b'Club Newswere a result of too much speed andinclude some major trail debrushing lack of skill handling a snowmobile.and possibly some repairs on a few of Thirty miles an hour can be too fast toour bridges - and whatever else pops stay on the right (not left!) side of theup!trail because of unexpected two-waySteve Leedy, President traffic. The snowmobile by itself injuresLike us on Facebookno one.There was some excellent riding on the VAST snowmobile trail system, and ICHITTENDENhope everyone had an opportunity toCOUNTYenjoy it.Larry Dwyer, Secretary lyndonsnocruisers.comMatt Parisi was the lucky winner of the sled Like us on Facebook from the Brighton Snowmobile Club raffle in January.Iroquois Snow Beavers ESSEX Thank you to our club volunteers andCOUNTYlandowners. Without the support of Newark E-Z Riders our landowners and the work done by our volunteers, we would not have a Snowmobiling here in the Northeastcorridor trail connecting Chittenden Kingdom has been great after thecounty with Washington county. meltdown we had early in the season.We had a few groomable weeks Its hard to believe that, as I write this,and we saw some traffic. Nothing isBrighton Snowmobile Clubmost of the state is closed due to themore rewarding than seeing others recent arrival of an early spring. I wasutilize the trails that we work soOnce again Good Old Mother Nature able to enjoy the last three weekendshard to maintain. We saw photosand Old Man Winter threw us a curve riding with family and friends in Essexfrom our overlooks, video reports atball this season and raised havoc with and Caledonia counties. Our clubour junctions, check-ins at our localour end-of-season snowmobiling in has had a great season with no majorestablishments, and people wavingthe Northeast Kingdom. With some issues, but we did have a small loggingwith thumbs up as they pass. We haveinterruption in January and again at operation near Jobs Pond for the firstsome of the best trail lookouts in thethe end of March, we can be thankful few weeks of riding until the snowstate! We also have some of the bestfor excellent trails and riding in came and they moved on. places to stop in for chicken wings. February.Off-trail riding did again become aWe honestly believe that we are aOur annual Raffle/Dinner Fundraiser topic of conversation as some ridersdestination snowmobiling location,in January was a great success. Matt decided to take it upon themselvesbut we are also the most dependent onParisi from Georgia, VT was the to ride illegally on a very importantsnowfall. In our low-snow areas, its alucky winner this year. Matt has a landowners property. Luckily, thisbalance as we try to find out where weplace on Newark Pond where he stopped. Please stay on the markedare able to ride. Those who rode ourand his family spend a lot of time VAST trails and help preserve thistrails when we had snow commentedsnowmobiling. Once again, Mark sport for all of us. that they were pretty good! Do weEllingwood sold the winning ticket. Thanks to our club officers, directorshave problem areas? You bet! We willWe would like to thank Dave and and volunteers who came togetherchip away at them, in particular ourDolores Robbins who faithfully to put this trail system together, sellnewer sections that could use someorganize and work so hard to make our club TMAs, and overcome issuesbench cuts, debrushing, and betterthis raffle our major fundraiser. There throughout the season as needed.signage next year. We will get there.are many others from the club to Hopefully, we will be able to ride onThe key will be consistency andthank, from the members that solicit our trail into the month of April, butdetermination to ensure that thesethe prizes so that everyone goes home Mother Nature will make that decision.trails stay open for future seasons,with something, to those who work Landowners, thank you for allowingregardless of how much snow we get.that day and night on the actual event the EZ Riders and all the clubs in theThanks again to those who support usitself. Our local and area businesses, state to use your land for this sport. Wein our efforts to preserve VAST legacyas well as individuals who provided understand you are important and tryin our community. the prizes, have been extremely to do all we can to protect your land. Erik Engstrom, Presidentgenerous to us year after year. The off-season work for our club willLike us on Facebook Our line of clothing sales also did 28 | Snowmobile VERMONT'