Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club

Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club

SASC Mobile Hut

Don Honeychurch stepped down as president after serving 11 years. The new President is Stan Neu

President Stan Neu Stan.Neu@enerflex.com

Treasurer Linda Talbot dream.weaver@telus.net

Secretary Linda Honeychurch donhoney@telus.net

Membership in Seymour Arm Wilmer Marks ggskram@lincsat.com
Membership in Calgary Don Honeychurch donhoney@telus.net

Grace Mountain Closure
Posted March 2009

The Government has legally closed all of Grace Mountain with the exception that Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club members will be allowed to ride on little Grace under a permit that is in the clubs name. Signs regarding the closure and caribou information should be going up later this year. Don Honeychurch sasc President
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Hello all SASC members: Linda and I had a meeting with Darcy Monchak, he is in charge of the caribou project.It is a good thing that there is a club in Seymour arm or they would have already put closed signs up at grace. First I want to thank John Rivette,

Wilmer Marks,Linda Talbot who attended meetings

also Pat Grant,Daniela Lasnier and others for their input.

Grace mountain is considered the hub of Caribou country by the science team , and truthfully they may just be going through the motions ,and have full intensions to close it anyway!

We have come to a rough agreement that will not proceed with until I get your approval.

1. most of little grace will be open for sledding

2. there will be a corridor through the lake area up to

big grace

3. the open sparsely treed area of big grace will be

open to sledding

4. agree to some kind of permit system to keep our

numbers at current levels, 100 sled trips per

season

5. club members will help with installing and

maintaining signs

6. when caribou are seen sledders will leave the

vicinity and report sightings to a club director

by email or in person

Also if the plan is not approved at government levels they are willing to help with trail building to other areas such as grizzly (fowler) or some other area we would like.

Please reply with your comments ASAP Thanks

Don Honeychurch

To the SASC Members Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club

The Feb. meeting/potluck dinner will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16th at the McClurg cabin. The meeting usually starts at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner. This years dinner theme is International dishes. If everyone could r.s.v.p. as soon as possible Monika and I can allocate the food according to attendance.
Please email Monika or myself if you will or will not be attending. Looking forward to hearing from everyone soon. Karen McClurg.
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Pictures April 2007

Pictures for Feb 2007

Why I don't want to go to Revy on the weekends!!

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http://gallery.menoutdoors.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=8925

Good news ,the outhouse is in place at the (trappers cabin) on Grace Special thanks to Nick Jager and Norm McCool for building and Norm, Ron kure and Harry schrott for installing/building on site. It will need some finishing this summer . Also memberships are available from Ron kure,Wilmer marks and myself. See you on the hill Don Honeychurch

Some updates on the club activities

The Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club is having the annual meeting and organized potluck dinner on Feb. 17th. 6:30 P.M. at the Seymour river ranch, please contact Linda Talbot if you will be attending( rumour has it that Sue and Al will be performing after the meeting)

Linda T. dream.weaver@telus.net

Also there is a meeting tentatively set for the evening of Feb.13th with BCSF and Government wildlife officials to discuss the caribou issue in the area, location tba. Don Honeychurch

Pictures December 3 2006

Pictures from November 2006

Last years pictures just found this again

January 2006 pictures

December 2005 Pictures

Pictures for the month of November 2005

Pictures receive thru winter 2005 Pictures from November 11 2004 Pictures From Grace December 11 2004

Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club membership

Most of the money goes to the B.C.Snowmobile Federation to help with things such as lobbying the government to ensure there are areas where we are allowed to ride sleds, and to help fund training programs

for safety etc. also to cover insurance costs for member clubs buildings and equipment as well as liability.

Price as follows:

Primary member $30
Secondary member $25(second person in same residence spouse or child over 16)

Senior membership over (65) $20

Child under 16 $15

For any information or to join our club please contact

Don Honeychurch 403-282-6670 donhoney@shaw.ca

Wilmer Marks 250-833-7711 ggskram@lincsat.com

2004 winning chilli recipe by Henry Talbot

Amarillo Texas Chilli

4 bacon slices

2 onions

1 garlic clove

1/2 pound pork shoulder coarse ground

1 pound beef round 1/2 inch strips

1/2 pound beef chuck coarse ground

4 cans green chillis, whole

1 tablespoon Red chilli hot ground

2 tablespoons red chilli mild

1 teaspoon oregano dried pref. Mexican

1 1/2 teaspoons Cumin

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

12 ounces Tomato paste

3 cups water

16 ounces pinto beans

1. Fry bacon in a large, deep heavy pot over medium heat. When the bacon has rendered most of it's fat remove the pieces with a slotted spoon, drain on paper toweling and reserve.

2. Add the onions and garlic to to the bacon fat and cook until the onions are translucent.

3. Add the pork and beef to the pot. Break up any lumps with a fork and cook over medium high heat, stirring occasionally, until the meat is evenly browned.

4. Stir in the remaining ingredients except the beans and the bacon . Bring to a boil, and then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered for 2 hours. Stir occasionally.

5. Taste and adjust seasonings. Stir in the beans and the bacon and simmer for 1/2 hour longer.

Thanksgiving weekend General meeting & Pictures from November 11

The Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club
Held its general meeting on the thanksgiving weekend, the following people have been railroaded or should I say elected
for another term.

President Don Honeychurch

Vice President Wilmer Marks

Treasurer Linda Talbot (and social director)

Secretary Linda Honeychurch

The S.A.S.C. would like to recognize the generous support and donations from the following people on our project.

Ron Ku. tandem trailer,Doug Mc. $512,Sharon/Gerry $500, Bruce Sal.$150,Central Hardware insulation/tarpaper,

Henry/Linda picnic table,Wilmer lumber,paint,hardware,Don H.windows,fasteners,Linda H.household items, Doug

Skar.first aid kit,John Riv. woodstove,Ruhnke's mattresses

Also for many hours of labour thanks to the following:

Wilmer Marks,Don H.,Doug McClurg,Nick Jager,Norm

McCool,Bruce Salamandyk,Wayne Grant,Doug Skarra,

Lesley Milligan, Linda Honeychurch,Lloyd Pawelko,Gary

McRae,Craig Fitch,Jayson Kure,Jake and Jaclyn McClurg,

Al Sterling,Henry Talbot,Harry Schrott,Leon Lasnier and

Daniella, and probably some I forgot.
Thanks Again

Snowmobile Clubs loosing battle

Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club Update Dec 2002
The snowmobile rally December 30th. 1:00pm on the beach.
Our club is now officially registered as a society in BC and our management agreement with the Salmon Arm Forestry Dept. is nearly complete. We have also been talking with the WLAP department about getting J.R.s old trapping cabin to use as a survival cabin and we still have no word on permission to build a shack near Grace Mountain as of Wed.11th.

There was only 6 in. of snow at the 4000 Ft. level toward Crowfoot Mtn. If we get some more snow there will lots of people heading for the hills, check with me, Ron Kure or Wilmer and we might know who is going where and when. Anyone who is interested in joining the club could talk to me or Wilmer.
Thanks Don Honeychurch donhoney@shaw.ca

Canadian Distress Signal for snowmobile's

June 4 2002

Great News;The B.C. wildlife department WLAP has given us permission to build
a small survival cabin on the high cut block off the #400 road,just below Mount
Grace.It will be nothing to fancy as we and the WLAP do not want to encourage
increased snowmobile activity in the area,because of our close proximity to the
restricted mountain caribou area.The club has permission to build a structure
approx. 20x20 or 400 Sq. Ft.and it will need a raised base of about 8 FT. to keep
it accessible.Hopefully construction will begin this summer,if anyone has any
thoughts or ideas or possibly something to donate please contact me at 403
> 282-6670 or by email. Don Honeychurch Club President

May 2002

Land Disposition Take notice that Monashee Powder Adventures Inc., C-11, S-23, Chase, B.C. VOE 1V0 has made an application to Land and Water British Columbia, Inc. (LWBC) Southern Interior and Kootney Service Centre office, for a licence of occupation for commercial recreation purposes covering all that unalienated and unencumbered Crown land lying between Anstey and Perry Rivers, KDYD, and containing 13,327 hectares, more or less, situated on Provincial Crown land. Above info released via The British Columbia Gazette and Eagle Valley News dated May 15 & 17, 2002.

Response from Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club:

Hi Don: Thank you for your e-mail. There will be no restrictions on the Perry River or the Gorge road. Our proposed cat skiing operation is on some of the terrain in-between these roads. We plan on approaching all of the snowmobile clubs (and the BC snowmobile federation) with further details as our application proceeds. We currently run a cat skiing operation farther south in the Monashees and have very a very good arrangement with the snowmobile community down there.

I will be in touch this summer.

Yours sincerely,

Nick Holmes-Smith
Monashee Powder Adventures
1-888-353-8877
monasheepowder@idmail.com
www.monasheepowder.com

February 26 2002

S.A.S.C.
We had a fairly good turnout at Seymour Arm for the annual pot luck supper and meeting on the weekend of Feb.16-17 thank you Wendy and Don Nelson for hosting after an illness caused a last minute cancellation of the original site. The club still has no news on permission to build a cabin near Grace mountain, keep your fingers crossed. Some bad news is that the B.C.parks department will be burning down J.Rivette's trapping cabin next fall because it is in the new park boundry, by maybe 100 yards, go figure. We may have near record snow cover in the high country, sledding does not get much
better. Hopefully we will be able to flag the trail into Big Grace sometime this winter as it is hard to find the way in especially for those of us that are used to following Ron K. and not paying enough attention as to were we are going. The club has reached 75 members, several others have shown interest in joining so next year it may grow even more depending on what the B.C.S.F. does with there rates etc.
Don Honeychurch, President
Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club
New pictures in

January 31 2002

Hi Guys;
Thought I should update you on club happenings, as of 2002 we have 74 members not bad we even have some Edmontonian's our application to build a warm up shelter is still ongoing, the B.C. government is closeing the Salmon Arm forestry office next year so things may drag on for a while. As usual a lot of sledders will be at Seymour on Feb.15-18 for the annual club ride and pot luck supper, this year it will be at Doug Mclurg's on Saturday night 6:00 P.M. Linda Talbot is organizing it. I just got a bunch of B.C. snowmobile map books for anyone that did not get one, I'll send them out as soon as able.
Most of the logging is shut down except seawards so try and avoid ridding on the 1100 road, the north fork the gorge road
and the 1100 past 26k are unplowed and good for sledding. We still have a few 5$ lottery tickets left. Also anyone ridding on trails please try to avoid spinning your track as this creates moguls and we don't have enough money for a trail groomer that Gary M. can operate. If you have any comments or concerns please contact me!

Don Honeychurch club President

November 12 2001

The snowmobile season has started early this year, Ron K. and the 2 Jays were up on Grace Mountain
on Sunday Nov.11 and report better snow conditions than last Christmas. They unloaded about 4 KM. up the
#800 road and were in snow all the way to the top of Grace. There is about 6 feet of snow at the top and a good
base as well. As you may be aware the snowmobile club is dealing with the Salmon Arm forestry office to get
permission to build a survival/warm-up cabin on the high cut block below Grace Mountain, and things are looking
good so far. If we get the O/K the club will be looking for donated materials to help build.
See you at Christmas.
Don Honeychurch President Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club

November 18

Jason Ruhnke Gets new snowmobile
Hey all... Here are some pictures of our snowmobile. trip last week at Seymour. Lots of snow already and
more to come. Finally got to try out my new sled and ooooowweeee does it fly...

Last Winters Activity

March 26 Just a couple of Ron Kure photos on the Gorge Road and Revelstoke area
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Pictures submitted by Ed Doll & friend Dennis Billo from Sask. during the week of March 19-24
on Top of Grace Mountain

March 24th: The snowmobile club has made several trips from Seymour Arm this winter, hitting a few white out conditions, but on Thursday last week when 8-9 sleds ventured to the top of Grace Mountain, Lesley reported not a cloud in the sky and 360 degree view for 100 miles with fantastic snow conditions. When is it Dad's turn?