. 18 because we were thinking about riding up 112 towards Pittsburg, but we encountered thin conditions and ice patches in the woods and we decided it was not worth the effort and turned around to get back on the logging roads. I printed a map from the Umbagog Snowmobile Association Facebook page that had many details on what was open, logging operations and where the bad spots were. I highly recommend anyone riding tomorrow or Saturday get a copy of this map. I found it to be very accurate. I did not see any signs that the Groveton groomer had come in from Cor. 28. Not surprising since there is a section of trail near Trio Ponds that needs a couple of feet of snow before it can get groomed. Also did not see any signs of the Berlin groomer coming up Cor. 19. Also not surprising since several sections of Cor. 19 follows woods trails and not logging roads. Hopefully the storm forecast for Sunday-Monday will come through. We have a good hard base in most areas (even on the trails that have not been groomed), but need more snow is needed to fill the water bars, cover rocks and build approaches to the bridges. We did not see any other riders during our two hour ride even though there were other vehicles and trailers in the parking area. But we did see a dozen turkeys and 2 grouse which was nice and not something we normally see when there is normal snowmobile traffic. 1 Skip reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skip 262 Report post Posted January 13, 2022 Nice seeing you posting here Larry…long time/no see…are you going to be at Easter Seals? Ill be up to ride it Thursday thru Sunday out of T & C. Skip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljgomes 77 Report post Posted January 13, 2022 39 minutes ago, Skip said: Nice seeing you posting here Larry…long time/no see…are you going to be at Easter Seals? Ill be up to ride it Thursday thru Sunday out of T & C. Skip At this point, we are not planning on attending. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
classicdmax 58 Report post Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Rode out of SDR late this morning on 5n thru Coleman and found conditions to be very nice. There was a stretch of 5 just prior to young’s that was a bit choppy. Young’s for fuel, and the newly renovated restaurant next door for grub…forget the name. Continued on 5 and made our way to the border. Returned on the eastern side taking 144 and 112 I believe, a short jaunt on 134 then back to the parking area. Was pleasantly surprised by the conditions overall. Logged about 110mi with my son and I believe it was a mink we saw running through the woods along side us Edited January 13, 2022 by classicdmax 1 rossi46 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossi46 90 Report post Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, classicdmax said: Young’s for fuel, and the newly renovated restaurant next door for grub…forget the name. Full Send...formerly Happy Corner Edited January 14, 2022 by rossi46 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljgomes 77 Report post Posted January 19, 2022 We trailered over to Nash Stream and did a 35 mile ride in that area. Since there is a major logging operation at the end of Nash Stream Road, the entire length of Nash Stream road is shut down except for one small section that is shared. The only really good trail in the system is West Side Road and that was perfect. The groomers did as good a job as possible with the available snow, but there just is not enough snow to fill in the dips on the woods trails right now. Were were right behind the groomer and we were ticking off rocks here and there and bumping through water bars. After the woods trails get any amount of weekend traffic, they are going to be rough. I recommend anyone going north to trailer over to the Pontook Dam parking lot on Rt. 16 and leave from there. Millsfield has 40 miles of logging roads and one logging operation and while they don't have much more snow than Nash Stream, there is a lot less disruption to their trail system from the logging operation. The good news is that all area clubs were out today: Groveton, Stratford, Berlin and Gorham. PT109 has a logging operation near York Pond Road and so that trail is only open from Groveton to South Pond. After that going south is closed all the way to the Yamaha Connector in Berlin. The word is that this logging operation on PT109 should be done by the end of the month. Don't forget that on Saturday 1/22, the White Mt Ridge Runners in Berlin is having their annual lunch fundraiser and their new Tucker will be there on display. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljgomes 77 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 PT109 is now open between Stark and Berlin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PolarisCobra 131 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 On Saturday Morning, I met up with BigGuyNH at the Newfound General Store. Parked out back, worked our way up to the Baker River clubhouse for an early lunch, and back to the trailers. Trails in the area were good for the most part. Some of the woods trails are bumpy, there just isn't enough snow to fill the low spots. There was more good than bumpy, and everything was covered fairly well. It was cold, about -15 when we unloaded, resulting in a jump start to a weak battery, and some cold fingers. We were fine once we got going. Whenever I get a chance to ride with the Big guy, we have a good day, and Saturday was no different. 3 snorander, Saluda and rossi46 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigGuyNH 21 Report post Posted January 26, 2022 Great ride PC. Yeah, kinda chilly is an understatement, LOL! As always had a great time, and BRV club house was a great stop. We need to do this more often this year. 1 PolarisCobra reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
