b'Club Newsproperty. If this trend keeps up, they wont. What will happen to our sport then? STAY ON THE TRAIL!As with all the clubs in our area, we are waiting for Mother Nature to replace the 44 inches of snow she so generously provided in December. Lets hope she remembers that we still have a couple of months left in snowmobile season if only we have the key ingredients - snow and cold temperatures. The situation is serious . so do a snow dance - or make a sacrifice to the Cold Miser!Hawks Mountain Ridge Runners installed Snowmobiling is possible becausenew junction signs and posts this year. of the generosity of landowners and volunteers. Please be respectful of bothChester was grooming 40 inches of snow groups. Without them, we have noon Dec. 15, right before the rain melted itis published. As always, thank you trails. So thank a landowner and thankall away.to all our landowners who make this a groomer!sport possible. Karen Marini, SecretaryGeorge Malin a quart of maple syrupSteve Kruse, Club News Correspondent cavendishsnowfleas.commade by our trailmaster Dick Jewett.Like us on FacebookLike us on Facebook Thanks to everyone who purchased a ticket to support the club.We are asking that riders PLEASE stay on marked trails as off trail riding greatly impacts landowners deciding to close the trails on their property.With the first year of all TMA sales Chester Snowmobile Club being online, we want to extend specialLittle Ascutney Snowmobile ClubBy the time you read this, we shouldthanks to Cindy Locke, her staff, and be in the middle of a great ridingthe volunteers who worked so hardThe season started with a bang. We season, and I hope we are! Theand long to process all the early birdreceived about 40 inches of snow weekend prior to the opening of theTMAs. As expected, sales were veryin one day - so much snow that our season, the Chester area received 40+heavy just prior to Dec. 15. Mule track groomer could only pack inches of snow, and we thought it wasJoan Choinierethe trails without the drag. That snow awesome to have so much snow withLike us on Facebook didnt last, as a couple days later, we which to build a base for our trails.were hit with record temps near 60 However, Christmas brought aboutdegrees and rain that nearly took all 3 inches of warm rain, which quicklythe snow away and washed out many wiped us out. On New Years day, wetrails. We have our good years and we got our steel track Tucker back fromhave our bad ones. There is still time to Track Inc. fully repaired and ready tomake up for the weeks of closed trails go to work, but we still had no snow. this season, so we hope there isnt a Hawks Mountain Ridge Riders repeat of last years lack of snow. The Our monthly meetings have beenOne additional project we had thisFarmers Almanac said this was to be a via zoom due to COVID restrictions.year was some new sign posts andbig snow year - bring it!!! With COVID It appears we will be unable to holdsigns. The heavy snow in December19 still keeping people holed up in their our kids ride and our poker run. Weallowed a few days of good ridinghomes, snowmobiling would make a are hoping that, by spring, we canonce we were able to get the trailswelcome opportunity to get outside host some sort of an event to bringgroomed. We had some visitors fromand have some fun this year. The lack our snowmobilers and communitynorthern Vermont, and they said thatof snow doesnt mean the clubs have together for some fun. our trails were some of the best in thestopped working this season as we We held a raffle for a Marlon singlearea. always have trails to clear, snow fences sled loader, selling 50 tickets @ $50to repair, and signs to replace. For those each. The lucky winner was JudyLike everyone else, the season startwho dont know our club, heres a little Valente from the Brighton club. Wewas spoiled by warm weather andLASC by the numbers:64 members pulled a second ticket awardingrain. Lets hope that we have somethis year,five to eight as typical good snow by the time this club reportnumber of members on a workday,six 30 | Snowmobile VERMONT'