Syracuse.com - Snowmobile volunteers getting ready for coming season by attending Chittenango seminar

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The volunteers will get instruction Saturday on a number of skills, including trail grooming, trail prep and sign installation.

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<p><br />The Chittenango Polar Bears snowmobiling club is hosting a seminar Saturday at the Ridge Golf Club for snowmobile trail maintenance bosses and other volunteers in preparation for the upcoming snowmobiling season, said Michael Fischer, a club member.</p>

<p>Fischer is past president of the <a href="http://www.nysnowmobiler.com/">New York State Snowmobile Association.</a></p>

<p>Volunteers from snowmobile clubs prep and maintain the majority of the state's snowmobile trails each year. Volunteers will be working throughout the area in coming weeks to get the trails ready and properly signed. </p>

<p>This year's snowmobiling season for Onondaga County and other areas within the Southern Zone for deer hunting opens Dec. 18. The snowmobiling season in the Northern Zone, which includes the Tug Hill area, opens Dec. 9.</p>

<p>Saturday's seminar is set to begin at 10 a.m. and will include lunch at noon, Fischer said. The golf club is located at 1281 Salt Springs Road Chittenango.</p>

<p>"We will then move outdoors to do some actual post-pounding and sign installation," Fischer said. </p>

<p>"This training is part of overall educational programs covering a variety of topics like trail groomer operator, chainsaw safety, CPR, youth snowmobile safety etc., he said.</p>

<p>Registration for the seminar is closed. Fischer said volunteers from snowmobile clubs in Chittenango, Cazenovia, Morrisville, and Manlius are expected to attend.</p>

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