1/22/10 Trail Conditions

[Ryan]

I rode yesterday.

The recent snow definitely helped boost trail conditions. I took a quick run from Patricks to the Belknap Point yesterday morning and I would say the cover and riding is good in that area.

After that, we crossed Paugus Bay and took the tracks to Plymouth. The tracks are rideable, but need more snow to groom. It was ungroomed all the way up to Plymouth. From Paugus to Meredith, the riding was marginal. After Waukewan, it was poor.

We ate at Plain Jane's diner in Rumney then came back down 11S to 300 back to the tracks in Meredith. Conditions on 11S range from good to just downright terrible. I also found some of the signage to be poor. The junction of 11S and 300 is unmarked and we had to turn around in Franklin to get back to that point and I still had to find where it crosses the Pemi river myself.

300 also had a lot of really great riding and some poor riding as well.

In all, we did about 160 miles yesterday.

Hope this helps!