Butte Meadows Hillsliders Snowmobile Club

02/23/2026

Groomer Flash #8
February 22, 2026
Groomer Dan went out again today in the Bomb and groomed Trail “A” up to Colby Mt. Lookout and back, then headed up to Robber Roost on Humboldt Summit Trail “B” and went down to the switch backs and came back to the Shed. He did take more photos.

02/23/2026

Groomer Flash #7
February 21, 2026
Groomer Dan took the Bomb out to J-4 to Trail “I” to J-5 to Trail “F “up over Humbug Summit and down to J-6 to Trail “D” to the Warming Hut and continued down to J-9 and J-10 to Fanani Meadows and then doubled back the same way to pack Trail down. Returned to the Shed. Sorry only one photo.

02/20/2026

Groomer Flash #6

Groomer Flash #6
February 19, 2026
Well, it’s been a while, but we finally got some snow. I took the Bully out and it was soft and deep, so much that it was working so hard I didn’t make it very far. I got to Humbug Summit. Parking lot to J-4 to Trail “I “to onto J-5 up to almost the summit on Trail “F” turned around back to J-5 and out on Sunflower Loop and took a snow measurement 190CM no tracks beyond the flat so I turned around and headed back to the Shed. Snow needs to set up a little more to be able to Groom over the Summits. There is a good 4-6 feet of fresh powder everywhere. Groomer Dan in the Bomb will try to get out on Saturday, we know there will be a lot of people out on Saturday. So be careful and lookout for the Groomer. I will be back out on Monday with the Bully.

02/17/2026

It's Snowing I have reports of over 12" at the parking lot

01/23/2026

Groomer Flash #5
January 23, 2026
It’s been a week with no snow and the forecast doesn’t look too promising. Neither Machine has been out since the 15th, and I don’t have a recent report of the condition of the trails. If anybody has been out and can send me an email or text, I would appreciate it. I also wanted to thank all the current paid members. I received all the mail in Member forms from Zack and updated the data base. As for the Poker run, we are looking for volunteers and a chairperson to head that up. Sorry for the sad news, we need to start doing our “SNOW DANCE” to save our Season.

01/16/2026

Groomer Flash #4
January 15, 2026
Both the Bully and the Bomb went out today, we took J-4 to Trail I and the Bully turned at J-5 on to Sunflower Loop Trail G on to remove some trees and smooth out the Bumps, if you rode it, you know how bad it was. The Bomb continued up from J-5 to Humbug Summit on Trail F to J-6 and turned on 26N31 (the Short Cut) to start clearing trees on that route. The Bully was on the same Trail coming from the other side. We meet somewhere in the middle, and both turned around and headed back to J-5 and J-6. There were 20-30 trees down and some too big to remove so we buried them, and others we where able to push out of the way. We haven’t got to the longer loop of Trail G that goes to J-7 Humbug Road (307) Trail E. We need more snow before we go out again. We got fuel delivered and both Groomers are ready for next storm.
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01/10/2026

Groomer Flash #3
January 9, 2026
Took the Bully out today to remove the downed trees on the trails. To J-4 to J-5 Trail I to Trail F up over Humbug Summit on to J-6 to Trail D to the Warming Hut and back on Trail D down to J-9 there where 50 plus trees down between Warming Hut and J-10 Fanani Meadows. Continued Trail C all the way to Highway 89 and back to J-10 and up Trail B to Ruffa Ranch where there were 30-40 trees in about 100 yards Continued up to Humboldt Summit and found more trees to remove. It was a long day, but the loop has been Groomed, and all the trees have been removed. There are some thin spots where the trees were removed so be careful.
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01/10/2026

Groomer Flash #2
January 8, 2026
The Bomb went out yesterday after some repairs and went up to J-2 to Trail A to Colby Mountain Look out. And back. Here is a pic.

01/08/2026

Groomer Flash #1
January 8, 2026
I know it’s been a while, but welcome to 2026. The Bully went out on Tuesday and cleaned up the parking lot and then headed out to the Warming Hut on Trail B to the Y at J-4 on to Trail I to J-5 Sunflower Loop. When I got to Snag Lake turn off there was no Snowmobile tracks beyond that point, The bully was tracking almost 3 feet of wet heavy snow and started to get a little warm. As most of you know I do not like Grooming the trail that nobody has tracked up. I like to give the opportunity to the Powder Hounds to break trail and it’s a lot easier for the Groomer to smooth out. So, I turned around and double tracked back to J-4 and headed up to Humboldt Summit on Trail B to Groom Robbers Roost and down the switch backs. There are several trees down that we still must deal with. I am going to recruit some help, Too many large trees for the Bully to push out of the way.
The snow is very thin below 5800-foot elevation so be careful. I got a few Pic’s.
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12/28/2025

12/28/2025

Snow is here!

02/20/2025

Groomer Flash # 2

February 17

Bully Recovery Mission, as you may know if you rode over the weekend the Bully was broke down in the middle of the trail at Scott Johns Creek. We headed back up on Monday with some help. Thanks to Dan, Jessie and Ryan we where able to get the Bully kind of running and get it back to the shed. We had to pull it with Bomb due to a bad fuel line that would only let it idle. Parts have been ordered and it will be fully repaired in a few days. We are still waiting on more snow to come so we can get out and Groom, there is very little snow at the Jonesville Parking lot and the trail up to the Y is in bad shape. But after that it gets better as you go up in elevation, snow up above 6000 feet is pretty decent.