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YOU WILL SEE A NEW LOOK ON THIS WEBSITE OVER THE SUMMER !  PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF IT & WE WELCOME YOUR SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED !

Local Weather Forecast Link For Duanesburg 12056, Delanson 12053, Esperance 12066, Mariaville 12010, Knox 12073 & E.Berne 12059:   (Just Enter Zip Code for the Town You Want To View)

http://weather.msn.com

 (Click Link Above to See the Forecast for your area after 3/31/09 !)

 

TRAILS OPEN/CLOSED LEGEND: CLOSED  CAUTION while Opened  CAUTION Not Updated Ride At Own Risk   OPEN

 

4/1/09 - 12/??/09 - ALL  TRAILS      ARE   OFFICIALLY   CLOSED !!!

 

( Photo Provided by Brian Buchardt ) 

 

THANK YOU LANDOWNERS, FOR MAKING THIS SEASON POSSIBLE AND SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR ENJOYMENT AND RECREATION.  PLEASE GIVE US A CALL AT ANY TIME WITH ANY OF YOUR CONCERNS OR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING YOUR LAND !  ALSO PLEASE NOTIFY US OF ANY LAND TRANSFERS WHICH MAY EFFECT THE TRAIL CURRENTLY TRAVERSING YOUR LAND !

 

WE ALSO EXPRESS THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT HELPING TO MAINTAIN OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY !

 

Click On: Trail Work  Also On The Calendar of Events Page!

 

THE WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED APPROXIMATELY ONCE PER MONTH TO KEEP OUR MEMBERS POSTED OF CURRENT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES UNTIL NEXT SEASON. THE TRAILS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR WORK PROJECTS POSSIBLY OVER THE SUMMER BUT DEFINITELY CONVENING AGAIN IN EARLY SEPTEMBER IN PREPARATION FOR THE '09/'10 SEASON.  PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN TO SEE WHEN AND WHERE THESE PROJECTS WILL GET UNDERWAY. AS A MEMBER OF OUR CLUB WE ASK YOU TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO ENSURE SAFE AND WELL MAINTAINED TRAILS TO RIDE IN OUR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY !  IT IS YOUR DUTY AS A MEMBER TO ASSIST AND HELP WHERE & WHEN YOU CAN !!! 

 

Next Meeting Dates:

Club Member Meeting:       Wednesday, Sept. 9th,   7pm at the Elk's Lodge in Esperance - 1st Meeting of Season '09 / '10

Knox/Berne Chapter Mtg.:  Wednesday, Sept. 16th, 7pm at the Maple Inn in E.Berne

B.O.D. Meeting:                 Wednesday, Aug.  27th, 7pm  TBA

 

BULLETIN BOARD:

Frontier Sno-Riders' Current Club Membership 3/11/09: 350

If You GOOGLE Our Website you can view the History of Our Club and Access an old Website prior to 2005 which provided  Information, Applications and Forms which have expired and are unusable. Most of the Current Information is located toward the Top of the First Page of the GOOGLE Archive. You can also print out the Current Maps via MS Word .doc rather than Adobe Reader .pdf !

The Town of Long Lake has accepted our offer to purchase the New Holland Diesel Powered Tractor / Groomer on 5/27/09. Arrangements are being made to ship it down to E. Berne for storage and add to our fleet of groomers. This will be a great asset to the Club and expected to provide excellent groomed trails in less time.

New Trail Boss & Groomer added to our Roster: Brian Sisson has accepted the responsibility for Trail Boss of Schoharie County Trails for Towns of Wright and Knox with grooming assistance from Joe Carl & Karl Pritchard.  This will allow Brian Buchardt and his grooming team to expand a trail extension into Thacher Park connecting the Park trail back onto C7B, adding approximately a 25 mi. continuous loop to our trail system.  Thanks Guys !

Our Officers, Directors  & Trustees for the '09/'10 Season are:

PRESIDENT - Joel Church;      Vice-President - Ron Shultes;    Treasurer - Theresa Church;     Secretary - Rich Egan

Directors -  Joe Carl, John Scrima;       Trustees - Brian Buchardt, Mike Dunigan ,  Gabrielle Shultes

The Board of Directors which was comprised of the Executive Board, the Directors and the Trustees of the '08 /'09 Season voted for and CONGRATULATE: Brian Buchardt as the Groomer of the Year and Joel Church as the Member of the Year !

Newsletter For APRIL '09  Now Posted, See Photos Taken over the '08 / '09 Season! 

WE CAN LOOK BACK UPON A GREAT, ALTHOUGH SHORT SEASON WHICH ALLOWED CLUB MEMBER TRIPS FROM E. BERNE TO OXBOW LAKE & FURTHER NORTH, 190 miles one way, traveling upon well groomed and maintained trails all the way up & back for the first time in many years.  THANKS TO THE HARD WORK PUT IN BY MEMBERS IN OUR CLUB & FELLOW CLUBS AND OF COURSE, THE SNOWFALL WE RECEIVED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN !!!  PLEASE JOIN US IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT SEASON !  CALL THE TRAIL BOSS IN YOUR AREA TO FIND OUT WHERE & WHEN YOU CAN LEND A HAND !      

 

Club Constitution, By-laws and Amendments are Available HERE:                                      FSR CONSTITUTION

**VOLUNTEERS**- We are in need of volunteers to help out with various club activities.  Please take a look at the November Newsletter for details on the Front Page!!! 

ATTENTION  PARENTS !!!

  Club's Youth Program- Frontier Sno-Riders Trail Stewards  

Would you like to see your youngster learn and participate in safe snowmobiling, club organization,  environmental conservation measures, join in club projects and events?   Give Joel Church a call or drop him an e-mail for more information at  TrailStewards@FrontierSno.com or 895-5451. *Applications NOW Available on line of Members Page under this LINK: Applications 

If you are also interested in helping out or chaperoning and would like more information about the Program, come to a Club meeting, e-mail or give Joel a call.   

See the NEWS  link for CBS-6 News Article Regarding Snowmobiling in NYS !

Vehicle/Trailer Parking & Launch Sites: E. Berne - Maple Inn on Main St. -    Duanesburg- Jonathan's Restaurant Rt.20/ Western Tpke.  -  Esperance - Hillview Tavern Rt.30 Near Corner Of Rt.20      Mariaville - Mariaville Lakeside Country Store  Rt.159  &  Mariaville Motor Sports, 10346 Rt.30, Amsterdam, Limited Parking Available  -  STOP IN AND ASK THE PROPIETER WHERE THEY PREFER YOU TO PARK AT ALL SITES !

Click Here For:  2009 Map With Re-Route Of Trail C7E & C7F Included

ENSURE YOU HAVE ALL THE PROPER CREDENTIALS WITH YOU BEFORE GOING OUT ON TRAILS: Registation, Insurance Card & Safety Certification if under 18 Yrs.of Age !

 

BE ESPECIALLY COURTEOUS when riding past a Landowner's home & Riding on Trails through Towns, Especially LATE at Night. THROTTLE DOWN & Ride Slowly to REDUCE NOISE!!! DO NOT STOP for refreshments and DO Clean-Up after taking a break in a remote area away from homes!  REMEMBER, it is the LANDOWNER and the TOWN OFFICIALS who PERMITS our Trails to Traverse Their Land!!! Let's Support Their Generosity and AVOID Complaints !!!  We've received complaints recently about Sledders leaving Trash behind and WARNED if it continues the Land Owners will CLOSE the Trails crossing over their lands !!!

 

WARNING: Anyone OPERATING sleds with Altered ILLEGAL Exhausts On Any Public Trail System in NYS, will be prosecuted!  Law Enforcement Officers patrolling the Trails have announced "Their No. 1 Priority will be to severely Fine & or Impound the ILLEGAL SLEDS Of ALL Violators With Altered Exhaust Systems" !

Click Here For:  Safety Courses

78 Registrants were certified in the two (2) courses sponsored on 11/22/08 & 1/10/09 by the Frontier Sno-Riders !

All Safety Courses in Our Area Are CLOSED Until Oct.'09  

5/1/09 - New Website in Progress - Development of the New Website will soon be complete with a New Design & Features produced by John Buckley, a Fellow Club Member and Chairperson for the NYSSA Communications & Media Committee.  Our Club Committee will continue developing it and will make the necessary modifications before we bring it on line and we close down this Website by the start of the '09/'10 Season!

 

Club Mission

To promote the recreational and beneficial aspects of safe, responsible and proper snowmobiling within and around our community while establishing, marking, and maintaining trails with the permission of each individual landowner.

 

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