b'Club NewsThank you to the Washington Snow Flyers and the Frigid Frost Fighters, as well as the other Orange county clubs. Additionally, a thank you to Bob Thody, Paul Osgood, Adam Osgood, Charlie White, Peter Phelps, Ron Mott, Kim Davis and Andre. We could not have found the issues and repaired them as quickly as we did, if it were not for the many helping hands. Looking to the winter ahead, we areThe infamous Rabbit Track trail in Frigid Frost Fighters trail system continues to be Alburgh Sno Springers secretary Cassiehoping to get more consistent snowa fun route for riders in Chelsea. Hubbard receives a well-deservedto be able to have a steady grooming appreciation award for all her hard work andschedule so we can get all of our dedication to the club. trail system opened up for riders toRide safely, be courteous to other enjoy. We also hope to have some newriders, take out what you brought in dedication of many club members, theapparel available that directly supportsand do your snow dances. See you on old girl runs and looks great! There areour trails and groomer maintenancethe trails!lots of articles about vintage sleds, butfund. A very heartfelt thank youMelinda Hemson, Secretary our 1979 Tucker certainly qualifies as ato our very generous landownersLike us on Facebookvintage groomer and given the chance,and volunteers. For our latest trail still makes our trails sweet to ride. conditions, grooming and updates, be sure to follow our Facebook page. In As I said several times before, if thethe meantime, stay on the marked trail. trails are open, stop what you are doingKim Thody-Davis, Webmaster/Trailmaster and get out and ride. The season willsnoscramblers.org end, but for now enjoy your sled, enjoyLike us on Facebookyour friends, enjoy the outdoors andWashington Snow Flyersenjoy the scenery. Here it is the end of January, and we David Lantry, Club News Correspondentare still waiting for winter to show Like us on Facebook up. The weather hasnt made it easy to keep up with trail maintenance. ORANGE Two big windstorms and heavy wet COUNTY snow brought down more trees that Frigid Frost Fighters had to be cleaned up. The lack of cold has made filling the wet areas and Welcome winter! As with many otherwater bars difficult.Our trails are clubs, we could use a bit more snow,currently open and in pretty good but our trails are open and groomed!shape considering the limited snow I, personally, have been out a fewour groomer operators have had to Corinth Sno-Scramblers times and while conditions were notwork with.ideal, the trails were almost perfect forThe lack of snow in early January Winter is finally here, but the snowthe snow we have to work with. Youdidnt deter another successful Vintage sure has been inconsistent. While weknow what they say, A bad day ofRally show. This was the eighth had a couple of good storms, we couldsnowmobiling is always better than ayear for the rally. We had 111 sleds always use more snow! Right beforegood day at work! registered for the show, along with our trails opened, we were able toWe were lucky that we didnt get asfood and merchandise that was sold. complete our storm damage repairsmuch damage as other clubs due toSpectators had a great time and lots of thanks to Bill Ricker Excavation andweather issues last summer and fallcomplements for how well the show Joe Blodgett of the town of Corinth.but we did have a couple bridges thatwas run. None of this could happen In the middle of January, our groomerneeded some TLC and a few areas onwithout our awesome base club experienced a breakdown thatthe trails. All work was completed involunteers.caused an interruption in our normaltime for the snowfall.By the time you read this, our Old Iron grooming schedule, but thanks to ourWe are hosted our Fun Day on Feb. 17Ride will have happened on Feb. 3. new radio, the guys were able to bewith a ride and barbecue. As always,Again, our hard-working dedicated picked up by Joe Truss. Thank you, Joe! we welcome all volunteers. If youvolunteers will make this another A very special thanks to ourwould like to help out, please contactsuccessful event. Our annual dinner neighboring clubs that jumped in andour Ttrailmaster, Clint Roger at 802- raffle was on Feb. 10.This is always a helped out, going above and beyond.685-4432.fun time even if you dont win.26 | Snowmobile VERMONT'