Welcome to the Franklinville Snowmobile Club!     

                                                              Franklinville:     Warm  45

          "Trails Closed"

 Trail up-dates, go to trail conditions.

"Snowmobilers"

We are asking snowmobilers to go to the forums section and comment on our trails good or bad. Any input from the riding public will give us good info on what we are doing right and areas we need to improve. We Thank you for your in-put.                    (Mike Putt "Trail Coordinator")

"Franklinville Snowmobile Club's"

3rd Annual BBQ on the Trail Jan. 31st 09 was a sucsess

Thanks to everyone who joined us for a day of winter fun at Chubby's pit, C3 & Brown Rd. at the Machias Jct.  There was plenty of food, beverages, bon-fire, raffle tickets. This year prizes were given to the sleds that were able to drag there X-mass tree the furthest distance to the party. Looking forward for this event next year.

Attention All Snowmobilers

Stay on trail and stay off of Ellicottville school property on C2 at Rt. 219. That is not a trail or a short cut. Watch carefully for temporary trail changes. Remember, it's private property your riding on, and a privilege. If you abuse it! we loose it. Ride carefully and enjoy a safe season.

"Enchanted Mountains"

The 2008-2009 Snowmobile Trails Brochure and Map for the Enchanted Mountains (Cattaraugus County) is available!
See http://snowmobilewny.com/discussion/16/new-snowmobile-trail-brochure-with-map/#Item_3

Now, you can get GPS locations for snowmobilers, like Food, Gas and Lodging, for your GPS Device!
Go to http://snowmobilewny.com/discussion/18/snowmobile-food-gas-stops-for-gps-units/#Item_2
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Learn more about snowmobiling in Western New York at SnowmobileWNY.com

"Events"

We are looking for trail captians and help for all trails. Whether your a member, landowner or simply just want to help? Please call our trail coordinator, Mike Putt @ 716-474-7377 or join us at our monthly meeting the 1st Thursday of every month.

      Next Meeting: March 5th at the Ishua Valley Country Club 7:30 pm.  

Please respect our land-owners

“Tip of the week” by Dusty Ramsey

Pay special attention to “STAY ON TRAIL” and “SLOW” signs.  These signs can be posted as a result of trail conditions in the area or, more importantly, at the request of the landowner.  That landowner may have fresh plantings that would be destroyed if run over or may have to get up at five in the morning to go to work and doesn’t want snowmobiles screaming past at midnight.  Always obey these signs.  Loss of landowner permission is mostly the result of the actions of the snowmobilers riding the trail, not the club maintaining it.  If a section of trail is lost, at a minimum it forces the sponsor club to develop a new trail.  New trail is never as good or convenient as existing trail.  At the worst, the trail could be closed and access to everything along it lost forever. 

 Download the NY Snowmobiler February Issue Here  (Featuring Franklinville N.Y.) 

"Messages"

From Joe Williams (Cattaraugus County)

I would like to again thank everyone involved in the SnowTrailsTV.com tour. It sounds like overall it was a huge success. Please pass on my thanks to your club members who helped groom and ride with Mike. I really appreciate all the time, energy and support you've given to the trail system.


Thanks

"Memership"

08-09 Vouchers are in. Please go to mebership in the main menu to download your application or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  to have one sent to your home 

NYS Snowmobile Registrations affect trail funding for all Clubs, and you are failing to pay $45 to Register your $7,000.00 sled. If we loose funding, we loose our trails. It always snows in the winter in WNY, So why wait?

Please Register your sleds early

"Image Gallery"

You could be one of the many mugs on camera! Check out image gallery for photos

"Groomer operators"

We currently have three large groomers, and are looking for operators for these machines.  If you are interested please contact the club or one of the officers.

"Snow Trails TV"

Video Mike from snow trails TV has filmed through out Cattaraugus County the Weekend of Feb 29, - March 2nd 08, and are expected to be broadcasting on PBS in Jan. 09. Keep looking for updates for his 1 hr. show, or go to snowtrailstv.com

Our goal is to provide those land owners, who allow us to use their land with liability insurance for the snowmobile trail. Other plans include rebuilding bridges, marking trails, clearing and upgrading the trails and enjoying the sport of snowmobiling here in the Southern Tier.

This club now maintains over 60 miles of beautiful trails that connect 2 villages and 7 towns.  We are constantly working on new trails to accomodate the snowmobiles who visit the enchanted mountains region

Your support by joining the Franklinville Snowmobile Club will help to improve local snowmobile trails and strengthen the voice of the snowmobilers in the area.

Single memberships, $25.00, Family memberships, $35.00

Meetings are the first Thursday of the month at 7:30pm at Ischua Valley Country Club.

 Trails open 

Please Respect our Landowners