b'Club Newswill keep it there. When the season getstrail. If we have a respectful trial year, here, we will be out, just as we alwayswell plan to relocate the trail into a have been, clearing and smoothing ourwooded area further away from the trails for everyone to enjoy.house, giving more of a buffer. We wish you a Merry Christmas and aWed like to congratulate our Happy New Year! Think Snow! neighbors, the Washington Snow Roy Arthur, Vice President & TrailmasterFlyers, on the Best-Groomed Trails shrewsburysnobirds.orgaward they received at the VAST Like us on Facebook Annual Meeting. They seem to be in a different snow belt and have Mike Stewart and Dave Fucci build theWASHINGTONsome great trails to explore that are consistently well groomed, so its great trail into the Flannels Bar and Grill on the Shrewsbury Sno-Birds trails.COUNTY to see them get the recognition. Our annual Travis Mercy Poker Run stops at the store in town and navigates up over the Notch. Look for this event again in February and come explore their territory with us!On November 1, we held our Shrewsbury Sno-Birds Barre Town Thunder Chickens 37th Annual Raffle at the Canadian The Sno-Birds have been very busy thisOur volunteer crews hit the trails earlyClub in Barre. We had a good crowd fall with trail work. We had everythingand went about obtaining landowneron hand to enjoy the meal and learn all cleared and any water damagepermissions with a goal to be setthe fate of their ball number in the repaired - and then another storm cameup ahead of hunting season. Withdrawing. For quite some time, we have through. We cleared the trails againMother Nature providing some coolersupported neighboring clubs in their - and another storm hit! Now thattemps and pre-season snow, this wasraffles and, likewise, they in ours. This hunting season is here, we wont bea good chore to have behind us afteryear, the support payed off for the out clearing until hunting season ends.taking advantage of better weatherWaterbury based Green Mountain There will be more storms, Im sure!conditions. A few consecutive weekendRoamers as they took home the grand work bees, with one day dedicated toprize of $4,000! They in turn voted In one of the storms, Dad said, Theclearing downed trees, left us in prettyto donate half of it back to our club, groomer shed was rocking pretty badgood shape as were waiting for themaking it a great win for two clubs but it stayed up. The Tucker is readyriding season to begin. at the same time. We appreciate their for the season, just waiting for moregesture and look forward to seeing snow and for the season to open.We are happy to report that we havethis $4K go back into trail system We have some good news: we built abeen working with a landowneroperations of both clubs. GMRs raffle trail into Flannels Bar and Grill on USand the Billtown Moonshiners tois coming up on January 18, and we Route 4 and accessible from Corridorsget a corridor re-opened connectingare looking forward to our chance to 4 and 7 just southeast of the Route 4Jct WM12 to OE65 between Upperwin theirs and do the same! If you are and Corridor 4 and 7 crossing. I haveGraniteville and Williamstown. Thisinterested in supporting their raffle, heard good reviews on the food. Wesection was closed a few years agocheck out their website for details. hope to have some events that usedue to disrespectful riders and willHope to see you there and on the trails!their services and to build a long- remain a very sensitive area that weDavid Rouleau, President term relationship that benefits bothcan lose again in a heartbeat. We havebarretownthunderchickens.com organizations.been allowed to re-open it, and weLike us on Facebookavoided making it a curfew trail. The There is a new landowner on the shortsection will be signed as a sensitive trail who said no to the trail when firstarea, and orange fence line will define asked but changed her mind, so we arethe corridor, which will be posted 15 stressing with riders the need to keepmph. We hope that riders will respect speeds down and stay on the trail!this area and all the trail system to The Stone House graffiti will still behelp us ensure the longevity of our there this year because the State has notsport. This property contains a roadWorcester Rangersyet approved the cleanup. They alsocrossing, so riders should be slowingThe date of this writing, November said no to reopening the trail to Davesdown for the crossing. It is important11, finds me looking out over the gas and also the trail to Moonshinefor riders crossing onto the property toWorcester mountain range, watching Lane. Sometimes we feel like we justnavigate slowly until they get beyondthe snow get closer and closer. Perhaps cannot win. On a positive note, therethe residential area and into the woodsthis will be the beginning of a great is snow on the ground and cold tempsbefore getting back on the gas; thissnowy riding season.simple courtesy will help us keep this 34 | Snowmobile VERMONT'