b'Club Newsthis; all clubs deal with these issues.the same: to create and maintain However, we are a small club with aexceptional trails for our riders. The decent-sized trail system and we needSno-Bees have a proud history of help. Volunteer groomer operators areinnovation, community involvement, needed as well.and camaraderie. This award Mountain Tamers is proud to be partalso recognizes our hardworking of the VAST community and we thankvolunteers, past and present, who you in advance for your consideration.spend countless hours grooming, Please feel free to email us atsigning, and preparing trails; our Mountaintamersvt@gmail.com. generous landowners, whose partnership is essential to the trail Bill Davis, Treasurer system; and our supportive members, who have kept the spirit of the club alive for generations. On behalf of the entire club, I want to thank the VAST Awards Committee for this honor. We are also excited to announce that the finishing touches on one of them.our very own Greg Rouleau was All of this takes time and cooperationSno-Bees recognized by VAST with a Lifetime with landowners. Sometimes thisThis years VAST Annual MeetingMember award at this years annual means approaching new landownersbrought exciting news for our club,meeting. This prestigious honor is to bring them along with the ideawhere we were presented witha testament to Gregs decades of of snowmobiling and the importancethe Club of the Year award. Thisdedicated service to the Sno-Bees and of a trail on their property. Otherrecognition honors the collectiveVAST, a well-deserved recognition. times it means working with adjacenteffort that has defined our club sinceSeason preparations began in earnest landowners to gain access across theirits inception in 1967. From earlyback in September with our first lawns with an excavator and truckshomemade drags to the advancedclub meeting, and volunteers have to work on a trail that is not even ongrooming equipment we use today,been busy ever since with groomer their property. We are not unique inour core mission has remainedmaintenance, trail work, and event and fundraising planning. Were ready to go and looking forward to a great season!Steve Avery, President snobees.com Like us on FacebookTwinfield Snow TravelersThe Twinfield Snow Travelers have stayed busy throughout the summer months. Fortunately, we finally had a dry summer, which was a relief after past years. Over the past few months, we have been making improvements to both trails and equipment. At the beginning of the summer, we refurbished our drag and made much-needed repairs, including replacing all the cutting teeth and welding stress cracks to ensure it is ready for the snow. The drag also received a new coat of blue paint along with new wheels and tires. Project-wise, we completed several small culvert projects and improved our new lower Cabot trail, widening 34 | Snowmobile Vermont'