Thank you, for making the Orleans Snowstormers your
snowmobile club of choice. As a snowmobile club, we pride ourselves
in offering well groomed and signed trails and support for the local
businesses that cater to Snowmobiling. We also provide our members
reasonable rates and an informative website with up to date trail
and weather reports, along with convenient membership options to make
joining the Orleans Snowstormers as easy as possible. As a club member
you will receive a fall newsletter in mid November, with the latest
trail information and membership applications for your convenience.
We hope you will consider joining us again for the following winter
season.
WINTER RECAP:
The trails opened on Dec 16TH with enough snow cover for us to begin
our grooming operations. Although we did not have a lot of snow, we
were able to start a base for the Season. Warm weather and rain forced
us to stop grooming operations at the end of the month however January
brought back colder temps and some much needed snow. We were able
to again build a trail base and the colder temperatures allowed us
to keep it and provide some great trail conditions. February brought
another small warm up with the return of colder temps and more snow,
once again some great trail conditions. March came in with its spring
warm up and more rain, although trails in the higher elevations maintained
decent snow coverage. The loss of the valley trails forced us to close
the trail system down. For the season total miles groomed this season
was 2,520 miles and we ended with a total of 625. Compared to 597
for the previous season this is a 5 percent increase.
EVENTS:
The14TH Annual Nichols
Gage Poker Run was held on January 31ST. Mid week snow and perfect
weather conditions contributed to a perfect fun day. 426 hands were
purchased with Bobby Morin winning the big prize of $500.00 Cash donated
by Mulkin Automotive and Orleans Snowstormers. Other winners were
Cindy Labarge, Junior Jenne and Chasity Austin. Jeff Labarge won a
football helmet grill donated by Farrell Distributors. Our next major
event will be the 15TH Annual Snowmobile Giveaway on October 24TH
to be held at the Elks Hall in Derby. Tickets will be available in
late August. This is a great evening with dinner and dance for ticket
holders and a chance to win one of many great prizes. The lucky winner
will receive a 2010 Arctic Cat F570 with electric start and reverse.
If you are interested in this event call us at (802)334-6179 for more
information.
SUMMER/FALL PROJECTS:
We are still working on a permanent solution for a re-route in Westmore
next to the beach. The temporary re-route along route 5A served us
well but we have been asked to do something different to eliminate
a dangerous road crossing. The proposed project includes Wetlands
and a need for permits also approval from the State Wetlands, if approved
it will also require some manual trail clearing. We will have more
information on this as the summer goes by. We will also have some
bridge projects mostly re-planking of existing structures. If you
are interested in joining any of these work details call us at (802)334-6179
and we will put you on the list of volunteers.
