New Hampshire Bureau of
Trails - Snowmobile Trails Conditions Report
Last Report for
the Season
April 1, 2008
Rail Trail Gates and
Southern Trails Closing This Week for the Season
(Concord, NH) The
NH Bureau of Trails announces that gates on the rail trails
in Southern and Central NH will be closing this week for the
riding season. Trail users should expect to find the gate
bars closed over the next several days on the Cheshire,
Ashuelot, Fort Hill, Monadnock, Hillsborough, Rockingham,
Farmington, and Northern Recreational Rail Trails. Gates in
Southern State Parks and Forests will also be closing for
the season this week.
The snowmobile trails in Bear Brook, Pawtuckaway and Pisgah
State Parks will close this week, with Snowmobile Corridor
9/11, the Concord-Lincoln Rail Corridor, closing for the
season on April 1st.
The Bureau of Trails is a part of the NH Division of Parks &
Recreation. The division manages over 72 state parks,
campgrounds, thousands of miles of trails, historic sites,
waysides, and natural areas. The division is part of the
Department of Resources and Economic Development. For more
information about the Bureau of Trails, please call
603-271-3254 or visit
www.nhtrails.org.
Pittsburg 2" new snow on a 8-16" base. Trails are
groomed and riding is good. Caution: Trail Reroute Primary
138 and 139 from River Road to South Bay Trail (Corridor 5).
Colebrook 2" new snow on a 4-16 " base. Trails
are groomed and riding is good. Caution: Some ice. Watch for
logging on Primary 120 between Brooks Sugar Place and
Diamond Pond.
Diamond Pond/Coleman State Park
2-3" new snow on a 28-30" base. Trails are groomed and
riding is great.
Errol 3-4" new snow on a
6-16 " base. Trails are groomed and riding is good to great.
Caution some trail ice. Watch for trail reroutes in the
Millsfield Pond area due to logging.
Stratford 2" new snow on
a 8-14 " base. Trails are groomed and riding is great.
Caution: Some trail ice and bare spots. Spring Conditions
Groveton/Nash Stream 3-4
" new snow on a 24" base. Trails are groomed and riding is
good. Caution some trail ice. Spring Conditions
Groveton Village 1" new
snow on a 2-4 " base. Trails are groomed and riding is
marginal to moderate. Caution spring conditions.
Cambridge 3-4" new snow
on a 10-14" base. Trails are groomed and riding is great..
Dalton 3-4 " new snow on
a 6 " base. Trails are groomed and riding is moderate to
good. Caution: . Spring Conditions
Milan 3-4 " new snow on
a 10-14" base. Trails are groomed and riding is great.
Caution: Watch for logging on Primary 114.
Berlin 4" new snow on a
6-12" base. Trails are groomed and riding is good to great..
Use caution on plowed roads in Jericho Mtn State Park. Watch
for logging on Corridor 19 south and City trail.
Berlin/Success 6" new
snow on a 2-12" base. Trails are groomed and riding is good.
Caution: Spring conditions.
Gorham 6" new snow on a
4-16 " base. Trails are groomed, riding is good.. Caution:
some trail ice. Watch for logging Corridor 19 North of
Gorham. Spring conditions.
Jefferson 3" new snow on
a 0-10 " base. Trails are groomed and riding is moderate to
good. Caution: Some bare spots, ice and water. Spring
conditions.
Lancaster 2" on a 0-8"
base. Trails are not groomed and riding is moderate to good.
Caution: some open water and trail ice. Spring Conditions
Whitefield 0" new snow
on a 0-4 " base. Trails are not groomed riding is marginal.
Caution: some trail ice and open water. Spring conditions.
Bethlehem 3" new snow on
a 3" base. Trails are groomed and riding is moderate.
Caution: bare spots and ice. Spring Conditions
Franconia Notch 6" New
snow on a 0-14" base. Trails are groomed and riding is good.
Caution: Corridor 11 north of Cannon not groomed and has
bare ground. Some trail ice. Spring conditions.
Lisbon 0" new snow on a
0-10" base. Trails are not groomed and riding is marginal in
lower elevations and good in higher terrains. .. Caution:
Watch for bare spots and open water bars and logging
equipment in the trail on Primary 105 South. Spring
Conditions.
Bartlett 2 " New snow on
a 24 " base. Trails are groomed and riding is good .
Caution: Expect water bars to start opening. Watch for other
users. RR extended until the 4-6-08, watch for other trail
users.
Sandwich 2" new snow on
a 4-12" base. Some trails are groomed and riding is moderate
to good. Some opening water bars, south slopes thin, Caution
ponds and lakes not safe.
Plymouth 2" new snow on
a 12" base. Some trails are groomed. opening water bars,
RAILROAD TRACKS ARE CLOSED. SPRING RIDING CONDITION DITIONS
LAKES ARE NOT SAFE still grooming notch trails.
Moultonboro 1" new snow
on a 2-8" base. trails groomed Riding is marginal to good
Spring conditions,open water bars and many bare spots. Some
local riding. Stay off lakes and ponds not safe.
Castle Trails - Castle
trails thin on south side,good up top and east side. . Stay
off lake not safe.
Meredith RAILROAD CLOSED
some local riding but no riding rail road and lakes not safe
W. Ossipee 1-2" new snow
on a 6-12" base. Some trails are groomed and riding is
moderate to good. Spring conditions, with warm temps maybe
last weekend, lakes not safe.
N. Conway 1-2" New snow
on a 4-12" base. Trails are groomed and riding is moderate
RAILROAD CLOSED, NO RIDING SOUTH ON CORRIDOR 19 THROUGH
N.CONWAY. Parking in East Conway at Town and Country.
E. Conway 2" new snow on
a 6-12" base. Trails are groomed and riding is moderate.
Spring riding Opening water bars. Parking available for
riding north from here. Tracks to go South Closed.
Wolfeboro 1 " new snow
on a 4-12" base. Not grooming Spring conditions. Watch for
open water bars. Stay off lakes.
Wakefield 1" of new snow
on a 6-12" base. Some trails are groomed. Riding is marginal
to moderate. Caution: Open water bars. Lakes not safe.
Spring conditions. spring riding conditions,lakes and ponds
not safe.
New Durham 0" new snow
on a 4-12" base. Some trails are not groomed riding is
moderate. Gates being closed on rail grade, some good local
riding reported some washout trails closed use caution.
Unity-Acworth Crescent Lake Grooming has stopped.
Riding is fair. Spring conditions. Gates will be closing.