General Meeting:

Thursday Feb 2

CANCELLED: we decided to cancel the General Meeting as several of us are heading to Tug Hill to try to get some riding in Friday.

The Poker Run is also cancelled, we hope to have the picnic if winter arrives.  We will keep you posted.

TRAILS ARE CLOSED

UPDATE:  The trails are closed.  Please stay off the trails, the snow dance might help!    

The snow phone number is 234-0095.

There are 2 areas that we have been asked to help relieve a few issues.

The 1st area is the AC Auto Plex on the corner of Rte 104 and Lincoln Rd (across the street from Tractor Supply).  Please stay off the parking lot of the Auto Plex.  It looks like some people were jumping the bank onto the parking lot and the track studs and carbides were finding pavement.  You can use the right-of-way but not the parking lot,  this goes for all businesses along 104.

The second area is near the corner of Salt Rd and Ridge Rd.  Please don't cut thrugh the unmarked fields, we don't have premission to ride through that area. This includes the area behind the old Webster Inn.  You will need to ride the right-of-way to get to the trails from this area.  We are trying to add a trail along the 104 Bike Path and connect to our trails which would solve this issue but that is a year away. 

Club Picnic:

Rescheduled for a snowy Sunday.  The picnic is on the trail system at Dick and Sharon Weidman's

1111 County Line Road in Webster

YNN Interview 1-14-12:

http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/570227/snowmobile-trails-impact-wayne-county-business/

Channel 8 interview from 1-2-12:

http://rochesterhomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=291197

Channel 10 interview on 1-3-12:

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2437170.shtml?cat=565

New trail to Log Cabin Restaurant:

The club is opening a new trail to the Log Cabin Restaurant at the corner of 31F and West Walworth Rd in Macedon.  Many thanks to the landowners who have granted permission for this new trail which is about 4 miles long.  This trail was 2 years in the making and once permission was granted many members jumped into action to prepare this trail for the season and did a great job.

NYS Parks and Recreation web site for safety courses statewide:

http://nysparks.state.ny.us/recreation/snowmobiles/safety-courses.aspx   New Online Trail map:

Check out the new online map, the WRR system and other clubs trails are from across the state are avialble at the link below:

http://www.nysnowmobilewebmap.com/

Just click on WEB MAP to see the trails. All of the trails on this map were created using the GPS data the club’s submit to the state. We will keep all trail changes up to date on this site and you can view it at anytime. In addition there are several options for riders to purchase and download GPS data from this site for all of the available club’s trails. A portion of the proceeds are returned to our club for trail maintenance.

Thanks to Dan Rice for GPS'ing our trails and taking the lead with this online map effort.

Wayne County Trail map:

The trail maps were sent out Dec 30 to all members who joined before Dec 28.  We will mail maps weekly as members join the club through the season.

Club Trailheads:

Trailer your sled to the following locations:

Granskofski's  436 Rte 104 Ontario 14519

Bill Gray's  364 Rte 104 Ontario 14519

Carey Lake  937 Walworth-Penfield Rd (Rte 441) Macedon 14502

Blue Herron Hills  1 Country Club Drive Macedon 14502

Log Cabin Restaurant   2445 West Walworth Rd, Macedon 14502

Club event dates:

Club Picnic:

Sunday Feb 12

Kyle Nelson's event:

Sunday February 19

Poker Run:

Cancelled 

The details for these events are being worked out and will be posted as they are set.

Club Rides:

If you would like to lead a club ride please contact me, Todd Chapman at:

585-503-5506 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please support our landowners that sell produce locally

Here is a list of landowners on our trail system that grow and sell produce.

Please take the time to reciprocate their support by purchasing our local

growers’ goods and services.

GARY CRAFT

G & S Orchards. Stand is on Lincoln Rd. at Atlantic Avenue.

GORDON BEH

1835 Route 104 Union Hill, NY

Radiance Harvest Farm Tomatoes, Lettuce, Carrots.

DAVID WILBERT

4418 Ontario Center Road

Walworth, NY

Strawberries & Cherries

RONALD WILBERT

Wilbert's Christmas Trees

1321 Salt Road, Webster,NY 14580

DAVID WOODWARD

1530 Harris Road

Penfield, NY

Pumpkins, hay, straw.

Please join our FACEBOOK page for daily updates and on the trail and grooming photos when the trails open!

Snowmobile safety information:  http://www.weather.com/activities/recreation/ski/snowmobiling/safety.html 

Its funny when something is broken you tend to learn more about it than when it isn’t broken.  Take this winter for instance.  It is broken for sure.  And before this winter I never knew about positive and negative AO and NAO, never heard the term Polar Vortex or Greenland Block or computer generated weather ensembles.  But it seems these things are all out of position this year and the results are a warm winter and a confused jet stream.

There is still hope that some portion of February and into March will give us some winter weather to open the trails.  While we are waiting we have decided to cancel the Poker Run for this year.  We are hoping to have the Picnic and Kyle Nelson’s event later in February and will be paying close attention to the weather forecasts.  If we get a few weekends of snow we can have these events on short notice. 

I would like to thank all the people who helped get the trails ready this year.  There is a lot of time and work invested getting the trails ready and years like this when its all work and no play make it that much more difficult.  But next year we will do it all again except we will get the snow.

I also would like to thank all of our sponsors including map advertisers, groomer supporters and sponsors and all the members who have signed up this year.  Even though we don’t have the snow the club still has the expenses.  This year we invested over $12,000 in trail upgrades.

When the snow does fly I would like to point out a few things about signing and where to ride.  The fields are marked with either double or triple stakes.  Double stakes are on flat land and triple stakes are on blind hills.  When riding between double stakes stay between the stakes and to the right.  When riding in triple staked areas ride between the 2 stakes to your right.  Don’t ride outside of the stakes.  Last year I saw a lot of people riding outside of the stakes and I think it was because they were confused as to where to ride.  Always stay to the right especially in turns and blind hills.

Hopefully we get some snow and some riding in.  My gut tells me we will be open for a week or 2 later in the season so be ready because it may be here and gone in a flash!

Todd Chapman

President