trail conditions from a long ride on Jan. 31st

[masssteve]

We started out of Swissvale around 10 on Saturday, headed on the lake towards the neck trails, trails were alittle choppy. Headed towards Squam, trails got much better. Crossed Squam, little Squam, headed north towards Plymouth. Got on 11 towards Lincoln, tracks trails were perfect! Went through Franconia State Park, trails were awesome! From there headed towards Twin Mt, stopped at Fabians for gas. Headed northeast on 12 towards Gorham, trails were still flat and fast. From Gorham headed south towards Conway on 19, not so great, took along time to get into Conway. Stayed on 19S to the tracks, tracks were terrible through Tamworth. Got Gas at station across from Profile then continued south. Crossed 16 at Mt Whittier, the groomer was just through and the trails were great! Up and over Mt Shaw and the Castle trails back down to the Castle parking lot trails were great! Town trails were a mess, (late in the dat Sat.) back to Swissvale. The round trip took about 10 hours and was 238 miles. Great long loop for those who like them!

[VitaBene]

We started out of Swissvale around 10 on Saturday, headed on the lake towards the neck trails, trails were alittle choppy. Headed towards Squam, trails got much better. Crossed Squam, little Squam, headed north towards Plymouth. Got on 11 towards Lincoln, tracks trails were perfect! Went through Franconia State Park, trails were awesome! From there headed towards Twin Mt, stopped at Fabians for gas. Headed northeast on 12 towards Gorham, trails were still flat and fast. From Gorham headed south towards Conway on 19, not so great, took along time to get into Conway. Stayed on 19S to the tracks, tracks were terrible through Tamworth. Got Gas at station across from Profile then continued south. Crossed 16 at Mt Whittier, the groomer was just through and the trails were great! Up and over Mt Shaw and the Castle trails back down to the Castle parking lot trails were great! Town trails were a mess, (late in the dat Sat.) back to Swissvale. The round trip took about 10 hours and was 238 miles. Great long loop for those who like them!

That is a good long ride great report. We did 120 or so out of Suissevale on Sat as well. We headed through Meredith on the tracks and ended up in the Hebron area and did the loop in there, then headed back across Squam and Red Hill. Conditions were great. Hopefully the Moultonborough Club's Tucker problems are behind them and grooming has resumed.

We also ran the Kona loop Sunday AM- we ran into (not literally) the Mboro Skandic grooming that trail.

Overall conditions are great across all of the different club's trails! Thanks to all of those that spend their nights and weekends preparing the trails for us!