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Your everyday friendly groomer operators, Don Bennett and Steve Dalpe.

OFFICIALLY
Season Opens  * * *  December 16th
Season Closes  * * *  April 15th
But of course, all dependent on the beauty of the WHITE stuff!

Getting ready for the new season . . . View photos of NCM Trail Projects 2010 Click Here! View photos of NCM Trail Projects August - December 2009 Click Here!

View the North Country Mountaineers groomer in action on U-Tube March 18, 2010 Want to know what it is like to ride in a groomer, check out this video of Don Bennett and Steve Dalpe trying out a Pisten Bully on Jay Peak trails March 18, 2010. Video by Steve Dalpe Friday, January 1, 2010 Grooming by Al's Snowmobile Video by Patrick Martell Saturday, January 24, 2010 Grooming Bob's Quick Stop Trail Doncaster's Field Video by Steve Dalpe Our New Groomer: 2011 Pisten Bully PB400

* * * Grooming Schedule (For a visual, see map below.) Groomer Operators (L to R) George St. Onge Don Bennett Steve Dalpe Norm Bennett Wayne Gray (spare) (missing from photo) Ken Mandeville on the right had the vision and was instrumental in creating our newest trail -- the connector from Pine Hill OS88 to Brownington OS89. This new trail is a tremendous asset to our trail system. Trail 58 & 14 & C14 Croteau's Trail Connecting with the Bob's Quick Stop trail at the bridge on VT RT 14 Connects with Orleans Snowstormers at Croteau's OS46 Includes feeder trail to Martha's Diner and Royer's  Service & Mini Mart OS19 Includes feeder trail to Brewski's Sunday & Thursday A 5 to 6 hour run with the groomer! Trail 14A & 14 Pine Hill Trail Starts at the Airport Road and continues around Pine Hill to Prouty Beach on Memphremagog Connects with Derby Driftdusters by Century 21 in Derby OS6 & OS9 Includes connector trail to Brownington, which connects with Orleans Snowstormers near the Old Stone House OS89 Monday & Friday An 8 to 9 hour run with the groomer! Trail 14B Bob's Quick Stop Trail Travels down to Memphremagog by Farrant's Point Connects with Country Riders near Wayne's Snack Bar OS28 and in Coventry at OS44 Connects to our Croteau's Trail at the VT RT. 14 Bridge At Bob's Quick Stop connects with Hazen's Notch Snowmobile Club of Lowell OS45 and the Glover Trailwinders and Orleans Snowstormers OS38 Tuesday & Saturday A 6 to 7 hour run with the groomer! While every effort is made to adhere to the above grooming schedule, equipment breakdowns, weather, snow conditions and operator availability may cause changes to the grooming schedule. Our home base is on the Airport Road where the three colors meet. Map Copyright 2010-2011 To link to map identifying establishments on our trail system, click here.

Steve Dalpe's Trail Report  The North Country Mountaineers cover 64 miles of the VAST trail system in Coventry, Irasburg and Newport. Each trail is groomed twice a week (See schedule on left). Our goal is to update our trails report on Mondays and Thursdays. However, we will update more often when there is big news to report such as a pending snow storm etc. In 2011, we also started e-mailing our Trail Reports to members who provided us with an e-mail address. If you would like to receive these reports by e-mail contact Irene here. Friday, February 3, 2012     10:09 AM We have received a lot of rain this week, which has melted most of our snow. We need 8-10" of snow before we can consider taking our groomer out, just so we don't mess up all our landowners property. Please be respectful of all our landowners, since without them, we would have no snowmobiling. Thanks Everyone To link to our neighboring club Trail Reports click on their link below. Brighton Snowmobile Club ~ ~ Country Riders of Newport Center ~ ~ Derby Driftdusters ~ ~ Glover Trailwinders ~ ~ Orleans Snowstormers Monday, January 30, 2012     8:11 AM As you all know, we lost all of our snow with all the rain we received last week. We have about 2-3 inch's of new snow fall, with water that really needs to freeze up in all the ditch's and fields. We need a good 8-10" before we can get out there and try to get the trails opened back up. Please be respectful of all the landowners out there and please do not rip up their fields as there is little to no snow cover on them. Friday, January 20, 2012     2:18 PM I spoke to the Drift Dusters and they are going to give grooming a whirl tomorrow. I'm going to try and head to Bob's Quick Stop tomorrow and see how it goes. We only received a few inch's of new snow, so it is going to be rough. I'm not sure I can get past the corn fields in back of Nelson's big farm in Irasburg, since some ruts are 4 feet deep, but I will see once I'm there. If all goes OK, we will try some more grooming on Sunday. Sunday, January 15, 2012     8:16 AM There is not enough snow to take the groomer out yet. I actually drove the groomer yesterday after changing a hydraulic hose and in the fields the groomer was just ripping right down to the grass. Not good! Let's hope for some more white stuff soon. I'm hearing that some clubs are also trying, but I was in Derby yesterday and the Drift Dusters still have logs across the access to a lot of their trails. We need another 6-8 inch's. We are all very frustrated with this weather!!! Wednesday, January 11, 2012     7:38 PM I hope everyone is doing a snowdance! Although the North Country Mountaineers are ready to go, the trails do not have enough snow cover to get out there. Hopefully the upcoming storms will give us something to work with. We shall keep you posted!

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