I'm going up To Rangeley the weekend of October 21/22 with my GF and her parents, hope to get some good tough miles in.
Cool, keep us posted on how everything is. I have ridden snowmobile in the Bingham/Forks/Jackman area, awesome. Also up in the Greenville/Moosehead area, awesome as well. If the atv'ing in the western mountain area is as good as the snowmobiling, it should be grand.I'm going up To Rangeley the weekend of October 21/22 with my GF and her parents, hope to get some good tough miles in.
X2 on the 1687 miles but it sounds like a good time. "it400" and I are already talking about what our next big trip will be after Taylor Park.Man that sounds fun. I wonder how far it is from Missouri to Maine? LOL I’ll definitely be watching this thread!
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Holy smokes! From Missouri to Moosehead Lake is 1687 miles!
Could you send me the contact info for the rangeley club? Also where were you able to download the Greenville/moosehead trails from? I'm headed up to Rangeley in a couple weeks and don't have much info on the trails.Yup, it's a pretty long poke. That's where the old Maine saying comes from " you can't get thayuh from heyah" !! Also why in all these many years, I still have yet to have the right combination of money and time off to come out there for a deer hunt! But, I hope some of you guys can make it. I'm leaning pretty hard toward either the Greenville area, or the Rangely area. I have downloaded the maps of the Moosehead Lake/Greenville trails and I am waiting for the president of the club over in Rangely to get back to me. When I figure out the best looking loop, I'll get it on the forum. I am assuming that folks will want to bring stuff with them so they can spend one or two nights at some lodging along the trail so we can make a big loop. That is what I am going to try to map out.
Go to atvmaine.com. They list all the member clubs with contact info, websites, etc. Many clubs have downloadable maps, some you have to call or email and have them mail to you. The club in Greenville has downloadable maps for that area. I emailed the club president over in Flagstaff for maps of that area.Could you send me the contact info for the rangeley club? Also where were you able to download the Greenville/moosehead trails from? I'm headed up to Rangeley in a couple weeks and don't have much info on the trails.
Rangeley Maine ATV Trail Riding - Rangeley-Maine.comCould you send me the contact info for the rangeley club? Also where were you able to download the Greenville/moosehead trails from? I'm headed up to Rangeley in a couple weeks and don't have much info on the trails.
Moosehead ATV RidersCould you send me the contact info for the rangeley club? Also where were you able to download the Greenville/moosehead trails from? I'm headed up to Rangeley in a couple weeks and don't have much info on the trails.
Awesome. Have you ridden either the Moosehead or Rangeley area? Which one would you pick if you wanted to show some of our friends from away the best time? I'm thinking that the Rangeley trails have the most views from up on ridges, but I may be mistaken.I am game been a while since i met any of GC members
There is a lot of dirt logging road riding here. Reason being, the logging companies have made a spider web of tote roads here for a 100 years or more. Since most of the land belongs to them, and they have already spent millions on making the roads, they are not real keen on us trying to cut new "trails" to ride on. Besides, the amount of work, time and expense of cutting trail in this rocky, boggy, dense forest is way more than most people are up for. With some planning and a little luck, you can usually ride not long after some rain which of course helps with the dust(except for this summer, no rain!). All of the signage on the trails are done by volunteers in the clubs. Most of them have families and work full time jobs, so if the signage gets a little aged sometimes, well you just have to be self-sufficient. It's much more helpful and engenders better feeling all around to state the positives about you're own riding area instead of the negatives about someone else's home area.I used to ride Maine every year, Bingham,forks, jack an,Greenville. Then I started riding New Hampshere and been riding there ever since. I liked Maine but NH had better trails and less dirt roads and you are truly in the mountains. The trails are marked very well, you can't get lost. Maine atving is out in the middle of nowhere and the trail signs are terrible. Definitely bring extra gas. Gas stations are far and few in between. If you're not the lead guy you have to ride way back or wear a dust mask. Definitely outer skins for intake.if you live in Maine and haven't checked out the great white north NH you should check it out. I live in RI .
i havet riden that north i always ride in waterboro but def would like to go northAwesome. Have you ridden either the Moosehead or Rangeley area? Which one would you pick if you wanted to show some of our friends from away the best time? I'm thinking that the Rangeley trails have the most views from up on ridges, but I may be mistaken.