With snowmobiling, the snow is the boss. Depending on the snow, the snomos run on top of the railroad tracks and when the snow gets beat up, they run between the rails on the worn out, compacted snow.....what's left of it until the local snowmo club decides to close the trail...due to lack of snow. A snowmobile trail that travels on tops of the railroad tracks has existed for 25 years or so.
As I understand, the WOW trail would parallel the railroad tracks, and be a paved blacktop asphalt surface.
What I don't know is how many feet: 5, 10, 15, or 25' distance the paved trail would be from the tracks, and if a fence separating the tracks from the trail is planned for a part or the whole trail, or what?
Cross country skiing, a non-motorized use, would begin when winter and snow makes bicycling a no-go. As always, the weather is the big boss.
The number one main criteria is that the WOW trail is a NON-MOTORIZED trail! Got that?
The Winnipesaukee Rail Road runs in the warmer weather and you can always take the train ride, but the nearby WOW trail is for walkers, bikers, skaters, xc skiers....all people powered and therefore non-motorized.
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