By Staff
NILES – The Four Flags Snowmobile Club will begin putting in the trails on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and 2. Help is needed and those who are able to participate are asked to call Reid at 684-5375 or Craig at 695-1244 as soon as possible.
As an incentive, anyone who helps will be given a free club membership for the 2007-2008 season.
With the possibility of an early snowfall, snowmobilers are reminded that the snowmobile season does not start until Dec. 1 and only if the trails have officially been marked by that time and if there is a minimum of four inches of snow on the ground.
This cautionary advisory is especially important at this time of the year as the hunting season is still in progress, which is all the more reason that snowmobilers must not be in the fields, competing with the hunters.
The other danger that exists when snowmobilers use the trails before their official completion/opening is that it can disrupt the seasonal work that is being done by the landowners to their property. When these disruptions occur, landowners may decide to no longer lease their property for snowmobile use.