b'Club Newsgroomer operations in February. Wea whole lot of snow this year, but are thankful for the dedication andwhat we did get allowed us to pack a the countless hours spent by ourpretty solid base. One thing is for sure president, Jon Cheney. He is oftenthough, we now know a few places our unsung hero, representing us notwhere we will need a few new culverts only to landowners but also at variousthis summer and fall. meetings throughout our countyIn grooming news, our main groomer and state. To our core members ofoperator Paul Osgood was unable to volunteers and officers: a huge thankSterling Snow Riders enjoyed beautifulgroom for a few weeks and we are you for the extra time you have puttrails this season. incredibly thankful to Jeff Slack who in this year to make our trail systemstepped up and took over grooming ready for the riding season. Your effortwhen the grooming needed to be done. is noticed and greatly appreciated! to pitch in and get involved with theOur 1994 Tucker Sno-Cat has run Thank you to our landowners who notheavy lifting this past season. Losingpretty well this year. only let us cross their property but whojust 400 feet of the trail led to severalLooking ahead to the spring and have communicated with us. Althoughweekends of pre-season trail rerouting,summer, we are going to be working we have no legal authority, we do lookcomplete with major wood clearingon some fundraisers to further support forward to having problem-solvingand excavating equipment. It wasntour club-maintained grooming conversations when concerns arise.fun. Thats all it takes for your localequipment and trail projects. We are club to click into action. hoping to create a business billboard as Our club is always looking for more If you see someone cross-countryone of our off-season projects. We dont volunteers, most notably a treasurer.skiing or walking down the trail withhave an exact location just yet but are Club elections will be held on April 12,or without a dog, slow down to aexcited to get more businesses that at the Hyde Park VFW at 6 p.m. creep and show some respect. It couldsupport local snowmobiling involved. Although we were not able to hold anybe the people who own that landAs always, we welcome new faces to of our planned activities, we do haveand have agreed to VAST access. Youjoin us in working on and maintaining new merchandise for sale! Trucker hatsnever know. Personally, I try to saytrails.and warm winter hats are $25 each.hello and ask if they are the owners of Contact Ami English via Facebookthe property. If they say yes, I thankA heartfelt thank you goes out to our Messenger or by calling 802-673-2775. them for their generous trail usagelandowners, volunteers, club members, Next year, we look forward to a busy,contribution. The private land accessand fellow snowmobilers - you all play fun winter in SnoPacker country!we enjoy is a privilege, not a right.a part in allowing us to ride the great There will be new fundraising ideas,If they say no its not our property,trails that we have.new events, and hopefully an amazingI usually compliment the dog. LetsKim Davis, Webmaster/Trailmaster group of volunteers and officers toleave the general public with a positivesnoscramblers.org lead the way. You might even catch aview of us. After all, most of us areLike us on Facebookglimpse of us this summer. decent people. In closing, Ill use a line from the song Cold December. Maybe Ami English, Secretarynext year will be better than the last! snopackersoflamoillecounty.comSee you all out there on the trail. Like us on Facebook George Chaleff, Member/VSAP Like us on FacebookFrigid Frost FightersORANGE On Feb. 18, we held our annual Fun COUNTY Day event. Unfortunately, due to the Sterling Snow Riders warmer weather, we could not have the ride portion of the festivities, but It has been hit or miss this entirewe did have the barbecue. We had a season. Just as our base started to buildgreat turnout with lots of delicious up, we lost it. I know its pretty muchfood and good company. Thank you to the same song all over the state thisCorinth Sno-Scramblers all who attended. We are excited about year. We had some decent riding innext year!the mountains for a spell. It seems likeAs I sit down to write this news rticle,We had to close our trails temporarily the 2023 spring is trying to be good towe are finally getting some decentin February, but have been able to us. We continue to make every effortsnow here in Corinth. Unfortunately,open them back up within the last few to improve our trail system as neededthe spring sun is doing a numberweeks. Our groomers did a fantastic and reduce roadside transitioning.on our snow, so our trails are sadlyjob ensuring our trails were the best We want to say thanks to ouron borrowed time. We didnt havethey could be. As of mid-March, our numerous volunteers that showed up 26 | Snowmobile VERMONT'