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Originally Posted by VitaBene
Please note that our trails are officially closed. The water is open everywhere. Some gates are open to allow for trail maintenance. We realize that many people can get onto our trail system from their own property (and that they have every right to ride on their property).
We have a landowner who is very upset that a group of riders decided to move a very large log (1000 pounds approx) from the access point to his property. He opens and closes the trail going through his land at his discretion (when he believes there is enough snow to protect plants, etc that he grows). There was also an ATV in there mucking things up. Fish and Game have been called, however, I ask that people police themselves or the land will close to us. This property is part of corridor 15 with no way to bypass or reroute it.
We spend a lot of time placating landowners, convincing them to allow access, and trying to create goodwill with our landowners- many whom do not snowmobile.
Please respect landowner's property regardless of how much snow is on the trail. Stay in the marked trail. We spend 100s of hours signing, roping and fencing trails yet people "need" to go where they want to go and ride off trail.
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I've got to say I was quite surprised to see your initial post in this thread where the club president mentioned the opening of some of the gates. There was only 5" of (unpacked) snow on the ground. How did this thread go from the opening of some gates in the first post to the trails being officially closed in the second post?