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Top of the Rockies Snowmobile Club News
October / November 2007

Top of the Rockies Snowmobile Club was Established in 1967 with the intent to bring people together with similar interests, to raise money for community projects, and to support family oriented activities.

Join your local Snowmobile Club!
Top of the Rockies Snowmobile Club would like to encourage all fellow Snowmobilers & Local Businesses to join/re-join and support this community based club. This club stands for worthwhile causes, and provides support for quality Star Valley community projects. The Membership runs the club participating in club meetings and voting on project objectives. Below is an example list of local & regional organizations the club supports financially and morally. Attached to this newsletter is a Membership Application with Membership Details and Benefits. Already signed up? We appreciate your support!

Alpine Fire Department - Alpine EMS - Star Valley Humane Society
Star Valley Search & Rescue - Blue Ribbon Coalition – WSSA
Wyoming State Trails Program and more!

Friends 4 Friends in need! Nov 9^th 2007
Members and Friends!  We need your financial support for one of our longtime friends who’s been diagnosed with cancer. Our friend needs help paying for medical bills that insurance is not covering. Friends are having a Benefit / Gun Raffle Friday Nov 9^th 2007, 6:30 pm at the Tavern on the Greys. Snacks and soft drinks will be provided. Please be there!

TOR Christmas Party / Benefit Dec 20^th 2007 – Need all members at the Nov 15th meeting!
The Christmas party is Dec 20^th 2007, 7:00 pm at the Bull Moose Saloon. KaRil has contacted two agencies with low income families that need help this Christmas.  She has four families and will have information on each family member at the Nov. 15^th meeting.  We need lots of folks at the meeting in order to make arrangements for the trees, decorations, dinner, and wish lists.  Please attend the meeting so you can participate in this wonderful opportunity to help families in need.

Club Meetings and New Meeting Home! – Please see other side!

Top of the Rockies
Bob Strobel - President
Phone: 307-690-5681
Email: rstrobel@verticalmedia.com
Mail: PO Box 3386, Alpine, WY 83128
Web: www.alpinetopoftherockies.com

Club Meetings and New Meeting Home!

Meeting attendance is a problem, and everyone present at the last meeting agreed that we need to do something to encourage all members to attend.  It is difficult, if not impossible to get much done when we only have the officers and 4-5 others present. Discussion ensued about a permanent meeting place and a motion was made to use the Yankee Doodle’s banquet room for our meetings.  It was seconded and the Yea’s had it.  Meetings will now be at the same place each month. Board meetings are every 3^rd Thursday of the month, 6 PM the general meetings are at 6:30PM.

Please put the attached meeting schedule on your fridge!

2007-2008 Top of the Rockies Business Sponsors:

Alpen Haus Hotel – Alpine, WY

Alpine Airpark – Alpine, WY

Alpine Carwash – Alpine, WY

Alpine Fire Dept – Alpine, WY

Artist Point Chinking – Alpine, WY

Big D Storage – Thayne, WY

Box Y Ranch & Hunting Lodge – Alpine, WY

Bull Moose Saloon & Motel– Alpine, WY

Flying Saddle Lodge – Alpine, WY

Jackson Hole Real Estate & Appraisal – Alpine, WY

Los Dos Amigos – Alpine, WY

Real Estate of Star Valley – Alpine, WY

Rocky Top Sand Rock & Gravel – Alpine, WY

Stage Coach Realty – Thayne, WY

Trail Ridge Arena – Alpine, WY 

VerticalMedia.com – Jackson, WY

Wyoming Home and Ranch Company – Alpine, WY

Yankee Doodle’s Café – Alpine, WY

Top of the Rockies Snowmobile Club
2007/2008 Schedule
Updated 10/30/2007

2007/2008 Club Events - All Members Welcome!
- December 20, 2007 Subs 4 Santa & Christmas Party 7:00PM –Bull Moose Saloon
- December 29, 2007 McCoy Creek Idaho Ride 10:00AM
- January 19, 2008 Campfire & Cookout 10:00AM
- February 8-9-10 2008 Traveling Club Ride – Island Park Idaho - call 307-690-5681
- February 16, 2008 Poker Run & Auction 10:00AM –Bull Moose Saloon
- February 21, 2008 Officer Elections - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- March 1, 2008 Alpine Snow Rodeo 10:00AM – Tavern on the Greys
- March 15, 2008 Club Ride - TBD - call 307-690-5681
- March 29, 2008 Club Ride - TBD - call 307-690-5681
- July 4, 2008 Top of the Rockies 4^th of July Party – Tavern on the Greys
- August 23-24, 2008 Fifth Annual Top of the Rockies Car / Air Show –Alpine Airpark 10:00AM

2007/2008 Club Officer & Member Meetings - All Members Welcome!

- November 15, 2007 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- December 20, 2007 - 6:00PM to 7:00PM – Bull Moose Saloon - Christmas Party
- January 17, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- February 21, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s – Officer Elections
- March  20, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- May 15, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- June 19, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- July 17, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- August 21, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- September 18, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- October 16, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- November 20, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Yankee Doodle’s
- December 18, 2008 - 6:00PM to 8:00PM – Bull Moose Saloon

Questions?  Please call 307-690-5681 or email rstrobel@verticalmedia.com

Top of the Rockies
Bob Strobel - President
Phone: 307-690-5681
Email: rstrobel@verticalmedia.com
Mail: PO Box 3386, Alpine, WY 83128
Web: www.alpinetopoftherockies.com

Top of the Rockies Snowmobile Club
Report of Summer Activities

Updated 9/28/2007

TOR would like to thank all the members and the local community that helped out with the 4th Annual Car & Air Show at the Alpine Airpark in Alpine, Wyoming on Aug 24^th, 25^th and 26^th. Special thanks to Tiphany Gayhart, the chairwomen of the event.  It was a lot of work and she did a great job coordinating and making everything fall into place! This was by far the club’s most successful event featuring over 30 airplanes and 115 cars in the show. From what we could estimate, we had over 1500 spectators show up and all the food vendors sold out. The Air Show that Alpine Airpark put on was over the top. We look forward to working with Alpine Airpark for years to come!

TOR did well putting on the Car and Air show and here are the local charities the club is supporting.

Alpine Fire Department $500.00
Alpine EMS $500.00
Star Valley Humane Society $500.00
Star Valley Search & Rescue $500.00
American Legion Ball Field in Alpine $500.00

The Top of the Rockies has reorganized the membership fees and has established a new coverage period of Aug 1 through June 30. The Top of the Rockies greatly appreciates and needs your support. Therefore, we are asking that you continue your support of the Top of the Rockies Snowmobiling Club by filling out the membership application form and sending in the dues applicable to you and/or your family. We are, of course, always looking for new members.  If you know folks who would like to meet and/or ride with fellow riders or simply support the club and the sport of riding snowmobiles, please encourage them to join.  Again we greatly appreciate your support.

The 2007-2008 calendar of events will be coming soon and we are taking suggestions on what club events and rides we would like to do.

Members: We need your email address for our E-newsletter and other member communications.  Please call 307-690-5681 or email rstrobel@verticalmedia.com to give us this info.

Top of the Rockies
Bob Strobel, President
phone: 307-690-5681 or email: rstrobel@verticalmedia.com
mail: PO Box 3386, Alpine, WY 83128

Updated 8/1/2007

Application | Vendor Forms |  Car Show Flyer | Poster | Map1 | Map2 | Map3

For more Car Show info please call:

Tiphany Gayhart, Owner/Associate Broker
Jackson Hole Real Estate & Appraisal, LLC
Office: (877) 654-7575 x105
Cell: (307) 690-7701
Fax: (307) 654-7576
tiphany@jhre.net

Updated 3/10/2007

Top of the Rockies Snowmobile Club would like to thank the Communities of Star Valley Wyoming for their support, contributions, and volunteers. This was the club's most successful Winter season to date.

Campfire & Cookout - Jan 20th 2007
Thanks to all members who showed up to the campfire and cookout in North Alpine. A few members got stuck riding up the lower chute and had to be rescued by members remaining at the campfire. After the recovery, everyone returned to Grant and Lara's house for the campfire and cookout, enjoying hamburgers, hotdogs, and all of the fixings. Special thanks to Grant and Lara for providing their backyard and cooking facilities. Grant, as always, thanks for your refined grilling techniques.



4th Annual Poker Run - Feb 17th 2007
Top of the Rockies had its most successful Poker Fun Run to date. We had riders from South Dakota, Idaho, and Central Wyoming. The Gumbo Feed was a huge success, the Bull Moose was packed with riders and auction participants. Once again Don Sherman did and awesome job as Auctioneer!

Top of the Rockies would like to thank all the following individuals and merchants for their donation of personal time and merchandise to our annual poker run.

Don Sherman - Auctioneer, The Bull Moose, Los Dos Amigos, The Box Y, Snake River Saloon, Flying Saddle, Tootsies, Wrangler Petroleum, Tom Turner, Wyoming West, Hub Smoking Grill, The Coffee Cabin, JH Cycle And Saw, The Tanning Barn, Alpine Market, Yankee Doodle, Banana's, Napa Auto Of Jackson, Wayne Devour, Jenkins Ace Hardware, Bob Penny- Gumbo chef, Bob & Clara Strobel, Bert & Ranell McNeel, Bob & Belinda Penny, Diggs & Yvonne Lewis, Clint & Debbie Guthrie, Louann Rimmi, Grant & Lara Gertsch, Tyler & Mitzi Peterson, Ernie Potter, Brian Littleton, Carla Stone, Kathy Joerres, Sparkie Schultz and Karill Brocha.

Also, thank you to all the people who came and rode with us, hope to see you again next year!

- Fun Run Winners: 1st Travis Gilliam, 2nd Dana Gilliam, 3rd Lisa Hodges
- Rifle Gun Winners: Bud Gittens 7MM, Wayne Devour 22/4-10
- Oldest Rider: Ivan Bruderer was 81yrs.
- Youngest Rider: Johanna Schultz 8rys

Snow Rodeo - Mar 3rd 2007
The 4th Annual Snow Rodeo came off without a hitch. We had 28 participants and we all had a great time watching the Events. Special Thanks to Yankee Doodle's Café for providing the food and the Snake River Saloon.

A big Thank You to the following: Don Sherman, Bert McNeel, Grant & Lara Gertsch, Clint & Debie Guthrie, Clara & Bob Strobel, Lynn Stringham, Don Wooden, Ernie Potter, Henk & Lisa Drenth, Rose & Brian Littleton and all the riders who participated.

Remaining Season Schedule.
2007 Club Events - All Members & Friends Welcome!

- March 15, 2007 Member Meeting - Officer Elections -- 6:30PM Bull Moose Saloon
- March 17, 2007 Chubb Flatts Idaho Ride 10:00AM - CANCLED - Lack of Snow
- March 17, 2007 Diamond Creek Idaho Ride Meet at Bull Moose at 9:30PM
- March 31, 2007 TBA call 307-690-5681 for more info
- June 16, 2007 Summer Club Picnic (tentative)
- August 24-25, 2007 Top of the Rockies Car Show 10:00AM

Updated 2/27/2007

Annual Snow Rodeo

- Fun for the Whole Family
- Saturday March 3rd 2007 10:00AM - HWY 89 Alpine, Wyoming - Behind the snake River Saloon
- Awards & Prize Money
- Events for adults & Children $5:00 Per Event

Featuring:
Blind Man Race, Tire Push, Barrel Race, Saucer Drag, Kiddy Sled Drag Race (Kids Only)

Campfire & Cookout - Jan 20th 2007 - Thanks to all members who showed up to the campfire and cookout in North Alpine. A few members got stuck riding up the lower chute and had to be rescued by members hanging out down at the campfire. After the recovery everyone returned to Grant and Lara’s house for the campfire and cookout, enjoying hamburgers, hotdogs and all of the fixings. Special thanks to Grant and Lara for providing their backyard and cooking facilities. Grant, as always thanks for your refined grilling techniques.

4th Annual Poker Run - Feb 17th 2007
Fun Run Winners: 1st Travis Gilliam, 2nd Dana Gilliam, 3rd Lisa Hodges
Rifle Gun Winners: Bud Gittens 7MM, Wayne Devour 22/4-10
Oldest Rider: Ivan Bruderer was 81yrs. Youngest Rider: Johanna Schultz 8rys

Top of the Rockies had its most successful Poker Fun Run to date. We had riders from South Dakota, Idaho and Central Wyoming. The Gumbo Feed was a huge success, the
Bull Moose was packed with riders and auction participants. Once again Don Sherman did and awesome job as Auctioneer!

Top of the Rockies we would like to thank all the following individuals and merchants for their donation of time and merchandise to our annual poker run. Also, thank you to all the people that came and rode with us hope to see you again next year!

A big Thank You to the following:

We need your email address for our E-newsletter and other member communications. Please call 307-690-5681 or email rstrobel@verticalmedia.com to give us this info.

2007 Club Events - All Members & Friends Welcome!
- March 3, 2007 Snow Rodeo 10:AM Snake River Saloon.
- March 17, 2007 Chubb Flatts Idaho Ride 10:00AM
- March 31, 2007 TBA call 307-690-5681 for more info
- June 16, 2007 Summer Club Picnic (tentative)
- August 24-25, 2007 Top of the Rockies Car Show 10:00AM

Updated 2/12/2007

Top of the Rockies 2007 Poker Run and Auction Saturday 10:00 am at the Bull Moose in Alpine, Wyoming.

- Pre-registration Friday Night at Los Dos Amigos.
- Morning Registration at the Bull Moose
- Gumbo Feed, Auction & Raffle in the afternoon (4:30) at Bull Moose after all cards are in
- Members Please Bring a potluck side dish or desert if you can!

Updated 1/20/2007

McCoy Creek Ride - Thanks to all of the members who came out on the ride! It was a fun filled day with trail and powder riding. We stopped at the warming hut and met up with the Rock Springs Snowmobile Club, the Sweetwater Snowpokes. It was a great day of riding and the first successful club ride of the season. We all made it back safe and sound with no problems or injuries.

TOR Gun Raffle - Tickets went on sale Jan 3rd 2007. The guns are a 7mm rifle and a Youth 22c 4-10 shotgun over & under. Prices are $1 per ticket, $5 for 6 tickets, and $20 for 24 tickets. Two winners will be chosen February 17th at the Poker Run Auction. You do not have to be present to win. Please call 307-690-5681 for more information.

Campfire & Cookout - January 20th 10am at Grant & Lara Gertschs’ house. We will be riding up around the youth camp and perhaps the alpine chute if there’s enough snow. Grant and Lara always provide a great warm fire and Grant is an amazing cook too. Thanks to Grant and Lara for providing the place. For those of you who don’t have sleds, no problem, you can drive to Grant and Lara’s house.

Swan Valley Poker Run - February 10th 2007 call (208) 483-2510 for more info. Every year Top of the Rockies Members like to go to the Swan Valley Club Poker Ride.

Best Western Flying Saddle Resort & WSSA Special - To all WSSA Members! Top of the Rockies and the Flying Saddle Resort have teamed up to bring Wyoming Regional Snowmobilers to Western Wyoming (1-2 days $50 per night or 3+ days $45 per night - call 307-654-4422 for details). Featuring: Hot-Tub, Restaurant, Bar, Liquor Store, Groomed Trail Access and more!

Poker Run & Auction - February 17th 10 am starting at the Bull Moose in Alpine. Club members, we need all the help we can get with this years event. Please call 307-690-5681 if you would like to help out.

Here’s what we need:
- Donations for the auction
- Help throughout the day with coordination
- Help putting up flyers & signs around Star Valley and Jackson Hole
- Help cooking food

IMPORTANT!

SAWS - The top of the Rockies would like all members and snowmobilers to consider joining SAWS. It’s FREE and their mission is to provide education regarding public lands policy and outdoor recreation ethics in order to preserve and protect access to traditional trails and terrain on public lands, so that future generations will be able to enjoy nature through snowmobiling as generations have done in the past.

We need your email address for our E-newsletter and other member communications. Please call 307-690-5681 or email rstrobel@verticalmedia.com to give us this info.

2007 Club Events - All Members & Friends Welcome!
- January 20, 2007 Campfire & Cookout at the Grant & Lara’s Place 10:00AM
- February 17, 2007 Poker Run & Auction 10:00AM
- March 3, 2007 Alpine Snow Rodeo 10:00AM - Snake River Saloon
- March 17, 2007 Chubb Flatts Idaho Ride 10:00AM
- March 31, 2007 To be determined call 307-690-5681 for more info
- June 16, 2007 Summer Club Picnic (tentative)
- August 24-25, 2007 Top of the Rockies Car Show 10:00AM

Updated 12/31/2006

Christmas Party & Angel Tree - TOR would like to thank all of the members for their support and participation in this years’ event. This was a huge success for the club and the community. It was estimated we had over 60 members at the party. We gave out 21 angles and the next day; we packed Yvonne Lewis’s car full of presents. The food was great, the people were great, and the location was great. It was an all around wonderful time. Special thanks to Jim and Jules Blittersdorf at the Bull Moose Saloon in Alpine Wyoming for letting the club hold the event there.

McCoy Creek Idaho Ride 12/30/2006 - Get your sleds tuned up and ready to ride!
The meeting place is the McCoy Creek parking lot on Hwy 89 @ 10:00AM. Lets Ride!

Campfire & Cookout at the Youth Camp 1/20/2006 - Bundle up and join us for a cozy cookout, great food, and conversation! BYOB.

Top of the Rockies Reaches 100 Members - Club membership milestone reached with 22 days to spare before the deadline. The goal was 100 members by 2007. Special recognition goes to RaNel McNeel (Club Treasure) in her vigilante pursuit of getting new members signed up. The new goal is 200 members by 2008. Strength in Numbers!

TOR Gun Raffle - Tickets go on sale Jan 3rd 2007. The guns are a 7mm rifle and a Youth 22cal 4-10 shotgun over & under. Prices are $1 per ticket, $5 for 6 tickets, and $20 for 25 tickets. Two winners will be chosen February 17th at the Poker Run Auction. You do not have to be present to win. Please call 307-690-5681 for more information.

Happy Holliday’s from Top Of The Rockies!

IMPORTANT!
Avalanche Transceiver Rescue Training Clinic: Jan, 6th 2007 @ 10:00AM at the base of Snow King in Jackson. Call Scott Wiley 307-690-3432 for more information.

We need your email address for our E-newsletter and other member communications. Please call 307-690-5681 or email rstrobel@verticalmedia.com to give us this info.

2006/2007 Club Events
- December 30, 2006 McCoy Creek Idaho Ride (tentative) 10:00AM
- January 20, 2007 Campfire & Cookout at the Youth Camp 10:00AM
- February 17, 2007 Poker Run & Auction 10:00AM
- March 3, 2007 Alpine Snow Rodeo 10:00AM
- March 17, 2007 Chubb Flatts Idaho Ride 10:00AM
- March 31, 2007 To be determined call 307-690-5681 for more info
- June 16, 2007 Summer Club Picnic (tentative)
- August 24-25, 2007 Top of the Rockies Car Show 10:00AM

Updated 11/20/2006

Angle Tree & Christmas Party Dec 9th 2006
The Top of The Rockies Christmas Party will be held at the Bull Moose Dinning Room on December 9th at 6:30pm.  Turkey and ham will be served and we would like club members to bring a side dish.  We would like every one to bring their wrapped gift For the Angel Tree that night. Please let us know if you will be able to attend by December 1st so we can plan for food.  We don't want to run out like last year!  Hope you can all come it will be a great evening!

Nov 16, 2006: Officers and Club members meeting was held and Angels were given out. If you missed this meeting and want to give an Angel, please call: Yvonne Lewis 654-7645, Lara Gertsch 654-1008, RaNell McNeel 654-7877, or e-mail rstrobel@verticalmedia.com

New website on the way!  http://www.alpinetopoftherockies.com
TOR has been working on a new website expansion and website design focused on Member & Tourism support.  Please have a look in the next couple weeks to see what we’ve accomplished.  New Features include weekly updates, snowmobile & weather reports, posting of all Club Officer Minutes, updated events schedule, TOR webcam page.

IMPORTANT!

It's very important for members to attend the Forest Service Plan Revision Meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for Jackson: 11/29/06, 6pm-9:30pm at Jackson High School or Thayne: 11/30/06, 6pm-9:30pm at the Thayne Senior Center (115 Peterson Pkwy) IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS IN FORCE!

In the updated schedule we have changed Officer and Member Meetings from 6:00pm to 6:30 due to scheduling conflicts. We have also added the 2007 Snow Rodeo!

We need your email address for our E-newsletter and other member communications.  Please call 307-690-5681 or email rstrobel@verticalmedia.com to give us this info.

If you are not receiving your WSSA Wrangler Newsletter Please call 307-690-5681 or email rstrobel@verticalmedia.com to let us know.

Top of the Rockies
Bob Strobel - President
phone: 307-690-5681
email: rstrobel@verticalmedia.com
mail: PO Box 3386, Alpine, WY 83128

S P O N S O R S

Wyoming State Trails

Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center

www.snowest.com

Blue Ribbon Coalition