Fairbanks Snow Travelers

Last Sunday was a much more pleasant experience than the previous ride. We all meet at Chatanika lodge for breakfast, that was, as always excellent, thank you Shirley. After fueling our bellies, Chuck Johnson joined us and then led us on a great ride on a great day. The sun was up and the temps were...

Meeting at Chatanika lodge at 10:00 AM for breakfast, hitting the trail at 11:00 AM.

See you there

Ride Update: February 19th: Mclaren Lodge run. Meet at Paxson February 20th: Un-scheduled Local Ride - Chatanika Lodge Trails March 5th: Snow Rondy 2005 (12-6 PM) March 12th: Cantwell Run, meet at Backwoods Lodge March 19th: Manley Run March 26th: Monderosa Revisted April 2nd: 57 Mile Elliott to Win...

Once she got the hang of it - gas with the right hand, brakes with the left, maybe a few bumpy spots along the way - Interior Secretary Gale Norton said she found snowmobiles a comfortable, fun way to visit Yellowstone in wintertime. more at http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0216yellowstone-nor...

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Recall Snowmobiles Inappropriate clutch ring gear installed on some units. This may cause ring gear fragmentation at high speeds and debris could act as projectiles. A projectile could cause serious injury or death. Washington, D.C. - The following product safe...

As a group, the Snow Travelers has always had a standing ride cancellation rule, which simple stated says “if the ambient temperature is minus 10 or colder at the airport, one hour before the ride is to start, the ride will be cancelled”. A very simple and intelligent rule to go by, however, neither...

The ride from FB to Nenana is about 50 to 60 miles one way. Yes on the gas in Nenana, unless they've closed the gas station on the highway :D Petersville is always excellent riding, haven't been down there this year, but my buddies son says they have lots of snow........ Worth a trip. Do suggest you...

Compeaus to the Monderosa for lunch.

This is a really nice and easy run.

We'll ride down the Chena and Tanana Rivers to Nenana, have lunch at the Monderosa and then back to town.

Meet at Compeaus at 9:30 AM for a 10:00 departure

Maybe O'SlowPoke would of been a better screen name :lol: Most of the FST rides would fit in your ride catagory. We always get the fast riders, but they just go ahead of everyone else and then wait... 8) Join us tomorrow (Sat) on next Sat 2/12, either one should be a fun ride. Although I'm not to co...

The snowmobile community is a family of outdoor recreationists who enjoy the outdoors and understand the importance of proper stewardship of our land. Snowmobilers have been quiet in promoting their environmental accomplishments. Now we are highlighting the land stewardship programs we have created ...

Everyone going to Mclaren Lodge on the 19th, 20th or 21st., let us know so we can coordinate how many riders and guest we'll have.

We had a link to Arctic Man, but they changed the URL I'll fix it now..

Alaska Public Lands Information Center is having a "White Mountains hiking trails, cabins and snowmobiling" presentation on Saturday Jan 29th at 2 p.m. Randy Goodwin from BLM will be discussing the trail conditions and left over fire hazards and the need for chainsaws on certain trails. Th...

Hey Bill, My mistake, I thought we had a ride next Saturday, it's actually February 5th. Compeaus to Clear Creek Butte Meet at Compeaus at 10:00 AM The ride is on military lands, everyone will need to get a recreation pass. The pass is free and available at the security gate shack to the base. Those...

The weather was great, somewhere between 2 and 10 above, the trail was groomed out of Chena Lakes and a good portion of the trail towards and within Valley Center area. We had a total of 16 sleds show and then ran into Eric and 2 others for a total count of 19. The fields at about mile 19 (Winter Tr...