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Post by rabid on Sept 30, 2012 0:57:07 GMT -5
Pittsburg has lots of miles, and more recently access to business, but its trails are now closed for the season. So the riders will go to one of the other systems if they have a NH registration. But that NH registration is more than Maine's, and how much of Maine's system is presently closed? So even if the entire system in NH is connected together, during the next several weeks, tourists aren't getting a portion of NH that they could. And the tourists will take that into account.
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Post by moosehenden on Sept 30, 2012 17:15:40 GMT -5
To my knowledge all the trails are still open in Maine. I still want to get up to Jericho this year but not sure if it's going to happen.
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Post by rabid on Oct 3, 2012 15:57:11 GMT -5
Then Pittsburg closing makes a pretty big statement on the value of a NH registration in comparison to Maine.
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Post by hdysans on Oct 3, 2012 17:28:07 GMT -5
Why are the trails in Pittsburg closed so early?
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Post by rabid on Oct 6, 2012 17:23:25 GMT -5
Because the club/locals want it that way.
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Post by ltzbusa on Oct 9, 2012 12:22:46 GMT -5
It stinks that they sacrifice the fall riding season for atv's. I guess they haven't seen an increase in revenue enough to justify leaving the trails open for their local businesses?
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Post by rabid on Oct 9, 2012 14:12:29 GMT -5
Well, by the time they see that 'justification' (profits), in most businesses its the competition making the profit. Most of the loss would be from riders south of NH or living in the eastern part of NH (as these are the most likely to go to Maine). While they may be basing their decisions on various factors including what the Chief estimates to be about 5000 riders registered in VT. Of course, those VT registrations don't actually support the trail system... so its self-defeating over time.
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Post by ltzbusa on Oct 10, 2012 11:57:51 GMT -5
well from what I see when I do travel up to ride at Jericho, I see quite a few people staying at local motels, ect. and eating at local establishments. I think maybe if they ever get to connect the network of trails from berlin to pittsburg they will see an increase of money spent everywhere along the way. case-in-point is the Hetfield-McCoy Trails in West Virginia and how the whole community is flourishing with the tourism that is generated for people that go there to ride. I hope that this can happenfor the north country too
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Post by rabid on Oct 11, 2012 17:13:22 GMT -5
Pittsburg has a larger trail system than Berlin. It was one of the first 100 milers.
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