b'reminder that you do not have to be a snowmobiler to join our club. Just complete the form that is available on our website. Think Snow!Mike Mutascio, Secretary vtvast.org/lunenburg-polar-bears.html Like us on FacebookThe Northeast Kingdom Snow Blasters had a good turnout for a work day in Averill. FRANKLIN our trailside snowmobile cookout and appreciation day and our groomers COUNTY are sporting new club stickers. The Northeast Kingdom Snow Blasters Bearcats are looking forward to seeing Happy winter, everyone! We had aall of you out on the trails.very rainy and stormy fall that causedBaxter Weed, Vice President lots of damage to our trail system.Like us on FacebookMany trees were down and culverts clogged and there was lots of standing water out there. We decided to jumpCold Hollow Bearcatsright on the mess and check, clear andThe Cold Hollow Bearcats have had a repair any damage on every mile ofbusy fall prepping trails and holdingFletcher Rough Ridersour 65 miles of trails, and I am happyclub elections in order to be ready for to say that within a week, everythingthe season. The team redecked oneWe have been busy with three work was good to go. Mother nature isof our bridges and a large portion ofdays in September and October, helping us out with some unusualdebrushing and limbing was finished.when we built one new bridge off early- to mid-November temps, downUnfortunately, nature decided to throwSwamp Road in Fairfax (Trail 104) and to zero overnight and teens during thea couple of curves our way with somedebrushed one mile of the LVRT in day, and this is exactly what we needmajor flood damage. We found one ofEast Fairfield Village (Trail 136). We to freeze things up. She also dealt usour bigger bridges lying in the brookalso spent two days putting a roof on our first snowstorm of the year with abelow, along with several 6-foot deepour new groomer barn. We spent lots total of 7 inches here in Norton. That,trail washouts. Luckily, many of theof hours this summer on purchasing a however, does not help us at this pointmajor improvements that had beensecond 40-foot container to cover with as we need the trails to freeze firstdone over the past few years helped toour 28-foot roof. Its a drive through before the snows.mitigate what could have been seriousbuilding to protect our Tucker and Lots of work was done out there ondamage to the rest of trail system. Itprovide more storage.our work bee preparing your trails forhas definitely set us back, but we willPlease be aware of a reroute on the opener. We hung 55 of the greenbe working hard to be ready for snow. the LVRT Elm Brook Road in East signs on our 21 intersections, checkedThe club also received a donation ofFairfield. The railroad bridge has and marked all 18 of our bridges,a used 6x6 ATV to use for trail work,been condemned because of rot in the installed over 700 stakes, and addedand with the help of local tech centersupport. The Halloween storm also reflectors to those trails where visibilityautomotive students, it is ready to becaused a major reroute for Trail 36A as can be an issue, hoping you will noticeput to work. A date has been set forthe town bridge collapsed on Wright a difference out there this year. We alsoRoad in Fletcher. We needed to move installed hundreds of signs: arrow, stopthe FN85 intersection north to the ahead, stop, junction ahead, slow, andTinker Farm and will follow North so on. The moose are already knockingRoad to re-connect to Wright Road and some of them down as it seems we areresume our trail. trespassing in their home!TMA Sales Day is Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to Yes, it is a lot of work, but we have anoon at the Fletcher General Store. group of about 25 dedicated volunteersTMAS are also available any time of who give up their time to assist.day on our website. Sales begin at Thanks to them and our landowners!the Fletcher General Store Dec.1. Big Without them, we would have no club.thanks to Nancy and Tony Cardinal, See you soon, folks! who own the store, for selling TMAs David Diminico, Trails Coordinator & Groomerfor us. They offer the cheapest gas in northeastkingdomsnowblasters.comThe Cold Hollow Bearcats had some majortown, best food, and trailer parking. Like us on Facebook bridge damage on Corridor 105.We still have about 800 signs to put out Early Winter 2019 | 27'