It is 6:00 am 33 degrees and its snowing here at Shin Pond! Fellow Sledders this is my final trail report for this season, it is always a bittersweet feeling... I love Spring and I know all good things (snowmobiling) come to an end. This will be our final weekend of grooming. If you were one of the lucky sledders to ride this past week you know that the trails are in the best shape for spring riding! But the warmer temps this weekend will start the brooks and streams running and the holes will appear in the trail. My friend Billy and I rode yesterday afternoon and I couldn't believe how good the riding was! (we rode some trails that had been groomed a week ago and they were great!) The views of Mt. Katahdin from the Patten-Shin Pond trails are some of the most spectacular I have seen. You are looking into "the bowl of the mountain". I love March riding, it is the best... So next week you will find me out on the trail putting on the 300 miles I need to finish my 1000 mile goal for this season! (Now remember I work 7 days a week here at the village so the miles were started in early Jan and then finished here in late march) This has been one of my best winters because I set this goal for myself. I want to say THANK YOU to all the groomer operators in the State of Maine that work so hard for all of us to ride! THANK YOU to the Landowners for their generosity in sharing their land and the thousands of volunteers that make this sport possible!

As always feel free to call or email me anytime! 528-2900 - shinpondvillage@fairpoint.net

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Terry Hill

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