Hello all,

It appears that mother nature wanted to make sure we didn’t forg= et

= where we live. It’s been a little chilly (-30s= ) here the last few days,

= but after the mild start to the winter I don’= ;t think we can complain much.

The snow is really l= ooking great this year. With the warm temps on our

= first snowfall, we have a really nice base. Now with= all the fresh stuff

= on top it makes for some great riding, especially= for the first of Dec.

Todd will be here on= the 6^th and we will have the groomer up and

= running and makin tracks.<= /span>

Right now the trail = from Paxson is in really good shape. We spent

= a lot of time pulling packers on the 9 mile to 1= 5 mile section when

= it was really warm and we had lots of soft snow o= n the road, so I’m

= hoping we may have won the bare pavement battle. Time= will tell.

Sounds like the mili= tary boys are pulling out of the Su area, so the

= road will start to fill back in on that end as soon= as we get some

= more snow.

Seven Mile Lake Trai= l will be in the first of next week as will the

= Maclaren River Road Trail.

Also, in regards to = club memberships,

Bing Prichard of Hap Enterprises has put out a $50 challenge to

= the person who can recruit the most club members f= rom the 5^th of

Dec to the 5^{th<=
/sup> of
Jan. Talk to your friends and neighbors and make=}

= sure they tell us who recruited them so we can cred= it you with their

= membership.

Please be careful ou= t there and always, “keep the blue overhead

= the white underneath and all the goodies in the middle”

Alan Echols

Denali Hwy Trail Club