b'Club NewsNorthwest RidersSnow and groomed trails meant that enjoying Vermont snowmobiling this season was great!As all clubs do, we had our share of trail closures and groomer breakdowns, obstacles which we never would have overcome without our club members and volunteers. WeThe Sno-Packers groomer heads out of the barn on Lazy Lane in Elmore. cannot say thank you enough! to the landowners. We know without1994 Tucker Sno-Cat. We give a huge Many of our volunteers are the nextthem there would be no trails. Wethank you to both the Topsham Ridge generation, and we are so excited toare trying to work hard on getting aRunners and the Washington Snow see the enthusiasm they have towardscampaign to help educate riders aboutFlyers for helping to groom a few keeping our club and the sport ofthe importance of riding right andruns on our trails to help keep them snowmobiling moving forward. respecting the fact that our priviledgeflat when traffic was at its highest this Next month brings officer elections forto ride across a landowners propertywinter. We are extremely grateful! the club.means we all stay between the greenWe are already planning our spring We have many projects that will needflags. The more a rider knows, the saferand summer project list, which to be completed this summer so, keepthey are! The safer they are, the betterincludes replacing a sizeable bridge watch on our Facebook page for workthe trails are!!in South Corinth, more potential days. Thank you to our club volunteers. Youexcavation work on Bear Notch further Jodie Rossspend countless hours preparing forsouth of work from last fall, and some Like us on Facebook winter, maintaining trails during wintermajor trail work on trail 25 between and then cleaning up the aftermath asFairlee and West Fairlee (west of Lake winter melts into spring. The groomersMorey). All these projects will greatly LAMOILLE worked magic with what little snow weimprove the trails! COUNTY got throughout Lamoille County.Our most exciting news for this year As always, please contact an officer ifis that we are wrapping up our season you have any interest in volunteeringwith a record number of TMAs.for us. Our information can be foundWe ended the year with 161! This on Facebook or on our website atincludes several new members who snopackersoflamoillecounty.com. had never joined our club before. We Now that we have had to pack ouralso received several donations and Sno-Packers of Lamoille County sleds away for another season, lets think spring!!It is hard to believe by the time thisAmi English, Secretary issue comes out Winter will be asnopackersoflamoillecounty.com memory! Like us on FacebookDespite the restraints put on our clubORANGEdue to COVID-19 we were able to pull together a core group of volunteers toCOUNTYmake sure our section of the ribbon stayed smooth and brush-free.We are so grateful for the people whoThe infamous Mudhole at the top of supported our club by purchasing aBear Notch was a joy to ride over this raffle ticket or buying club apparel.winter after help from Jason Fornwalt and Next year we hope to add to our line ofCorinth Sno-Scramblers Fornwalt Excavation. The Corinth Sno-Sno-packer items. Make sure you dropScramblers are hopeful that the ATVs, side by later in the year to check us out asIts hard to believe that another seasonby sides, and four wheeled vehicles that you gear up for next season! has come and is almost gone! We aretravel up there this spring and summer We would like to express our gratitudewrapping up our season with somerespect the work that was put into making major repairs being completed to ourthis trail as nice as it is now.22 | Snowmobile VERMONT'