Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Piche's Saturday Night Summer Ride Series
Just wanted to pass this along to all our local riders. Piche's is starting up a Saturday night ride / BBQ the third Saturday of every month starting May 18th at Franklin Falls. Bikes and burgers...hard to go wrong.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Ramblin Vewe Trail Day Recap
What an amazing day! Many thanks to the folks at Ramblin Vewe Farm for allowing us to come in and assist with their trail efforts. AND after today the postings are down and the trails are open for riding! There are probably still a few spots that we'll need to be gentle around so use your head and if areas are still a bit bogged out then step off and walk around for now.
We had an awesome turn out today, I don't know if anyone ever got an official head count but I would say by the end of the day we had around 20 folks working the trail. The early risers got a crew of about 10 or so and started from the lower lot and the rest of us stragglers went top down from the Boyd Hill side.
The target for the day was a new trail 'Farm Junk' that starts up top near Das Claw and works its way all the way down to the lower parking lot off Morrill St. Bets are out on its overall length, we have yet to get a GPS device on the entire thing. My current bet is around 1.5mi...yeah, its long. Some others think even longer, some shorter. We'll find out soon enough.
Many hands make light work and the two groups met in the middle roughing things in well ahead of schedule, around 1030-11am. That allowed us to break into groups and tackle mini projects along the trail. Rock work, line refinement, sanitizing. Its amazing what you can get done in a few hours with that many people.
Afterwards we fired up the grill, had a few adult sodas and just enjoyed the great Spring weather. Chatted a bit about some plans for this season. Group rides kicking off soon, more social events, more trail work. Things are buzzing in Central NH.
We had an awesome turn out today, I don't know if anyone ever got an official head count but I would say by the end of the day we had around 20 folks working the trail. The early risers got a crew of about 10 or so and started from the lower lot and the rest of us stragglers went top down from the Boyd Hill side.
battle implements
The target for the day was a new trail 'Farm Junk' that starts up top near Das Claw and works its way all the way down to the lower parking lot off Morrill St. Bets are out on its overall length, we have yet to get a GPS device on the entire thing. My current bet is around 1.5mi...yeah, its long. Some others think even longer, some shorter. We'll find out soon enough.
Plenty of canine supervision today
Many hands make light work and the two groups met in the middle roughing things in well ahead of schedule, around 1030-11am. That allowed us to break into groups and tackle mini projects along the trail. Rock work, line refinement, sanitizing. Its amazing what you can get done in a few hours with that many people.
The initial stages of what I am told is a magnificent stone bridge over a drainage
Trying to get the puzzle pieces to fit. We eventually figured it out.
Huck or Roll?
Afterwards we fired up the grill, had a few adult sodas and just enjoyed the great Spring weather. Chatted a bit about some plans for this season. Group rides kicking off soon, more social events, more trail work. Things are buzzing in Central NH.
Cheers!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Spring Soft Trail Reminder
Just a quick reminder to everyone that it is still Spring and while we are very fortunate to have such a quick drying spot like Franklin Falls in our backyard not all ride locations drain so easily.
There are still plenty of really soft spots in the woods some of which at our local ride spots. Even though we have our trail day at Ramblin Vewe this weekend most of their trails there are still too soft to be ridden consistently and we all as local riders need to respect that. Ramblin Vewe has signage up at their parking lots as an added reminder so if those signs are up please stay off the trails. We will update here as soon as we know we have the green light.
Early reports are that Ahern is riding mostly dry with only a few wet spots remaining. Those should obviously be avoided or just step off and tread lightly in those areas for the time being.
No specific word on Page Hill but as always use your best judgement. Its only early May, we are just getting going. There will be plenty of time to ride in the coming months.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact one of our officers. See you out there soon!
There are still plenty of really soft spots in the woods some of which at our local ride spots. Even though we have our trail day at Ramblin Vewe this weekend most of their trails there are still too soft to be ridden consistently and we all as local riders need to respect that. Ramblin Vewe has signage up at their parking lots as an added reminder so if those signs are up please stay off the trails. We will update here as soon as we know we have the green light.
Early reports are that Ahern is riding mostly dry with only a few wet spots remaining. Those should obviously be avoided or just step off and tread lightly in those areas for the time being.
No specific word on Page Hill but as always use your best judgement. Its only early May, we are just getting going. There will be plenty of time to ride in the coming months.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact one of our officers. See you out there soon!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Its Time to Get Going!
Hey Everybody!
Long time no see, we've been a bit radio silent lately but it wasn't because we were being lazy, quite the opposite. Lots going on lately so here is an update as the season gets rolling.
- First and foremost we have our first Trail Day coming up Sunday May 5th 9AM at Ramblin Vewe Farm in Gilford, NH. This is one of our up and coming locations that has lots of great riding already and we will be looking to add even more.
Check the Trail Day Flyer for more info.
- Our Chapter has officially entered agreement with the City of Franklin to start trail work on the Great Gains Forest (the land surrounding the Veteran's Memorial Ski Area in Franklin). The MOU was signed recently and we have already done some initial scouting. This is part of a bigger initiative in the Franklin Area that has been evolving over the last several months. Things are still developing but there are many groups hard at work to make the Franklin area a recreational hub. Lots of exciting ideas getting discussed...its a great time to get involved!
- Through some various grants our chapter is able to send members to the trail school at Highland Mountain on 'full scholarship'. If anyone is interested in getting some professional trail building skills free of charge contact a chapter officer and we'll go from there.
- Thursday rides will hopefully start soon. My schedule has changed a bit this year and I am not available to lead on Thursdays until mid May. I'm hoping some other ride leaders will step up until then. Anyone interested? All you need to do is know the trails and be willing to show people around. Easy-peasy.
Hopefully we'll see lots of folks Sunday May 5th at Ramblin Vewe and out on the trails soon!
Long time no see, we've been a bit radio silent lately but it wasn't because we were being lazy, quite the opposite. Lots going on lately so here is an update as the season gets rolling.
- First and foremost we have our first Trail Day coming up Sunday May 5th 9AM at Ramblin Vewe Farm in Gilford, NH. This is one of our up and coming locations that has lots of great riding already and we will be looking to add even more.
Check the Trail Day Flyer for more info.
- Our Chapter has officially entered agreement with the City of Franklin to start trail work on the Great Gains Forest (the land surrounding the Veteran's Memorial Ski Area in Franklin). The MOU was signed recently and we have already done some initial scouting. This is part of a bigger initiative in the Franklin Area that has been evolving over the last several months. Things are still developing but there are many groups hard at work to make the Franklin area a recreational hub. Lots of exciting ideas getting discussed...its a great time to get involved!
- Through some various grants our chapter is able to send members to the trail school at Highland Mountain on 'full scholarship'. If anyone is interested in getting some professional trail building skills free of charge contact a chapter officer and we'll go from there.
- Thursday rides will hopefully start soon. My schedule has changed a bit this year and I am not available to lead on Thursdays until mid May. I'm hoping some other ride leaders will step up until then. Anyone interested? All you need to do is know the trails and be willing to show people around. Easy-peasy.
Hopefully we'll see lots of folks Sunday May 5th at Ramblin Vewe and out on the trails soon!
Thursday, February 7, 2013
CNH Happenings
Hey All!
Last month our chapter officers had our bigger annual meeting to recap our past year and lay the ground work for what is looking like a VERY exciting 2013! Linked below are the full meeting minutes of everything discussed for those interested:
Jan 2013 Meeting Minutes
If reading meeting minutes isn't really your thing, here is the cliff notes version:
- The Spaulding Youth Center in Northfield, NH is interested in developing a trail system on about 500 acres or so. The land is across the Winnipesauke River from the exit 20 Tilton business district. Access to the system would be next to the Kayak launch on Shaker Rd. This is a great location and we are very excited to assist them in this endeavor. Stay tuned for more news this year as this develops.
- Most officer positions stayed the same only changes are Kevin Orlowski taking over as our representative to the Board and Grant stepping in as an interim VP of Trails at Ahern State Park.
- We'll have a presence at the Concord Bike Swap again this year. That takes place in May.
- We poured over a new By-Laws document that we are still working on which will eventually be posted here for members to view.
- We also started to pencil in some dates for 2013 Trail Days. You will find those on our calendar but keep in mind those are still just tentative dates and as we get closer we will solidify those and announce them here and via email blast.
Thats probably all the key points minus some very exciting developments in the Franklin area but that is exciting enough to warrant its own post. Check back soon!
Last month our chapter officers had our bigger annual meeting to recap our past year and lay the ground work for what is looking like a VERY exciting 2013! Linked below are the full meeting minutes of everything discussed for those interested:
Jan 2013 Meeting Minutes
If reading meeting minutes isn't really your thing, here is the cliff notes version:
- The Spaulding Youth Center in Northfield, NH is interested in developing a trail system on about 500 acres or so. The land is across the Winnipesauke River from the exit 20 Tilton business district. Access to the system would be next to the Kayak launch on Shaker Rd. This is a great location and we are very excited to assist them in this endeavor. Stay tuned for more news this year as this develops.
- Most officer positions stayed the same only changes are Kevin Orlowski taking over as our representative to the Board and Grant stepping in as an interim VP of Trails at Ahern State Park.
- We'll have a presence at the Concord Bike Swap again this year. That takes place in May.
- We poured over a new By-Laws document that we are still working on which will eventually be posted here for members to view.
- We also started to pencil in some dates for 2013 Trail Days. You will find those on our calendar but keep in mind those are still just tentative dates and as we get closer we will solidify those and announce them here and via email blast.
Thats probably all the key points minus some very exciting developments in the Franklin area but that is exciting enough to warrant its own post. Check back soon!
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