Lets keep this up to date with the latest ride reports from this area.

Post conditions only.

Dec 9th.

Unloaded from Trunk 12 on the Kentville side of New Ross (County Line) where the 101 goes accross the highway from the Mines Road to Salmontail Lake.
Conditions were excellent. Fresh 3-4 inches over night. Everything froze up well.
Had some of the best Virgin Side Road Trail breaking in the Valley ever. Some of the trials are impassable from .covered bows. I headed towards Lake Paul, and Coldbrook. I hooked up with some guys from Chester. I only had a few hours, but it was great.

Ill post some pics.

NOTE: On the way back to Trunk 12, I crossed the highway and headed down the Kimberley Clarke Road. This was plowed and scratchy, once I got to the Turn off to the Mines Road/Butler Road it was not plowed.

I hope you enjoy the update. Remeber to get those trail passes.
Andrew

Unloading at Trunk 12



Some of the guys from Chester. Lots of REVs




Some awesome Virgin Side Roads:





Salmontail Lake Dam:


Crossing Highway 12.


101 Trail at Turn off the Butler Road/Mines Road.

ATTENTION Windsor to valley trail users:

The trail need work before we can open it. Please follow link for more info.
http://snodusters.piczo.com/?preview=y&...;cr=6&rfm=y

I was not out worked Show and Shine on Saturday Sunday went to Crossburn Club Area to buy a newer drag for our Truck Track Groomer. The boys were very helpful thanks. They said groomer was not out in there yet because of blow downs (Need help) however Stanley area is ready groomer for that area will be finished on Sunday minor repairs
Truck track ready to go ,A few boys were out in Fall River area had fun a little scrachy . Will update as soon as I get in fo also check Driftclimbers web site ( message board) for local updates from club members.

The 'Stanley Area' trails will soon be ready to go. All we need are signs and the groomer. Any new sledders to the area should be very careful, a lot of the logging roads are straight and fast then come to a sudden hard 90 degree turn. Signs will be up shortly after they come.

I wounder what the trails are like in Beaver Bank and Wellington, anyone been out on them?

AVLRR Report Dec 12
Snowmobileing on the South Mtn is quite good for Dec. However the early HEAVY snow has pulled down a lot of bushes and wire burch across the trails. Grooming can't start until these get cut back. EVERYONE is encouraged to grab a saw and help clear the trails. Groomer Drivers can't be expected to cut their way through the trails. Here is some areas we found on Sunday. PLEASE HELP, Many hands will make light work.

# 4 from KS 29 to KS 27 is impassable

# 2 between KS 31 and KS 29 needs brushing

#101 between KS 34 and KS 31 is impassable

#101 bridge where Salmontail runs out has a large tree over head near KS 47, need an experienced crew on that one.

#101 (hooker trail) needs brushing between KS 33 and KS 25

I'm sure there is more.

Rail bed is passable but as I always say, why ride them anyway.

Saturday morning, me and the boys are going out and working on the mines rd by-pass. all yall can come and help.
hoppin to be at the mines rd bridge by 9:30 - 10:00 am!

goood day sleddin , trails are okay , not sure why the grommer is not out on the fire roads , lots of snow up there , would be nice to see the grommer up there to get a good base for the year , seeen the grommer out last year when there wasn't half the snow we have now , come on boys lets get them out , even if it's just the fire roads , you can get them up there now

Me and the boys were out again today pannin' the snow. the mines rd by-pass is now passible on a sled, but will need some help makin the trail wider for the big groomer because. there was a bunch of big fallin down trees. so if u wanna come out and help let some one know from the club. and we started through dean chapter today, we made it with the sleds and bombi to bartletts outhouse. then he turned around because some big trees across the trail.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY TIME TO GOO BACK THROUGH DEAN CHAPTHE THEN PLEASE HELP, THERES ONLY SOO MUCH TIME BEFORE MAJOR ATRAFFIC COMES THROUGH AND NOT ENOUGHF HELP TO WORK ON THE TRAILS!!!

The Stanley area trails are excellent going. Ya don't really need a groomer. We're still waiting on signs and the groomer, we were told it was supposed to be ready today so it should be out really soon.

I was out Sat. from Darrell`s house 3 of them were working on both groomers
and are now ready to go .
The ride Sat. was Grand Lake to Rawen Glod Mines and back on a round trip all in all a very good day.

Truck traffic, Use EXTEREME CAUTION....Please follow link for more info
http://pic6.piczo.com/snodusters/?g=295697...;linkvar=000044

The groomer is coming up to Merlin's today. I don't think the drag will be down but, it'll be ready to go. Now all we need is a little more snow, it is still good going for the warm day, so get out there.

Who else woke up to find damn green showing all over the place? Snow is completely gone in places around Berwick area.........

Yup it's green all around, oh well at least the groommer broke now. She never made it to Merlin's, broken studs. Lets hope for the groomer soon and a boat load of snow.

Groomer made it to Merlin's... broken. A seal and she'll be ready to roll. We're hoping to get out after the Wed. storm at the latest. Snowmobiling in the area is good.

Driftclimbers Club check our own web site on the message board for trail updates daily members are very active in updating info for Driftclimbers area.
Join message board it is free to all viewers for now unless it gets out of hand then we will make adjustments later.

Other people please state what Club area you are posting for. It will make more sense for viewers who do not know names of people and places posted.
this site is bigger thank you think
The more the better.


www.driftclimbers.com

What are the trail conditions in windsor and New Ross?
My camp is in Lower Vaughn and would like to try this
area out before flying back out to N. Alberta.
Sled's working great! (Many thanks to Grocerygetter for getting it ready on short
notice while I was in N. Alberta).

Trail conditions in Falmouth r awesome.Mines road is NOT PLOWED.Not sure what the trails to New Ross r like but going to the valley r good.

The Driftclimbers groomer in the Stanley area is on the go. It's staying close to base, the 3 Point hitch that raises the front of the drag is broke, but it does a good job. Some of the signs are up it's a work in progress. The groomer should be out full tilt as soon as it's fixed. Just remember that it can be out any time of day. I'm still learning trail numbers so I'll soon be able to get out a lot better info.

looking for information on trail conditions from berwick to centerville and from fox mountain down into berwick.any info would be appreciated thanks

is there any thing left at all on valley trails, fireroads etc.thanks

I was wondering if anybody could give any info on valley trails.Would like to go camp this weekend if possible to go for a run.Any info would be appretiated

We was back the mines road today and thought we would drive through to Berwick or Coldbrook,man was we wrong.The road is plowed almost all the way through,and not enough snow on the trails.We did manage to put 50 miles on today but I will probably regreat it when i check the sled over.NEED MORE SNOW!!!!!!!!!I dont advise anyone to go back there if they want to go for a drive.Maybe further up the valley they have more.

Was anyone out to Dalhousie way. There were some sled track along the 101 in Coldbrook. It looked scratchy.

Andrew

i was wondering if someone could tell me how much snow valley got on sunday.thanks

With the recent snow that we have had, I was wondering if anyone has been out and if so what the conditions have been like? Thanks

One of my dealers went up to New germany today and headed back. i will call tomorrow.

I spoke to Ellen Borden, from Borden in the Woods, and she said there were a few sleds in today. The got 3-4" last night and snowed most of today (flurries). She said the sledders said it was good. They even travelled over the plowed road (Trail number 30) which is being plowed because of loging.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew.

Going to take the day off tomorrow and go for a run. Looking for any final updates from anyone? Did the valley get rain last night? Was the snow hit hard?

Thanks again,
Darren

Crossburn was grooming today, trails are great!

I did end up talking to my dealers who went yesterday. They left from the New Germany area and put on 110 miles. He wanted to break in his new Nytro. He said it was snowing like crazy on his way back around supper time to the truck.

Great going up on top of the mountain.

Andrew

just wondering if anyone has gone from falmouth clubhouse to Berwick and what the trails are like?

South Mtn is groomed and ready. Valley floor is just ok.

I cannot comment on the conditions from Falmouth to Berwick, but we went out today and had a great run. Unloaded at North River Road. Took the 2 to the 101 then on to the 95 and 99. All were excelent, groomed and in table top condition. From the 99 we took the 3 and 3a to Berwick. Low snow conditions on alot of the 3, particularly through the fields. Very scratchy in places. Had lunch in Berwick and then headed over the rail bed (very good as well) to the 2 to go back to North River Road. The 2 from Berwick to the road is very bumpy. Lots of ruts but good snow cover. I would not suggest eating before hitting the 2.

was runnin the sidetracks today between berwick and kingston, my 1st time,
trails were awesome besides i thought the bridges should have better signage.
Good work boys/girls.

I WAS TALKIN TO A FEW WHO LEFT FROM THE CLUBHOUSE AND TRAVLED UP TO MANNIES. THEY SAID IT WAS AWESOME!

none of the trails in falmouth have been groomed yet, were pending for monday and next week!
would be a waste. and not reallt enoughf snow to do much if ya know wat i mean vern!

Jan 31st Trails of the AVLRR and Crossburn on the South mtn are better than you might expect. In Fact SHHHH they are darn good, with both clubs grooming again today. Most trails around Lake Paul are very good, over to Armstrong etc. Some trails on the East Side of the Lake Paul Rd have also been done between Loon Lake and Salmontail. The #2 and #3 are ok but not groomed due to low snow. #22 south from Aylesford (railbed) up the South mtn past the Family Diner is groomed.
Rail bed is smooth with some ice. (slow down). #22 in the valley floor is icy and patchy. Trailer to the south mountain and ENJOY. It is my understanding the trail between the Hants Sno Dusters and AVLRR is not very good at this time.

Anyone been on the South Mtn Feb 6th ??

Me and CatAttack440 left from the mines rd bridge yesterday around 5 and went right in to coldbrook! trails were really good besides a tree down on the #2 into waterville, and the signage should be better up the valley! all the ink is washed off the signs up there! we took a right at one intersection that said coldbrook with an arrow so we took it and it was a dead end!! we were going by memory!

Other then that the trails were almost perfect! another 115 miles of sledding in, and more to come i hope!

PM me if you can figure out were that sign was wrong. Can't do much about the tree. they fall when they decide to. We will take care of it Friday.

We would love you to join our club, as you can see we need more guys with markers to help out. ONE person used to do all of those grey signs. Got tired of people telling him they looked like hell.

I do the signs for our club. My 1 year being incharged. we did the whole 101 trail from the clubhouse right to the end of the curtis hatt and the #11 and back to the not so wingin bridge.
and if someone says to me that they don't like the signs and i know they never helped our me or people who helped me do signs then i'll just say if u don't like them then u should of helped out.
i see your point tho north star, that would get tiring after a while!!

happy trails

The diesel bombi was out somewhere in falmouth, i think it went to the mines rd bridge through the golden glow trail. The big Groomer was going out yesterday and going through to the valley but we had some technical diffuclties(battery's stone cold dead) so as soon as its fixed the trails well be awesome,

But falmout to the valley has TONS of snow and is awesome for sleddin!!

just gettin back from a full day of grooming, left the snodusters club house and went back to the mines rd, then through the by pass then dean chapter trail, then through the #11 trail to the buttler rd. and thats as far as we made it today!!
now bed gottta get up eairley for the groomeing cource tommrow!!!
Trails are sick!!!!! (that means good)

ohh and their is tons of snow up in the falmouth highlands!!!
she was commin down commin out the mines rd,

Anything left on the mountain? Worth towing up on the weekend? That last rain storm early this week pretty much wiped out the hardpack that was left here in town.

was finally down to east dalhousie today, first time leavin from the mines goin up past the curtis hatt, that trail was roughf, then it was powder/road tracks, then a groomed trail them mogels(needed a mogel master goin down to the lake!!!) and on some of the trails, there was a groomer out but wasn't cuttin the mogels out!! just 1/2 cuttin them so it was rough a lil, then on the way back to the mines on the valley side on a freash trail a jack rabbet came out of the trail right into the front om my ski!!! killed him, never had a sobeys bag so hes on the side of the trail!!! awesome trail!

anywho to me wasn't a very fun 1st trip to the valley, my first and last on the general i think, i think he just wants to stay around hazzard county powden runnin from rosco and jumpin the creek!

AVLRR trials where the Poker Run went Feb 27 are still good. leave from KS 25 at the Iron Gate near Lake Paul. 101 #4 and 5, 90 Can't get to the valley floor. Could also leave from the #12 highway and head west on the 101, then take #4 Don't head East.

March 3rd Saw guys running the rail bed from Coldbrook today. Either of the trails going up the Mtn must still be scratchy ( correct me if I am wrong ) Fire Roads as above should be good going. I would still unload at Lake Paul or at the #12,

Lots of track in the ditch along the 101 today near Coldbrook.

Yesterday guys put on 170 miles on the South Mtn.
Today (March 4) we have to Postpone the races, mother nature is a _____ watch for updates.