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Skip · 10-21-2006, 08:18 PM

I too hope we hear soon from the fine folks at LRCT.

I have worked alongside WHTMTN and other hard working people in my club (which abuts the property in question) most of the fall cleaning and clearing trail, repairing the Corridor 19 RR tracks and rebuilding & replacing bridges throughout the sytem.

While doing so I observed something very special. We as a club work many more months a year maintaining the trail system than actually riding on them with snowmobiles. Three months of use is great, four months a gift from heaven.

But as we volunteer to keep these trails open, not a work party goes by out of those 8 or 9 non snowmobile months that we don't see the hikers, birders, dog walkers, naturalists, poets, photographers, children, parent and grandparents out using these same open trails for great off season recreational enjoyment. The truth is the trails are probably used by more people in a different capacity off-season than by the snowmobilers who actually volunteer all their time all year to kep them open.

I am hoping that as time goes by the fine folks at LRCT realize that the responsible individuals that make up the surrounding snowmobile community are ready to once again roll their collective sleeves up and help maintain a like trail system within the confines of this beautiful natural treasure.

I think that we all can co-exist and prosper on this property, if we can all learn from our past mistakes and once again pull together as a team out there!

Hopefully this early bout of snow and cold weather will get everyone together on this issue before riding starts in earnest this year.

Skip

10-21-2006, 08:18 PM	#3
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	Silence is golden???? I too hope we hear soon from the fine folks at LRCT. I have worked alongside WHTMTN and other hard working people in my club (which abuts the property in question) most of the fall cleaning and clearing trail, repairing the Corridor 19 RR tracks and rebuilding & replacing bridges throughout the sytem. While doing so I observed something very special. We as a club work many more months a year maintaining the trail system than actually riding on them with snowmobiles. Three months of use is great, four months a gift from heaven. But as we volunteer to keep these trails open, not a work party goes by out of those 8 or 9 non snowmobile months that we don't see the hikers, birders, dog walkers, naturalists, poets, photographers, children, parent and grandparents out using these same open trails for great off season recreational enjoyment. The truth is the trails are probably used by more people in a different capacity off-season than by the snowmobilers who actually volunteer all their time all year to kep them open. I am hoping that as time goes by the fine folks at LRCT realize that the responsible individuals that make up the surrounding snowmobile community are ready to once again roll their collective sleeves up and help maintain a like trail system within the confines of this beautiful natural treasure. I think that we all can co-exist and prosper on this property, if we can all learn from our past mistakes and once again pull together as a team out there! Hopefully this early bout of snow and cold weather will get everyone together on this issue before riding starts in earnest this year. Skip