💻 BEHIND THE SCENES: THE TECH POWERING OUR WEBCAMS! 📡❄️
There’s a lot more to our Merritt Snowmobile Club WebCams than just pointing a camera at the mountains! 👀🏔️
Behind the scenes, we’ve been working on the programming and infrastructure that power our webcam feeds, with some exciting tech upgrades taking shape ahead of the upcoming snowmobile season.
A huge THANK YOU to Brenton from Emcon Services’ IT department for helping us build and implement a new, self-sufficient FTP image-hosting system for our website.
We also want to give a special shoutout to Daniel from LyttonNet for providing us with the Grok AI program to help us kick-start this project! Having the right tools and people supporting our club makes a big difference as we continue to improve our technology.
We’re still tweaking the display views and fine-tuning everything to get it looking and working exactly how we want. It’s a work in progress, but the potential is exciting!
💡 The goal is to reduce the club’s annual operating costs while creating room to grow. With this new setup, we can add more webcam views and streams without increasing our image-hosting costs. That means more mountain views, more information for riders, and better value for our members and the entire snowmobiling community.
Cool technology, great teamwork, and plenty happening behind the scenes before the snow flies! 🏔️❄️
Stay tuned as we continue getting everything ready for the season!
🏔️ YOUR VOTE MATTERS. PROTECT OUR ACCESS TO THE BACKCOUNTRY! 🗳️
For snowmobilers, outdoor enthusiasts, and everyone who loves exploring British Columbia’s backcountry, your vote matters more than you might think.
Access to the places we love doesn’t happen by accident. The trails we ride, the cabins we visit, and the mountains we explore depend on decisions made by elected officials and the people who help shape land-use policies.
Your voice can help protect our future. Take the time to know your candidates, ask questions about their positions on outdoor recreation and backcountry access, and make an informed plan to vote.
Whether you ride a snowmobile, hike, camp, hunt, fish, or simply enjoy spending time in the mountains, we all have a stake in keeping BC’s backcountry accessible for future generations.
Let’s make sure our voices are heard and our outdoor traditions continue for years to come!
Know your candidates. Make a plan. Vote. 🇨🇦
From all of us at the Merritt Snowmobile Club, thank you for helping keep our backcountry accessible!
The Honeymoon Cabin Webcam is showing off a fresh taste of winter in the alpine! Snow-covered trees, white mountain peaks, and that beautiful winter scenery we’ve all been waiting for. The mountains are starting to look like snowmobile season is just around the corner! 🏔️❄️🏁
A huge thank you to Nicola Motorsports, your local Yamaha dealer serving the Merritt area, for sponsoring our Honeymoon Webcam and helping our members and riding community keep an eye on conditions up high!
We will keep posting webcam pics as winter settles in. We’re getting closer to those days of fresh snow, blue skies, and mountain adventures! 🛷💙
The Merritt Snowmobile Club was incorporated by the BC Societies Act on April 5 1972. The M.S.C. promotes safe family snowmobiling with riding areas on Thynne Mountain, Stoyoma Mountain, Honeymoon area and the Hooshum Ridge by maintaining a trail system that has been approved and is part of a management agreement with the Province of B.C.