Enough of the blowtorch temps and misery.
Please post some of your snowy pics taken so far this season to boost our hope for more snow!

I'll start:

All these pics were taken in the Woodford area.

no pic to post, but sure have a good mental image of a the deer i almost wiped out sat night in st jay in the field near the I91 exit crossing

What a difference today is from last friday!! Ahh, the good old days!!

I wish I had taken some pics, but I only rode a couple of times and forgot my camera each time.

All of these photos were taken around Shrewsbury and Ludlow The weekend before Christmas

Here are some from 12-31-2007!

I took these locally when I rode out of my backyard cutting trails in MA back in December.

Ahhhhhhh.... The good old days! I'll try and get a few pics together.

Woodford, opening day (12/16/07)

Heartwellville parking lot:


9E trail out of heartwellvile parking lot, looking back:


Same spot, looking forward:


First snowmobile of the season in woodford! Parked at the mall, 9:00 AM:


BN5 intersection (7A back to power lines straight ahead, 7N to the right) :


My sled parked at BN5:



Airport Rd, BN 11:


Kelly Stand Rd, Stratton:

Opening day in the NEK, 102n the Balls only other tracks are mine coming back, Rt 1 and last is last Sat. before the melt down at the intersection of rt1 and the rd to the radar station

A few........

Late December / Early January 2007
Around the NEK

here is one of the stone house


and at a-z...cant believe all that snow is gone

Opening Day. Camel's Hump State Park.

Fairfax / Fletcher area from the 5th

Here are some from Christmas weekend in the NEK...

Some more from New years weekend in the NEK we did 400 miles for the two weekends....

a jaunt down to Harriman Dam from the Mall. We hit 7 south out of Woodford at 9:30 am and didn't see another sled until about noon time halfway up 100. The pic was taken one week ago today. All that snow...Click to view attachment

Forecast is showing potential for a snowstorm next Monday. It's still early yet. Last year at this time the ground was bare. This will turn around.

From 06/07

















If this keeps up it will look like this:

o.k. clearly I don't know how to add pics. I'll figure it out!

a couple from a week ago in the mt tabor area

haha! I love the picture of you with our junction sign!

Glastonbury Mtn during the snowstorm on 01-01-08:

maybe during daylight, but not the first sleds of the season.

we were there at a little after 1am and from what i hear there were a lot of sleds out saturday.

with all the snow we got that night you could hardly see any of our tracks from 6-8 hrs earlier.

we got a late start sunday once the sun came up, but could hardly see our tracks to the fire tower.

unfortunatly the only pics from that day are still on my phone.

Where is that? I've heard others mention it, but I've never seen it.

Looks like the one in Shrewsbury. Its a great place to ride. If 7N isn't too bumpy, follow it all the way from your area up there. You can make a loop in Plymouth and head back south around Okemo.

Oh, and if you know where the trail is, you can get up on top of Shrewsbury peak - I think its the same elevation as Glastonbury, but its very close to Killington/Pico, and has some amazing views.

Just for fun!









Seriously, this has been the best it's been in years till this meltdown!

You sure know how to find the water bars!! Always fun times though!!

I think that is the best sign I have seen on the trail!!! Thought it would be a funny picture!!

Pretty sure I hit all those too!

Here's a waterbar pic I took that doesnt look bad in comparison!

MMMMMUD!! 1st week of season was great,2nd was bad, 3rd great. Obviously 4th weekend is gonna be terrible. 5th week???????????

WOW, what would posess you to attempt to go across that mudbog?! Or did you just come up on it too fast to stop?

i stuffed that one hard just after midnight on opening day.

The guy in the picture didnt realize how deep it was and had already made it through. In the picture he actually turned around and was crossing it so 9 more of us didnt have to cross it. We're trying to get him sponsorship from Tracker or some other bass boat company!!

its about 20 miles north of belmont , on 7n, or just off 7n
cant remember exactly, it was our first time there

it seems to be a party spot for the kids,
this is the inside

that guy is just RUDE

i like the sticker on his tunnel though.....it must have rubbed off, one of the many times he was passing an that apex on the trails

Yup, thats shrewsbury...find the trail to the peak, and you'll make it an annual trip...

here are some pictures from one week ago around the Harriman Dam. Man, the snow was perfect...groomed the night before and then six fresh inches on top. Heaven...and now it's Hell!Click to view attachmentClick to view attachment

is the trail to the peak on the map and or marked.

the signage in that area isn't the best. we ended up on just about every trail in that area other than a couple of ungroomed secondary trails.

as i recall there was one maybe at the north end of the clearing where the stone house is.

one of the trails we were on ended on a paved rd, tracks continued but there was a sign posting no sleds by some order of a town council.

we turned around and ended up on what looked like another dead end that was on the catamount (or whatever its called) ski trail.

it was getting late, so we headed back to woopford

btw: this was our first time that far north of woopford.

No, I don't think its marked on the maps - but I don't have a 2007/2008 map. It never used to be. And to be honest, I haven't rode there in a few years now, so when I say "find the trail", I wasn't trying to sounds as if I know and you don't....I mean it literally. If you look on the old maps, There used to be 2 ways, and one of them would leave right from the little lot at the stone house. There are a couple of other trails off that too. One day I actually found myself at some abandoned ski slopes. It looked tempting, but guess it was off limits, so I didn't play there.

There are a lot of Rutland County guys on here now, so I'm sure someone will speak up and tell you exactly what trail to get there. Maybe if we get some snow back, I'll trailer over there and see if I can refresh my memory....

I used to ride from there down to Woodford a lot, but 7 is about the only way to go, and that trail gets beat pretty bad.

yes, there was a small trail right in front on the house
i was wondering were it lead to
but we were busy trying to find another gas stop further north than belmont or danby
we were trying to get to rutland, but we didnt know it was on trail 4a..so we turned around 30 miles north of belmont to gass up for the trip back

just looked at the map, its going to be 4f, a left off of 7n..just past shewsbury


seems like we are not allowed to edit our posts any more????

Looks like the waterbar I hit up in Barre on the 1st...Thought I was gonna have to swim out of there..

The trail up to Shrewsbury Peak has been closed off for 3-4 years now. The hikers didn't like seeing all the scratch marks on the rocks from the studs. It WAS an amazing view from the top. (Well I guess it's still a great view but now you have to hike up in the summer!)

somebodys riding it..there was sled tracks on it

thanks

we'll be looking for it next time were up there

Thanks, I knew someone would have a little more up to date info than I do.

For you guys riding up from Woodford area, it might be a pain in the ass, but strap some snowshoes to your back - park at the stone house, and shoe-it up there. Its worth it. I saw a moose almost every time I headed up as well.