b'Club Newstime you read this, the season will beWINDSOR Facebook to purchase a $50 raffle ticket. underway with colder weather andAs of mid-January, trails are still not adequate snowfall. Our gratitude goesCOUNTY open. We are praying for more snow, out to the volunteers and landowners,which will allow us to groom and as their contributions ensure theopen them.Hope to see you at our availability of our trails. Ride safely,upcoming ride-in!and we hope to greet you on the trails. Chris Keen, Secretary Linda Binnixandoversnowriders.com ezridersvt.comAndover Mountaineer Snow Riders Like us on FacebookLike us on Facebook Andover Mountaineer Snow Riders held their annual pasta dinner on Jan. 11. The event and food were spectacular. Many local businesses donated items for the silent auction, and folks were very generous withBarnard Mountain Viewerstheir bidding. Thank you to all who Vernon Trail Breakers came out to support us. Its been a slow start to the season so The annual ride-in event is scheduledfar. The trails are cleared and ready, The new year is upon us, and I realizedfor Feb. 22, with a rain date of Marchjust waiting for snow!I must have been naughty, as Santa8. The location will be Marsh Hill, asThe club hosted its first Snow Ball did not deliver the snow I asked for.it has been for the past several years.dance fundraiser, and it was a We got a little teaser in December, butPlease monitor our Facebook page forgreat success. Thank you to club right now, we have nothing. The onlyupdates. member Devin Noyes and his band, bright side is that we have a lot of trailRaffle tickets for our cash prizeSomething Reckless, for the awesome closures due to power line upgradesdrawing, which will take place duringmusic. It was nice to see so many from National Grid and one horrificthe ride-in, are still available. Pleasepeople outside the snowmobile logging job that left an entire trailcontact us via email, our website, orcommunity come to support our club. impassable. In my 25 years here, IveWe also appreciate all the help from never seen such a terrible mess. Weour volunteers.could barely get through on ATVs! We have our county forester looking into this, and we hope the landowner had something in writing requiring the roads to be left as they were before the operation.With our town loop destroyed for the season, we will have to see what we can do if we get snow. In the meantime, well trailer to where the snow is. I thought by not getting our trail signs out early, I might trick Mother Nature into giving us snow, but that mean old snow which didnt take the bait. We are hopeful for snow during the annual Brattleboro Winter Carnival Snowmobile Rides. Only time will tell.Meanwhile, we will work on reroutes for some trails. Its hard to keep ones snow spirits high with all thats happened, but we keep trying. For those of you who have been fortunate enough to get snow, we hope you keep it pretty, as well be visiting your neck of the woods soon. Good luck to all, and regardless of your beliefs, pray for snow. Ride safe.Don Rosinski, President Like us on FacebookWinter 2025 | 27'