b'Club Newsofficers, for the most part, are all newwith us as we continue to pick away fresh faces, plus trail changes, and aat it.new groomer! Many of our long-timeIf you would like to volunteer to help club officers, trailmaster, and head ofwith any aspect of the trail system in grooming have stepped down andthe Bethel/Stockbridge/Royalton area, relinquished duties to other longtimeplease reach out, and or follow our members. The club would like to thankFacebook page to get updates on trail you all for your dedication to the clubwork dates. There is always something and sport! to do, and we would love to have some In the summer/fall of 2021, weadditional hands to help.purchased a new to us 2014 TuckerPlease come visit us on March 4 for replacing our 2004. We upgraded tothe 11th Vermont Vintage Rendezvous the extended cab, and boy are thesnowmobile show and ride from 9 a.m. new creature comforts nice! Withto 2 p.m. The show is open to all types fundraising, money saved, and theTim Stone, volunteer and equipmentof vintage snow going vehicles and sale of the 2004 tucker, we were able tooperator, clears a trail in the West Windsorthere is plenty of room to ride them purchase this new groomer outright. ItMoonlighters network. throughout the day. The show is at is something we are very proud of!happy that Mother Nature has finallythe Bethel ball fields, and admission is In September we held our Thirdblessed us with snow. It was delayed inFREE.Food will be available all day Annual Pathfinders Golf Tournamentgetting here, but now our groomer andand you can ride in from Corridor 12 at Crown Point Country Club. Manyoperators are back out there making(12F), or come by car. There will be local businesses, companies, andthe trails smooth. Volunteers are thesigns at local intersections.Its always individuals sponsored the event.best! a good time with plenty of interesting Thank you to all the participants andthings to see.sponsors. Visit Crown Point CountryWith many properties transferringAlex Riesterer, President Club off our 506 trail for food. Followownership over the past two years, weLike us on Facebookthem on Facebook for their hours. are happy to report that we did not I went out grooming last night withhave any trail closures or trail changes.our new trailmaster, Nate Lewis, andAs always, our club appreciates all the things werent great. Where there waslandowners who help make our trails snow and no water, things came outpossible.pretty good! But Mother Nature isntTammy Conley, Club News Correspondent providing us with the proper formulaLike us on Facebookto make the trails great. We need cold weather and snow to fill the holes and cover the bones. Ride right, ride safe, be smart, and think snow! Cole Lewis, Club News Correspondent Like us on Facebook White River Valley Ramblers It has been a pretty slow start to the year snow-wise, but we have been able to get the trails into shape for some riding. There are some water holes, West Windsor Moonlighters but it is surprisingly good in most places throughout central Vermont.Our volunteers have been busy withHopefully, the second half of the trail cleanup from the windstorms notseason sees some good snowstorms just once, but a handful of times. Mostand sustained cold to really bring them of this was clusters of trees that cameinto it. The good news is that most of down, along with the brush removal.the off season work to control water While most of the work was donerunoff in a couple of trouble areas with manual labor and chainsaws, wehas worked like a charm, and we are did bring in an excavator and tractorplanning to address a few other areas to help with cleanup which helpedthis year.It is a slow process to get lighten the load. After all that, we arethese areas taken care of with limited funds and all volunteer labor, so bear 38 | Snowmobile VERMONT'