Trail Report February 6, 2022

I was out all day on Saturday and John Hogan and I were out 6 hours today. All of the trails got groomed. They need more snow in some areas but they were flat. Every one was having a good time. On Saturday I must have seen 150 sleds! I hope every one enjoys the …

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Meeting Minutes-January 11, 2022

Opening The regular meeting of the Shrewsbury Sno-Birds was called to order at 7:05PM on January 11, 2022 at Southside Steakhouse in Rutland by Mike Stewart. Present Mike Stewart, President; Scott Ryan, Director; David Fucci, Director; Mike Gabriel, Treasurer; Roy Arthur, Trailmaster/Vice President; Michele Taube, Secretary; Ray Messer, Member Approval of Agenda Treasurer’s Report was …

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Trail Report January 31, 2022

I was out and groomed all of our trails except on 407 I turned around at the Red Gate. Some areas are really good and some are very slim. Dave was also out with his Alpine trying to pull in snow where he could. In some areas it was hard to do much improvement so …

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Trail Report January 23, 2022

I was out grooming last night. I groomed all the upper trails and 4&7  as far as RD16. Then 407 to the red gate and then RD651 to RD65. The trails need more snow for the groomer. As I would come back on some of the trails and see more rocks showing and the blades …

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Trail Report January 20, 2022

Dave was out with me most of the day yesterday cutting trees and filling one water spot. All of our trails are groomed at least one way. Some areas are slim on snow coverage so drive with caution. If we could get a few more inches it would be nice. We saw several sleds out …

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Trail Report January 18,2022

Dave was out all day checking and clearing the trails. In the morning Jeff Leonard helped him. Scott Ryan was out this afternoon checking and clearing the trails also. The only trail not checked is the Arthur trail to the groomer shed. There is some drifting in areas and the only water spot is on …

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Snow on Monday?

The forecasts are all different so I do not know what we will get. If we get enough I plan on going out on Wednesday to see what we can do. It will be an all day trip, if anyone wants to go with me let me know. If you can not go all day …

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Meeting Minutes – 12/14/21

Opening The regular meeting of the Shrewsbury Sno-Birds was called to order at 7:01PM on December 14, 2021 at Southside Steakhouse in Rutland by Mike Stewart. Present Mike Stewart, President; Scott Ryan, Director; David Fucci, Director; Bill Lohsen, Director; Mike Gabriel, Treasurer; Roy Arthur, Trailmaster; Jeff Leonard & Ray Messer, Members Approval of Agenda Minutes …

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Track Studding is complete and Meeting Reminder.

We had 8 volunteers show up in the freezing rain to install the studs. They were in, in less than 2 hours. There are 175 studs per track and a total of 700 studs. The front tracks are really worn and the width of the rubber grouser is narrower than the rear tracks. The front …

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Installing Studs in our Tucker Tracks

Sunday morning at 8:00 am we are going to install studs in our tracks and we are looking for help to make it go quicker. We are installing 700 studs. Bring cordless drills and extra batteries. If we can get two people per track, one drilling and one installing the studs that would be great. …

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