b'Club NewsWe again thank all members for yourtill April 15. We thank the landowners support through all kinds of weather,and volunteers! and we look forward to enjoying lotsRoy Arthur, Vice President/Trailmaster of summer fun here in Vermont.Keepshrewsburysnobirds.org in touch through Amy Carrs postsLike us on Facebookon Instagram and Facebook or our website. Charlie Robbins, Vice President chittendendammers.org Like us on FacebookSteve Torrey from Snowmobile Vermont Tweed Valley Travelers grooms trail 100 in Waterbury on March 11.We held our third Annual Poker Ride on March 2. As we didnt have enoughWASHINGTON snow to snowmobile, we labeled it Shrewsbury Sno-Birds as a Poker Ride-In. Thank you all forCOUNTYcoming to share in the fun, great food As of March 14, we still have a fewand camaraderie! It was great to see trails open for riding, as there is stillso many of you and we are grateful a demand to be able to ride. Lastfor the support. This year, we tried Monday, we received 25 to 30 incheshanging the cards on the wall and of fluffy snow in the higher areasthrowing a dart to create a hand. This after 5 inches of wet heavy snow thebecame fun and competitive for all. day before, which was good exceptWe hope you can join us next year. WeGreen Mountain Roamers all the water bars with water werehost it on the first Saturday of MarchHello from Green Mountain Roamers open. We opened the trails and riderseach year. Awesome burgers with allcountry! After a few years of were on the trails quickly. Therethe fixings were donated and we had avolunteering, I was elected president were people in all parking lots for50/50 raffle, an Early Bird TMA raffle,in November. Thanks to our officers, a couple of days. But as the reportsswag for sale and larger raffle ticketsmembers, folks at VAST and fellow keep coming in, we are closing moreoffering five cash prizes. They cost $50volunteers I have met at county and more trails as the warm weathereach. We are only selling 200 and themeetings for getting me up to speed. keeps melting the snow and vehiclesfirst prize is $1,000. Please reach out ifOur Calcutta is on April 6 this year were starting to drive on the trails.you want a raffle ticket. All proceedsat the Waterbury Legion. This is We really worked at keeping the trailsare helping to buy our new groomer,always a good time and one of two as good as we could for as long as wewhich everyone is saying is a greatmain fundraisers for our club. This is could. The riders thanked us for that.addition to our club. always held in early April, so reach out Riders came in from everywhereWeve received many compliments onanytime to get in on the action. in-state and out-of-state when theyour trails, despite the lack of snow thisWe had a rollercoaster of a season! heard that we had snow. In ouryear. Were in the process of planningAfter briefly opening in December, we reroute out of the groomer shedour Landowner Dinner to thank all thewere rained out. We then opened in parking lot, I was happy to see welandowners for letting the VAST trailJanuary to offer quality high elevation only had one rider go out of thecross their properties. Lets always tryriding for 51 straight days before trail area, and they only shortenedto respect them. Happy late seasonthe warmup closed us again. Most the corner, so that was not too bad.riding, everyone!recently, we were dumped on with The water bars the state installedAlly Martin, Club New Correspondentclose to 30 inches up high and opened were a challenge this year with lowtweedvalleytravelers.comfor an extra four days of riding. snow conditions. Corridors 4 andLike us on Facebook7 over Jocky had a brown tint toOverall, we didnt have the snow the snow most of the winter on thewe were hoping for but had a very state portion, as we had a hard timesuccessful season. We worked on flood keeping them filled. We did finish offrecovery, modernized our signage for the year grooming the Mount Hollya better riding experience, rerouted Snow Flyers trails also. We hope theya trail for safer access to services, were happy with our efforts to keepincreased our social media presence their trails nice also. Other than whenand purchased a new trail maintenance the state closed the trails duringvehicle. If you havent already, give us COVID we have never closed oura like on Facebook for up-to-date info trails this early they usually stay openand watch for workdays and possible 24 | Snowmobile VERMONT'