The President of South East Sno-Riders says trails were open a total of 57 days this winter.

Dave Boutang says the club has records that go back 13 winters. In that span, the winter of 2013/14 produced the longest season at 104 days, while the following winter was the shortest

season at only 22 days.

The earliest they ever hit the trails was the winter of 2013/14 when their first grooming was on December 12. The latest first grooming was 2011/12 when groomers sat idle until February 23.

The latest last grooming happened on March 27, 2013 and the earliest last grooming was on February 15 of this year. In fact, in 13 years, this is the first year that groomers were parked before March.

Meanwhile, Boutang says in the last five years, trails have closed earlier each year. He is hopeful that is not a new trend.

"We're very optimistic that it can't go every year like this," says Boutang. "I think that the weather trends go in cycles."

Boutang says this winter will go down as one of the most frustrating ever for sledders. He notes they received a lot of snow in December, but it all came so fast and didn't allow the ground to freeze properly. As a result, trails had a lot of water underneath and were never quite ideal.

But Boutang says "It is what it is and we'll deal with it."

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