Archive for January 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020 -17º
We have a few logging operations on the Southside to be careful of, both are on Trail 21, one is down towards Black River on the powerline and the other is at the end of the airport fence, so be careful when in these areas. Last night Alan groomed all Southside trails, 21, 510, 511,…
Read MoreThursday, January, 30, 2020
Yesterday Alan and John groomed 517 to the junction of 514 then 514 to the Tamaganops Road, then we had a change of crew with Kyle and Robert taking over and finishing 514 and 52 North to the headpond. Trails are flat and hard, but we really need more snow, we will work with what…
Read MoreWednesday, January 29, 2020
Yesterday Kyle groomed 52 South to the Miramichi Bridge and 42 South to the Anderson Bridge, plus 529, 525 and 512 Pickard’s Run. We had all the service done on the 2017 Husky yesterday, the mechanic fixed all the minor issues we had and he also fixed a few issues with the 2001 BR180 for…
Read MoreTuesday, January 28, 2020 -6º
Apparently we have two facebook pages on the go “Miramichi Valley Snowmobile Club” and “MVSC MVSC”, so going forward we will only have one page and that will be “Miramichi Valley Snowmobile Club” page, so for those using “MVSC MVSC” please send a friend request to “Miramichi Valley Snowmobile Club” page and you will be…
Read MoreMonday, January 27, 2020 0º
Things are still mild this morning with temperatures staying on the plus side most of the day. We will wait for things to cool down then we will be out getting the trails back in shape after the weekend. Hopefully the freezing rain, that came before the rain, helped protect the trail base. Gary and…
Read MoreSunday, January 26, 2020 -3º
Looks like a bit of freezing rain last night and rain for this afternoon, hopefully not too much rain because we have precious little trail base as it is, we need some snow dancers to get out and do their thing, please. Last night Jamie groomed 52 North to the headpond. We will do some…
Read MoreSaturday, January 25, 2020
Our trails should be in good shape for the weekend traffic. It doesn’t look like we are going to get the snow that was promised all week, instead it looks like freezing rain or rain, hopefully they are wrong and we get snow which we could use as there are still bare spots and rock…
Read MoreFriday, January 24, 2020 -8º
Big Thank You goes out to the Halcomb Moose Barn for putting on a great supper last night and to those who attended, about 50 meals were served so a very successful fundraiser for the club, thanks again. Wednesday and Thursday there was a group of volunteers brush cutting and doing signage on 517, thanks…
Read MoreThursday, January 23, 2020
Yesterday all three machines were on the trails. Alan groomed 21 to Black River, Kyle groomed 52 North to the headpond and Bobby groomed from Halcomb Moose Barn back to North Shore. Today we are having our fundraiser supper at the Halcomb Moose Barn, you will need to book your tickets in advance 836-2416 or…
Read MoreWednesday, January 22, 2020
Yesterday Jeff groomed 517 to the intersection of 514 then up 514 as far as Portage River which is didn’t seem safe to cross, he started a snow bridge and hopefully next time back it will all be froze up nicely, so he turned and headed back to town and did all Newcastle trails before…
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