Snowmobiling officials: ‘Knucklehead’ sledders who ride off designated trails ruin things for others
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
It’s a problem every year on the Upstate New York snowmobiling season. This year is no different and the mild winter appears to have exacerbated things.
It’s the issue of snowmobilers riding off the designated trails on land where they’re not supposed to be on, ticking off the landowners who’ve given permission for a trail on their property.
The result? The landowner decides to close his section of the trail and bans snowmobiling on his or her land. When trail sections are closed, the private snowmobile club members, who volunteer their time to clear and maintain the trails and put up signage marking the routes, are forced to come up quickly with an alternative route – if they can
Despite this week’s big snow storm, snowmobile trails continue to be closed in Upstate NY
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
In this file photo from last year, a snowmobiler guides his sled onto a trail in Redfield in Oswego County. This year, there hasn t been enough snow yet to open trails in the area.SYR
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Despite this week’s huge snowstorm, the Upstate New York snowmobile season is still on hold going into this weekend. Sledders are hoping things will open up later next week in certain areas when the Southern Zone hunting season ends.
As of Friday morning, no trails were open for the second weekend in a row anywhere in the state, according to Jim Rolf, trail coordinator for the New York State Snowmobile Association..
North Country snowmobiling scene on hold for now
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
A lack of snow coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic has put the brakes on early season snowmobile riding and related festivities in the North County for now.
With the end Sunday of the big game hunting season in the Northern Zone, the snowmobile riding season in that area of the state would have opened Monday, provided there was enough snow.
The reality at this point, though, “is that there are no trails with enough snow to open,” said Jim Rolf, trail coordinator for the New York State Snowmobile Association. The warm weather predicted for this coming weekend won’t help.
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