b'Executive Director s MessageBy VAST Executive Director Cindy Lockeeach business also has a trail location Welcome to snowmobiling in Vermont!associated with it. We wanted to makeFREEwEEkEnd ! What awaits you here is an incredibleit easy for you to find your way around trail network of adventure! VermontVermont, so come for a visit and addT ryV ermonTS nowmobiling !is the only state in the Northeast thatus to your winter go-to destinations! F ree weekend iShas true statewide snowmobiling fromWhy is Vermont known as a great north to south, east to west. We aresnowmobile destination? We pride also blessed to have a large mountainourselves on having the best signedFeb. 7,8 & 9range called the Green Mountains thattrails that coincide with our maps. We runs right down the middle of ourhave waterproof paper maps plus an o Trail paSS required !beautiful state. Our trail system hasfree map app with GPS tracking for more than 4,700 miles of trails madeyour phone. Even if your GPS is not a ll you need iS a Valid regiSTraTionup of challenging mountains, beautifulworking, you can find your locationin any STaTe or proVince & liabiliTy farmland, and some wide roadsbecause all of our junctions are where vehicular traffic is restricted tonumbered. Just go to your smartphoneinSurance on your Sled .snowmobiles only in winter. app store and type in VAST MAP.( SaFeTy courSe alSo required iF born aFTer july 1, 1983 )No matter where you ride in Vermont,VAST has proven its commitment to you can find a gas station to gas up,providing a snowmobile experienceI often hear from folks who do not a restaurant to eat lunch, and a placethat is second to none. We have a largesnowmobile but use the VAST trail to lay your head, all with trail access,number of volunteers at the membersystem to snowshoe or cross-country except for a couple of areas that areand club level, as well as a board ofski where allowed. Many have told me on federal lands. (Riding on federaldirectors whose members dedicate athey join VAST every year to support land is an adventure in itself becauselot of time to the association and thissnowmobiling in Vermont just because you pack it in and pack it out!)sport. We dont forget about thosethey enjoy and appreciate our trail This Guide lists all the businesses bywho travel to Vermont to recreate andsystem.category and county that exist alongvacation or who own second homes our trail system. These businesseshere. And, of course, we cannot forgetEighty percent of the VAST trail system were not charged to be Included theabout our landowners. We wouldntis made up of private lands (more than Guide unless they bought a displayhave a 4,700-mile trail system without9,000 landowners), with the remaining ad in addition to the free listing.the landowners and the clubs that20 percent on state or federal lands. The best part is, as you will see, thatmaintain and groom our network.As a way of encouraging private landowners to allow VAST trails on their property, Vermont enacted two statutes in the 1970s that protect those landowners from any liability if they allow public or trail use at no charge. In addition to that protection, VAST spends over $130,000 on liability insurance annually to protect the trails, those who ride on them, and volunteers who work on them.Nearly eighty percent of VASTs income goes toward our trail system, in the form of grooming, trail construction, trail maintenance, policing, etc. In fact, 44 percent is for grooming alone. If you ride in other states and compare them to Vermont, you can tell that we spend a lot of time, effort, and money making sure our trails are in excellent condition and very well signed. I hope you come to Vermont to have a wonderful and safe snowmobile adventure in the Green Mountain State!See you on the trails! 2 |Vermont Association of Snow Travelers'