b'Club NewsWe are always looking for new volunteers and welcome everyone to join us the second Tuesday of every month for our club meeting. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. at the Abbey Restaurant in Sheldon, Vermont. Please follow us on Facebook for trail conditions and updates.Jennifer Baker, Secretary Like us on FacebookLAMOILLECOUNTYThe Fletcher Rough Riders built a very unique, practical and affordable groomer barn using storage containers.Sno-Packers of Lamoille Countyand some minor work on the TuckerWe want our riders to know whereAfter enjoying a beautiful, busy Snowcat and drags, but the groomerthey are, as well as be able to includeVermont summer, the Sno-Packers operators are ready to go: Craig Tinker,an accurate location when reportingof Lamoille County are hard at Tom Minor, Duane Leach, Tony Audetany concerns with our trails, so theywork getting trails up to par for theand, yes, even Mike Farmer!can be addressed quickly to ensureupcoming snowmobile season. The Monthly meetings are held the thirdeveryones safety. off season found us working with Thursday of the month, 7 p.m. at theWe are anxious to trade in the four- landowners to improve our trail Fletcher Union Meeting House. wheelers and side-by-sides of trailsystem, as well as installing new Tony Audet, Vice Presidentwork for helmets and snowmobiles totracks and a winch on our groomer. Mike Farmer, Presidentreap the benefits of everyones hardWe installed signage along our trails fletcherroughriders.comwork.to advertise local businesses alongside Like us on Facebook Lianne Frechette, Secretarythe trails and in our community. Please Like us on Facebook patronize them when you can! If you would like to advertise, please email us at lcsnopackers@gmail.com.As we gear up to hit the trails, we look forward to our favorite fundraiser, our annual spaghetti dinner held at the Franklin County Snow Raiders Northwest Riders Elmore Church in February. Be sure to look for details on our Facebook page As Im writing this, Vermont isNorthwest Riders want to start offand in our next newsletter. preparing for the first big snow eventthe 2019/20 snowmobile season byWe will also take part in an exciting of the year, with significant snowfallwishing everyone a happy, healthynew partnership with Coles Pond in the forecast for our region. If theand Braaaaap-filled winter! So far,Snack Shack. If you are looking for a weather of November is any indicationMother Nature is making sure wegreat meal, hit the trails in Walden on of the snow to come, we shouldare awake. We have had severe rainMarch 7. Your fellow Sno-Packers will prepare to have a busy riding season.and winds, which caused massivebe serving up snack shack favorites Our club has been doing just thatflooding, washouts, downed trees andalongside hot, homemade crocks with our numerous projects this fall.prolonged power outages. Then shebrimming with ol time family recipes! The work crews have put in endlessredeemed herself with a foot of snow,We have t-shirts and sweatshirts for hours to make sure our section ofto show us it is going to be a great year.sale this year. More about prices and trail is ready for opening day and isAll trails are now ready to go. Brush the best that it can be. There has beenhogging was done on the LVRT, a few a ton of work on the bridges, from 2bridges built, and washouts repaired.new bridges, to repairing, re-decking,We welcome Ryan Martin as our new and adding railings to several existingtrailmaster. We know Ryan will do bridges. We are fortunate that all ofa great job. Northwest Riders will them fared well during the flooding, asforever show our gratitude to Dan this was a big test of our trail system.Favreau for all his years of extreme We also focused on consistent anddedication, hard work and love he accurate signing of our trails, includinghas invested in the success of theTo advertise on the Sno-Packersbusiness road name signs at all road crossings.Northwest Riders.board please email lcsnopackers@gmail.com.28 | Snowmobile VERMONT'