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Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] January 2020 - Page 1 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com

Contents

03 President's Message By Rosanne Warner

06 The Tailwater Lodge By Dominic Jacangelo

09 Trail Coordinator Report By Jim Rolf

12 Why I Volunteer

13 Snowmobiling in the Lake

George Region

By Amanda Metzger

18 Youth Corner By Adam T.

21 Club Events

22 Salisbury Ridgerunners

Groomer Show By Ron Barnes

The Official Publication of the

New York State Snowmobile Association

P.O. Box 740

Central Square, NY 13036

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2019-2020 Officers

President Rosanne Warner

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Vice President Edward Zalar

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Secretary Kelly Grammo

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Treasurer John Occhino

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Staff

Executive Director Dominic Jacangelo, 888-624-3849 x104

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Trail Coordinator Jim Rolf, 888-624-3849 x102

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BE PREPARED WITH YOUR DMV VOUCHER AND SUPPORT YOUR CLUB(S).

Renew your club membership directly with your club or join online.

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President’s Message: State of the Association by Rosanne Warner, NYSSA President 315-697-8130 [email protected]

January 2020

Well, well, well, it looks like winter had finally arrived and it couldn’t have come soon enough. Every day I talk with snowmobilers and the big question for weeks has been ‘when is winter coming’? Even Tug Hill has seen less than average snow amounts.

I’ll admit that I was seriously getting nervous and admit that we are not out of the woods as we still have about nine more weeks of the season, but so far, things are looking good. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and pray that we get some new snow soon.

Last week most of New York saw temperatures in the high 50’s and typical to New York this week, we have single-digit temperatures. Finally, we have snow on the ground, and the trails are full. I know it’s been a difficult season to get excited about riding, but now that we have snow, I truly hope that you all get out there and pack on the miles.

With the arrival of new snow, we have unfortunately seen another fatal accident this week, making that three for the season. All year long, I stay in contact with various law enforcement officers and regardless of what the weather is like, we always come back to the discussion of safety.

Please ride safe out there. Trail coverage is limited in many areas and there is always a danger of unseen things under the snow. Please treat the trails as pre-season conditions and know that there are reports of icy conditions in the cor-ners and lots of exposed rocks.

On another note, last year there was a lot of buzz on Facebook after the Trackside Blazers held their Model T Snow-mobile Meet at their clubhouse in Forestport. This past weekend we brought up the NYSSA Trailer and Super Raffle Sleds up for the club’s annual steak bake and I have to say that the steak was fantastic and the number of volunteers who came out to help was amazing.

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While there, I saw the sign for this year’s Model T Snowmobile Meet. If you are interested in seeing these unique snowmobiles, the event will be Sunday, February 2nd, at the clubhouse on Horton Road in Forestport.

Now that we have snow, I hope that everyone gets out there and puts on as many miles on as possible but, again – Please BE SAFE and as an old friend of mine always says “There is no center line, but the right side is mine”.

See you on the trail!

Rosanne Warner NYSSA/SLEDNY President

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There are three ways to donate to the Trail

Defender Fund

1. Donate $20 to Trail Defender at the time you re-new your club membership on-line. 2. Mail a check (please put Trail Defender in the memo line) to NYSSA, PO Box 740, Central Square NY 13036. 3.Donate using PayPal Click Here

Thank you to everyone that has

donated to the Trail Defender Fund

New Trail Defender Members December 18th-January 23rd

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MICHELLE L FULTON

BRIAN T PROSPECT

BOB R COLLINS

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ANTHONY V ROCHESTER

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ALTON D OTEGO

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CORY P CHAPLIN

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Tailwater Lodge: A special place for that special instate

snowmobiling weekend! By Dominic Jacangelo

I am writing this article in mid-January, wondering if this weekend’s prom-ised snow will actually happen and be substantial. As I wait for the snow, I am also thinking about where to go for my snowmobile travels. Top on my list is the Tailwater Lodge in Altmar, NY. Altmar? A small community about 35 miles north of Syracuse off of I-81 and 8 miles southeast of Pulaski, located on the edge of the Southern Tug Hill in Oswego County. As I write this, it is brown out my back door and snowing in Altmar.

I have been to The Tailwater several times over the years. It is, by far, my favorite destination in NY to go riding. Upon arrival, you will first notice that they have a large parking lot, which can accommodate many vehicles and trailers, no matter their size. You will drop your sleds and never put them back on the trailer until it is time to leave.

Trails: S50E comes right into the parking lot and connects to C5A. From C5A maintained by the KASOAG Snowmobile Club, you can connect to C5 and make your way into Redfield (the NY Snowfall Capital) where trails are maintained by the Redfield Snowmobile Club. All the clubs in the area do an excellent job maintaining the trails. You will find that traffic is not as in-tense as in the northern or eastern side of the Hill and is much more family-friendly. You should be aware that winds tend to whip off of Lake Ontario, which will bring copious amounts of snow but can also reduce visibility. If you have not been to the area before, I recommend purchasing the NYSSA Phone App to navigate your way around.

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The clubs do a good job of reporting trail conditions in the area and report local trail closures and hazards when possible.

A snowmobile friendly destination

Accommodations: Guest rooms are outstanding. Large guest rooms with lots of storage and places to put your gear along with a large bathroom are the norm. Dollar for dollar these rooms are worth the money when compared to what you get in many snowmobile are-as. Tailwater is also a Hilton property, so you will have access to the Hilton-Honors rewards program.

Food and beverages: The restaurant in the hotel is outstanding with a large bar area with a pool table and darts and a separate tap room that features beers and wines from throughout NY.

A sign an C5A says it all

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For weekends, reservations are en-couraged. The Tailwater is open year-round. If you happen to be big into fly fishing, the Salmon River is right out the back door with private fishing access for Tailwater guests.

The Tailwater Lodge is a NYSSA

Business Member. We very much

appreciate their support of the organi-

zation and the local snowmobile

clubs.

The Tailwater Lodge

52 Pulaski Street Altmar, NY 13302

315-298-3434

[email protected]

That special place to go: Does the spouse complain that you disappear on weekends? Bring that person along and if they don’t ride, they can always spend hours at the recently added full-service spa, indoor pool, outdoor hot tub or cuddled up in front of the fire with a good book. That special some-one will thank you for letting them get away from home in a really cool upstate getaway.

A great bar and restaurant!

The Tailwater property from the air.

A nice swim after a day's riding

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Trail Coordinator Report by Jim Rolf, NYSSA Trail Coordinator 888-624-3849 x 102 [email protected]

NYSSA Smart Phone Mobile APP: January UPDATE

REMINDER: The new NYSSA Mobile APP is available for both Google Android and Apple formats!

The NYSSA Mobile APP price is $4.99, and is the only NYS snowmobile trail APP that will showcase all of the NYS snowmobile club-edited trails, alerts & warning of trail issues, club’s local trails, trail status edited by each club (closed, open, or not reported), and includes Points of Interest (POIs) for those businesses who support the clubs or scenic areas. Each trail and junction all across NYS shows which Trail Maintenance Entity (TME) is responsible for maintenance of that trail/junction, what the trail or junction ID # is, what County the trail is located in, mileage of that segment, and has a link to the TME’s membership page on NYSSA’s site. The POIs for busi-nesses on the APP can be used to locate a business by clicking on the ICON, which will give the user all of the in-formation the club entered into the NYSSA Interactive Webmap system about that business. Data includes business name, address, contact #, and a link to their website or Facebook page. Clubs are urged to approach businesses for these “ads” as a fundraiser for the club.

No other App available will show users ALL of these features. The revenue generated from the APP sales will go towards the development as well as to other snowmobile programs at NYSSA that will go to help clubs with their requirements within the Parks Trail Grant Program with a club-only APP that will help when clubs GPS their trails. This will save time and work for the club volunteers, allowing them to save those GPS tracks in the proper format for Parks and can be used to update the NYSSA Interactive Webmap as well. Any profits will also be used to promote NYS snowmobiling and to help the club volunteers. Future APP pricing will be reviewed annually by the NYSSA Board.

The Google link to the APP is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgissolutions.nyssa2019

The Apple link is: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyssa-snowmobile-new-york/id1490691682

Download the APP when on WiFi, and then go to the HELP (?) section to learn all about the APP and the layers it has. We suggest downloading the OFFLINE MAP also when you are on WiFi. The “daily offline map download” is for the newest Offline Map available with every trail status update included, which should be downloaded again before heading out on a trip. The Online Maps used while you have cell cover-age will always be LIVE with the latest updates and data that is on the Webmap that can be viewed while out riding. TARGET yourself with the locator button on the right side of the screen and you will follow along with your travels. The first APP update will be a bread-crumb tracking feature that we are calling “Ride Tracker”, so your trips will be able to be saved and shared. Watch for that upgrade soon.

No other App available will have all of the club trails, trail status updates per-formed by the clubs, POIs entered by the clubs (many of these businesses support their local snowmobile clubs), and all of the club information for each of the trail segments that are clicked. NYSSA is proud to develop this APP that will help the clubs finan-cially, promote the clubs, and help us to promote NYS snowmobiling to any snowmo-biling user wishing to purchase the download.

Also, for those that are inquiring about it…we are looking into working with the Town of Webb & Inlet Tourism offices to possibly bring their permit-only trail sys-tem into our APP. Look for that upgrade IF we can work out a deal for that partner-ship, as it would be a separate “layer” within our APP that users wishing to view those permit-trails would have to open up. The permit-only trails there would be a different color than the rest of the trails.




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INTERACTIVE WEBMAP UPDATES

More clubs have been set-up with their editing login credentials for the Interactive Webmap this month, bringing us to over 80% of the Trail Maintenance Entities (TMEs, as the State refers to the clubs and Towns who maintain the snow-

mobile trails) which can and should be updating their trail status conditions (Open, or CLOSED). Updates from CorsonGIS (our vendor for both the Mobile APP and the Interactive Webmap) were included in the re-opening of the Webmap for clubs to edit last month, including breaking each trail segment up at the Junctions, quicker update speeds, and an easy editing method for club editors to change status on all of their trails if they so choose. Adding POIs as well as reroutes and unfunded club trails still will need to be done from a computer, laptop, or iPad, as those details are a lot

more in-depth than what can be viewed from a phone screen. The direct link to the NYSSA Interactive Webmap is: https://webapps2.cgis-solutions.com/nysnowmobile/ . Save that to your phone and computer bookmarks.

CLUB NEWS

Club/Landowner Issues

This topic is something I find myself writing about each pre-season and then again during the season, and don’t know how much more it can be said. DISRESPECTFUL RIDERS ARE RUINING OUR TRAIL SYS-TEM, and negatively affecting the overall morale of the club volunteers who have to deal with the upset landowners. Riding before the trails are deemed “OPEN” by the clubs or OFF THE MARKED TRAIL are causing trail closures all across the State. When will these riders who obviously have not provided any volunteer efforts towards the trails they enjoy riding or haven’t gotten involved with a club to see what actually the issues are LEARN? Many clubs ask NYSSA to continue pressing about this issue every season because it does not seem to be getting any better. How do we get the message out to those riders NOT reading about these issues or not caring?

If all the clubs are updating their trail status conditions on the NYSSA In-teractive Webmap, all riders can easily find out which trails are open or not and/or which trails to look for alerts on. The link to the NYSSA Interactive Webmap is: https://webapps2.cgis-solutions.com/nysnowmobile/ .

Trail Openings

Riders want to know “when do trails open?” with that question to me quite often in the early season time like now, but also during the season after a brief melt or lack of new snow. One thing to understand is that there are so many factors in when a trail system in any area can and will be opened for the safe use of the snowmobile community.

#1 is SNOW, deep enough to not damage the land underneath and to cov-er any hidden objects like ruts in the mud, small ditches, sticks, or small logs.

#2 but probably most important, is that the landowners are OK with al-lowing the clubs to open their lands up for the trail access.

There could be crops still in the fields and livestock not put into the barn yet. And then finally, the club volunteers have gotten out to mark the trails and removed downed trees, repaired broken bridges, taken care of any trail erosion issues, and so on. The club volunteers and the land-owners dictate WHEN the trails can be safely opened. We urge every snowmobiler to check with the clubs in the areas where they want to ride or would like to ride before venturing out. It is your responsibility to KNOW BEFORE YOU GO which trails are open or not. Just having snow on the ground does NOT mean the trails are open!



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Adirondack Rail-Trail News

The NYS DEC and DOT held the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor (R-LPTC) Unit Management Plan (UMP) Draft Amendment meetings in December. NYSSA submitted comments and provided talking points for all users to submit as well, and now we are waiting for the Final Draft to be made by the State agencies. As soon as that is made Final, we will send the link out to all of our members to review. Public Comments are also accepted on the Final Plan.

There were a number of washouts or other issues like flooding and beaver dams along parts of the northern segment of the R-LPTC above Big Moose Station. Some of those issues have been taken care of by the ASR or a contract with a vendor through DOT. A few more washouts were discovered since the Holiday Break that have re-sulted in safety issues that riders should be aware of. Most of these repairs were made, but with the lack of mainte-nance we can never be sure that any washout or “hole” doesn’t just appear anywhere along the Corridor. Please ride with caution in mind if you plan to ride “the rails”. Of particular note right now are a small “sinkhole” north of Bea-ver River and 10 miles south of Sabattis. And then a major repair is being done on the Lake Colby Causeway area during the daytime hours until around the end of January/beginning of February. Safety cones will be out on those areas. Stay tuned for more…

Warren/Saratoga/Essex Rail Line News

In recent weeks, the owner of the portion of this line in Essex Co. abandoned the line to the State. Warren Co. officials recently voted 20-0 to convert the entire former rail-line in their County to a multi-use, 4-season trail! What great news! FYI…in 2012, 88 miles of funded snowmobile trails were lost as well as their connections in the Warren County area. Clubs are working with county officials to be able to run the rail line now that the train is done.

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A washout on the R-LPTC Corridor just north of Beaver River, which is at the same location as the major washout repairs per-formed last year. The BRASS snowmobile club, of Herkimer Co,

is handling the temporary repair for this winter.

Long-overdue repairs/widening of the narrowed corridor being made by the DOT via a contractor along the Lake Colby Cause-

way, where the Lake Placid Snowmobile Club maintains that section.





Winter recreational sports. Without them, we'd be a hibernating couch potato collective. Although the winter months can wreak havoc on mental health in terms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), lots of research shows that volun-teering not only benefits mental health by staving off depression, it helps to lower blood pressure and provides an in-crease in longevity. Volunteering and snowmobiling offer an excellent, hand in hand remedy for winter boredom and health. Snowmobiling is an exhilarating, fast and fun activity enjoyed by individuals and families alike. Yet so many snow-mobile enthusiasts still do not realize the amount of time and volunteer hours that go into producing the best possible surfaces; cutting tracks into beautifully groomed trails doesn't just happen on its own. Being a volunteer is something you do for the self-satisfaction that you helped contribute to the safety and rideability of smooth trails. Volunteering gives one a sense of belonging to a group of like minds. Volunteering includes the health rewards associated with be-ing outdoors; fresh air, love for the land, and connecting with the earth. Volunteering offers camaraderie with fellow volunteers; men and women driven by their passion for the sport, working towards the day they can let go on the throttle. Overall, volunteering is a wonderful way to give back to oneself and to the community. A total win-win for winter! But it takes people to maintain and keep trails open. And it's an ongoing endeavor. Consider that the average snowmo-bile club is inundated with administrative work, landowner relations, labor, grooming and maintaining trails, all of which require many volunteer hours that stretch beyond the winter months. And, as the aging population of volunteers step down, their replacements are becoming harder to find and retain. Thus clubs are left at the mercy of skeleton crews, or worse, no one. So what to do? Volunteer, of course! Becoming a volunteer means working with others who share the same passion in achieving a common goal. A volunteer's contributions, time and efforts always make a huge difference and are always appreciated. And not to forget, the positive benefits of volunteering and snowmobiling combined equals optimum health and vitality. So please, help out your local club and become a volunteer--the future of snowmobiling truly de-pends on you.

Why I Volunteer

By Melissa Krackehl—Mexico Trailriders

The Krackehl family joined 4 years ago. We joined to do something together as we all liked snowmobiling. Our family has grown, we now have my son’s girlfriend, Amber and some of the neighbors that also volunteer. The club work can be stressful at

times, however we appreciate how it brings us together.

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Why I Volunteer By Dennis Del Grosso

President, Mountain Lions SnowSled Club

I was recently asked by the staff at NYSSA to write up something as to WHY I volunteer my time and resources to main-tain NYS snowmobile trails. I have to start by relaying some background.

I moved to the north country in late 04 from MIAMI, FL (No joke!) with one of the MANY reasons being to get involved in snowmobiling. You see, I had never even ridden one UNTIL I spent 8 weeks at the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002. Dur-ing that event, I was introduced to the sport and subsequently spent EVERY available dollar while in that area on riding. What a thrill! I KNEW that someday I would own my own sled! Then, given the opportunity (plus not wanting to deal with hurricanes any longer) we made our move. It took until 2008 to actually buy our first set of sleds though after house building etc. During our purchase, I was instructed by the dealer to join “their” local club – BUT – I would not have to attend any meetings or do anything other than go riding. Thought this was a little strange, but rolled with it at the time.

Subsequently, I retired from my job and thought that operating the snow groomer that I had seen occasionally on the local trail might be a fun way to spend some time. And then it began------

I QUICKLY learned many things that I never knew – the trails are ONLY maintained by volunteers, who do so on less than a shoestring budget, often spending inordinate amounts of time, and even their own resources, to keep the trails open and ridable. The more I learned, I quickly understood that this would be a great way to give back to the community, AND, if not me, then who? Over the last 12 years, I have been involved in numerous types of trail maintenance activities and learned a great deal on how the trails are acquired, funded, maintained, and sadly, sometimes lost. My greatest level of continuing amazement is the number of sled riders who simply do not understand this. I have even been yelled at by sled riders while operating the groomer as to why we had not groomed more often! They mistakenly believed that the State was paying for the groomer and our salaries to operate it! Needless to say, we had a discussion!

There is a high level of satisfaction when completing a project on the trail, and our club volunteers take great pride in not only making the trail safe but also set up for maximum enjoyment. Perhaps it is an addiction, or perhaps it is driven by the knowledge that if not for the volunteers, there would be NO trails. We would then not have anywhere to ride our ma-chines. I’m sure it’s a variable for everyone who does volunteer. Regardless, we must continue to cultivate more volun-teers, as our current crop are all aging and finding it more difficult to do those things we once took for granted.

The more we can educate our riders, the more we will have volunteering to lend a hand. Even those folks that are not able to be out cutting trees can help by doing things like driving to stores to acquire supplies or bringing refreshments out to workers on the trail. Try it out – you too may become addicted to beautiful trails!

Here are some before and after pictures of a major bridge rebuild on

trail S88A accomplished by volunteers of Mountain Lions SnowSled

Club this past year. Note that the old bridge was on two phone poles

and was rickety and dangerous. The replacement is built on a flatbed

tractor/trailer frame with 3” thick hemlock decking. Quite a lot of justi-

fied pride in the finished product!





Feel the exhilaration and freedom that comes with traversing the evergreen forest on a groomed and glistening white trail in the mountains.

The Lake George region, located in the southeastern Adiron-dacks, is home to many miles of groomed, interconnected trails offering a variety of scenery.

Ride up Prospect Mountain for the stunning 100-mile view on a clear day, or breeze along frozen pristine lakes. When you get tired or hungry, you’ll find plenty of lodging and res-taurants along the interconnected trails.

The trails are groomed and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers within the South Warren Snowmobile Club. The club was formed in 1997 when Warren County turned over the duties of maintaining the snowmobile trail system in Southern Warren County.

Today volunteers help maintain the trails by brushing, re-pairing bridges, fixing washouts, installing signage, and grooming the almost 100 miles of trails that connect Lake George, Lake Luzerne, Queensbury, and Washington County together. The SWSC has a fleet of full-size trail groomers and the groomer operators spend about 6 hours every night flattening the bumps to provide snowmobilers an incredible and safe riding experience. The club has ap-proximately 700 members and 60% of them are from out of town from as far away as NJ, CT, Mass, PA, and Long Island, NY.

Snowmobiling in the Lake George Region By Amanda May Metzger

Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce & CVB Photos by Brian Landry

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They groom directly to some area businesses, which include Best Western, Holiday Inn, Hampton Inn, Wingate, and Super 8 among others. This provides snowmobilers direct access to the trail system, which is a feature many riders look for when deciding where to travel. The club also posted new signs in recent years that can help people navigate the trails better.

here is no fee to ride the trails, but you can join the club and help support them so that the trail network remains in such great condition. You must be registered and insured in New York State to ride.

We do ask visiting snowmobiles to be careful to stay on designated trails and respect private property. Be careful not to litter. In the Adirondacks, we abide by the “carry in-carry out” philosophy.

The South Warren Snowmobile Club produces a great trail map, which you can find at our office or on their website.

Stay informed as to when the trails are open by following the South Warren Snowmobile Club on Facebook for up-dates. https://www.facebook.com/SouthWarrenSnowmobileClub/

Lake George Winter Carnival takes place every week-end in February. If conditions are right, this can be a great time for snowmobilers to visit and enjoy the fes-tivities, including fireworks, various sanctioned races, polar plunges, weekly cook-offs, glacier golf and much more.

On Feb. 8, 2020, Rock Maple Racing returns to Lake Luzerne with snowmobile cross-country races.

Don’t have your own sled? Lake Vanare Snowmobile Tours offers one-hour guided rides or two-hour guided rides up scenic Prospect Mountain. Longer rides are available upon request.

Need more information about the area? Visit lakegeorgechamber.com to plan your trip.

All snowmobiles must be registered with the NYS Department of Motor Vehicle Office.

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Each year, NYSSA awards two $1,000 scholarships honoring people who were instrumental to the growth of our sport: The Norris and Mary Brusoe NYSSA Scholarship and The

Joan & Digger Vriessen NYSSA Scholarship. Only members of NYS Snowmobile Clubs as of January 1

each year are eligible for these Schol-arships.

Who may apply

Applicants must be graduating high school seniors who have been accept-

ed at a College, Junior College, or Vocational School. The student’s

Parent(s) or Guardian(s), or the Stu-dent if over 18, must be a member in good standing of NYSSA as of Janu-

ary 1, 2020.

How to Apply

Applications are being accepted for the 2020 Scholarships. Obtain an ap-plication package by emailing [email protected], or go

online and download it from the scholarship page at our

www.nysnowmobiler.com website, or call our office at 888-624-3849 x101.

The New York State Snowmobile

Association is accepting

nominations for following officer

positions

• President

• Secretary

Our officers are elected at the NYSSA Annual meeting in the spring of each

year (the end of our season). They serve two-year terms. President and Secretary are elected one year; Vice-

President and Treasurer the next.

Please click the link below to down-load a nomination form

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Youth Snowmobiling—By Adam T. My name is Adam T.. I am from the W.N.Y. Snowmobile Club of Boston. I joined the club 3 years ago when I started driving a snowmobile. My Dad encouraged me to attend the snowmobile club meetings back then, so I did, and every year since then, I have become more and more involved. I have developed a great interest in the W.N.Y. Snowmobile Club of Boston and a passion for promoting the club. I have been on snowmobiles for almost my entire life. My first time on one was when I was two years old, so I have learned to love them and I have even started to fix them, which is one of my favorite parts of snowmobiling. I also hope to eventually work on the groomers and some of the other equipment someday. Last year I had to do a school project called “Kids Can Make a Difference”. With that, I had already been established in the W.N.Y. Snowmobile Club of Boston, so I chose that to be the main focus of my project. For the project, I had to complete 6 hours of community service. I very much exceeded that num-ber, logging more than 40 hours of community service for the club. I also had to create a tri-fold poster, including some pictures of myself volunteer-ing and I was asked to include something I learned. After I completed the project, I brought it to the general snowmobile club meeting and presented it. It was a great experience for me and I was glad to use that project as a means to get the word out to local youths on the incredible club I’m a member of.





Youth Involvement: Challenges and Opportunity By Dominic Jacangelo

Several years ago, I was introduced to a young snowmobiler group from Wisconsin called KAOS. Their name symbol-izes the challenges that are involved when trying to engage with youth in an official way in snowmobiling. The name stands for Kids and Adults in Organized Snowmobiling.

No youth program can exist without parents being equally engaged. But a youth program can provide a great vehicle for our young riders to meet other young riders from around the state. If you know anything about young people today, you know that their involvement is very much on a digital level. All the more reason for parents to be engaged in what their young person is doing. Hopefully, these youth will become the club leaders and volunteers of the future.

For the past several years, NYSSA and SLEDNY, Inc. have been investing in a youth program. It started with bringing KAOS to our annual meeting with the thought of inspiring NY clubs to get something started on the local level. Just like NYSSA, the local interest has to build this program from the ground up.

Most recently, several clubs have started youth components of their club. The Hamburg Snowmobile Club and the Shawnee Club, both from western NY, have started a youth program. Each does it a little differently, but the result of having youth engaged is the same.

The Hamburg Club and the Brantingham Snowmobile Club are sponsoring two youth rides. The first ride is February 9th in Orchard Park and the second on February 16th in Brantingham. Both NYSSA and SLEDNY, Inc are doing every-thing possible to make this ride a success and help youth connect with other snowmobiling youth in the state in a safe and controlled environment. Parents are invited to bring their young riders to this event and ride along. Joining in sup-port of this youth ride is our newest partner for snowmobile safety, Stewart’s Shops. We’ll have an ice cream cone cer-tificate for each youth that rides.

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Salisbury Ridgerunners Groomer Show By Ron Barnes

This year we had 60 volunteers, that took the groomer class at Salisbury Ridgerunners snowmobile club on January 4, 2020. They came from all over New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

We had 4 groomer vendors from Canada and Vermont.

• Shop Industrial brought a Prinoth Husky and a mogul master drag. • Track Inc brought a Tucker 2000 and Paver drag and the Snow Rabbit with a mogul master drag • Mountain Grooming Equipment brought a tractor with Soucy track with a mogul master drag • Sno- Equipment, Matt Goodyear doing heavy equipment repairs and snow groomer equipment repair The weather was not the best to show their grooming ability. The groomer class was taught by Frank Boepple and his helper John Pettis. This was our 24th annual groomer show and hope to see you next year.





Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop!

I tend to be a very optimistic person. I always look at the glass as half full. But issues in the Adirondack Park are starting to crack my mental fabric. Thirteen years after the Snowmobile Plan for the Adirondacks was completed, only one new community connector trail has been built. At every turn, construction has been frustrated by lawsuits.

We care because upwards of 37% of every snowmobile ride is taken in the Adirondack Park. Several legal and admin-istrative events are near the forefront of causing us all concern and attention.

1. The NY Appellate Court has ruled that several community connector trails were unconstitutional in that they cut too many trees. Simple put they ruled that DEC needs to count every tree in their review of a project. That tree count includes seedlings, saplings, and everything that grows up from the ground. According to the court, every-thing is “timber.”

2. When plans for a snowmobile trail in the Essex Chain of Lakes parallel to the Hudson River was advanced several groups sued saying it violated the Wild Scenic & Recreational Rivers Act (WSRR). The State won the first round, but now the case is being appealed to the Appellate Court.

3. A bridge over the Cedar River is what makes the Five Town Recreational Hub work providing a loop of trails from Indian Lake to Newcomb back to Indian lake. Once again, groups have challenged the bridge saying that snowmobiles can’t be used across that bridge because of the WSRR.

4. Any week now the State is expected to come forward with a new UMP amendment for the Travel Corridor from Big Moose Station to Lake Placid. Every indication is that they will once again attempt to overlook the section of corridor from Big Moose Station to Tupper Lake and not consider removal of the rail from that section. Consider-ing #1 above that Travel Corridor is going to be vitally important to snowmobile travel in the park. Past promises of alternative trails in that section don’t seem valid in relation to how successful the state has not been in building new Community Connector Trails.

The NYSSA Board of Directors has made a decision to fight for our right to ride. They have committed the Trail De-fender Fund to pay for the legal work that will be needed to fight for our right to ride. Later in this magazine, there is a story about Trail Defender. Use this year’s membership renewal to become a Trail Defender. Donating $20 or more is a small price to pay for the right to ride.

Over the next several months, you will be asked to do more than to make a donation. You will be asked to put your pen where your mouth is. Over the next couple of months expect to see “Action Alerts” asking you to contact various officials to make your feelings known. We are looking for those who rode the Gooley Club’s trails to make a state-ment regarding their past riding. It may be useful to establish ongoing use of the property by snowmobiles.

The other day I wrote a response to what one person wrote about the Snowmobile Plan for the Adirondacks. The fol-lowing sums up my assessment of where we are today: “Tens of thousands of acres have been purchased by the State with the promise of multiuse trails for use by many different outdoor recreational enthusiast including mountain bik-ers, equestrians, cross country skiers, snowmobilers and anyone who would like to use these trails. …(Green) groups got what they wanted, but what did the snowmobilers get? Only one Class II (Community Connector) trail has been created, that being the 7th Lake Mountain Trail. “

Our success will be measured on how well we can change the balance of that equation. Changing the outcome to date will take all our involvement.





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NYSSA Calendar of Events

February 8, 2020 NYSSA Board of Directors Meeting Board meeting at 1 pm.

Boondocks Lyons Falls, NY

March 7, 2020 NYSSA Board of Directors Meeting Board meeting at 1 pm.

Tailwater Lodge 52 Pulaski St, Altmar, NY

May 16, 2020 NYSSA Board of Directors Meeting Board meeting at 1 pm.

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