Tahoe Sierra Snowmobile Club
Club Meeting
12-8-11
Red’s 395 in Carson City
Board members/officers in attendance: Doug Dawson – President & email moderator
Wayne Fischer –Forest Service Liaison & email
Moderator
James McCray – Board Member
Hanna Bernard – Media Relations &Web Master
Wendi McCray – Secretary
Wayne did a presentation for the group on Snowmobile Safety. Wayne emailed out to club members the notes he had prepared (they are on the club website). The following safety subjects were presented:
•FRS-GRMS Radios
•Cell Phones
•GPS Devices
•The SPOT2 Device
•Avalanche Transceivers
•Shovel, Probes, and Backpacks
•Emergency Supplies Check List
•First Aid / Medical Kits for Snowmobilers
•Care Flight (helicopter rescue) Insurance
•Medical Rescue Guide and Form
•Snowmobile Emergencies Information Guide
•Other Snowmobile Safety Issues
•Safety Topics for next meeting?
A new member, Doug Barr, added a small presentation to the Radio topic about Ham Radios. You need to be licensed. It is a 2 day training class and classes can be found in Reno, Carson City and El Dorado Hills (the license is about $10-15).
Hanna announced the Sierra Mountain Sports in South Lake Tahoe is offering $700 off of new sleds for members.
Duncan Lee and Ken Evans from Alpine Assassins came to discuss the upcoming clinics New dates are: Level 1 — January 28–29, Level 2 — February 4-5 and February 11-12. Duncan and Kenwork for Full Throttle Tahoe – Thanks you two for coming.
-There will be threeclinics – one Beginner/intermediate & two Advanced both are two day clinics.
-Beginner/Intermediate class will go over what to pack before heading out, safety, food to bring, sled prep, who to inform where you are going, and other important things to remember before heading out for the day’s ride.
- Riding will also be done which will include: trail riding tips, riding techniques, powder riding (turning, tip turns); getting unstuck or avoiding getting stuck; hill climbs, down hilling (working on speeds).
- Avalanche preparedness will also be discussed (Ken and Duncan are not instructors for avalanche safety but will give the group hints, ideas, etc. on what they know: safety equipment, practice using your beacon and probe).
-Advanced classes: Follow these two in the woods is advanced!
- They will do overview of basics; boon docking; hill climbing; more advanced down hill action; throttle control; terrain selection; powder turns; possible jumping; getting stuck and unstuck; how to tow out
- Avalanche preparedness will also be gone over.
- What to do if you get lost or breakdown and are by yourself
Care Flight will also be discussed
Both classes are 6 hours each day in length for 2 days.
What to bring to clinic with you: avalanche gear (shovel, radio, probe, beacon) – if you do not have any of these – please contact the club via email so we can see if we can get loaners.
Treasurer’s report: Gary could not be here tonight but Wayne informed the group that we have over $6K in the account and we hope to get this year’s dues email out soon.
Hanna has set up a PayPal account and works but we are waiting to get our Tax ID# and debt card set up.
Hanna – Website updated – adding a forum (this will replace the message board).
Forest service update: Looks like anti-sledders may be losing interest in closing down areas mentioned at the Lake Tahoe Basin Collaborative meeting in October. Wayne wanted to remind everyone to continue to be good stewards of the land, especially in the areas we ride.
Doug our president asked if members had ideas for future meeting presentations – those mentioned included: search and rescue, product group buys (have vendors come and talk to group and offer group buys)
Next meeting: January 12th 6 p.m. at Lakeside Inn in South Lake Tahoe (Nevada Side)