WEST ROME RIDERS
The West Rome Riders Snowmobile Club's trail system is maintained by volunteer club members. During the off season, club members work together to maintain the trails, ( cleaning debris, cut trees, building and maintaining bridges, posting signs, marking new trails, etc), keeping them ready for the snowmobile season. Our groomer operators donate their own time each winter, working hard to keep up with the huge amount of traffic our trail system experiences. We currently use "class A" 2 groomers, a 2005 Pisten Bully PB Trail Bully (purchased from Mohawk Ltd. Pisten Bully Division, Chadwicks, NY) and a 1996 Pisten Bully PB260D, both pulling 10' wide by 18' long, 6 trip-blade MTN SNOW drags (purchased from MTN Equipment in Dorval, Quebec). Please respect these groomer operators and give them a "THUMBS UP" to say thank you when they approach you.
REMEMBER: IT'S New York State LAW THAT SNOWMOBILES MUST YIELD TO TRAIL GROOMERS!
Overall Conditions:: Conditions are always changing! See below for our grooming reports...
For those that are consistently riding snowmobile trails right down the middle, please understand that this does not help the trails stay flat for too long. Please ride to the right and use the whole marked trail width. Also, a few people find it necessary to spin their tracks at every opportunity. This also causes the trails to have bumps and takes the needed snow off the trail base as well. Let's use COMMON SENSE out there... for all our sakes! Thank you.
As of 1/18/12, our trails are still not good enough to call "officially open". There is a little bit of snow, which is really hardened due to the rain and then instant cold we had. The snow on top of this "concrete snow" is NOT good enough to keep your sled cooled or runners lubed.
Trail C7 from the Erie Canal Village (our new groomer barn) to the north side of the NYS Barge Canal in New London along the Old Erie Canal Trail heading to New London. (this trail is usually groomed Monday, Friday, and Sunday AM).
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED
Trail C7 from the south side of the NYS Barge Canal to Germany Rd. (Town of Verona, where the Tri-Valley Trailriders take over to the south) mostly along the Old Erie Canal Trail (this portion of the trail is usually groomed on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday AM).
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED
Trail C7L from Germany Rd to the Madison County line near Kanon Valley Country Club at Swallow Bridge Rd. where it continues and is maintained by the Tri-Valley Trailriders club (this trail is usually groomed Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday AM).
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED
Trail C7M from Int. OD30c at C7L to Oneida Lake at the Verona Beach State Park (where there is a plowed snowmobile trailer parking lot) (this trail is usually groomed Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday AM).
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED
Trail C7F from Erie Canal Village along the old railroad tracks to Taberg where it meets the Taberg Trailblazers system near the Taberg Nice & Easy and Taberg Tower Tubing (this trail is usually groomed on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat. early AM).
CURRENT CONDITIONS; CLOSED
Trail C7 from the Erie Canal Village heading North (between Roman's-West and The Colonial Inn). This trail includes the re-routed trail that meets up with the Trailbusters' trail system on the east side of The Beeches (this trail is usually groomed Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday AM).
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED (Please ride slow and be QUIET near the houses along Potter Rd. Thank you!)
Trail S-73B from C7 to The Beeches Conference Center and Resort (this trail is usually groomed on Sunday am, Tuesday, and Thursday). Please use the newly rerouted C-7 trail to get through Rome. STAY OFF the ponds at The Beeches Resort!!!! Ride slow down dirt road west of The Beeches.
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED REMINDER: SLOW DOWN ON the section of plowed road, Halpin Rd. This is a PRIVATE ROAD that families live on!!
Trail S-73A from C7 at the Erie Canal Village to Cycle Shack Polaris and the West Rome Clifford Fuels Nice & Easy convenience store (this trail is usually groomed Monday and Thursday).
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED
Trail (old C-7) to The Rome Motel and the Turin Rd. Mobil Stop & Shop/Car Wash (this trail is usually groomed on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday am).
CURRENT CONDITIONS: CLOSED
WRR trails are groomed by Joe VanLieshout, Jim Smith, Bruce Galler, David Hartley, Joey VanLieshout, Justin Galler, Jeff Pabis, and Jim Rolf. A lot of time and effort goes into grooming our trails. As you yield to our groomers on the trails, give the drivers a wave and a thumbs up to show your appreciation for the great job they do! Remember, they are volunteering their time for YOUR enjoyment!!
