Thank you for making the Snowstormers your snowmobile
club of choice. Your support helps us to continue to promote the sport
of snowmobiling and to provide the service our members desire. At
this time, we would like to invite you to join us again for another
exciting snowmobile season. We have included membership info and forms
so that you can join from the comfort of your home. VAST memberships
have gone up but the Snowstormers club dues still remain at $10.00.
We are making all possible efforts to hold this cost to keep snowmobiling
affordable for our members. Please feel free to make copies of these
forms if you need more. If you have any questions regarding TMAs or
Vermont Registrations please call us at (802)334-6179, we are here
to serve our members. Our secretary is also a VAST Vermont Registration
Agent and can assist you with your registration needs. The TMAs and
memberships are also available at Desmarais Equipment in Orleans,
Bob's Quick Stop in Irasburg or on our website at www.orleanssnowstormers.com.
You can also call the secretary for an appointment at your conveience.
TRAIL PROJECTS:
This has been a pretty busy fall season. We had some washouts during
the spring floods and Tropical Storm Irene did some minor damage also.
We have repaired the washed out areas around a bridge in Evansville.
We also had several washout trail sections and culverts in the Evansville
and Charleston areas. Irene flooded two bridges in Irasburg which
have been repaired. We had two bridges in the Orleans area that were
due for replanking and replacement of support beams. The beavers once
again are an issue in the Charleston and Westmore area and we are
working to address these issues.We have changed the road crossing
by the Royer farm on Rte.58 to Irasburg which will allow better visibilty
and get the trail out of a private driveaway. We are still trying
to address the trail closure in Barton. Repeated attempts to reopen
this trail have failed and we are looking at our options for a reroute.
Information reguarding this reroute will be posted on our Trail Info
link page by the start of the season.We will also have a temporary
CLOSING of trail Vast corridor 16 between OS13 Junction and Evansville
for the holiday season. We have a landowner, a family trust, who wishes
to CLOSE this trail on December 24th through January 5th. This is
their property if we can't comply, we could LOOSE this section
of trail for the future. Special signs will be posted at the OS13
Junction in Orleans, OS14 Junction in Westmore and in Evansville.
PLEASE help us by complying with this request after
January 5th everything will be back to normal(thank you).
EVENTS:
The Snowstormers held the 17th Annual Snowmobile Giveaway at the Elk's
Club in Derby on October 22nd. We had an excellent turnout and a wonderful
evening. Congratulations to David & Evelyn Kennison lucky winners
of a 2012 Arctic Cat F-570. We also had 100 plus other prizes,
thanks to all our sponsors and many thanks to everyone
who made this event possible. The next event will be the 17th
Annual Nicholas Gage Poker Run to be held on the last weekend in January
on Saturday 28, 2012. We will post all the info on our events page
on our website and in local businesses as this date approches.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE: ** We are approching another snowmobiling
season and I can't wait to start riding again. I know many of you
are itching to get those sleds out again also. As we start the season
we need to stay focused on some basic principles. We are the
guest of private landowners and need to respect this privilage and
conduct ourselves as true sportsmen. The trails have been marked and
thats where we need to STAY BETWEEN the STAKES: We need to remember
that there are many snowmobiliers sharing these trails so please SLOW
DOWN and respect everyones right to share these trails. Remember that
we provide trash barrels at our Junctions, use them please. I hope
everyone enjoys the holidays and look forward to seeing you on the
trails. Just a reminder that our regular club meetings to be held
at 7:pm on the second Tuesday of every month at the Rodrigue's residence
for directions call (802) 334-6179. HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU THIS SEASON:
