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The Trailbusters Snowmobile Club, Inc. is a non-profit snowmobile club founded
in 1966. The club maintains over 41 miles of Class A trails over both public and
private lands. The club provides snowmobile safety education classes and encourages
preservation, conservation and a healthy respect of nature and the environment.
In the News
 | Blessing of the Sleds Event Planned
Pastor Dan Goewey of the Grace Baptist Church has graciously offered to host
the "Blessing of the Sleds" event at his parish on Turin Road
(Route 26). This event will be held on Sunday, January 11th at 1:30 pm. The event will be accessible
by sled and the club will be grooming a trail onto their property for
the event. The church is located across the street from Trail C7D, between
the Colonial Restaurant and M & M Collision. Please
make every effort to attend this inaugural event.
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| WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR GROOMER FLEET!
This issue was discussed at length during our November and December club
meetings. During the clubs first groomer trip to West Leyden, electrical
problems developed in PB #5. Not a good way to start the season. Both
groomers are almost 20 years old and have an incredible number of hours on
them. Now is the time for the club membership to make this happen! We will
need everyone's help. More to come on this topic very soon.
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| Monthly
Meeting
The next club meeting is Tuesday, January 13th at 7:30 p.m. at the Lee Town Hall. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
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| Please Join or Renew Your Trailbusters
Membership!
Please follow the Join
the Club link on the left to join or renew your Trailbusters membership.
If you enjoy our trails and would like to become a club member, we offer two options to join. You can print out our application form and
send it in by mail or you can choose the NYSSA online membership application
and printout your membership voucher immediately. Either way, we thank you for supporting the Trailbusters
Snowmobile Club!
FYI, this year, you can no longer join a snowmobile club at the DMV. If
you do not join a club, your registration fee will be $100 per sled. If you
do join a club, the registration fee is $45 per sled. The Trailbusters
Snowmobile Club would be honored to have you join us as a member!
Thank you to everyone who has already joined!
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| Major Trail Change
There is a major rerouting on C4A north (State Route 26
crossing) at the West Branch Coffee Ranch.
The landowner has turned most of his property into a willow tree farm
which will be harvested for biofuel when mature.
These are very small seedlings right now so we must stay on the new
trail. This reroute changes the
junction for C4I to Point Rock and C7 north to West Leyden.
Please pass the word on this change to your snowmobiling friends.
The landowner is very sensitive about this project, as he should be,
so let’s all be extra cautious to not stray off this new trail or any
trail for that matter! We
cannot afford any shut downs!!!! While
up there, stop in and have a hot cup of coffee from Guatemala, or a hot
chocolate, soda, or some of the other food and dessert offered there.
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| Club Trail Party
The club trail party is scheduled for Sunday, January 18th at the groomer
barn. More details will be posted as they become available.
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| Safety Course Completed
Club member John Beggs reported that a very successful Safety Course was
held at the groomer barn on December 5th and 6th. The kids had a great time
learning how to conduct themselves safely around and on a snowmobile. John
was impressed by the great interest the attendees took in our sport, which
was reflected in the test scores that ranged from 90% to 100%. Congratulations
to all and a big thanks to John for taking the time to teach the
course.
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| Bridges Rebuilt
Club members completed work on four bridges over two beautiful weekends in
October. The club rebuilt two bridges, including the "Pepper
Bridge" located off the Stokes Westernville Road in the Town of Lee,
and the "Camroden Bridge" located off the Camroden Road in
the Town of Western. The club also moved the bridge on the towpath near the
NYS Fish Hatchery back into place, and moved a bridge formerly used on the
west side of Route 46 to a new location along the east side of Route 46,
eliminating the need to ride on the shoulder of the highway. A big thanks
goes out to everyone who helped out and to Millie Piersall for the photos!
Additional photos of all four bridge projects can be found by clicking on
the link below.
Bridge Work Photos
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| Trailbusters Featured in
Snowbelt Magazine
The Trailbusters Snowmobile Club was featured in this years
first issue of Snowbelt Magazine, published by the Boonville Herald and Adirondack Tourist.
Club Secretary Millie Piersall wrote a wonderful article detailing the clubs
history, complimented by some great photos from club member Dan Coffman.
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| The Lee Center Trailbusters would like to thank all of
our landowners for their generous cooperation in allowing us to have trails
travel across their property. Without their cooperation, it would not be
possible to have these trails.
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| Newsletter
The first club newsletter of the season can be found at the link
below.
Club
Newsletter
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| Email Addresses. Emailing the club newsletter
makes this task much simpler, faster and more cost effective. If you are not
on our email list, please provide your address. We will be e-mailing the
newsletter as well as any pertinent snowmobile related information as it happens.
Don't be left out.
Use this link to add e-mail address
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NYSSA
Monthly Snowmobile Magazine
Below is a
link to the New York State Snowmobile Association Online magazine. The
current issue and past magazines are full of articles of relevance to our sport.
Please take a few minutes and give it a read.
NYSSA
Online Magazines
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For additional club news, go to the Newsletters link on the left and
check out the most recent or historical club newsletters.
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