Lastest Updates
New GPS created club trail maps
available NOW...! Find them at the club warming hut or call Kathy at 603-387-1039. $5 each printed on weather proof stock. Please patronize our club sponsors listed on the back. Their support helps keep the trails open. |
Gilmanton Snowmobile
club hats available NOW at Osborne Agway, or call Kathy at 603-387-1039. Ball Caps: Blue - Anvil brand - $15 Camo - Pacifica HeadWear brand - $20 |
Dark Blue - New Era
Beanie / Skull Cap Fleece Lined - $20 |
Blue - Pacifica HeadWear
Knit Watch Cap - $15 |
New DATE, PLACE & TIME: Gilmanton Snowmobile Association meetings take place at Clairmont Asphalt Paving & Excavation, LLC 46 NH Route 140 Gilmanton, NH every 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. Next meeting - October 14, 2020.
- 10/07/2020
- No work parties on Saturday 10/10/2020. Please come to the next meeting so we can plan what is needed to be accomplished for the next work party. Thanks...!
- 09/24/2020
- Call to volunteers...! Work parties needed. 1st weekend in October - 10/03/2020, 8:00am. Meet at Clairmont Asphalt Paving at 46 NH Route 140. Rain or Shine. Bridge building and placement. Bring your tools. Awesome time to help the club.
- 07/15/2020
- Already making plans for bridge repairs and trail work. Always looking for volunteers. Come join an Association meeting to find out more.
- 02/27/2020
- Unfortunately with the rain and warmth and the future forecast looking the way it does we have to close the trail system. Pray for cold weather and snow. {Trail Master from Facebook}
- 02/21/2020 {742 for GSA}
- SNACK SHACK is open 9am to 3pm Saturday 2/22 and Sunday 2/23. Come visit for some good eats and great company. See you out there.
- Oh ya... And we're grooming...!
- 9:03pm What are you doing reading this? Just got done doing my usual 11.1 mile circle around Frisky and Windy Hill. These are the trail conditions you've been waiting for. I'm disappointed not seeing another sled out there. Get out of the house and onto the near perfect trails. Cover is good. Not a rock to be seen. Water bars are froze up and most are covered with snow. Groomers are doing a great job. You've dreamt about sledding all year. Now get out there. Respect the land owners. Ride hard safely.
- 02/10/2020
- Trailmaster: TRAILS ARE OPEN but groomers won't be out until later. Read below...
- We have decided to open Gilmanton’s trails. Only the dog track’s gate in Belmont’s will remain closed. We will talk to the Bogie Busters and ask them about opening later in the week. There is not an over abundance of snow out there please ride with respect. Remember if we lose our relationship with our land owners we will lose our trail system. We are expecting more snow mid week and hope to be able to return to grooming. Until then ride with caution!!! {TS from Facebook}
- 02/09/2020
- Sorry folks. Trailmaster has CLOSED THE TRAILS until we have enough snow to run the groomers. Just not enough to work with right now. Please stay off and let it set up. I'll be the first to let you know when open as we are working hard to keep landowners in favor. Thanks for your understanding... {742 for GSA}
- 01/04/2020
- Most trails have been opened with the groomers hope to have rest opened by the weekend pleas ride cautious still have fallen trees to clear in places and a lot of open water remember stay in trail or stay home. Trail 15 to Gilford unfortunately will be a dead end at Durrel Mountain for most of the winter unless Gilford can get permission to ride along the area being logged fingers crossed. {TS from Facebook}
- Update to parking and unloading of snowmobiles in town best area to park at this time would be the Belmont casino on rt 106 the Hidden Valley Scout camps main lower parking lot has yet to be plowed and sanded leaving minimal areas to park will keep updated the scout camp hopes to try and get the lower lot plowed soon thanks GSA {TS from Facebook}
- GSA TRAIL PARKING AT THE HIDDEN VALLEY SCOUT CAMP
- 01/03/2020 - YES the trails are open for the most part. See trail report below...
- REMINDER: Corridor 15 into Gilford is a dead end (for now) due to logging operations. Gate may still be closed on Corridor 22 between Middle Route and Perkins Road. Will update as we learn more. (Purchase a new GPS trail map so you can easily locate these areas.)
- Groomers are working (weather depending) to have Parking at Lakes Region Casino (dog track) AND access to Brookside Pizza II & Tap (gas available) this weekend.
- Snack Shack warming hut will be open this weekend. They have new GPS trail maps available.
- VOLUNTEERS are still always welcome even though routine Saturday morning work parties are over. We have been getting a lot of requests from folks who wish to help with trail work or contribute time and materials. Call Dave C. at 603-387-0076 to make an arrangement. We still have some trees to clear.
- TRAIL REPORT: YES the trails are open and most gates are down. However it is 33 degrees out at the time of this writing and has been warm most of the day. We have a thin delicate base right now with decent coverage on most trails. Weather is expecting a rain snow mix with temps plus/minus 30 degrees through the weekend. Go easy out there. Groomers have done a wonderful job with what they have to work with. Would hate to see the thin base all ripped up before it hardens up again later in the week. There are the normal early season conditions. Be cautious of the many unfrozen water bars and low-lying wet areas, Also a few spots still have rocks and debris exposed due to thin base layer. And as always - please respect our many landowners. Our entire trail system is mostly built upon privately owned land. Without them we wouldn't have a trail system. So please ride safe and respectful to keep our sport. {742}
- 10/1/2019 - Trail work party dates below. Volunteers more than welcome. Meet at the Corners Academy Building at 8AM.
- Saturday, 5Oct2019 - Bridge work Nighthawk Hollow Brook
- Saturday, 12Oct2019
- Saturday, 19Oct2019
- Saturday, 26Oct2019
- Saturday, 2Nov2019
- Saturday, 9Nov2019
- 11/26/18 - Winter is just around the corner, and that means so is the start of the riding season! Make sure you are prepared for the start of the season by using the Kick-off Checklist!
- Kick-off Checklist
- Join your local snowmobile club, in addition to being a part of a passionate community you will also save money on each snowmobile you register.
- Register every machine you plan on using this winter.
- Turn-up/fix your machines so they are ready to go once the trails open.
- Join the Gilmanton Snowmobile Association Facebook group for the latest trail and club updates.
- Check back to this website regularly for additional club information and resources
- Kick-off Checklist
- 1/2/18 - I would like to remind all of our trail users that in order to have land owners allow snowmobiles to ride on their property, sleds must remain on the trails maintained by the local club and not veer off trail onto land not permitting snowmobiles. Just one person doing this is how local trails become closed to the rest of the riders who have adhered to the rules of riding our trails. Remember, "Stay on trail, or stay home"!
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GSA TRAIL PARKING AT THE HIDDEN VALLEY SCOUT CAMP {BL from Facebook 01/04/2020}
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