Grooming notes for the 2024-25 season
Dan Riblett
Well, folks… the Snowdrifters have been working at getting the trails ready for winter. We have cleared the trail to the top of Pelican and have made it to the 37 Road via the Brown Mountain Trail. That’s a start! Now if the trees will cooperate…
OSSA has had about a $600,000 reduction in the amount of money received from ODOT. Because of the loss of funds, our average grooming miles will be reduced by 30%. What this means for grooming operations is we will be grooming 3 days a week and will be unable to groom the majority of the trails weekly.
The 2023 Pisten Bully 400 received last year has been moved to a different club. We will be grooming with the 2015 PB 400. To augment that, Pisten Bully will be placing a demo PB 100 at Lake of the Woods for a long term demo. OSSA is also putting in an RTP grant to purchase a smaller cat for next season.
Snow is coming!