Can anyone tell me what the condtions are on the Hill? We are heading to the Montague on Sunday and I am hearing that there is alot of mud around there. The guys in my group have new sleds and they are going to be really pissed at me if I convince them to go and all we hit is mud. I keep hearing that if we head towards Copenhagen things are pretty good. Is that the case? I need to cancel my reservations by tomorrow.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

from what iv'e read it is supposed to snow every day from wed on don't know how much though

rode Carthage thru Copenhagen to Tuggers (Barne's Corners) yesterday...VERY THIN coverage off the hill. Ran into some buds who were on the hill over the weekend and they said there was lots of snow and the groomers were out Sunday PM.....stay off the main corridore between Flat Rock and Timberview (as always)
Good Luck...may see you there too !!!

For pretty accurate conditions log onto
http://www.absolutesnowmobile.com/trail_conditions_003.htm

www.wixt.tv for local weather forecast for the Hill.

I went thru the area on Sat. (New Year's Eve). Very poor, especialy north of Redfield.

Osceola, Florance, & 46 Corners will have the most snow, if it dosn't melt.

Good Luck.

I agree with taperk, I was there last weekend until Sunday and things were getting rough on Flat Rock and Rector. The better trails for us were down around Barnes Corners and Copenhagen, but there were some mud holes. I have a brand new crossfire and it got some mud on the skis and underneath but most of the holes are freezing up so they weren't that bad. I am hoping to get up this weekend with snow falling starting tonight through Sunday according to the weather channel. :banana:

was at highmarket today they had 2+ feet and another 6" of fresh snow... trails were awesome!!!!!!!!!

Any Update?

I was up friday and things were pretty good as most trails were gromed, But after todays traffic I would expect things to be worse

Trails were excellent yesterday and today if you went early.

Nice looking trails, wish we were there. Hope they stay that nice for this Wednesday.

Well went to the hill again on Saturday 1/7/06. Did 163 miles, here are a few pictures.

First one is a shot of the group, every sled in picture was with us, a few to many for my liking. 11 in all, 3 came in from Virginia, flew into Syracuse and met up with 4 more from Syracuse, 2 from Ohio and me and another hcs member drove up from LeRoy. This was taken in front of Tugger's after breakfast.

Second shot is all you see around FlatRock.

Third and Fourth shot was taken around 8:00 pm at Talbits Corner or (5 corners) not sure on spelling. Would believe this would have been club Timberview

Well this is what we did unloaded at Barnes Corners, rode to Montague Inn to meet up with other guys. Rode back to Barnes Corners for breakfast at Tuggers. After leaving from here rode by Flat Rock and saw all the wind mills then to the gorge then to Timberview as some one needed a screw for there shield. From there to Sportsmen then to Ciderpines. After leaving Ciderpines we headed back to truck.

All in all very good, best riding was the trails around Barnes Corners, and the worst was the ride from Sportsmens to Ciderpines very rough. We saw the groomer leave Ciderpines heading up to the Sprotsmen well we were there having a burger but he only went out about 5 miles and turned back around.

I was on my way up on friday morning and turned around, thinking that the trails were beat. I'M AN ASS. Never again will I second guess and stay home. My cabin rent is already paid for, too.

We rode on Saturday, 13 in our group. Unloaded at Highmarket and rode to Flatrock then onto Montague... Then on to Lacona into Redfield around to North Osceola and home to Highmarket for one heck of a ride. Put on 130+ miles Saturday trails were awesome, from Montague to the DEC drop at the end of Salmon River Road was the best riding I have seen since late last season! After that point some of the trails were a little rough but hey you cant expect perfect trails all the time... To top it all we found out today Highmarket Sports is now open 24 hrs from friday to sunday, useful info for those of us who ride late into the night.

how do you get to highmarket from liverpool?

I going up tomarrow . was anyone up today?

hey guys im from buffalo and there is no snow to ride its like 40 every day very depressing and i am thinking about getting a bunch of guysd together to ride a day up there where do u suggest to drop and where cani i get a map

Hey Matty, your best off unloading in Redfield. There are a couple parking areas for trucks and trailers on the south end of Redfield. From there you can bomb the Hill all day. They sell Tug Hill maps at every gas station on the way up to Redfield. I can't tell ya what trails are the best to ride, you'll just have to feel your way around Tug Hill. The maps are pretty good and point out all the bars and resturants. Even some dealerships if you break down.

I also put in at the south end of Redfield, You have to check condtions as they are calling for rain midweek.

Here's a trail report. I went out with the 350 at 5:50 pm. ( Got back about midnight) Did rector, flat rock,parker, and mudd creek loop. Bartender at Montague said traffic sunday and monday was pretty low, so the trails weren't beat up bad. Now they're quite nice. The 250 did the route to Highmarket (centerville, lenards lane, french, graves, #9, and north rds). He said those trails were pretty good. So, ride if you can.

we are headed there this morning.

i should call in sick, and get my ass up there to.....
:beerchug:

Give me an honest report, I am planning on going up there first thing tommorow AM and get a ride in before it all goes bye bye. :banghead:

I was thinking of going up tomorro morning as well...

I rode today and here's an honest report. Dropped at Winona State Forest at Noon. Got to Cedar Pines in Redfield for lunch then headed to Flat Rock Inn, then Montague and back to Winona with a quick side trip up and down Culpepper Road just for the fun of it. Got back to the truck exactly at 5PM. 114 miles in 5 hours and that included at least 45 minutes at the Cedar Pines. Was going to head up to Barnes Corners but called ahead to Tuggers and they were closed. If I was heading up tomorrow I'd park at the lot at the end of the paved section of Little John Road. Ride down to Redfield, up to Flat Rock over to the Montague Inn (take Rowsom road off Flat Rock over to Rector to get to Montague it's a lot smoother than Flat Rock Road) and then go to Barnes Corners cruise the Sno Pals trails and then back down to the Little John Lot. That run will go about 130-140 miles. The best trails today were in the Redfield area and I gotta believe based on Culpepper road that the Sno Pals trails are in great shape since they usually are. Today the trails from Winona to the Little John lot were the roughest. The Winona trails are usually great, today they were in serious need of grooming. On the way home we hit Blount Mills Road right after the groomer and it was sweet.

At 1:30 today it got super sunny and damn if I didn't have to put the shades on. Really a great day of riding. Good luck tomorrow...hopefully it won't rain

Thanks for the info :beerchug: , hopefully the rain will hold off till later in the day.

Let us know how things are holding up tomorrow... 6 of us are supposed to go Thursday AM....... hope it's snow tomorrow and not rain :beerchug:

same here taperk im suppose to be heading up there fri til mon....hoping for some good stuff

conditions were great! i cant beleive it was 40 degrees all the way up until we hit 104. temp started dropping till it hit 31 and it was snowing hard. i dont think it got much above freezing. when we left at 9pm it was 22 degrees in redfield! by the time we got onto 81 south it was 39 degrees all the way home :frech32:

trails were great! anyone on the fence about goin will kick themselves in the ass if they dont!

How is it holding up? I want to get up there saturday.

I was up yesterday put on 110 miles had to cross some water wholes and some snirt, but some trails were good also, They sopposed to get rain today, if they do That will stop ridding for a while. anyone that was up today let us know how it was?

Hey OtterBob....The second pic at Montique Inn in the top right corner is Me and my 2 friends from out of state !!! Fusion Dragon, Black Crossfire7 and MXZ. Did you happen to be the group of guys who we kept running into on stops ??? Can you believe it, whats the chances of you taking a pic and there we are....lol

yeah i remember seeing those sleds. heres what we were riding. the sled out of the picture is a gtx.

here is a higher resolution of that pic.