Category Archives: Trails

Grooming begins this week!

Grooming, Trails December 22, 2010 Leave a comment

Grooming on the Rural Cass snowmobile trail began today (Dec 22) when Keith Blixt of Gardner headed out in the groomer this morning to start on the northern loop of the trail. Since it takes quite a bit longer the firt time out, he expects to only groom half of the north loop today. Here’s a picture of him in action this morning:

The remainder of the north loop should be groomed Thursday, if all goes as planned. And the south loop will be groomed either Thursday evening or Friday morning, depending upon groomer operator availability.  If you are out riding today or tomorrow on the south loop, there are still some deeper ditches that could be packed more with snowmobiles to help the groomer avoid getting stuck.

More than 375 volunteer hours already logged this winter

Club news, Grooming, SND info, Trails December 22, 2010 Leave a comment

You probably realize the Rural Cass Snowmobile Club depends on volunteer hours, but do you know how many hours it really takes? Since August 2010, club members have logged more than 375 volunteer hours already. 

The majority of the volunteer hours so far have been attributed to the process of signing the more than 100 miles of snowmobile trails managed by the club.  A total of 187 hours went into pounding those trail signs in the ground.

Other volunteer activities this year have been included marketing and event planning, including all the hours attributed with putting on a successful SnowJam event and the time it takes to manage the club website, membership drive and member emails.  Groomer maintenance, managed by a small group of volunteers, is also a big component of volunteer time during the fall.

A huge thank you goes out to all the club members who do their part to contribute to the club’s success.

Snowmobilers wanted ASAP — share with your friends

All, Grooming, Trails December 16, 2010 Leave a comment

 With the recent snow, plans are underway to start grooming the Rural Cass Snowmobile Club trail.  Final servicing of the groomer used on the northern end of the trail will be completed this weekend and we expect to have the groomer make a first pass around sometime next week. For the southern trail, the groomer is shared with the Red River Sno-riders, who will be grooming their trail this weekend. The southern trail also will be groomed next week.

In preparation for the grooming, the club is asking local snowmobilers to get out and ride the trails to help pack down the snow before the grooming takes place. This packing makes it faster and easier for the groomer to make the first pass, and also helps alleviate some of the chances of getting the  groomer stuck.

We ask for your help along the entire trail, but concentrate on the following areas:

South Loop

  • West of Davenport near small airplane hanger with a rural home across the road
  • Large ditch west of that same area in Davenport
  • Cattails by the Casselton Regional Airport
  • S curve near the Maple River
  • Trail across the field going north into Casselton up to the railroad tracks (please pack this area slowly to preserve the snow)
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