Moultonboro Trails closed for the season

chrider · 03-14-2015, 05:31 PM

The season was brief but GREAT conditions. Thank you to the volunteers who made it happen. You guys great. We would not have the trails with out you. Special thanks to the groomers! See you next season and at the annual BBQ this April.

GTO · 03-14-2015, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by chrider

The season was brief but GREAT conditions. Thank you to the volunteers who made it happen. You guys great. We would not have the trails with out you. Special thanks to the groomers! See you next season and at the annual BBQ this April.

First year riders and members of the moultonboro skimobiles club. Thanks to all that made this season possible with all the grooming and marking of the trails and everything else that goes on behind the scenes. That goes to all the clubs. Also, thank you to the landowners that let us use your yards for trails!!!

carno · 03-15-2015, 12:07 PM

Hello, we access the castle trail from states landing...will gate be open to castle parking lot from 109@states landing?...also is access to 200 from castle lot closed as well? hoping to get a last ride in Monday tuesday to shaw and ossipee..any help is appreciated...thanks

chrider · 03-15-2015, 12:56 PM

Yes, all Moultonboro trails are closed and gates are already up or they are in the process. Riding on these trails will damage the trails and possibly your sled. Any place that is sunny has bald spots the size of trucks. You can trailer over to Castle parking and go up Shaw or toward Tuftonboro from there; if they are open. I don't know if they are open or closed. If you're going to trailer, you might as well go north though.

carno · 03-15-2015, 03:03 PM

Thanks for the update...looks like we will just trailer over to whiteface and ride from there...ossipee is still in decent shape...last ride of the year

bruinsfan · 03-16-2015, 02:38 PM

Newbie question: How long is the average season in the Lakes region?

dam1960 · 03-16-2015, 04:10 PM

Can vary depending on if you rely on the lake to gain access. Typically 3rd - 4th week of January for the lake to freeze. Making it to St Patrick's day is usually our goal.

We rode every weekend beginning 1/24/15 through this past weekend 3/15/15. We rely heavily on the lake to gain access to all trails.

The last two seasons have been excellent, there are others years not so much.

secondcurve · 03-16-2015, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bruinsfan

Newbie question: How long is the average season in the Lakes region?

Two months is a long season around Winnipesaukee.

SAB1 · 03-17-2015, 05:47 AM

Agree with second curve. I always figure February is the lake area riding. I never bank on getting past the first weekend in March around. If there is still snow it is often thin and the sun works some areas quickly. If you like to snowmobile, buying one is a commitment to travel if you want to ride it a lot. That said, in my brief 4 or 5 years of riding, the difference between marginal or no riding can sometimes be only a half hour drive away. I have found marginal snow in moultonboro/wolfeboro area but towed up to White Lake state park area and found great snow. Sometimes you have to go further but you just need to do research.

HomeWood · 03-17-2015, 06:31 AM

My family bought a new place in Sanbornton, so I joined the local club there (Mohawk Trail Riders). I went out in the Tucker this past Friday to go for a groomer ride. We were out for over 6 hours. It is truly work and there is a science to it. I've never done it before. It should give anybody a new appreciation for what it takes to keep a nice trail system. I know I learned a few new things. Those that like to ride off trail need to take a ride sometime! There can never really be enough volunteers to help with all that needs to be done. Cheers to a great season! (Even though I didn't get to ride nearly as much as I wanted to

)

sluggo · 03-17-2015, 07:21 AM

Just want to says thanks for the great job you guys did on the Moultonborough trails again this year ! Rode the lake yesterday and it was fantastic with the new snow and all over in the Alton and Wolfeboro area. By the time I got home I ripped off 91 miles...... Checked on the ice thickness and I was seeing an average of 27 inches and more across the lake...

Winopt · 03-17-2015, 12:27 PM

Sluggo - short of cutting into the ice, is there a way to determine the ice thickness? How did you determine that the average thickness was 27"?

chrider · 03-17-2015, 03:09 PM

TO homewood:
KUDOS for riding shot gun in the groomer! I wish more people would take ride in the groomer to appreciate how much work goes in to the trails. There is a science to grooming, it's not just riding around. I personally enjoy grooming and have worked every trail in Moultonboro. If anybody would like to go for a ride next year, just let me know. We usually groom late at night or predawn.

sluggo · 03-17-2015, 03:22 PM

Winopt.... I work on the lake and I also ice fish.... I drilled holes from Alton to spindle point when I was out yesterday and did some fishing. I talked to a few guys fishing around the lake and took a measurement of there fishing holes also. Trust me if I had some magic to determine the ice thickness just looking at it ide be a rich man ! If we don't warm up soon its going to be a late ice out. My thoughts are the 20th of April or latter !

stynx55 · 03-17-2015, 04:51 PM

Awesome job with the trails this year!!!! I rode over 1500 miles just out of my place in Moultonborough

I'm going to have over 2500 for the season. I was hoping to ride the lake this weekend and putz around, hopefully I will be able too. Awesome Job this season MSC!!!!!!

VitaBene · 03-17-2015, 08:24 PM

Thank you from all of the volunteers for your kind words. It is a big part of the reason we do what we do!!

Winopt · 03-17-2015, 10:44 PM

Thanks Sluggo. I'm going to talk to an engineer buddy of mine and see if he can design an ap for it. Wouldn't be cool to point a device down and get a thickness? Someday!

sluggo · 03-18-2015, 08:45 AM

Funny... years ago we rescued a guy that fell through the ice and I asked him what in the world was he thinking and he told me he had an ice meter that told him what the ice thickness was ! I still like drilling the hole ......

03-14-2015, 05:31 PM	#1
chrider Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 27 Times in 11 Posts	Moultonboro Trails closed for the season The season was brief but GREAT conditions. Thank you to the volunteers who made it happen. You guys great. We would not have the trails with out you. Special thanks to the groomers! See you next season and at the annual BBQ this April.

03-15-2015, 12:07 PM	#3
carno Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Castle access Hello, we access the castle trail from states landing...will gate be open to castle parking lot from 109@states landing?...also is access to 200 from castle lot closed as well? hoping to get a last ride in Monday tuesday to shaw and ossipee..any help is appreciated...thanks

03-15-2015, 12:56 PM	#4
chrider Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 27 Times in 11 Posts	access from States Landing Yes, all Moultonboro trails are closed and gates are already up or they are in the process. Riding on these trails will damage the trails and possibly your sled. Any place that is sunny has bald spots the size of trucks. You can trailer over to Castle parking and go up Shaw or toward Tuftonboro from there; if they are open. I don't know if they are open or closed. If you're going to trailer, you might as well go north though.

03-15-2015, 03:03 PM	#5
carno Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Moultonborough trails Thanks for the update...looks like we will just trailer over to whiteface and ride from there...ossipee is still in decent shape...last ride of the year

03-17-2015, 03:09 PM	#13
chrider Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 27 Times in 11 Posts	Riding in the groomer TO homewood: KUDOS for riding shot gun in the groomer! I wish more people would take ride in the groomer to appreciate how much work goes in to the trails. There is a science to grooming, it's not just riding around. I personally enjoy grooming and have worked every trail in Moultonboro. If anybody would like to go for a ride next year, just let me know. We usually groom late at night or predawn.

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03-16-2015, 02:38 PM	#6
bruinsfan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: NH Posts: 147 Thanks: 88 Thanked 73 Times in 34 Posts	Newbie question: How long is the average season in the Lakes region?

03-16-2015, 04:10 PM	#7
dam1960 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 31 Thanks: 1 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts	Can vary depending on if you rely on the lake to gain access. Typically 3rd - 4th week of January for the lake to freeze. Making it to St Patrick's day is usually our goal. We rode every weekend beginning 1/24/15 through this past weekend 3/15/15. We rely heavily on the lake to gain access to all trails. The last two seasons have been excellent, there are others years not so much.

03-17-2015, 05:47 AM	#9
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,230 Thanks: 190 Thanked 320 Times in 235 Posts	Agree with second curve. I always figure February is the lake area riding. I never bank on getting past the first weekend in March around. If there is still snow it is often thin and the sun works some areas quickly. If you like to snowmobile, buying one is a commitment to travel if you want to ride it a lot. That said, in my brief 4 or 5 years of riding, the difference between marginal or no riding can sometimes be only a half hour drive away. I have found marginal snow in moultonboro/wolfeboro area but towed up to White Lake state park area and found great snow. Sometimes you have to go further but you just need to do research.

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03-17-2015, 06:31 AM	#10
HomeWood Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Clayton,NC / Sanbornton,NH Posts: 611 Thanks: 126 Thanked 137 Times in 75 Posts	My family bought a new place in Sanbornton, so I joined the local club there (Mohawk Trail Riders). I went out in the Tucker this past Friday to go for a groomer ride. We were out for over 6 hours. It is truly work and there is a science to it. I've never done it before. It should give anybody a new appreciation for what it takes to keep a nice trail system. I know I learned a few new things. Those that like to ride off trail need to take a ride sometime! There can never really be enough volunteers to help with all that needs to be done. Cheers to a great season! (Even though I didn't get to ride nearly as much as I wanted to )

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03-17-2015, 07:21 AM	#11
sluggo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 169 Thanks: 13 Thanked 70 Times in 43 Posts	Just want to says thanks for the great job you guys did on the Moultonborough trails again this year ! Rode the lake yesterday and it was fantastic with the new snow and all over in the Alton and Wolfeboro area. By the time I got home I ripped off 91 miles...... Checked on the ice thickness and I was seeing an average of 27 inches and more across the lake...

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03-17-2015, 12:27 PM	#12
Winopt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 76 Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts	Sluggo - short of cutting into the ice, is there a way to determine the ice thickness? How did you determine that the average thickness was 27"?

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03-17-2015, 03:22 PM	#14
sluggo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 169 Thanks: 13 Thanked 70 Times in 43 Posts	Winopt.... I work on the lake and I also ice fish.... I drilled holes from Alton to spindle point when I was out yesterday and did some fishing. I talked to a few guys fishing around the lake and took a measurement of there fishing holes also. Trust me if I had some magic to determine the ice thickness just looking at it ide be a rich man ! If we don't warm up soon its going to be a late ice out. My thoughts are the 20th of April or latter !

03-17-2015, 04:51 PM	#15
stynx55 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 70 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Awesome job with the trails this year!!!! I rode over 1500 miles just out of my place in Moultonborough I'm going to have over 2500 for the season. I was hoping to ride the lake this weekend and putz around, hopefully I will be able too. Awesome Job this season MSC!!!!!!

03-17-2015, 08:24 PM	#16
VitaBene Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 3,585 Thanks: 1,618 Thanked 1,638 Times in 842 Posts	Thank you from all of the volunteers for your kind words. It is a big part of the reason we do what we do!!

03-17-2015, 10:44 PM	#17
Winopt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 76 Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts	Thanks Sluggo. I'm going to talk to an engineer buddy of mine and see if he can design an ap for it. Wouldn't be cool to point a device down and get a thickness? Someday!

03-18-2015, 08:45 AM	#18
sluggo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 169 Thanks: 13 Thanked 70 Times in 43 Posts	Funny... years ago we rescued a guy that fell through the ice and I asked him what in the world was he thinking and he told me he had an ice meter that told him what the ice thickness was ! I still like drilling the hole ......