2009 ICE OUT CONTEST

Originally I put up the webcam so I wouldn't get a thousand emails and phone calls asking "when will it be ice out ?". This year you can see for yourself and have a chance to win something. The contest will start on April 1, 2009 and all entries must be submitted by midnight April 25th 2009. Whoever chooses the correct day and the closest time of the ice out, WINS!

Ice Out will be determined when there is no ice visible on the webcam.

How to enter? Choose a day and time, Comment to this topic with your name and email address. The winner will receive a gift certificate for 2 for a one night stay at The Chesuncook Lake House.

Only one entry per person.

Good Luck

Trail report PLUS

This looks like the last week of snowmobiling, and trail reports. The trails are getting bare spots here and there. Should hold another week or two.

Thanks to everyone that visited this winter. We enjoyed seeing everyone and hope to see you again soon. We really appreciate your business.

David & Luisa

Trail Report

Partly SUNNY and in the 50's foretasted for tomorrow's weather.

We received 2" of snow overnight and everyone who stopped in today and yesterday said the trails are great. The Golden Road to mile 3 on the Pine Stream Road is bare so try to avoid it. Plenty of parking right at mile 3 if you want to trailer up.

The Ragged trail to Deer Pond Road Trail to here is fantastic. Then headed north and west of here is great Spring riding.

Look forward to seeing everyone again this weekend, Ride Safe!

Snowmobile Trail conditions.

Trails are in excellent shape with the warm days and cold nights, their really holding up. Not to mention that Ragged, Jo-Mary, and Ourselves (Suncook Sledders) have been, and still are grooming, and will for another week or more if the weather holds. Lakes are flat and granular. Stay off them till 11:00 am till the surface softens up some. We had several sleds overheat last week and a couple with melted sliders fused right to the track.

Look forward to seeing everyone again this weekend. Ride safe and often....two more weeks! Shawn, swing by for Spring fishing spots. We'll go over some favorite places on the lake.

Webcam

I know the picture is SUPER SIZED! I'll work on it this afternoon. Have chores to do now. At least the camera is working again. Duct tape and sheet rock screws hold the world together. And I used a mile of tape and tons of screws on this one.

Windy day out there, 20F. It feels like November all over again.

More

Village photos



Some pictures from yesterday's ride.



This is truly an Arctic Cat, and resident seat warmer.

Photos again!

Let's try that one more time.

Photos

Since the webcam is down I figured I do the photos the old fashioned way. Went out and took some while grooming and here and there. Enjoy!

Webcam

Sorry the webcam is down. The laptop it utilizes crashed this morning and I'm trying to get it up and running again. Wish I could just gon to the store and buy a new one, But the sytore is 3 hours away. Stay tuned!

Pictures from this afternoon

By plane or sled. We'll be here for you.

Thanks to everyone stopping by this weekend.

And to our firend that took these photos. You made it happen in the Maine's North WOODS!

Anyone else that wants to send us some trail pictures? We'll be happy to post them. Just send us an email.

Zoom Webcam

Subject: How bout some closeup shots of the mountains for the web cam?

HI Web cam folks:

How bout some closeup shots of the mountains for the web cam for a while?

Especially on a nice clear day.


I love the sunrises!

Looking forward to summer sunsets.

Regards,


George Williamson



Should be clear this afternoon, once it warms up. I'll zoom it then

Blustery Cold

Had a front move through early this morning, felt like the house was going to with it. Still very windy NNW 30 mph+, +6F and sunny. Big change from yesterday's +44F. Looks like more good weather on the way for this weekend, sunny and 30's.

Stop by and say hi. Trails are in fantastic shape, groomed yesterday morning, and will finish tonight. The lakes are flat as a board with this last round of warm weather. Ride Safe!

Weather Plus!

A beautiful crisp day +13F, sunny and warm in the sun. Outside I can hear a woods crew cutting north of us towards Brandy Pond. Probably 15-20 miles away, I can hear them clear as a bell. They work 4:00am to 4:00pm, Monday-Thursday, 12 hour days. They'll go home Thursday afternoon and head back to the woods Sunday afternoon. Because of the warmer days they'll soon be restricted to only hauling their loads to the mills at night for the next 4-6 weeks then no hauling at all till June. So, they're working hard to make a living while they can. Tuff, hard working men. Mainer's work ethic is alive and well with these guys.

Fishing Report

Not much to report, over 25 fisherman this past weekend, 2 days fishing with not much action. One group has been coming up for 30+ years and said it was very slow all week. Couple of 20-24" catches, mostly shorts. I guess that's why it's called fishing and not catching. I believe everyone had a great time anyway, it's about the people and not the fish, and we had some great people here last week and weekend. Lot of fun.

E10 strikes again

Lost 2 more sleds yesterday. I agree with Cindy, can't wait to get those lawnmowers, ATVs, outboards, etc. running in the Spring. Maybe we'll be eligible for a bailout?

Snowsleds & E10

OK now, we lost a total of 4 sleds this weekend, burnt......no compression in one cylinder.........Hmmm! E10 perhaps? These are sleds (and owners) that have been coming here for many years. We've seen more sleds crap out this year then ever before. Doesn't add up. Well is does, one thing that has changed is the gasoline with ethonal added. Alcohol/Ethanol, mixes with water/moisture. Oil and water don't mix. Oh you say you don't snowsled, wait till you toast a cylider in your Subaru + your catalytic converter. It'll set you back $3000-$8000, to get it fixed.

Friends

Hello, and thanks to everyone that stopped in this weekend. Great to see you all. And especially our guests, always a pleasure to have you guys stay with us. We all had a fun time. We look forward to seeing you all again.

Trails and weather

+2F and crisp and clear, no wind. We are booked solid again for this weekend. We have a few openings over the next couple of weeks, a lot of last minute bookings. I think folks are looking to do some great Spring riding this year.

All the trails are groomed to perfection, at least that what people stopping in are telling us. Our trails are groomed and ready to go. Ride safe!

Snow and Trails

Another 5" of fluff. Trails are in great shape. Warm days cold nights, March has roared in.

Ice fishing Report

Had a group in fishing this weekend and they pretty much summed up what we've been getting all winter. The fishing is great from 9:00am to 1:00pm nothing notable before before or after that. Good salmon action. They noted the longer, 18" plus seemed to be very yellowish in color and the smalls are dark and silver, like you'd expect. Not sure what that is due to. I'll have to do some checking around on that. If your looking for cusk, we have had very good catch on those during the day. Some good sizes too, 28-39" so far. We don't bother with the smaller ones. Great chowder and even better chunk ed and deep fried! Fresh water scallops!

Webcam

OK, OK! the webcam has been reset to it's previous settings. We had so many people stop in yesterday and take pictures of the mountain from our front porch because it was such a clear day. So, we figured we'd zoom in for all of you web viewers to see our side of the mountain. It's a great web cam but, it doesn't do the Katahdin justice! You'll have to come visit and see for yourself!

Trails and weather

-3F this morning. Big change from Friday's +48F. Had some rain Friday night that packed down the 2-3' of snow earlier in the week. The lakes are flat as a pancake and very good going. The weight of the snow and the rain has pushed the ice down and cracked it. Then the lake water comes up through the ice and gives us nice slushy pockets, so watch out, don't get stuck! Lots of folks passing through yesterday commented that Chesuncook Lake was the worst for slush. Most of that slush should have frozen up with last night's low temps. Outside of that groomed yesterday to break up the trail and icy spots. Ride safe!