b'Club NewsAfter completely replacing a bridge onA bluebird day for a ride toward Ascutney Mountain.Corridor 5 due to the July flooding, more flooding in the fall threatened to take out the Hawks Mountain Ridge Runners hard work. Thankfully, the new bridge held fast. Little Ascutney Snowmobile Club Ludlow Side Hill CronchersIts another crazy winter. Our clubIt was a great day with the Cavendish trails opened mid-January and itGreen Mountain Snow Fleas on Feb. Hawks Mountain Ridge Riders has been hit or miss since then. The3! Our Safety Check Day became mountains fared better than the valleys,a dual event with the Snow Fleas Sadly, our club says goodbye to Davewhere some of our trails are openingand became double the fun. Game Bibens who passed on Jan. 28th.late anyways due to heavy logging.warden, Tim Carey, inspected sleds Dave was a member of our club forStill, the season goes on and areaand gave safety stickers. Around 75 many years and was a huge asset.clubs are pulling together poker runs,sleds were inspected and even more He served as club president until hisbarbecues and safety inspections. Youshowed up. The Snow Fleas had an death. During the fall flooding, waterwill still find lots of activities listed onarray of foods and a 50/50 raffle. The flowed over our bridge on Corridor 5Facebook by club and by county.sky was bright blue and warm. Thank that replaced the one taken out by theI know we have been saying our bridgeyou all who attended, Tim Carey for summer flooding. Fortunately, theresponsoring is in the works but now,running around like a maniac keeping was no damage to it this time. it looks like we will launch that soon.up with the inspections, to the VAST In December, several members ofWe will announce the locations of ourofficials and area club officials who our club attended the second annualbridges to sponsor and we will became and to the volunteers who Windsor County Dinner and Dance atusing metal signs.The cost is projectedpulled it all together.the Chester Legion. The county wasto be $250 per sponsorship. This willThe trails took a beating with the July well represented by the various clubshelp offset the cost of our new-to-usflood and again with the December and members, and guests had a greatgroomer and track swap. We haveflood. It was looking tight as the clock time. On Jan. 3, Hawks Mountainsome other ideas and events in thewas ticking towards opening season. Ridge Riders hosted the Windsorworks but hard to plan when you areAmazingly, it all pulled together. County Meeting at Crown Pointnot sure there will be snow to executeShout out to M&M Excavation for Country Club, and all clubs in thethem. We will post updates on our donating their time, equipment to get county were represented. We thankclub Facebook page.bridge 4 on 127 open. Volunteers got Jason Phelps for taking the positionPlease follow our page for the latestbridge 5 together thanks to a generous of treasurer for our club. As always,information and photos. We evenmember donating their excavator. It thank you to all of the generouspost the occasional ride videos so youwas also used for countless washout landowners who make all of thiscan virtually see what the trails arerepairs. The Sandersons helped us possible. like. Enjoy the rest of the season andwith use of their equipment. The Steve Kruse, Club News Correspondentremember, ride right, think snow, andvolunteers went above and beyond Like us on Facebook thank volunteers and landowners. working around the clock! Thank you to all who made it happen including Kevin Barnes, SecretaryVAST, the county, and all the behind-Like us on Facebook the-scenes workers. 36 | Snowmobile VERMONT'