Castlegar Snowmobile club

[KrazyCanadian]

The Norns is being groomed weekly,,, Trails are in top notch condition,,, trail passes are $$$ 10 $$$ or get a membership for unlimited access.. at the Castlegar Rec department for $50 before Jan 1 or then it'll be $60.after Jan 1 ,,,,, collecting will begin right away at the trail heads,, memberships can also be purchased at the trail heads.. Thanks for all the volunteers and club members for helping and supporting the Castlegar (Norns ) riding area.. Truly an epic area...

 

[takethebounce]

Did some internet searching for the Norns but didn't come up with much, Dan or anyone have a link to some trail maps? Typical front trail area then free riding from there?

 

[kootenaycat]

Check out Dan's site for some great pics of the Norns area



Typical trail riding/cutblocks up to tree line then alpine and bowl riding from there. The club used to have a website but hasn't been up for a year or 2 so don't know of any trail maps. Stick to the groomed trail to the alpine and it's a free for all from there.

I heard they were going to try grooming from Goose ck to Norns (Ladybird side), anyone heard if it's going to happen?

 

[ss_badaz]

Same, Last I heard Goose was going to be groomed late last week then maybe Ladybird all depended on the conditions not sure?

 

[shiznitt100]

people have been going up ladybird on a daily basis, i have not been up as i was told to wait for the slides. from what i have heard they are just trail riding to the cabin in lady bird. grooming was done last week on thursday i think at the norns shaw cabin trail. creeks are all filled and trail is in very good condition. the rain for the last 3 days has made the lower part of the trail skinny on snow.

 

[MenzToys]

Just got home from grooming to the airport on the goose side,the new mogulmaster does an awesome job the trail looks better than some of our highways.Will be going up for a ride tomorrow,have to stop and shovel the cabin roof off,then go for a rip. thx wayne

 

[takethebounce]

Not %100 sure yet, but should be heading to Nelson on Wednesday, hopefully you guys have some good snow in that Castegar area.

 

[KrazyCanadian]

Castlegar snowmobile club memberships can be purchased at Playmor Power,( local skidoo dealership )and Castlegar Recreation building, ( Local ice rink and swimming pool, weight room...) only $50, but that price goes up to $60 on Jan.1 2010.... You can also get a membership at the trail head... we've been collecting $10 trail passes and $50 memberships at both the Norns creek side and the Goose creek side... Trail was perfect today... probed 175 cms,,, 6 feet of snow all over the Norns today.. South aspects mostly,, between 6000' and 6500' elevation.. fairly stable snowpack, quite a few natural avalanches occured last week... probed 7 feet of snow at the Ladybird Hut.. 7200' yesterday, gets some wind deposited snow in that area.. North east from the big 7800' ridge...

Sledding is fantasic right now, great base, and still some fresh powder to be found, but it's getting really stomped on the airport and fire rock areas...


Happy New Year everyone

 

[takethebounce]

Thanks Dan!

Is there an obvious staging area for the Norn's Creek area? We would be heading out from the Bonnington side of Nelson for a New Years weekend ride and never rode that area. Done lots of quading up near the West side of Arrow, just nothing NW of Castlegar. Otherwise we might hit up the Grover area if we can find snow. Normally we would be heading to Sicamous or Revy but we wanted to try something new this year.

Anyone who can help that is great.

 

[c824767]

are dogs allowed on the trail, and can i use it with skis or a traditional dog sled

 

[shiznitt100]

I am sure you will be fine with either or. There is not too many people there early in morn and later in the afternoon. may have to pay for each dog lol lol

 

[KrazyCanadian]

A big parking lot at both the Goose creek / Club side and Ladybird/ Norns creek side... Groomed Up Goose creek, over the top and back down Norns creek Thursday.... Trail was perfect....

 

[takethebounce]

We were able to ride Thursday - Ladybird, Friday - Rover/SnowWater and Saturday - Grizzly. Thanks to everyone we met on the trail and at the Shaw/Ladybird cabins as well as Grizzly. Lots of great people, even though we were socked in with weather we got to ride some great areas. Saturday brought us lots of fresh stuff, better weather and we rode hard all day up Grizzly!

We will be back for sure!

 

[KrazyCanadian]

ALBERTO groomed both Ladybird and Goose this week, memberships are now $60 and I think we're at 140 members, collecting $10 trail passes at both unload areas and selling memberships at Ladybird and Goose every weekend Saturday and Sunday 8:30am till 2 pm

Big thanks to all club members for collecting and vollentering there time and hard work..