b'Club NewsSno Cat did an excellent job groomingthroughout the Northeast! A limited the trails!number of tickets will be sold by club We are working with the state, andofficers in the coming month, and landowners to reopen the southerndetails about the raffle and how to part of our trail system. This has beenreach us can be found on our Facebook Northwest Riders an ongoing project, and we are hopingpage and our website once tickets go Happy 2021! As we are writing this,for a favorable outcome. on sale.the weather has finally begun to hearA big thanks to Jesberger Welding,We still have a good supply of t-shirts us and is granting us some snow.who donated a sponsor board for ourand sweatshirts for sale, and logistics Congratulations to Patrick Boucher,drag, and all the sponsors who boughtare a bit easier this season as compared who won our Ruger rifle from M & Ra square! to the end of last season. Contact a Gun Sales in Highgate. Thank you allI want to extend my personal thanksclub officer if interested. We also have for your donation to the club throughto all the volunteers who camea limited supply for sale at Riverbend this raffle. together to help with the groomer andMarket in Morrisville.Our last newsletter mentioned trailstrail maintenance, as well as to ourFor now, keep doing your snow being rerouted due to landownerlandowners who make it all happen. dances. Be patient, ride safe, ride right! closures. We extend a huge thank youWe are looking forward to more snowWe look forward to seeing you soon in to our club members who worked,and a healthy club. See you on theSno-Packer Country!even through News Day, finalizingtrails! Ami English, Secretary new landowner permissions andDamien Henry, Presidentsnopackersoflamoillecounty.com building, signing and staking 10 milesLike us on Facebook Like us on Facebook of new trail. This is a huge example of team work within a club, along with VAST, in keeping snowmobiling aliveLAMOILLE ORANGEin Vermont. COUNTY COUNTYPlease remember, especially with trails having minimal snow, to stay on the marked trail, thereby showing respect to our landowners who graciously allow us to enjoy this sport.Stay safe and enjoy the season. Due toCorinth Sno-Scramblersthe pandemic, monthly club meetings are postponed. Check our NorthwestSno-Packers of Lamoille County We are hoping with everything we Riders Facebook page for updates. Hello from the Sno-Packers! have that by the time you read this Jodie Ross, SecretaryWe hope this message finds youarticle, the groomer will have rolled Like us on Facebook healthy and safe and hoping for theacross all of our trails many times! As white stuff! We are off to a slow snowof mid-January, we had yet to get out start here in Sno-Packer Country afterand groom despite a great amount of GRAND ISLE a flurry of preparation activities. Ourtrail and groomer prep this fall and COUNTY core, dedicated volunteers have beenearly winter. out signing, rebuilding bridges, andBy the first week of January, we had clearing blow-downs. The groomera total of 127 TMAs registered with tracked in the trail, and the report fromus and three memberships without a the Vice President, Arthur Lefevre, isTMA. Considering our world this year, that the trails have sparse snow cover,we are incredibly thankful for those open water, and many natural objectswho have chosen to join with us. We Alburgh Sno Springers to look out for. The best way to stayhave many returning members and 34 current on the condition of our trailsnew members who chose to become Well winter is here although it sureis to follow us on Facebook. There is aSno-Scramblers this year! We have has been mild. We were lucky to getlive report each time the groomer rolls.sent all of these members personalized what little snow we did, and the trailsThe good news is snow in the forecastthank you notes, membership cards, were very good considering. Onefor this very weekend! and club decals. section of trails in the center of townOur focus now turns to fundraising asMost importantly, we want to thank with cornfields is a bit rough andwe will not be able to hold our annualthose who have put in the work of should be used with caution. We werespaghetti dinner. We hope to havegetting the groomer and trails ready one of very few clubs with open trailsa raffle for a GPS that includes bothfor this season: Paul Osgood, Adam as of this post. Our new (1979) Tuckersnowmobile and ATV trail systemsOsgood, Bob Thody, Karin Thody, 22 | Snowmobile VERMONT'