b'Club NewsBBQ happening the first Saturday of February 2026 unless otherwise specified! Well see you all on the trails and, as always, think snow!Taylor Parker, Vice President uppervalleysnowpackers.com Like us on FacebookThe Country Riders volunteer crew show off the new bridge they built.Upper Valley Snowpackers volunteersWashington Snow Flyersservice the clubs 25-year-old PistenBully. ORLEANS Fall is here and time to get ready forCOUNTYwinter. We had our first club meeting October 9. We had a great turnout. We recognized one of our long-time volunteers, Andre Dessureau, for the VAST Trailblazer award for over 25 years of dedication. Andre is a very Upper Valley Snowpackers valued member who is always there, Greetings from the Upper Valley!taking the initiative in helping theCountry RidersOver the past several weekends ourclub with trail work, grooming, and volunteers have been busy preparingmaintenance of equipment. ThankThis year marks a significant milestone for the upcoming season and theresyou, Andre, for all your years offor the Country Riders Snowmobile been no shortage of projects! Onvolunteering and to many more toClub: our 50th anniversary! We have Saturday, Oct. 18, our volunteerscome. several exciting events planned to serviced our 25-year-old PistenbullyFor trail news, we had a bridgecelebrate. Our annual Snowmobile to make sure shes ready to roll inreplaced on Trail 254, located a shortRaffle will take place on December 6, December. They also installed a newdistance from Richardson Road on theand the 50th Anniversary Celebration fuel tank at the bully shed with a spilllower end of the Notch Trail. is set for January 10, both hosted at the American Legion in North Troy. container and roof. The followingWe currently have lost access on aThe celebration will feature food, Saturday, Oct. 25, our volunteers werepart of Trail 14A that connects toentertainment, and plenty of good back at it working on a trail reroute toWilliamstown. We are currentlycompanyits open to everyone, so move trail 25A off of Durgin Hill Roadlooking for alternate routes to bypassmark your calendars and join the fun!in Vershire. They had a quarter mile ofthe section that has been shut down.The Fourth Annual Vintage Sled Ride brush to cut along with a small bridgeThere has been some debrushing ofand Hot Dog Roast will follow on to install, but knocked it out in onesections of trails. January 31, once again at the Tetreault day! We were fortunate to receive aSome trails have been signed withFamily Farm. This popular event keeps $5,000 grant from Polaris this summermore work to be done. We havegrowing each yearlast winter, more to help fix trail 5 in Vershire, whichexperienced a couple of powerfulthan 50 vintage snowmobiles were on had severely eroded over the years.windstorms in the past couple weeks,display!This grant allowed us to purchaseso no doubt there will be plenty of 25-plus loads of crushed stone byblowdowns to clean up. Were also continuing our Gun Raffle working together with the town ofthrough the spring of 2026, with a new Vershire Road Crew, who provided theHopefully the weather is normal forfirearm awarded each month.trucking. The surrounding landownerus, where we will get a good frostSince our last update, our outstanding also contributed by covering thein the ground and snow throughteam of volunteers has been hard excavator and dozer work. Because ofDecember to get the base and snowat work redecking, resetting, and this collaborative effort, the trail willbridges built to make a great ridingrebuilding several bridges. Theyve be much improved for years to come!season. Trails technically can openalso replaced culverts, completed a Back again this year will be our annualDecember 15, but it is the ultimatemajor trail reroute, and tackled plenty redneck raffletickets will be on saledecision by the club when to open, soof debrushing. A special thanks to sometime mid/late November, so beplease follow us on our Facebook page. everyone involved. Im personally sure to check our Facebook page forJim Wild, Media Managergrateful for that reroute, which lets details on the prizes! Also, keep an eyeLike us on Facebook me avoid the ditch and barbed-wire out for info on our 53rd annual chickenstretch again this season! More events 28 | Snowmobile Vermont'