Just saw this thread and am sorry to hear that someone sprayed a new "snowmobile trail" with herbicide in an effort to create a new snowmo trail on Mt Shaw in the Ossipee Mtns.
Slightly off topic, but can someone explain what's the fun of a snowmobile as opposed to hiking on snowshoes or old wood cross country skis?
Snomobiling needs a snowmo, a trailer, a tow car, gasoline, insurance, registration, helmet, & specialized warm clothing. If it is a two-stroke snowmo, then you end up smell'n like two stroke oil.
Winter trail walking needs aluminum snowshoes or an old pair of wood cross country skis available for maybe ten bucks at a yard sale, some ski poles, and some decent boots.
With all the equipment needed for snowmobiling, and the lack of exercise as compared to snowshoe & xc ski touring, it is two different winter activities sharing the same winter terrain, side by side, and very very different.
Like why bother with all that snowmo $tuff when ski touring on the hills is so cheap and easy to do? duh?
