b'Club Newsopen our trails early like we used to. I groomed the night of the 12th, and members are still riding our higher elevations even today, March 14. With temps in the 60s and sunny, the trails Shrewsbury Sno-Birds wont last long. Time to close a gate or two? Hope to see you this summer! This has been a challenging seasonRoy Arthur, Vice President/Trailmaster for the Sno-Birds. We could not openshrewsburysnobirds.org our trails as soon as we would haveLike us on Facebookliked, but things weather-wise started to look better, and we started to getTim and Michele Doyle enjoy theWASHINGTON snow almost every day. It added up, and by early to mid-February, we wereShrewsbury SnoBirdsat the upper end ofCOUNTYin good shape with snow. We werethe Black Swamp Road.getting the water bars filled in nicely, then we were having mechanical issues with the Tucker. First, we hadto keep the trails open really paid off an injection pump failure and thenas we heard from everyone that was we had a bad crank sensor and thenusing our trail system. This includes a minor antifreeze leak. Luckily, weVAST members, joggers, cross-countryGreen Mountain Roamers made it back to the groomer shedskiers, dog walkers, and the local every time. After fixing these issues,landowners! After one of my timesAnother great season is almost we were on the trails again gettinggrooming, John was out riding andwrapped up in Roamer country! As them back to our standards. We hadhe picked lots of rocks out of the trailof mid-March, we are continuing some really nice trails with the coldthat I had dug out due to the watergrooming operations but are expecting temps; all water crossings froze upbars. Ethan from the State rode inthe very warm weather to shut it nicely and the trails were rock solid.the groomer and I stressed the needdown. We are hopeful more snow will Our grooming and tree removal effortsto correct the water bars so we cancome before April 15 so we can roll the Late Winter 2025 | 23'