Winter Trails Fun
This weekend is going to be a B-E-A-Utiful one for all that enjoy getting outdoors during this time of year in Chautauqua County! With the latest storms passing through from the Midwest this week, there is ample snow for everyone to play in. While you are out this weekend, enjoying the deep snow throughout the county, take a moment to check out these little blue Snowy Owl signs scattered across the snowmobile trails. Many of these signs are placed at trail junctions, road crossings and trail heads, and each tell a stellar story about the natural history or a historical happening at each...
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This past weekend the sun was shining and the snow was smooth on the trails throughout Chautauqua County, providing excellent conditions to be outside on either machine powered or self powered modes of transportation. My husband, father and I all jumped on our snowmobiles and took a ride through the area, enjoying the snowy forests, snow covered ponds and whitened glassy fields providing us with a beautiful view everywhere we went. While we were out we also stopped at some of RTPI’s “Nature at Your Fingertips” cell phone tour stops, giving us a closer look at the...
Read MoreLet it Snow!
This storm looks promising for all of us that have been patiently waiting for more snow. Snowmobile trails have yet to open this season and so we have all been doing our snow dances in hopes of being able to get out for a ride and use the newly expanded “Nature at Your Fingertips” snowmobile cell phone tour spread across Chautauqua County. The trails need about 12 inches of snow to compact down to 3 inches of base using the clubs large fleet of groomers. So let’s keep our fingers crossed and as always, be safe and have fun in this winter wonderland! Elyse Henshaw...
Read MoreSnowmobile Map
It’s official! Hunting season is over and opening day of the snowmobiling season is upon us. Although we are patiently waiting for more snow to arrive and trails to open, we are busily putting the finishing touches on our “Nature at Your Fingertips” Snowmobile Cell Phone Tour. This year our tour stops will be easy to find thanks to the Snowmobile Clubs of Chautauqua County for including them onto the county snowmobile trail map. Stay tuned for more updates on the tour and we hope you enjoy it this winter season!
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