Ron Rybicki
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WE are heading up to camp today and plan to ride through Sheriff Lake to head for the Salisbury Club on Saturday. I called the town highway super. and had to leave a message. He does not answer the official phone at the town garage. I will let everyone know how bad or if its really passable as I have heard from some other riders .
RonDarin
Sounds like you and Jr. had a great ride this past Wednesday. I did not realize that the Salisbury Club was not open during the week this year. They used to be open 7 days a week during peak snow time. I’m glad you did not try C4 (on the map) towards Jerseyfield Lake Rd. We know this as the Mud Lake trail that at best it might get cut out this year let alone groomed. I cant find out if the Ohio Club even did any thing on it yet even though there is plenty of snow on it. Also if you ever get back this way–try Rocky’s on Hinkley Lake. You can get to it on Hinkley off of trail 4B. The trail goes right by a DEC camp ground where once the lake is safe you will see and lot of riders crossing here. You will see a big Island looking north on your left side of the main track. Swing wide close to the Island and head west till you see the big Resort. This is Rocky’s. We go this way cause if you take the plowed and heavy sanded 3 miles of roads thru Grant off of 4B your temp light will be screaming . You had my favorite wich at the Ohio Tavern. Becky, Dans wife is with out a doubt the best cook in the Adirondacks.
PS Dont ride Hinkley until you see a hundred sleds crossing at the DEC camp site. My wife hates this lake as one year we rode right by open water flowing near the north side, where 2 guys went in 12 feet of water here some years ago .
RonRode Evergreen this past Saturday and was flat. A little slush on the curve ( 3 inches ) Always right there and some years when we get feet of snow the slush get deep here. Cant figure out why.
West end Of Piseco is a little tough getting off. I heard there is a 4 ft. vertical bank to jump up but the riders have cut the brush out a little to the right and its easier.
RonWe did not ride it this past week end but talked to a lot of riders who did. They said no problems, stay in the main track and do not run over the tip ups that you will see down by the Island. It was hard to get off at the west end as the bank was a vertical jump ( about 4 ft. ) so some riders cut the brush out a few feet to the right and were getting off OK
Wife and I are going to run it this coming Friday, Have’nt told her this yet but with the below zero temps for this week should see that pick up truck out there. I heard they were cutting a foot by the Island last week.
RonIcicleal
Met you and Wayner on the trail ( grooming ) Trails thru Morehouse were great to the town barn. You got tore up from the barn to the county line when we came back that night.
Stopped to see Harry ( Joe Gag ) and thanked him for allowing us to use his drive way. PS Nothing wrong with trail along Rt 8. We used to use this route to get to Wild Bill’s years ago.
Forgot to ask you if you got to Mosquito Hill yet and what its like. On facebook Ohio said they got into the Hill from their end but that might have been before the thaw. Have not heard from anyone that tried it yet.
RonTown of Arietta and the trail boss is Craig S. Call the town board to ask why this trail is never worked during the off months as most of it is on private land and the land owner wants safe trails. Town board # 518 548 3415 and Craig S. ( highway super. ) 518 548 7302. Now that our registrations cost us $65.00 per sled if you join a club and we have to ride a trail like this. The trail maintenance entity ( TME ) are all going to get a big raise this year. Two years ago Arietta got $42,000 to maintain trails that included doing a little work on them. Just look at Morehouse. They are always working on their trails during the off season.
RonIt was reported on facebook that Ohio groomed or at least pulled a drag into Mosquito Hill C4C and Morehouse is still trying to break open the rest of it up to the French Rd. Icicecal reported that some of the flys that their part crosses was flooded and much blowdown to cut thru. Also they dont know what the beaver dam looks like right at the hill. Ohio did get to Black Creek Lake Rd S46A but never said if they went down to Nobolsboro bridge or the Jones RD. Talked to riders in the Ohio Hotel this past Saturday. They all said the trails were great around town and up towards Remsen. However there were no tracks crossing Hinkley from the camp ground to the north side. Riders I talked to said they were going around and over the dam to get across.
Ron.Iciceal
Thanks to all you guys in Morehouse. I will personally thank Joe when I see him or Joe Jr. to pass on to his dad. You folks got a drink on me & Derrie next time I see you in the Bow or the Ohio Tavern. I figured this was going to be the only way out of the mess this greedy guy caused.
Thanks again from all the riders out there.
Ron & Derrie and my gangTalked to several riders this past Saturday in the OXbow about the ice on Piseco. They are riding it. I am not saying that all of the lake is safe yet. I saw and heard the it was still open as of Saturday January 4 out from Higgins Bay where it 129 feet deep and freezes last. My friends went right over this area and are still alive today so just maybe the lake made more ice last week cause it was down near zero a couple of days . Its should be making ice this week cause its going to be below freezing almost ever day. Also heard and saw riders on Lake Pleasant, Oxbow and Sacandaga Lake so they must be OK
I’ll know more after this coming week end when I talk to more fishermen or I see a pick up out there then my wife will ride it.
PS My good friend spent a hour in Long Lake a couple of years ago until the Long Lake Fire Co rescued him with their air boat. Piseco Fire Co does not have a air boat but hey are prepared with dry suits. I know I could not survived this so I’ll wait, Also on the news a side by side went into the Sacandaga Reservoir. One died and one was rescued y ice fishermen.
RonI talked to a couple that went to the town meeting. There is a remedy thats being worked on. For now we heard from a property owner ( who is a snowmobiler ) that is going to allow a new trail to use is land, but it wont be done this year. For this year he said that we can use a drive way from the main C4 trail down by the flow ground up to Rte. 8 then along the side to the main trail only about a few hundred feet. The Morehouse boys will mark it out soon unless another problem occurs.
There are riders going around the barrier down near Evergreen ( registration booth ) that should wait till the they take it down to make it official.
Thank you to the Morehouse grooming gang.
RonIcicleal
We rode down Evergreen Sunday to the barrier. by the registration booth. Why is the barrier still up.? We turned around and went back. We had dinner with Glen and Martha M. Saturday night at the Bow. He was at the town meeting and said we could use the Gags drive way from down by the flow up to Rte. 8 then along the highway to the trail for this year. Only a couple of hundred feet, right. ? Is there still a problem? I see some sleds are going around the barrier.
I knew better than to try the upper Morehouse to Arietta’s trails. They have not been out yet this year. You have a couple of persistent mud holes that ever year the Adk. muck does not want to freeze from the G Lake Rd. in about 1/4 mile. Over all the trails thru Morehouse to here were good.
Thanks a bunch.
RonSaw on face book Ohio is grooming around the bars and big roads in their heated cabs. I can see the wide drag marks at the Ohio Hotel. I wonder if the club will get out on C4C to Mosquito Hill or C4J to Jerseyfield Rd. Here they have to use a Scandic and it does’nt have a heated cab or go to a bar. They probably have close to 3 feet of lake effect by now so they can’t say they don’t have enough snow.
I’d like to find out who in the Herkimer County Alliance is in charge of paying out the trail maintenance money to this club. They are high snow and corridor trails for maximum payment. Herkimer County is the highest paid county in NYS by our registrations and this was when we were paying $45 bucks a sled. At last count 2 years ago the were getting over $250,000 for their trails. These trails were only cut out after 2 years in the spring of 2024 and I’ll bet not touched since.
More of you folks out there that ride here should also be calling NYSSA and the Herkimer County Director to NYSSA.
I said it before and I’ll say it again.. I’m 84 now and probably will not ride these trails again.
RonIcicleal
Just saw on face book about the problem with C4 being closed off. It seems some retired town official was paying him under the table using town funds to ride thru his property and that payolla dryed up when who ever retired. I heard the town board is going to discuss the problem tonight at a town meeting. Billy F. will figure it out. This is typical of these Jerseyits that close there land off and bring up their friends to ride on every body else’s property. I cant’n tolerate this crap and usually get into a heated argument over the issue. I remind them that I own land on a corridor trail and do not want to see any of these friends on my property.
Keep us posted on whats happening.
RonTalked to some guys in the Bow this past Saturday. They were cutting only about 6″ by the first camp site ( Popular Point ) by the Irondequiot Inn of Piseco and they were only out about 100 yards. I would not venture out much past this near the center as that freezes last cause its 129 feet deep. Irondequoit Bay at the west end looked OK but no fishermen or sled tracks and Panther Mtn. stream cut into the lake for about 100 yards. We came by Lake Pleasant and saw no fishermaen on the ice or any sled tracks. Dont know any thing about Sacandaga Lake except for the bays which are froze
They are riding Oxbow Lake and Evergreen as they are shallow and freeze first
We talked to some kids that came from the Stratford end of the Powley Rd and said the trails are horrible ( mud Holes) on C8 over Jacks Hill from Spy Lake and the Powley Rd only had 2 sleds wide and bumpy. Arietta is not grooming any trails as of yet. We picked up about another foot of fluffy lake effect Saturday night in Evergreen and west but as we know its very light and fluffy and does not pack to any thing for a base. Not sure if Arietta even got out to cut the blow downs thru Sherriff Lake C4 and S88 .
I do know that on the last week end of Hunting (12/07/24) there were some major mud holes on C4 thru Evergreen Park, then we had the big thaw. Very cold this week so they all might just harden up a bit.
I’ll know more this coming week end as we have some desperate riders in Evergreen that will ride on mud as long as they have a little lube once in awhile.
Dont try going past Evergreen west on C4., Its closed in Morehouse by a propery owner that lives out of state and is pissed at the town.
RonAl
Each town has their own trail coordinator and the Hamilton County director to NYSSA is Jim Olsen ( email=jamesrolsen@yahoo.com )
Have you heard or know if Ohio ever got C4C from mosquito hill to the buck point lodge cut out this season yet. I know Matt K. (Ohio Club Pres: ) took a side by side from buck point to Jerseyfield Lake RD. and cut out C4 early this past spring but this was before the mess I assume from the tornado. This was after I turned them in to Bob Korsec NYSSA Trail Coordinator and sent him pictures of the mess of blow down that was’nt cut out for 2 years. I suggested that this trail be given to Salisbury as they have the man power and are willing to maintain over half of the trail, being in the town of Salisbury all the way to Cranbury Lake Next call goes to the Parks & Rec new snowmobile coordinator to either close and defund it or give it to Salisbury Club.
Ron
