Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Winter 2017 | 1 Table of Contents Winter 2017 Features 12 Creative Club Savings Ideas on how your club can get creative to save money 14 Director Merritt Budd Interview with retired Rutland County Director Merritt Budd 18 (Pisten) Bully For You! NEK Snow Blasters give their “Old Bully”new life 20 Who’s In & On The Groomer Honoring the folks who make our trails great 26 Why I Snowmobile Three women share why they love our sport 28 Why I Volunteer The foundation of VAST and their reasons for helping 40 VAST Potential Taylor Lamberton, Buckaroos of 302 officer and volunteer 66 In Memory Betty Lamire of the West Windsor Moonlighters 67 In Memory Dick Bigwood of the Chester Snowmobile Club 68 Featured Club 2016 Club Of TheYear, Foote of the Mountain Sno-Travelers Departments 2 VAST Direction, Executive Director’s Message 3 VAST News 4 Letters 6 President’s Message 7 Vice President’s Message 17 Snow Angels 32 Trails Report 36 Calendar of Events 42 Club News 72 Dining 73 Real Estate 74 Lodgings On The Cover: The Lunenburg Polar Bears’PistenBully grooms a picturesque portion of Corridor 102 F2. (Mike Mutascio photo) 28 20 68 Snowmobile VERMONT VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS