Snowmobile Trail Conditions Report: The Forks, Maine February 2025
The Forks Area Snowmobile Trails Report- February 27th, 2025
After a “TEMP” delay in grooming… get it? Temp? Oh the trail humor… ok the warm weather is not funny.. but we are back!
We sent two groomers out last night and focused heavily at covering bare areas and fixing the rougher sections. The trails held up really well. The woods and in town areas are a bit thinner and yes there are some bare spots especially on wind blown open areas. Use caution as they can come up quick. We are expecting a couple inches today of new snow and more this weekend.
ITS 87 Groomed and in good to great shape.
ITS 86 Groomed and in good to great shape. Powerline sections are thin and rough.
Pleasant Pond Trail Groomed and in great to excellent condition.
Bald Mountain Trail Groomed and in great to excellent condition. A few thin spots in the woods and the upper section near the Shirley Tote Road.
Breakneck Ridge Trail Groomed and in great to excellent condition. Note: You can continue to Shirley Tote Road by staying straight on the York Road. This is an excellent alternative route to Greenville!
Moxie Mtn Loop Trail Groomed a few days ago, in great condition. Will be groomed again tonight. This is alternate ITS 87. There are a few narrow bridges, use caution.
Kennebec River Trail Re-opened as flooding has retreated. Will be groomed today.
Moxie Falls Trail Groomed last week in good condition.
Caratunk Spur Groomed in good condition.
Northern Outdoors Park and Ride: Open!
Ben Towle
President
Forks Area Trails Snowmobile Club
The Forks Maine Snowmobile Trail Map
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The Forks Area Snowmobile Trails Report- February 20th, 2025
CALLING ALL SLEDDERS! NOW is the time to ride. Trails are the best they have been all year. Heck, best in years! The last two storms have filled in many of the rough woods and powerline sections. Like the other clubs, we have been battling brutal cold and brutal winds, creating lots of drifts and making grooming a challenge with low to no visibility. We have been out day and night getting things under control.
ITS 87 Groomed and in great to excellent condition.
ITS 86 Groomed and in great to excellent condition. Powerline section has filled in nicely!
Pleasant Pond Trail Groomed and in excellent condition.
Bald Mountain Trail Groomed and in excellent condition. Please note, the trail off from BMT to the windmills is closed. The outlet to Monson is on the Four Winds Club trails.
Breakneck Ridge Trail Groomed and in excellent condition. Note: You can continue to Shirley Tote Road by staying straight on the York Road. This is an excellent alternative route to Greenville!
Moxie Mtn Loop Trail Groomed and in great to excellent condition. This is alternate ITS 87. There are a few narrow bridges, use caution.
Kennebec River Trail CLOSED – there is flooding through a section of this trail due to the ice jam on the Kennebec River.
Moxie Falls Trail Groomed and in excellent condition.
Caratunk Spur Groomed and in great condition.
Northern Outdoors Park and Ride: Open!
We were hit with the repair bug.. we have one groomer returning this week after a rear end failure took out the ARB air locker and ring and pinion. We had a drag failure waiting on parts, we have our new groomer down with transmission issues and electrical gremlins being shipped back to track inc, another goomer had an alternator fail and a few other minor issues. These are costly repairs and we need your support. So please, join the club and or donate – click the links below.
Our groomer operators have been grooming round the clock and going above and beyond to make these trails what they are!
Ben Towle
President
Forks Area Trails Snowmobile Club
The Forks Maine Snowmobile Trail Map
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The Forks Area Snowmobile Trails Video Trail Report- February 19th, 2025
Last Thursday we received 6+”, and on Sunday we received another 8+” … we’ll do the math for ya, that’s over 14″ of fresh snow for The Forks area trail systems… JUST what the doctor ordered! Check out Zach’s video trail report from today — things have drastically improved, and we’re seeing the best riding of the year right now. Come see for yourself — cabins available nightly, plus Buy One Night, Get One Night FREE lodging deal is coming right up!
The Forks Area Snowmobile Trails Report- February 14th, 2025
We got some much-needed snow, 6+ inches! And another big storm coming on Sunday!
We will be grooming all weekend.
ITS 87 Groomed and in great to excellent condition. Some sections in the woods are still thin but other areas are darn near perfect. Use caution around Moore’s Bog area south of Pleasant Pond. Note: there will be some changes to ITS 87, signage will be updated today at the southern end of our system.
ITS 86 Groomed and in great to excellent condition. The powerline section is thin but much improved. Please stay off the plowed road!
Pleasant Pond Trail Groomed and in excellent condition.
Bald Mountain Trail Groomed and in excellent condition. Please note, the trail off from BMT to the windmills is closed. The outlet to Monson is on the Four Winds Club trails.
Breakneck Ridge Trail Groomed and in excellent condition. Note: You can continue to Shirley Tote Road by staying straight on the York Road. This is an excellent alternative route to Greenville!
Moxie Mtn Loop Trail Groomed and in great to excellent condition. This is alternate ITS 87. There are a few narrow bridges, use caution.
Kennebec River Trail CLOSED and ungroomed at this time – there is flooding through a section of this trail due to the ice jam on the Kennebec River.
Moxie Falls Trail Groomed and in excellent condition.
Caratunk Spur Groomed and in great condition.
Northern Outdoors Park and Ride: Open!
Ben Towle
President
Forks Area Trails Snowmobile Club
The Forks Maine Snowmobile Trail Map
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Other local club trail reports:
Dead River Sno-Riders: Our northern bordering club, covering the West Forks area towards Grand Falls and Parlin
Coburn Summit Riders: North of the Dead River Sno-Riders, grooming to the peak of Coburn Mtn
Border Riders Sportsman’s Club: Jackman’s Club
Moosehead Riders: Greenville area
Valley Riders: Our southern bordering club, grooming the Bingham area towards Caratunk and The Forks
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The Forks Area Snowmobile Trails- Video Trail Report – February 12th, 2025
For this week’s video trail report for The Forks Area Snowmobile Trails, Zach went south on ITS 87 along the Moxie Mountain overlook trail. Trails have continued to see snow showers since the last video 2 weeks ago, maintaining decent riding across our trail system. Woods still have thin spots, unplowed roads are great. Good news- we’ve received 4″ so far (as of 11am) from the Thursday storm, and it’s still snowing… AND there’s another BIGGER storm in store for Sunday! All of this snow will fill in the woods nicely, putting us in great shape for riding. Next week is vacation week, so groomer’s will be out nightly keeping things in tip top shape for the busy week. Ride right, ride safe, and have fun!
February 7th, 2025
Trailmaster Ben’s most recent trail report was posted Thursday, 2/6 – read on for all the details. Lucky for us, we received about 3-5″ (depending on elevation) of fresh snow overnight Thursday night, plus another 3-6″ in store for Sunday. Kennebec River Pub & Brewery is open daily, 7am-9pm, and the park and ride at Northern Outdoors is plowed and open. Happy riding!
The Forks Area Trails Report – February 6th, 2025
A very active pattern in the next week or so to bring much more snow to the area. Keep doing the “snow dance”. Cold temps have helped keep what we have and a few more inches since we last reported.
ITS 87 Groomed and in good condition. Sections in the woods are thin, most notably around Moore’s bog area south of Pleasant Pond. After that, a beautiful ride.
ITS 86 Groomed and overall in good to great condition. Powerline sections around Moxie Pond are thin but passable. Reminder trail follows Indian Pond Road powerline on the woods line. Best sections are north of powerline on Loop Road and Dyer Road where we meet the Greenville club. Please stay on the trail.
Pleasant Pond Trail Groomed and in great condition. You can head on ITS87 south to connect with this trail, connect to the Bald Mountain Trail, then to the Breakneck Ridge Trail over to the Shirley Tote Road / CCC road for the best connection to Greenville and Monson area.
Bald Mountain Trail Groomed and in great condition.
Breakneck Ridge Trail Groomed and in great condition. Connection to Blanchard is open, although route continues on York road to connect with the Shirley Tote and CCC road for access to ITS 85.
Moxie Mtn Loop Trail Groomed and in great condition
Kennebec River Trail CLOSED Ungroomed until we get more snow NOT passable.
Moxie Falls Trail Ungroomed but passable.
Caratunk Spur Groomed but very thin.
Northern Outdoors Park and Ride: Open.
Ben Towle
President
Forks Area Trails Snowmobile Club
The Forks Maine Snowmobile Trail Map
Donate to or Join the Club
2 Responses
Good morning. I was up there on Wednesday and had some great riding. Was curious on 86 west from the Bald mountain trail? It was posted no snowmobiles? We could not access the breakneck trail from that end? Thanks Chris
Shoot- sorry we missed this, Chris! There was a period of time that ITS 86 had closures as we worked on a reroute (logging operation). We did wind up getting one established- but it wasn’t until Feb 9th or so. Hope you had a nice ride last winter and make it back in 2025!