BANGOR – After years of planning, on Wednesday members of the Poodunck Snowmobile Club in Dixfield, Maine took delivery of their new trail grooming machine. The club used a $135,000 USDA Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) to help fund the purchase. Club members maintain more than fifty miles of trails in Maine’s Interconnected Trail System,
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February 9, 2021
Panorama Nordic Centre at Greywolf. e-KNOW file photo
Nordic skiing opportunities in the Columbia Valley are almost limitless given the right winter and snow conditions.
From Canadian Nordic ski legend Lyle Wilson’s Nipika Mountain Resort, in the Rockies east of Radium Hot Springs to the 30 plus kms of the Whiteway on Lake Windermere, cross-country skiers have options.
And now they have another option – in the Purcell Mountains west of Invermere.
Guy Paulsen, Director of Resort Services at Panorama Mountain Resort, is leading the development of a trail system that will soon place Panorama Nordic Centre at Greywolf among the best in Western Canada.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Thunder Bay snowmobile enthusiasts are waiting on more snow so they can get on the trails.(Submitted by Adrian Tessier)
There has been good news and bad news for the Thunder Bay Adventure Trails Snowmobile club this fall.
The good news is the club s membership is up.
After several years of struggling to grow their membership, 2020 has delivered.
Adrian Tessier, President of the Northwestern Ontario Snowmobile Trails Association, said the Thunder Bay club saw its membership nearly double this fall. We re slightly over two hundred members, said Tessier. Whereas last year, we were around 120 or something. We re thinking with COVID, a lot of people are staying home. They re not wandering around with the U.S. border closed. They are not riding into the [United] States. They re buying permits and the sales have certainly reflected that.