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This is the place for hot news, information, and the latest in whats going on in the club. If you have information you would like to share, give us an e-mail and it will be posted in a few days. The main purpose of this bulletin board will be to keep all of us informed of what is happening in our club and all around us. If your planning a ride, or just heard some exciting news, let us know and we will share it with the rest of the world. By the start of the 2000-2001 season, this page and the groomer page will be updated at least once a week for the very latest in snowmobiling info for our area and club.
MARCH 13 MEETING
The Next Snowdrifter meeting will be on March 13 at 6:30 pm at Old Town Pizza, across from Big R on South 6th Street. This will be a pizza party.
MEDICINE LAKE STEAK FEED
Will be at Four Corners Sno Park on Saturday, March 10. We will have a poker run and radar runs starting at 10 am. the poker run will be over at 3 pm, and at that time we will have a raffle, and the steaks will be ready after 5 pm. We need donations for the raffle, so please do what you can, this will benefit our club and charities we support. George Gregory at Lake of the Woods Resort has donated a one night stay in a cabin, dinner for two, and a bottle of champagne for the raffle. Sunday March 11 there will be breakfast and more rides.
MEDICINE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT
Help stop the proposed Monument that would extend from Crater Lake to Mount Theilsen, much of the Diamond Lake area. Click below for an online petition.
MEDICINE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT
MEDICINE LAKE TRAIL MAP
We now have a snowmobile trail map for Medicine Lake on the Groomers page. It will load in a seperate window for easy viewing. It can also be printed out.
Also, click the "It's Snowing" button in the Picture Zone and watch the snow fall!
SNOWMOBILE DEALERS
With the opening of two new motorsports dealers in Klamath Falls this summer, we now have a bigger selection to choose from. Boss Motorsports sells Arctic Cat Snowmobiles, as well as Kawasaki and Suzuki, Tread and Track Motorsports will have Ski-Doo and Yamaha, also Honda, and for you Polaris fans, Klamath Basin Equipment is the place to go. All stores feature parts, supplies, accesories, and service.
NEW GROOMER CHAIRMAN FOR 2000-2001
Ken Kraft will be the new Groomer Chairman this season. We will be receiving a new Tucker Snow Cat (all rubber track, oil bath bogies, 9000lb winch) and Maxey Groomer
If anybody has any questions or would like to become a Cat Operator, call Ken at (541) 884-1662.
SNOWMOBILING IN CRATER LAKE NP
Snowmobiling will be allowed in Crater Lake National Park (the one trail from the north entrance) for this coming season - 2000-2001 - but is questionable after that. The best chance of keeping the park open to snowmobiling is to write Chuck Lundy, Superintendant at Crater Lake National Park, and that this trail should remain open. the more response he gets from us, the better our chances.Contact him at:
Chuck Lundy
Crater Lake National Park
P.O. Box 7
Crater Lake, OR 97604
Or fax at (541) 594-2299
Below are
two links, One is to sign a petition to stop the ban on snowmobiling in West
Yellowstone. The other is the Roadless Initiative Web Site which has information and explains what the Roadless Initiative will do.
(5-7-2000) WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!
The National Parks Service is halting snowmobiling in all National Parks as ordered by the Clinton-Gore administration. We are also facing the Roadless Initiative and New National Monuments that will close off many more areas to ALL of us. Everyone who cares about the use and enjoyment of our National Parks and Forests must protest!! it is URGENT that you call or e-mail your Congressman and Senators NOW! Tell them:
*We do not want to be locked out of our National Parks and Forests
*NO MORE catering to anti-access extremists. We have a voice and should be heard
*We need good management, not closures. Technology is providing answers to emission and sound issues
*Ask that your Congressman/Senators help us and support our efforts
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3121 to reach your Congressman/Senator.
To e-mail your Congressman/Senator, click on the link below, it will take you to a web site, all you need to do is type in your zip code and send them e-mail, EASY! Remember, to stay silent is a vote against us.
(4-28-00) CRATER LAKE HALTS SNOWMOBILING!
Snowmobiling will probably be eliminated at Crater Lake National Park.
Crater Lake Superintendent Chuck Lundy said this morning that directives from the National Park Service and Department of the Interior appear to leave no choice but to end snowmobile use. The 10 mile trail that leads to the rim of Crater Lake with a spectacular view is one of Southern Oregon's main attractions for snowmobilers, and without a groomer permited in the National Park, will close the north end of Crater Lake to all winter recreationists except those very few who can travel the 10 miles on foot in up to 15 feet of snow. View the picture of Crater Lake below to see what you may never see in person.
More on this issue and other closures later.
