Feb. 7, 2010. The big question, is there snow in Chelan to ride. Yes there is snow. The snow parks
have some mud and or dirt showing. Once you travel up in elevation on the trails
the snow is better. We hope to see all you W.S.S.A members this coming
weekend, where we will make the best of it! See you all soon =)
THERE WILL BE NO 2010
WALLY PETERSON MEMORIAL DRAG RACES
January 17 2010 the club is going to put on a bucket run. The event will start and end at the
Antilon snow park just outside Manson. The event is open to all levels of riders and families.
Registration and start time at the snow park January 17th 2010 10am to noon.
Ending time back at the snow park at 2pm for fun, fire, food and some prizes. The loop should only take about 2 hours, so that leaves some time to play around along the way.
First hand is $10 and $10 for each additional hand played. Play as many as you wish.
All proceeds to go to LAKE CHELAN SNOWMOBILE CLUB to help improve and maintain our riding areas.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR
OR HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
GIVE AWAY AS A PRIZE PLEASE
CONTACT ME: Treavor Bodle 509 682-0143. We will put
you or your company name on our website.
Look What's Sprung Up Near Jr Point! Posted on Thursday, November 12 @ 05:53:29 PST by Jerry_Isenhart
Nov 12, 2009
Snowmobilers who were around in the mid 1980's when local businessmen Mike Forney and Wayne Smith got lost while snowmobiling near Stormy Mountain, will appreciate this story submitted by the Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club.
After A Ten Year Effort - A Yurt On The North Shore!
Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club President Brett La Mar gives us the history of this project ....including the important assistance received from Margie Peterson and Bob Sheehan & the Lake Chelan Ranger District .
CLICK HERE and LISTEN
Many people were involved in making this shelter a reality. The following people logged 173 hours of volunteer labor to help make this project a reality:
Foundation
Paul Powers (Powers Concrete) Pat Knowles (Knowles excavation) Travis Sweeny (High Flow H20) Tim Hibbard (LT Equities Construction) Brett La Mar Business Donations:
All Season Rentals (Water Trailer) Thanks Wade!
Lake Chelan Building Supply (Materials, rental equipment)
Framing on the yurt base
Adam Rassmusen (RAS Construction) Chris Beckel (Chelan Dock Co. EZ Dock) Tim Hibbard (LT Equities Construction) Brett La Mar Lake Chelan Building Supply (Materials, rental equipment)
Final erection of yurt:
Bruce Clausen (Mill Bay Construcion) Tim Hibbard (LT Equities Construction) Lucas Green (Green's Petroleum) Gary Shively (Chelan Paint Co.) Dustin Smith Treavor Bodle (Club VP) Brett La Mar Lake Chelan Building Supply (Materials, rental equipment
The Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club is proud to announce the completion of our new warming shelter.
Located near the Junior Point campground, on our South Shore trail system, the shelter is a yurt, complete with wood stove.
The yurt itself is 18' around, and 12' high at its peak. You can access our new yurt via the 25 Mile Snow Park (12 miles), or the Entiat River Snow Park (16 miles).
This shelter was the culmination of close to ten years of work between the Forest Service and the Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club, thank you to Margie Peterson and Bob Sheehan from the Lake Chelan Ranger District .
It is our hope as a club that this shelter will greatly enhance the snowmobiling experience and safety on our South Shore system.
Another factor is this shelter will assist our Search and Rescue team in the case of any lost, stranded, or injured riders on that side of the lake.
Our Club has maintained and operated a warming shelter on the North Shore near Cooper Mountain for over 15 years.
If the Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club had to pay to have this new shelter built, costs could have reached over $30,000.00. However, through fundraising, donations of materials and equipment, and volunteer labor, the clubs final cost was just under $10,000!
The main fundraiser for our club the past several years has been the Wally Peterson Memorial Drag Races during Winterfest. Wally would have been proud of the work our club has done to make this shelter a reality.
Our GoLakeChelan Editor's Note: No doubt the Search and Rescue effort for Wayne Smith & Mike Forney, as mentioned above, was the beginning of the vision. Wally Peterson directed that 1980's rescue. Forney and Smith were found safe and rescued by a Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club SAR team after the two men spent the night deep in a canyon after they got lost and then stuck where they couldn't get out. A Yurt near Jr Point would have made that SAR effort much more effective, as volunteers 25 years ago found it necessary to travel all they way back to Ramona Park in the 25 Mile Creek drainage to get warm and dry.
Smith & Forney were given a famous ride in the Manson Apple Blossom parade the following year, when Wally Peterson took one of his long flat-bed trailers to the mountains, piled it high with snow, and placed the former lost snowmobilers on the trailer decorated with 2 dead snowmobiles, trees, a couple of empty whiskey bottles, some white flags, and a few rolls of toilet paper.
Anyone have a picture of that parade entry? - We'd love to add it here!
Snomobilers Getting South Shore Shelter Posted on Thursday, November 13 @ 07:32:28 PST by Jerry_Isenhart "www.golakechelan.com"
Words from Brett La Mar, President of our Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club on a great project that is finally come to pass.
Brett writes:
I'm writing with my Lake Chelan Snowmobile Club hat on. The attached pictures are from October 30th.
After working on this project for several years, the Snowmobile Club has been granted a ten year permit to put a seasonal warming shelter on our South Shore trail system.
Our club already maintains a large shelter on the North Shore near Cooper Mountain.
This new South Shore shelter is smaller (8' x 16') and portable. It will have a small fireplace and wood and maybe a few chairs.
The idea behind the shelter is multi fold. One is for recreation, helping riders warm up and get out of the weather. This is especially important when riding with families. Second it is important for safety. As we all know weather can come in very fast and catch you unprepared. This shelter will allow someone caught in a storm to wait it out in safety and warmth.
The new shelter is located near the entrance to the Junior Point look out at about 6500' elevation. We hope people enjoy the new shelter, and please ride safely!
If anyone has questions about snowmobiling in Lake Chelan they can e mail me at
blamar@lcbs.net or call my cell # 509-387-6069, or log on to our web site at www.lkchelansnowmobileclub.com
