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Late Winter 2016 21 Im sure that Dale Allen does not know the meaning of slowing down nor does he care to. For more than 45 years Dale has dedicated numerous hours blood sweat and tears to helping create maintain and grow our trail system volunteers landowners and sport into what it is today. It is this kind of dedication and hard work that makes snowmobiling in Vermont so great. Volunteers like Dale Allen are incredibly valuable to their local clubs county and VAST as a whole. The true definition of a Vermonter Dale grew up in the small quaint town of Wolcott and enlisted in military service at 18. Upon returning from serving his country in the late 1960s he helped to establish the Hardwick Sno-Flake Ridge Runners. Thanks to friends and his faithful Husky snowmobile he took to the trails that wind through the scenic Vermont landscape. In the early 1970s he became involved at the county level. When I asked how he got involved he chuckled and replied It just happened There is more to that story however. Thanks to his friends throughout Wolcott and neighboring towns he joined a second club the Lamoille County Snow Packers. When asked why he has dedicated so many years to snowmobiling in Vermont he simply replied The people. To further explain he said it was the memories and LeFT Dale hands over the presentation check in 2003 for 500 raised for the Stowe rescue sleds. ABoVe Dale collects donations at a Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser in the early 1990s. RIGHT Dale is presented the Trailblazer Award by Lamoille County President Brian Currier. stories working on the trails with friends volunteers and landowners. For him it was about building the relationships creating the memories and leaving something for the next generation. I asked What is one of the major changes that you have seen over the years Faster than I could blink he very quickly answered Reroutes. Over the years Dale has built maintained and groomed trails working with other volunteers and landowners to create the trail system we have today. In the 1990s he worked to help raise money for the Make-A- Wish Foundation. He assisted Johnson Hardwick and Stowe clubs in raising money for the purchase of rescue sleds in 2003. Since the late 1960s he has served as president and vice president for the Hardwick Sno-Flake Ridge Runners and president of the Lamoille County Snow Packers. He has been a safety instructor and served on the Vermont Snowmobile Governors Council and Vermont Snow Trails Conservancy. For more than 25 years he served as Lamoille County trails coordinator. I am honored to say that I have been able to serve alongside him for his last two years in that role. Dales hard work paid off in the form of recognition for his efforts in 2002 when he was presented with The Patience Award now known as Trail Administrator Award for his work with volunteers local businesses and landowners. In 2005 he received the County Trail Coordinator of the Year award and in 2015 the Horizon Award. Dale as humble and honest as he is will tell you he didnt do it for the awards. It just happened he says. I had to ask that if he had it to do all over again would he He replied If my wife would let me We all chuckled at that response. My final question to him was If you could relay one message to the future of our sport what would it be He paused for a moment and thought only to reply Give it a whirl you might enjoy it I have been a part of my local club for nine years county and VAST level for four years. I am truly a rookie when I think of all the men and women like Dale. 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