 |
||||
Local |
Safety |
Links |
Photos |
|
2012 Season - Trail conditions
March 27th, 2012. 9PM
All trails are closed for for the season. See videos below of what remains after last weeks melt down. We still have two suppers remaining this season; Chichken and Ribs this Friday (March 30th) and T-Bone Steak on Saturday April 14th. Call Pauline at 350-0378 to reserve your tickets for these events as the club is now closed.
March 21st, 2012. 8PM
Mother nature is in the process of given us snowmobilers a real beat down. Temps have been nearing the mid twenties the past two days and tonight's low is 10 deg and tomorrow's high is 17 deg. Half of dozen days in March have set daily records for highest temp. Craziness!
One of our directors went for a drive today on the trails west of the club and the report is not good. Most of the ice bridges have collapsed, some have water running over them and others are completely washed out. Most open areas and hills facing south were down to dirt or completely ice covered and there is standing water and slush all over.
All trail are considered closed, travel at own risk.
March 19th, 2012. 8PM
Temperatures were in the teens over the weekend and it has melted quite a bit of our snow and the worst thing is that the forecast for the next three day is calling for the same. For the time being we have decided to close all of our trails as washouts have formed throughout our trail system and we cannot send the groomer out to repair these washouts until nighttime temps go back below freezing. Once temperatures return to normal we'll see what we have left for snow and go from there.
March 15th, 2012. 8PM
This evening we are grooming trail 19 from the club as far the Tetagouche River and later tonight we plan on grooming trail 19 from the club the the IP Road. Trail 305 from Dunlop to Pointe Verte will no longer be groomed as there are too many water courses along the way and we do not want to risk breaking through with the groomer. Be on the lookout for washouts, we already had to repair some on trail 301 near the sugar shack earlier this week.
Club supper Friday night, seafood pasta sponsored by Maritime Refrigeration, Vernon Pitre Foundation, Micon Equipment and Cuisine a Roy. Call 783-3335 to reserve your tickets.
March 13th, 2012. 6PM
Trails held up ok after the thaw we received last Thursday. Since the thaw we have groomed trail 19 west of the club to the IP Road twice and trail 19 from club the Tetagouche River once. We are in the process of grooming trail 301 as well as trail 22 from the 22/301 to the 22/19. We will no longer be crossing the Tetagouche river with the groomer as is starting to show signs of water, however snowmobiles are still crossing with no issues. Forecast is calling for 10-20 cm of snow over the next couples of days.
We are starting to see warmer weather so please be on the lookout for washout on the trails as they can appear at anytime.
March 6th, 2012. 8PM
Tonight we are grooming trail 19 from the club to the 19/301 intersection and trail 301.
Click on the following link to see an interactive trail status map of all NBFSC trails:
http://184.73.246.136:8008/nbfsc/client/index.html
Click on trail status on the lower right hand side to see when the trails have been groomed, map is only updated once per day at 8 am. The site is extreme slow if you are using internet explorer as a browser. It is recommended that you use Google Chrome, it can be downloaded by clicking on the following link: https://www.google.com/chrome
March 5th, 2012. 8PM
Trails took a pretty good beating over the weekend. Our groomer was back out last night doing from the club to Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn. Tonight we are grooming Trail 19 from the club the IP Road as well as Trail 22 from the 19/22 intersection to the 19/301 intersection.
March 1st, 2012. 10PM
Tonight we will be grooming trail 19 from the club as far as the 19/301, trail 301 and trail 22 from the 22/301 intersection to rte 180. While grooming trail 19 west of the club, last nights operator also groomed trail 22 from the 19/22 intersection to rte 180. Tomorrow night we plan on grooming trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn, that will make it 7 straight days of grooming!
Club supper Friday night, BBQ Chicken sponsored by the Bayside Group. Call the club to reserve your tickets 783-3335.
February 29th, 2012. 11PM
Last night we groomed trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn (3rd time since last Saturdays storm) as well as trail 305 from Beresford to Pointe Verte. Tonight we are grooming trail 19 from the club to the IP Road.
Club supper Friday night, BBQ Chicken sponsored by the Bayside Group. Call the club to reserve your tickets 783-3335.
February 27th, 2012. 11PM
Last night while we were grooming trail 19 west of the club we also groomed trail 22 from the 22/19 intersection to the 19/301 intersection. Today we groomed trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn. Tonight we are grooming trail 19 from the club to the 19/301 intersection (Arleau Brook Shelter) and trail 301. Our groomer as been going steady since since the storm ended on Saturday.
February 26th, 2012. 8PM
We received a pile of snow in the Chaleur region since last Thursday, approximately 35cm in the lower elevations and 55 cm in the upper. Last night we groomed trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn as well as trail 305. Tonight we are grooming trail 19 from the club to the IP Road.
February 22nd, 2012. 8PM
Last night we groomed trail 19 from the club to the 19/301 int, trail 301, and trail 22 to from the 301/22 int to the 19/22 int. All trails have been groomed at least once this week. We plan on grooming trail 19 from Bathurst to the IP Road once more prior the weekend, this will take place Thursday and Friday night.
Here is a snapshot from the website of the Chaleur Trails
February 20th, 2012. 7PM
Last night we groomed trail 19 west of the club to the IP Road. Tonight we will be grooming trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn as well as trail 305 from the 19/305 intersection to Pointe Verte.
February 18th, 2012. 7AM
On Thursday night we groomed trail 19 west of the club as far as the 19/24 intersection then we groomed trail 24 to the Jacquet River Club. Their groomer has been down for quite some time so we gave them hand. Last night we groomed trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn as well as trail 305. Have a safe weekend on the trails.
Thank you to Arseneau Fish Market, Chaleur Building Supplies and West End Sports for a wonderful supper last night. And a very special thank you to West End Sprorts for their 1000$ donation to our trail system.
February 14th, 2012. 8PM
Since Sunday we have groomed trail 19 from Bathurst (Host and Danny's Inn) to the IP Road as well as trail 305 from Beresford to Pointe Verte. Tonight we will be grooming trail 301 as well as trail 22 from the 22/301 intersection to the 19/22 intersection. Club supper this Friday night, Salt Cod sponsored by Arseneau Fish Market, Chaleur Building Supplies and West End Sports. Call the club to reserve you tickets 783-3335.
February 14th, 2012. 8PM
Since Sunday we have groomed trail 19 from Bathurst (Host and Danny's Inn) to the IP Road as well as trail 305 from Beresford to Pointe Verte. Tonight we will be grooming trail 301 as well as trail 22 from the 22/301 intersection to the 19/22 intersection. Club supper this Friday night, Salt Cod sponsored by Arseneau Fish Market, Chaleur Building Supplies and West End Sports. Call the club to reserve you tickets 783-3335.
February 5th, 2012. 11PM
Sunday night we groomed trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn. Tonight we are grooming trail 19 from the club to the IP Road. Tomorrow night we will be grooming trail 301 and trail 22 from the 22/301 to the 19/22 intersection. Click on the following link to see an interactive trail status map of all NBFSC trails:
http://184.73.246.136:8008/nbfsc/client/index.html
Click on trail status on the lower right hand side to see when the trails have been groomed, map is only updated once per day at 8 am.
February 2nd, 2012. 6PM
We received 15 cm of light snow yesterday. We groomed trail 19 from the club the the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn early this AM and tonight we will groom trail 19 from the club to the IP Road. Tomorrow night we'll try to get to the 301 and 22. Club supper Friday night, Chicken Cordon Blue sponsored by AB Seafood, Jenk's Excavation, Port of Belledune and Kenny's Trucking. Call the club to reserve your tickets 783-3335.
January 31st, 2012. 10AM
Last night we groomed trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn (third time since Friday's storm), we are now in the process of grooming trail 19 west of the club to the IP Road. All of our trails should be in very good condition.
January 29th, 2012. 11PM
We received 30 cm of snow on Friday, as soon as the storm was over we groomed from the club to Bathurst, it did not take long for the trail to get chewed up on Saturday as once again there was heavy traffic. Saturday night we sent the groomer back on the same run to fix moguls. Today we groomed trail 19 from the club to the IP Road as well as trail 22 from the 19/22 int to the 19/301 int. Tonight we are heading back up 19 as far as the 19/301 and then the 301. All trails will be completed by 8am Monday.
January 26th, 2012. 11PM
After a couple of days of above normal temps we were finally able to get back out and groom. The groomer just returned from a 21 hr run, we groomed trail 19 from the club to the IP road as well as trail 22 from the 19/22 shelter to Island Lake. Forecast is calling for 20-30 cm of snow Friday, once this system passes we will most likely start by grooming trail 19 from the club to the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn.
January 23rd, 2012. 11PM
We received 15-20 cm of extremely fluffy snow on Friday night, there was so much traffic on the trails on Saturday that by mid morning you could not even tell it had snowed. Trails got beat up pretty good over the weekend. Over the past couple of days we have groomed trail 19 from Bathurst (Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn) to Arleau Brook Shelter (19/301 int), trail 301 and trail 22 from the 22/301 int to the 19/22 shelter. Weather for Tuesday does not look good, rain and 7 deg. We will be grooming trail 19 from the club to the IP road once the temp falls back below zero.
January 18th, 2012. 8PM
We received 10-15 cm of snow throughout our trail system last night. Our groomer hit the trails this afternoon and is currently grooming trail 19 from the club to the north shore of tetagouche river (near Atlantic Host) as well as the trail into Danny's Inn. Once this is complete we will groom trail 19 from the club to the IP Road.
January 16th, 2012. 11PM
Once we got our groomer back up and running on Friday afternoon we groomed trail 19 from the club towards Bathurst, we only made as far as Robertville as it started to rain and snow was sticking in the drag. On Saturday we groomed trail 19 from the club to Arleau Brook Shelter, Trail 301 and trail 22 from the 19/301 to the 19/22 shelter. There was allot of traffic throughout our trail system on weekend, trail 19 is due for another grooming but it will have to wait until Tuesday night or Wednesday as we have mechanics from Soucy Tracks in town tomorrow to perform adjustments on the track that we have been having issues with as of late.
January 12th, 2012. 10PM
We needed to get some parts from our track manufacturer in order to fix our groomer, the parts are scheduled to arrive on Friday morning. If all goes well with the repairs we may be able to get trail 301 groomed for the weekend. Trails are groomed to both the Atlantic Host and Danny's Inn, and reports are that snowmobiles are crossing the Tetagouche river (cross at own risk). Please take your time while traveling trails as there is not as much snow down as we are accustom to this time of year, and be on the lookout for moose.
January 10th, 2012. 10PM
Trail 19 from Bathurst to Ip Road is now considered open, the portion from Bathurst to the 19/24 intersection could use more snow but it is passable. We were hopping to groom trail 301 and 22 today but we have some unexpected repairs to perform to the groomer before we can send it back out, hopefully we will have these trails groomed prior to the weekend. Our club is now open with normal operating hours.
January 8th, 2012. 11PM
The ice bridges we constructed last week on trail 19 between Bathurst the and the 19/24 intersection are holding up just fine. We've removed the brush cutter and hooked the drag on and we are in the process of giving our entire trail system a going over. We started today with trail 19 from the club to Bathurst (Tetagouche River), tomorrow we will groom trail 19 from the club to Ip Road. We will let you know the status of the trails once we have a report back from our operators.
January 3rd, 2012. 10PM
Brushing is now complete between club and the Atlantic Host, we also have all the required ice bridges constructed with the exception of the Tetagouche River which is almost completely frozen over. Next we will be working at making ice bridges on trail 19 between the club and the 19/24 intersection, we will also be doing some touch up brushing on this section of trail. All trails are still closed until we get more snow.
Our first Club Supper of the season is this Friday, Chinese Food sponsored by Elmtree Resources and Guillevin International. Email to reserve your tickets: info@chaleur.ca
January 1st, 2012. 8AM - Happy New Year
Yesterdays forecast was calling for 20-30 cm of snow but all we ended up getting was 5 cm and a bunch of freezing rain. We've completed brushing the section of trail 19 between the Host and Danny's. We are now working our way back to the club and brushing wet areas that we were unable to get to while we were brushing with the wheels on the tractor, we will also work at building ice bridges along the way.
All trails are CLOSED if you are going to be snowmobiling do so with care as these are unmanaged trails.
December 28th, 2011. 6PM
There are still no grooming activities taking place on the Chaleur trail system as there is not enough snow. We received mild weather yesterday along with rain, this did not help our situation. We have decided to continue working on brushing trails, we are now on trail 19 between Danny's Inn and the Atlantic Host.
All trails are CLOSED if you are going to be snowmobiling do so with care as these are unmanaged trails.
December 24th, 2011. 2PM
We received 5 to 25 cm of snow throughout our system on Friday. This new snow is not the best as it is very light. Bushing is now complete on trail 301 as well as a 4 km stretch of trail 22 south of route 180. Our groomer with brusher is currently parked where trail 22 crosses route 180, we will be heading back towards to club early next week via trail 19. If there is enough snow on trail 19 between the club and the the 19/24 intersection we may be able to start grooming trails west of the club sometime next week. Merry Christmas!
December 18th, 2011. 9PM
We received a mix of snow and rain this past week, there is still not enough snow down for us to start grooming activities. Temps have been very low over the past couple of day and the wet areas are freezing up nicely. We are currently brushing on trail 301 near the caribou mines lake. Later this week we will brush a much needed section of trail 22 between the 22/301 intersection and route 180. Forecast is calling for more snow later this week we'll have to wait till then if we get enough to start grooming.
December 12th, 2011. 8PM
We have 15cm to 40 cm of snow throughout our trail system. There have been machines out running on unplowed logging roads west of the club. The wet areas of are trail system are starting to freeze up however we need to let things freeze up some more before we start to build our ice bridges. We are still working at brushing trails, see picture below of our Groomer with the Brush Cutter attached. This picture was taken at the Sugar Shack after last weeks snowfall.
The December 15th early bird deadline is this Thursday Dec 15th. See previous post for more details.
December 7th, 2011. 8PM
We received 5 to 10 cm of snow in the Chaleur region today and there is snowfall warning in effect with a potential for an additional 25cm. Our New Holland has been brushing trails over the past couple of weeks, we have been working on trail 301 around the sugar shack. We will be continuing to brush trails until there is enough snow down and cooler temp to start building the required snow bridges.
The December 15th deadline for a rebate on your seasonal trail permit is approaching fast, so head on over to your local SNB and get your permit.
If you would like to purchase your trail permit online click on the following link:
https://www.pxw1.snb.ca/SNB9000/product.aspx?ProductID=A001PSNBCatNBFSC&l=e
If you purchase online, the permit will be couriered directly to you however there is a 12$ mailing/service fee.
Make sure to indicate CLUB#4 while filling out your forms!
November 21st, 2011 - Getting Ready for 2012
Welcome back folks! The 2012 season is just around the corner and we are busy getting ready.
Our annual general meeting along with a spaghetti supper will take place Sunday, December 4th, at 5pm at the Club. Everyone is welcome, the meal will be free. Trail permits are now on sale @ SNB; as always you have until December 15th to take advantage of the early bird price of 160$ +HST (saves 60$ off the regular price of a seasonal permit). For more details on types and prices of permits please refer to the following link:
http://www.nbfsc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=22&lang=en
Remember if you want to support the Chaleur Snowmobile Club we are CLUB #4.
Click on link below to see our trail condition archives:
http://chaleur.ca/trail_conditions_archives.htm
__________________________
HOURS OF OPERATION
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
10am - 6pm |
Closed |
Closed |
10am - 6pm |
10am - 6pm |
9am-9pm |
8:30am - 9pm |
506-783-3335
Any Questions or Comments Please E-Mail