b'Club NewsWardsboros 710 trail is always a fun ride. Barnard has some amazing views on their trails!now, I hope for a marvelous March forvolunteers, led by Trailmaster Gene snowmobiling.Pategas, who spent countless hours In our last meeting, we discussed trailinstalling the lights, camera, and GPS work that needs to be done in the off- tracking device, all while coordinating season, including a bridge that needsa regular schedule of grooming theBarnard Mountainviewersto be replaced. Weve heard of othertrails.clubs repurposing old flatbed trailersWe were also able to revive the oldWhat a season it has shaped up to for bridges. Anyone have an old flatbedclub Skandic snowmobile that wasbe this year! Trails in Barnard have they want to donate? Let us know! used for grooming in past years andbeen beautiful, all thanks to our put it into service on the secondaryhardworking groomer operators. Rob Our next meeting is Saturday, March 20trail that we maintain over MarkhamTracy, Dana Noyes, Wyatt Stulz, Ryan at 6:15 p.m. This will likely be anotherMountain. It is a steep and narrowBidlack, Jeff Tracy, David Benson, Max Zoom meeting, but we are consideringwinding trail that is very challengingSterns, Austin Tracy and Dan Ertel an outside, socially distant meeting atto maintain due to the amount ofhave all spent some quality time in our the Stratton Rec Area, in which casesnowfall it receives and the difficultgroomer and have done a great job. we may start earlier. Stay tuned. If theterrain. Our assistant trailmaster,Not to mention the countless hours meeting is on Zoom, we will post theKeven Forbes stepped up andspent working on keeping it running, link on our Facebook page, or you canvolunteered to take on the challenge oftoo. Thank you all!email us for the link.grooming this section of trail with theWe were lucky enough to have a Please ride and stay safe! A big thankSkandic. Anyone familiar with the traillandowner offer to add a scenic route you to our landowners and theand its history would agree that Kevento our trail system, and it doesnt volunteers; we appreciate you all! did an outstanding job and deserves adisappoint. Its a beautiful spot with a Visit our website for a complete listbig thank you for his efforts! nice view of Killington Mountain in the of WPSC events and up-to-date trailOn a sad note, Kevens dad, Skipdistance. Thank you to the Hoffmans reports. As always, think snow!Forbes, a lifelong resident of Andoverfor sharing this with the snowmobiling and a longtime member of thecommunity. Its off of corridor 12 if you Jennifer Mulligan, Membership ChairAndover club, passed away in earlywant to check it out. wardsboropathfinders.comMarch. Skip was very active in theAs we wrap up another successful Like us on Facebook club, both volunteering his time andsnowmobiling season, we give a WINDSOR as a landowner who allowed the VASTheartfelt thank you to the generous trail to cross his property. He will belandowners who allow us to enjoy this COUNTY missed by all of us and we offer oursport. We couldnt do this without you condolences to the Forbes family. and truly appreciate being able to have As always ride right and remember tosuch wonderful trails in Barnard. To thank the volunteers and landowners!the riders who passed through, thank you for respecting our trails, and we Rich Wood, Presidenthope youll be back next year! Andover Mountaineer Snow Riders andoversnowriders.comKaleigh Rhoades, Secretary The season has been busy for theLike us on Facebook Like us on FacebookAndover club as we needed to get our new grooming machine outfitted and ready to maintain our network of trails. This was accomplished through the hard work and dedication of several Late Winter 2021 | 29'