Our snowmobile trails are now groomed and are in very good condition in most areas.
We have had minimal snowfall so far this season but the trails are in surprisingly good shape. Some trails have been rerouted to provide better riding conditions and some have not and will not be groomed until we receive more snow.
But believe us when we say that there is plenty of riding out there!
ITS 109 at Cooper Brook January 24, 2016 – not usually open water at this date
ITS 86 at Jo Mary Road intersection January 24, 2016
Here’s a detailed breakdown of the status of our trails:
1) the 109 heading east towards Medway is in good shape BUT, is basically a dead end. There is a brook crossing that we have used for two winters that does not have a bridge. We have built a “snow bridge” to utilize that trail during the past two seasons but there is not enough snow to build that snow bridge at the present time.
2) The 112 To Wiley Crossing Bridge over the West Branch of the Penobscot is in good condition also.
ITS 109 at Pratts Brook (the outhouse stop) on January 24, 2016
3) The 109 heading north to ITS 86 has a variety of conditions. We are currently accessing the Lincoln Ridge road using the “1st Spring road” not the “2nd Spring road”. For 14 years we used the 1st S R, last year was the first time that we used the 2nd S R due to logging on the 1st SR. So the Scenic Overlook is not part of our groomed trail system right now. (Insufficient snow to get on top of the ridge and the last 1.5 miles of that route were plowed).
The Lincoln Ridge road is in great shape as is the Turkeytail road all the way to Pratt Brook. The trail has several bad areas as it climbs Potaywadjo Ridge, goes along the ridge line and then descends to Tumbledown Dick stream. Once we cross the stream and hit the Deadwater Brook road the trail is great.
Excellent conditions on Black Pond Trail January 24, 2016
4) Our Black Pond trail is in great shape.
5) The 111 trail heading west from the 109 to the Jo Mary road is in need of snow in several places. Very thin in many areas but it’s seeing a lot of traffic.
We are actually using the “Ragged Mtn. road” (heads west from the Lincoln Ridge road at mile 4) as part of the 111 instead of the “real 111” due to lack of snow in the high ground near Ragged Mtn. Better to use a gravel road than a trail cut through the woods. The 111 from the Jo Mary road to where it crosses Route 11 is in good condition except for a 3/4 mile section just prior to reaching Rt. 11. Again, a section of non gravel road.
6) The B Pond trail is a combination of good gravel road, trail cut through the woods, plowed gravel road with minimal coverage and gravel road with lots of snow on it! Overall the trail is in good shape and we are using the Greenwood Mtn./Gauntlet loop to get to B Pond.