November 4th, 2015 Newsletter

As we move towards the winter season, the club has started working on getting the trails ready for another great season. Most of the trail work will be accomplished during the next two months.

We anticipate the work to repair trails 143 and 136 that were damaged due to logging last year will commence soon. This should restore trail 143 between trail 137 and 112 (Magalloway).

Concrete was poured in the underpass below Route 3. This will make travel much better and prevent rocks from washing into the underpass from Perry Stream during high water conditions.

TRAIL CHANGES -We received notice from one of our landowners that he and others are closing the section of Corridor 20 that includes the bridge over Indian Stream in protest of the Northern Pass project which is planning a utility corridor through Northern NH.  Therefore we will not have access to Corridor Trail 20 below Indian Stream Road, and we will have to use trail 128 through Clarksville or trail 21 to 21A to access Stewartstown and Canaan. Logging continues on Indian Stream Road in the north. The trail closures will remain the same as last year. We will still have access to the Melvina Loop via Corridor 20 as it is before the Indian Stream closure.

• We held our landowner/volunteer dinner on October 3rd at the Spa Restaurant in West Stewartstown. There were approximately 30 people in attendance. The meal was delicious and the conversation lively. We hope to continue this event yearly to thank all those who make our trails possible.

• Several of our Club members worked at the Pittsburg Ridge Runners booth at the Grass Drags on Columbus Day Weekend selling raffle tickets and clothing. Thanks to everyone that volunteered your time and thanks to all that stopped by to say hello.