Start of a New Season
Happy 1st day of winter everyone! Today marks the first day of a hopefully snow-filled season as well as the official beginning of the snowmobiling season. Remember before hitting the trails on your snowmobile, skis or snowshoes to grab your cell phone so that you can explore the many fascinating stories waiting to be told through the “Nature at Your Fingertips” cell phone tour. This tour couldn’t have been possible without the help of the Snowmobile Clubs of Chautauqua County (Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club, Cherry Creek Sno-Goers, Ellery Sno-Cruisers, Lake-Effect Trail...
Read MoreWinter Tour Wrap Up
This past winter certainly was an interesting one! With swinging temperatures and sporadic snow storms, much of the area was pretty barren for a majority of the winter season. However, when snow came it was often just enough to get trails prepared and open for snowmobile, ski, snowshoe and foot traffic to pass through. During these short spurts of activity, RTPI’s “Nature at Your Fingertips” winter trails cell phone tour got quite a bit of attention as riders and the like explored the area and it’s many fascinating stories. Below you can find a full summary of this...
Read MoreWeekend Fun
Headed out on the trails this weekend? Before you do, check out this how-to video created by our friends at Orbitist.com. Our newly updated “Nature at Your Fingertips” cell phone tour is packed with many new features and this tutorial shows you how to take advantage of them. So whether you are using motor power or human power to get around this weekend, give yourself a break at one of our 30 stops and discover the many stories Chautauqua County has to...
Read MoreSigns Are Going Up!
We are one month and counting until the winter trails officially open for snowmobile, ski and snowshoe activities to begin! Our “Nature at Your Fingertips” cell phone tour signs are in the process of being erected at 30 different locations and the tour itself is getting a major face-lift! With Orbitist providing the new platform, our tour will be easier to use and I think a lot more fun! I can’t wait to tell you more about this in the coming weeks as we continue to improve the tour, so stay tuned! Elyse Henshaw Conservation Technician
Read MoreWinter Tour Planning Begins
While we still have a few months before our landscape looks like this, we are beginning preparations for our winter trails cell phone tour once again. This winter we look forward to working with each of Chautauqua county’s snowmobile clubs as well as local skiers and snowshoers to promote the natural and historical beauty of our area. We are also excited to announce that this cell phone tour, along with our In the Footsteps of Roger Tory Peterson tour, will be moved to a new platform and we will be working with Fredonia’s Nick Gunner using his Orbitist software! This year’s...
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