b'Club NewsFRANKLINCOUNTYFranklin County Snow RaidersThe sap is running, the temperatures are rising, and the snow is rapidly melting. It was a decent riding season for our club, with several weeks of quality snow on our section of trails. The Polar Bears rode north to attend the Roost Cookout on Corridor 1. (Mike Minior photo) We had many volunteers who put a lot of time in before, during, and after the season to make our trails enjoyable trails due to the continued rain andvolunteers and mechanics keeping thefor all. We appreciate all the time and thaw. Expect to see us picking upgroomer running. We also purchased aefforts those folks put in. signs and stakes. Thanks to ournew drag this year and put it to use inWe also want to send a shout out to landowners and members. Well do itweek 8. The aggressive cut option tookour awesome landowners! Without again next season! Think Snow! some getting used to, but it does anthem, we wouldnt have the trail Mike Mutascio, Secretaryexcellent job on tired trails.system we do, and it took some extra vtvast.org/lunenburg-polar-bears. We had a great time at our Blasterpatience on their part this year, with htmlBash; please see out recap elsewherean increase in off-trail riding in our Like us on Facebook in this wonderful magazine. Thanksarea. We appreciate all the riders who to Beth and VAST for making thisrespected the landowners and club available to us.volunteers and rode within the marked So, unless this weather pattern changestrail. soon - very soon - this year could beWe had elections for officers and an early exit. But fingers crossed forextend a warm welcome to the new Northeast Kingdom Snow Blasters a doozey of a storm soon to keep uspresident of our club, Jim Hill. He will going! Thanks, everyone! join Kevin Mitchell, Sandy Badger, It is early March as I write this andDavid Diminico, Trails Coord. & GroomerLianne Frechette, and Kevin Badger Mother Nature is not being verynortheastkingdomsnowblasters.comat the officers table for the 2020/21 cooperative. Temps in the high 30s toLike us on Facebook season. We are already preparing our mid-40s are beginning to take a tollprojects list for the upcoming season on our trail system. There is still good riding, with a good base of two feet of snow in the upper elevations, and we fully expect a very busy weekend coming up. I went through our grooming log, and the groomer has rolled during 11 of the 12 weeks of grooming to date, with a full schedule or more in 9 of those 11 weeks. Trails have been in great shape and the Old Bully has been very reliable and performed very well with only a few minor issues this year. She continues to do what she does best to give you the best possible trail conditions. Thanks to RJ and Gary for working your magic on our grooming team this year, as well as our dedicatedA late February storm gave the Northeast Kingdom Snow Blasters a foot of snow to work with.30 | Snowmobile VERMONT'