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Buckaroos of 302 Snowmobile Club

Last trail report posted today.  See you next year...

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HCS Snowmobile Forums _ Vermont _ A BIG THANK YOU to Buckaroos of 302

Posted by: Bedlam Bikes Mar 31 2008, 06:26 AM

Got up at 4:30 AM Saturday March 29th and was on the rode at 5:10 AM heading for Groton. I live in Belchertown MA which is a ride of 160 MILES due North to Groton. Picked up my buddy in Greenfield MA at 5:50 AM who took over the driving the rest of the way.
Leaving early paid off as we were the first ones on the trails when we unloaded in the Butterfield lot!

Unknown to us at the time, this is what took place during the night before we headed out (from Buckaroos site):

"Dave Wheatly climbed into the SurTrac at 7PM To groom all night. Dave went from CA 10 to CA 5 onto etc...etc...etc.... Where he turned the key off at 6:54AM. That is almost 12 hours of grooming. With Dave and Buzzy's grooming trips today all the Buckaroos of 302 trail system has been groomed for the week. We want to Thank Doug Wilson, owner of Mt. Grooming, for providing us with Sur Trac Grooming equipment while our Sur Trac is in for repairs. Doug is dedicated to the VAST trail system During his very busy day Doug called us several times to make sure that the Sur Trac and Buzzy were working ok. Thank you Dave. Our trail system is still snow covered and we will keep grooming for as long as possible. Come and enjoy."

Enjoy we did....probably the finest and smoothest groomed trails I've EVER ridden on in my life. Plenty of snow and it was nice and cold out which helped maintain the trails. I couldnt believe it was March 29th! We did 120 miles and had a good breakfast at UpperValley Grill served by a cute waitress. We probably saw 15 sleds on the trails all day. VERY low traffic for a Saturday! At one tim we tried heading into Cabot but were met with quickly depreciating trail conditions so we turned around and continued to ride th white carpets of Groton. It was a day to remember...

Thanks to all that maintain the Buckaroos trail system!! GREAT job!

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Our featured business support is: 
 
Buzzy Eastman, Grooming Contractor.  Today Buzzy's Sur Trac had a major mechanical breakdown.  Buzzy has been on the phone to get the repair coordinated and to locate another groomer to finish out the year.  Thanks Buzzy.
 

Bill Cam

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Click on Picture to get to Live Feed

Here is a link to a snap shot of today at 7am. Helpful if you are wanting to see conditions after dark.

Betty Cam

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Click on Picture to get Live Feed

Here is a link to a snap shot of today at 7am. Helpful if you are wanting to see conditions after dark.

Play this short video of the SurTrac coming up the trail

click here to play video

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If you enjoy the live feed from the web cams, please send a donation to: The Buck a Roos of 302, Box 171, Groton, VT 05046.  We currently accept donation to will help off set the cost of providing this web site and directly to grooming.  
 
Click on the pictures to gain a live feed from the Upper Valley Grill or the Eastmans.  Thank you Bill and Betty / Buzzy to allow us this opportunity.
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  We give a Special Thanks for those who donated to the Web Cam and Groomer.  See Web Cam tab for updates! 

Next Club meeting:
August  / September 2008
Groton Community Bldg

You are Visitor Number: Since Oct 2005

The Buckaroos of 302 is a non profit Snowmobile Club promoting the sport in the Northeast Kingdom. We are 8 miles off I-91, west on US 302 in Groton Vermont, near and in Groton State Forest. We have miles of beautifully groomed trails connecting to anywhere in VT, NH, NY and even Canada. Come see and ride with us!! Remember, purchase your TMA where you ride.