Seven volunteer clubs keep the trails around the Homestead groomed, marked, and open. This is who they are, where they ride, and how to join them.
The trails do not groom themselves. Every mile of trail around Olmstedville is kept open by volunteers, local clubs that raise the money, run the groomers, cut the brush, build the bridges, and keep the landowners happy so the trails stay open for everyone. When you ride here, you are riding on their work. When you join one, you are paying for the trail under your own skis.
The Alpine Homestead™ sits right on the Minerva trail system, with off-street room for trucks, trailers, and sleds. The Minerva trails connect toward the Schroon Lake systems and other regional networks, so the house works as a basecamp for a club weekend, a poker run, or a week of riding with friends. New to riding here? Start with our snowmobiling page, then find your club below.
It pays for itself. A New York State snowmobile registration is $135 per sled without a club voucher, and $65 with one. Join any club recognized by the New York State Snowmobile Association (NYSSA) and you save $70 on every sled you register. Dues run about $25 to $40 a year depending on the club, so one sled pays for the membership several times over.
Your money stays on the trail you ride. All but $10 of every registration fee goes to the Snowmobile Trail Development and Maintenance Fund, which supports more than 10,500 miles of trails kept up by more than 230 volunteer clubs across New York. Your dues go straight to the local crew grooming the trails outside your door.
You get the rest of the club. Membership makes you a NYSSA member, with the NYSSA online magazine and member discounts. And you get the social side that makes the season, poker runs, group rides, cookouts, meetings, and trail work days with people who ride the same trails you do.
How to join. Join any NYSSA club online at membership.nysnowmobiler.com, pay the dues, and print your registration voucher. You need the voucher in hand when you register your sled.
Our home club. The Snow Travelers are the volunteers who groom and maintain the Minerva trail system, including the 8C corridor trail, the Cheney Pond Trail, and the Fourteenth Road Trail, and they keep two local sledding hills going for families through the winter. A core group meets monthly from October through March to plan the repair, maintenance, and grooming of the trails. In 2026 the club won an Adirondack Community Foundation Kindling Award for the winter work it does for the town.
Activities. Trail work days on Saturdays in December to clear and sign the trails before the season, and one or two Learn to Ride events in January and February, held with the Youth Programs sledding parties, to introduce young riders to safe riding.
Join. Dues are $30. Join through NYSSA, or see the club page on the Town of Minerva website.
Trails. More than 50 miles of trails in and around Schroon Lake, six main trails that all connect, plus 40 miles of state community connector trails, for more than 100 miles of riding when you count the connected systems. Trails run north to North Hudson and Paradox Lake, and south past the Fish and Game Club into the Warren County system. The club runs three full-size groomers and one snowmobile groomer, and has more than 170 members.
Activities. The annual club poker run each winter, the Great Adirondack Poker Run, a month of riding with a kickoff dinner and a closing party, a snowmobile licensing course each year at the Fish and Game Club, monthly meetings, and a trail day. Printed trail maps are available at the Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Join. Dues are $40 for an individual or a family. Membership applications are on the club website.
Trails. Founded in 1994, the Trailblazers now count more than 700 memberships a year. They maintain more than 80 miles of groomed trails connecting Brant Lake, Chestertown, Pottersville, Warrensburg, and Lake George, with a link north to the Schroon Lake and North Hudson trails. The riding passes scenic points including the view from Kipp Mountain and the shores of Brant Lake and Loon Lake. No permit is needed to ride the trails, and grooming is volunteer work done at no cost to riders.
Activities. Members-only social activities through the season, including snowmobiling poker runs, BBQs, and parties. The trail map and parking areas are on the club website. The clubhouse is at 142 Knapp Hill Rd, Chestertown.
Join. Membership dues help pay the cost of keeping the trails open and groomed. Join through the club website.
Trails. A nonprofit club with more than 20 miles of interconnected trails spanning Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Moriah, and Schroon Lake, including a 35-mile loop up Chilson Hill into Crown Point and a trail through Bicentennial Park into downtown Ticonderoga. The club grooms with a Chevy Blazer on tracks, and works one-on-one with landowners to keep the trails open.
Activities. The annual fundraising clambake at the Ticonderoga Fish and Game Club, and free snowmobile rides for children and families at the Ticonderoga End of Winter Carnival. The club posts trail conditions on its Facebook page, and always welcomes new members.
Join. No club website on file. Join through NYSSA and select the Adirondack Trail Riders.
Trails. The club maintains and grooms the Newcomb to Long Lake corridor trail and the connector trail to Indian Lake, about 30 miles of connector trail that opens the way to Speculator and Old Forge. Trailer parking is available at the town beach on Route 28N.
Activities. Trail grooming and maintenance with the neighboring clubs, keeping the corridor to Long Lake and Indian Lake open through the season.
Join. No club website or email on file. Join through NYSSA and select the Newcomb Snowmobile Club.
Trails. Established in 1996, the club looks after 100 miles of scenic trails through the Adirondacks, connecting Luzerne and Speculator, with a designated parking lot at Hadley Station and a trail along the county railroad right-of-way from Hadley Station toward Johnsburg. Check current trail conditions with the club before you ride.
Activities. Club rides, a winter family cookout in January, and the Blizzard Blast every March at 1000 Acres Ranch Resort. Meetings are the last Friday of the month at the Thurman town hall. The club keeps a snow phone for trail conditions through the winter.
Join. Dues are $25 a year. Membership is open to anyone, and new members are always welcome.
Trails. Nearly 100 miles of groomed trails connecting Lake George, Lake Luzerne, Queensbury, and Glens Falls, groomed nightly through the season, with free parking at trailheads off Route 9N. The club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Activities. The annual fundraising Poker Run each February, a trail cleaning day each September, monthly meetings, and safety courses for members.
Join. Join on the club website.
The Alpine Homestead™ is right on the Minerva trail system, with off-street room for trucks, trailers, and sleds, a full kitchen, a wood stove, and beds for 12. Book the house for your club weekend, your poker run crew, or a week of riding with friends, and come back to a warm house at the end of every ride.
Club details change through the season. Check with the club for current trail conditions, event dates, and dues before you ride. If your club belongs on this page, or a link here needs updating, let us know through the contact page.
