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November 2011 Utah Snow Scoop Page USA President’s Message By: Brian Howarth, President Utah Snowmobile Association
During the off season, many of us are out mowing lawns, camping and enjoying many of the outdoor activities that our the same at the club level. great State has to offer. During When volunteers come to- the off season is also when USA gether great things can be ac- Board of Directors Club Directory members shine! complished. If you attended the Thats when many of our clubs snow show, you would have been Brian Howarth, President Top of Utah Snowmobile Association do volunteer work that we all able to see volunteers at their P.O. Box 397 Kelly Leishman, President Fairview, UT 84629 4145 South Hollow Road benefit from. Everything from, finest! Club members showing 435-427-3620/[email protected] Nibley, UT 84321 helping clear fallen timber from support for their clubs by promot- 435-245-4689/[email protected] designated OHV and snowmobile ing them and spending most of Tommy George, Jr., Vice President 1350 South 2000 West Golden Spike Snowmobile Association trails to assisting in marking and the day in the club booths. It took Springville, UT 84663 Jeff Eddings, President prepping snowmobile trails for volunteers to collect and create 801-794-3005/[email protected] 2645 East 7800 South the upcoming grooming sea- prizes for the USA silent auction, South Weber, UT 84405 Donna Hayes, Secretary 801-510-7791/[email protected] son. From the Adopt-A-Highway volunteers to work in the USA 1187 South 650 West Program that clubs participate boothes and the many hours that Heber, UT 84032 Cedar Mountain Sledders in to much larger projects, such volunteers sat in shifts for show 435-671-6371/[email protected] Ken Klatt, President P.O. Box 1441 as making improvements on security with some club members Lisa Kowalewski, Treasurer Duck Creek, UT 84762 warming huts and keeping them doing back to back shifts for the 1794 North 6250 East 435-682-2212/[email protected] stocked with supplies. USA mem- ability to support their club. Eden, UT 84310 801-745-6138/[email protected] Chalk Creek Riders bers volunteer lots of time for the Yes, volunteering is never Wes Blonquist, President betterment of the community. easy, but ALWAYS appreciated!! Jay Ombach, Executive Director P.O. Box 385 Being a volunteer doesn’t just We have all types of volunteers, 2159 North 550 West Coalville, UT 84017 Layton, UT 84041 435-336-4496/[email protected] mean doing these types of jobs, from young and old to big and 801-825-1164/[email protected] it also means helping in other small. A volunteer is not defined Salt Lake Valley Club places as well. Being a volunteer by a race, religion or a political Dean Rossum, Past President Russ Mangone, President 3306 West Coybrook Court 2260 West 4805 South is one of the most rewarding and group, but by the size of ones West Jordan, UT 84084 Taylorsville, UT 84118 under appreciated titles one can heart and dedication in what they 801-518-2766/[email protected] 801-969-7335/[email protected] have. People often see the end believe in. That is what USA is all
Curt Kennedy, Director Public Lands and Trails Skyline Sno-Riders result and never stop to think of about, heart and dedication to do 302 South Maryfield Drive Brian Howarth, President all the time and effort that goes what you can for what you love. Salt Lake City, UT 84108 P.O. Box 397 into creating that end result. So the next time you see 801-582-3882/[email protected] Fairview, UT 84629 435-427-3620/[email protected] Take USA for example. The someone that has volunteered in Shane Egan, Safety Director USA Board is an all volunteer your club or community..... tell 686 North 275 East Davis County Snowflakes group - from Executive Director them thanks for their hard work. Kaysville, UT 84037 Cal Taylor, President 801-444-3268/[email protected] 1236 South 1800 West to club rep. Yet the amount that Then see how rewarding it can Syracuse, UT 84075 is accomplished is amazing. Its be...... be a volunteer! Mike & Jen Johnson, Awards Director [email protected] 602 East 1200 South Kaysville, UT 84037 Wasatch Riders 801-451-0845/[email protected] Ken Rossum, President 11461 Mountain Ridge Circle Donna Hayes, PR/Snow Scoop Sandy, UT 84092 1187 South 650 West 801-572-4455/[email protected] Heber, UT 84032 435-671-6371/[email protected] Wasatch WEST Blair Westergard, President Mark Michie, No. Utah Club Rep 106 South 600 West 50 South 1150 East Tremonton, UT 84337 Fruit Heights, UT 84037 435-257-3979/[email protected] 801-544-2503/[email protected]
Brian Howarth, So. Utah Club Rep. P.O. Box 397 Fairview, UT 84629 435-427-3620/[email protected]
Chris Haller, State Parks Rep. P.O. Box 146001 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 801-349-0487/[email protected]
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November 2011 Utah Snow Scoop Page lanche awareness through the aspects of snowmobiling in that Access Update Utah Avalanche Center, Interna- agency’s responsibility over win- tional Snowmobile Safety Week ter OHV programs. By: Curt Kennedy, Director - Public Lands and the national Safe Riders pro- We maintain a recognition gram. program (Snowmobiler, Youth, USA writes grant applica- Dealer, Club and Groomer of the in the Forest Plan and Travel Plan tions for specialized programs and Year), as well as an annual schol- revision processes that determine media exposure that benefits all arship program. our opportunity to ride on public Utah riders. Probably most important, lands. This occurs at both the We always have a rep- our volunteers maintain ongoing, National level and the local For- resentative at the annual Inter- positive relationships with key est level and includes everything national Snowmobile Congress land management agency person- I would like to diverge from from preparing formal written that is the only forum that brings nel, political leaders and coalition my normal monthly column while comments to attending important together participants from the partners that are the center- there is a slight lull in the issues planning meetings. We respond- snow-belt states, Canada, Swe- piece for our opportunity to enjoy affecting our opportunity to ride ed to the Plan revisions for Cari- den and Russia to tackle snow- snowmobiling!!!!! a snowmobile in Utah. The ac- bou, Uinta and Wasatch-Cache mobile-related issues and work So, my message is simple. cess issues I covered last month National Forests and are currently toward the common goal of sus- We all need to spread the word are still very much pending, so monitoring Plan revisions for taining our chosen form of recre- about the benefits of joining the it gives me a chance to go on a Manti-LaSal, Dixie, Fishlake and ation. ranks of organized snowmobil- tangent about some of my pet Ashley National Forests. USA has member benefits ing. Riders should be encour- topics. During the last few USA USA is a key participant in such as: free life insurance; six aged to join a local club which Board meetings there has been the annual “Washington D.C. Fly- issues of the Utah Snow Scoop; automatically includes them in considerable discussion regarding In” that is a unique opportunity to and we maintain the www. the fold of the state association. selling the image and mission of educate our legislative and agen- snowut.com website that is a If club membership is not some- the Utah Snowmobile Association. cy leaders about snowmobiling resource for riding areas, club thing that appeals to the rider, at It is clear that even local club and the perspective of our riders. information, grooming and com- a minimum they should join the members have very little idea of Similarly, we have provided writ- munication on important issues. USA as a standalone member. what USA is all about and why ten comments on such issues as: USA is the primary liaison If you enjoy snowmobiling, you it is important to have a strong the greater Yellowstone debate; with the Utah Division of Parks need to be a member of the Utah state Association. Wilderness; Endangered Species and Recreation regarding all Snowmobile Association! There are somewhere in the Act; reauthorization of the Recre- neighborhood of 25,000 regis- ational Trails Program; Roadless tered snowmobiles in Utah and Area Rule, National Forest Service let’s assume for discussion pur- Planning Rule; RS2477 Right-of- Volunteers Mark New Trail poses there are at least 2 regis- Ways; EPA standards; CAFE stan- tered snowmobiles per household. dards; National OHV policy; group By: Joseph Donnell, Utah State Parks This would mean there are ap- permit process and requirements; proximately 12,500 households and, insurance issues for recre- that have sleds. Significantly less ationists. On October 15th, several die- were sparse and not in accor- than one percent of those house- USA is a member of the hard snowmobilers helped mark dance with Rockport’s preferred holds are members of a local club American Council of Snowmobile the Cold Springs/Silver Meadow standards. or USA. That’s a very poor show- Associations (“ACSA”), which is Trail in the Soapstone Basin. The We would like to thank the ing when we try to tackle any the focal-point organization for Trail is being groomed for the first following for their willingness issue important to the Utah rider all national snowmobile issues. time this winter by the grooming to volunteer: Cal Taylor, Bryan with a strong, common voice. So ACSA is critical to the voice for all crew of Rockport State Park. Turnblom, Kristi Turnblom, Carl why should we care about orga- snowmobilers and is a respected The Trail is heavily used and Turnblom, Les Thompson, and nized snowmobiling? organization in the political and gets extremely bumpy. Many Orma Smith. Two other volun- Let’s start by looking at the agency arena. search and rescue operations teers helped earlier in the week mission of USA: “To promote, The organized structure of utilize this trail to access injured to mark the Soapstone and Mill protect and defend safe and USA constantly provides volun- or lost winter users. The trail was Hollow Trails, they are Lyle and responsible snowmobile use now teers to participate hands-on in marked years ago but markers Loreen Spencer. and for future generations – We issues all over the state ranging are the Utah Snowmobile Associa- anywhere from parking lot plow- tion.” Although this is a draft in ing, warming hut maintenance, progress that is being developed trail maintenance/marking, travel by the current USA Board, it is planning within specific Ranger indicative of the vision for long- Districts, focus groups with other term riding opportunity. Drill- winter users, gas tax allocation ing down from there, USA brings for OHV programs, media rela- eleven critical services to the tions, charity events, volunteer Utah snowmobiler and, by far, the OHV patrol, wilderness posting first one can mean the difference and the list goes on. from having fun out on the snow USA interfaces with a host to having no place to ride. of safety and education programs We are actively involved such as youth certification, ava-
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then to ask for permission. I’m sure many of you guys are in the same boat as I was and like me you can’t resist the temptations. I came away with a new coat and bibs (I just bought new pants last year), some pretty cool movies, a hat and I did get my renewal, but I forgot my socks once again. Oops! I did it again. I went to I would like to thank our club the Snow Show with very distinct members who helped out with instructions from my wife, “Cal, our booth. Namely: Mike & Jen if you buy anything you don’t get Johnson, Bryan & Kristi Turnblom, to use it until after Christmas, Matt Turnblom, Carl Turnblom, and that’s all you are getting for Shane Egan, Mark Michie, Terri the next two years.” So my plan Hamblin, Dave Wittner, Dave was to renew my subscription Worthen, Rick & Debbie Naftzger. to SnoWest and SledHeads and Also, I would like to thank all of maybe buy a pair of socks. So those who helped with security much for the store list, it was as and other USA duties. if I had gone to the grocery store I would like to extend a warm on an empty stomach. Everything welcome to everyone to our looked so good and after try- Opening Social at Blaine Jensen’s ing stuff on and salivating over RV in Kaysville on November 7th it time and time again, I couldn’t @ 7pm. We will be serving pulled resist. Plus, I kept telling myself pork and enjoying pot luck sides it was easier to ask forgiveness and desserts.
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Pub: Utah Snow Scoop for the club from the PLINKO board they made! It was a lot of fun and the kids at the show Friends of USA really loved playing PLINKO for candy and prizes! Our annual Club Meeting will be held on November 12, 2011 at Once again USA’s Silent Auction held in conjunction with the Inter- the home of Brian and Miko How- mountain Snowmobile Show was a huge success. We appreciate both arth at 7 PM. It will be a pot luck, those that made donations of merchandise and the snowmobilers who so please bring your favorite dish opened their wallets to purchase the items. to share with the club members. USA extends a huge “THANK YOU” to the following “Friends of USA” We will be voting for club offi- who made generous donations to our silent auction fundraiser. cers for the 2011-2012 year and By: Darlene Mortensen scheduling the rides and events Yellowstone Vacations for the coming year! We will also Ron Cox, Brian Howarth, Fran- be planning the Christmas Party! Arctiva cis Hill and Gordon Brack marked We hope all club members will at- Cutler’s 60 miles of trails from Tucker to tend the meeting and join in the Joes Valley for State Parks and fun! Please call Brian and Miko to Big Pine Sports Recreation for the Groomer. It let them know if you plan to at- Utah State Parks took two weekends to complete. tend 435-427-3620 or 801-368- Toys R Us We appreciate all of the hard 7326. work they did. Thanks guys for Club dues are now due! You Plaza Power Sports - Heber your help! may mail your $30 per family or Soul Studio Designs The snow show was a great $30 for individuals 18 years and success this year, despite the older to: Escape Power Sports opening of the deer hunt! We Slyline Sno-riders True North Adventure would like to thank Francis and PO Box 418 Salt Lake Valley Snowmobile Club Mary Hill for all they did in our Fairview, Utah 84629 club booth for two solid days, The coming season should be a Wasatch Riders Snowmobile Club helping with security and work- fun one. It is predicted we should TriCity Performance ing in the booth. Brian worked have another heavy snow winter! in both our booth and the USA Get those sled ready, you can al- 509 booth. Also, Randy Fowles and ready see snow on the mountains Schooled Marv Kessler helped at the snow in Fairview! Colorado Snowmobile Association show. Mary made a quilt to raffle We would like to thank Francis off at the snow show and the and Mary Hill for all of the work Bear Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau poker ride, and also made two they have done for our club the Boondockers fleece throws to raffle off. One past season. They have worked was given at the snow show and really hard to make our club a Great Outdoor Products was won by Marcia Hyde of the better club. Brian Howarth has re- First Place Parts Salt Lake Club. Mary and Francis ally worked hard as well. We have Thunderstruck made a PLINKO board and sold had amazing officers this past tickets for 25 cents or four for a year! Thanks everyone. Western Vintage Snowmobile Association dollar. We made a lot of money Think Snow!!! Dennis Kowalewski Klim MotoFist
Page 10 Utah Snow Scoop November 2011 By: Craig Gordon, USFS
The annual Brewvies fundrais- Avalanche Center on an ongoing er was a tremendous success and basis. it was great to see old friends and Aaron Case provided the get to make some new ones too. graphics work for promotional Huge thanks go out to the Utah materials and we couldn’t pull Snowmobile Association. Their this off without his artistic touch… generous donation helped spon- thanks Aaron! sor the event and provided food As you know, economic times for everyone attending the Boon- are challenging and the Avalanche dockers movie premier. Center’s budget was reduced by Dan Gardiner, Phatty, and the $30,000 this year. That’s a huge rest of the very talented Boon- hit for us, but I’m psyched that dockers crew make this happen we can rally as a community and each year and we are extremely help raise funds through events
grateful to have such amazing like this. In one evening alone and committed athletes helping we raised $5,000. This outpour- support the Avalanche Center. ing of support helps us with our These guys are so talented… and mission… to keep riders on top of no, none of us will ever be able the greatest snow on earth rather to ride like Dan and his posse. than buried beneath it. You owe it to yourself to pick up This winter we plan to contin- a copy of Boondockers 8 if you ue providing the level of service haven’t seen it yet. you have come to expect from In addition, I want to thank the UAC. If you happened to miss Open House Doug Anderson and Wes Little the Brewvies gig, I encourage from Thunderstruck Films for you to join us at future events in November 25 and 26 showing their latest movie- the Ogden, Draper, and Fairview Thunderstruck 10. It’s chockfull areas in the next few months. For of amazing climbing footage a list of upcoming events please Friday: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and spectacular scenery. Team visit our website- www.utahav- Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thunderstruck is another great alanchecenter.org. group of guys who support the See you on the snow!
November 2011 Utah Snow Scoop Page 11 Salt Lake Valley ISMA News... Snowmobile Club By: Ed Klim By: Russ Mangone, President
As we look at the last 20 in North America has fallen ap- years of communication trans- proximately 30 percent, while in formation, most are amazed. Europe, readership has fallen less this year are: Communication amongst snow- than 4 percent. Other parts of Jan. 7th March 3rd mobilers has changed forever the world are realizing a renewed Jan. 21st March 17th and it appears the evolution will interest and growth in newspaper Well not a whole lot has hap- Feb. 4th March 31st continue. The manufacturers readership. Understanding the pened with our club since last Feb. 18th and many in the industry are now opportunities in communication month. We did have a booth Anyone who wants to come active on the Internet with active gives all of us reason to be more at the Snow Show and we did and ride with us you’re more then web sites, Facebook, and Twitter. involved in compiling and discuss- have a few people stop by and welcome to come and join us. Our The technology makes the pass- ing information and news. ask about the club and we were ride schedule will be posted on ing of news and information more The news agenda is no longer happy to discuss what a club is all our club web site at www.slvs- participatory and more social. controlled by the press barons about and the benefits of belong- now.com This is having a profound effect and specific outlets but now is as ing to a club. It was also fun to As of right now our club meet- on our society. As an industry, participatory as the coffee shops see other members from other ings will be Jan. 3rd, Feb. 7th and we will be able to take advantage once were. Specific snowmo- clubs and talk to them and see March 7th. of this emerging technology in bile and tourism related maga- what they have been up to over Remember it is time to get communicating trail conditions, zines appear to be thriving when the summer. The weather that that sled and trailer ready for the riding conditions, avalanche bul- matched with electronic media. weekend was so nice it was really winter season, you don’t want to letins, weather forecasts, road The challenge in all of this new kind of hard to get into the snow- be doing that when it’s cold and conditions, and snow conditions, communication access is account- mobiling mood, but I am sure all snowing. meeting notices and more. ability to make sure the informa- that will change here in the next Well that’s about all from the The increased participation tion we use is transparent and couple of weeks. Salt Lake Valley Snowmobile Club in electronic media has lead to factual. Much of the information We are going to have our first for this month. From everyone in a decline in readership of news- discussed on the internet is NOT club meeting of the season in the SLVSC we want to wish ev- papers in North America. How- fact-based and misinformation November and we’ll plan our ride eryone a Happy Thanksgiving and ever, in other parts of the world, needs to be confronted. schedule and our annul Christmas hope that if you or your family newspaper readership remains These changes give us much to party. travel anywhere that you travel very high. Newspaper readership celebrate, so we should all enjoy Our tentative ride dates for safely. and embrace it and expand our communications with snowmobil- ers and non-snowmobilers alike, expressing to them the reasons we enjoy winter recreation and snowmobiling. The snowmobile manufacturers continue to work on expanding and growing the Go Snowmobiling web site www.gosnowmobiling. org. Within two years our active viewership has expanded to over 3.5 million visitors annually. We also have a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GoS- nowmobiling. We have many friends on our Facebook page and we are looking for more. We are finding that people through- out the world want to enjoy the winter and the great outdoors. Research has shown us the view- 461 South 800 West ers and readers of our informa- tion are very interested in snow- Centerville, UT 84014 mobiling. The level of interest 801.298.8081 continues to be very high with www.TriCityPerformance.net those visiting our web sites. We know many individuals are visit- ing our web sites and reading our information; therefore we need to keep our web sites up to date.
Page 12 Utah Snow Scoop November 2011 November 2011 Utah Snow Scoop Page 13 USA Business Members Calendar Advanced RV D&P Performance Tri-City Performance November 4615 W 3500 S 110 E Center 461 S 800 W 19 TOUSA Club Social West Valley City Cedar City Centerville 5:30 p.m., Logan, UT 24 Happy Thanksgiving! Big Pine Sports Plaza Cycle Motorsports Tri-City Performance 25 Snow Scoop Deadline PO Box 66 1379 W 3500 S 1350 S 2000 W December Issue Fairview West Valley City Springville 25-26 Weller Recreation Open House - Kamas Cutlers Inc. R&M Lighting Vernal Sports Center 271 N State 1400 S Main 2029 W Hwy 40 December Orem Salt Lake City Vernal 3 Tri City Performance Open House - Springville Dearden Equipment So Valley Motorsports Wasatch/Aluma Trailers 6 USA Board Meeting 125 S Main 11553 S State 720 S Main 6:00 p.m. - Pot Luck Fillmore Draper Layton 25 Merry Christmas!
January 1 Happy New Year! Membership Application 3 SLV Club Meeting Annual Dues: 10 USA Board Meeting ___$20 Individual ___$30 Family 6:00 p.m. ___$10 Student (<25) ___$75 Business 13 Snow Scoop Deadline Winter Issue Donations: 21 Cisco Disco/Bear Lake $_____ to the Utah Snowmobile Association Monster Polar Plunge $_____ to the Utah Avalanche Center Garden City, UT February Name______Phone______7 SLV Club Meeting 14 Happy Valentine’s Day! Address______17-18 Bear Lake Chocolate Festival City______State______Zip______Garden City, UT 24 Snow Scoop Deadline Email______March Issue Club Membership: ___I would like to join ______club. March ___I’m not sure. Please contact me. 7 SLV Club Meeting Please send application and check to: Utah Snowmobile Association, 1794 N 6250 E, Eden, UT 84310 Get out and play! Snow Scoop
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Page 14 Utah Snow Scoop November 2011 Holiday Gift Guide Best Gifts To Give and to Get!
It’s no secret that we all love to give and get that perfect holiday gift. As you’ve browsed through the pages of this issue of the Snow Scoop, your wish list has grown right along with your gift list. To help make your shopping easier, here’s your quick travel and gift guide. When shopping this season, support the businesses that support you and the snowmobile community! And don’t forget to tell them Thank You!
Travel Destinations: Parts: Other Great Gifts: Local Dealers:
Bear Lake Valley First Place Parts Thunderstruck Films Tri City Performance - Centerville 800.448.2327 800.396.7034 406.431.8789 801.298.8081 Garden City, UT www.firstplaceparts.com www.BigSkyX.com 461 South 800 West www.BearLake.org [email protected] Centerville, UT 84014 Memberships www.TriCityPerformance.net Box Y Lodge Utah Snowmobile Association [email protected] 254.381.0350 801.368.7326 Alpine, WY www.SnowUT.com www.BoxYLodge.com [email protected]
Pioneer Travel Council Al’s Snowmobile Parts 208.776.5221 802.487.1000 www.VisitIdaho.org www.AlsSnowmobile.com www.ATVparts.com Yellowstone Vacations [email protected] Tri City Performance - Springville 406.646.9564 801.794.3005 West Yellowstone, MT 1350 South 2000 West yellowstonevacations.com Springville, UT 84663 www.TriCityPerformance.net [email protected]
Weller Recreation 435.783.4718 Snowmobile Manufacturers: 2972 North 900 East Kamas, UT 84036 Accessories: Ski-Doo www.WellerRec.com www.Ski-Doo.com [email protected] A&D Discount Performance Parts and Accessories Yamaha 814.695.5778 www.Yamaha-Motor.com www.AD-Discount Performance.com [email protected] Polaris Elko www.PolarisIndustries.com 775.738.4091 Lead-Dog Elko, NV Helmet Light Arctic Cat ExploreElko.com 907.277.4433 www.Arctic-Cat.com www.HelmetLight.com [email protected]
Keep this guide and use it often. It will make your shopping so much easier and the recipients of your gifts so much happier!
Orion Sleds 320.764.6175 www.orionsleds.com [email protected]
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