such as Massachusetts, Vermont, and Wyoming. She set the
bar high. It paved the way for other snowmobile apps and re-mains
unchallenged to this day.
Unfortunately, Rockwood had to shut down MVGIS due
to serious illness, which she succumbed to in January 2020.
Industry lost a true entrepreneur and pioneer who worked
and succeeded in making snowmobiling better for many
snowmobilers and clubs that were fortunate to employ her
technology. Her loss leaves an enormous hole in snowmobile
navigation development.
Peggy Spieger, LaPine, Ore. – Trail
Program Developer and Volunteer
Starting to ride snowmobiles over four decades ago with her
husband, John, and family, the Spiegers became involved
with their local snowmobile club and the Oregon State
Snowmobile Association (OSSA). Peggy Spieger has worked
tirelessly to represent Oregon’s snowmobilers as well as
snowmobilers throughout the western snowbelt. During 40
years of distinguished service to the sport of snowmobiling,
Spieger has made contributions as a trail and program de-veloper
and volunteer leader at the club, state, national and
international levels.
For the past 32 years, Spieger has provided unprecedented
service for OSSA where she served as secretary, administra-tive
coordinator and executive director. She has also been ac-tive
with the American Council of Snowmobile Associations
(ACSA), the International Association of Snowmobile Ad-ministrators
(IASA) and the Western Chapter of Snowmobile
TRAIL TALES
Associations, and is a long-time, very active member of the
Iron Dog Brigade and her local snowmobile club.
As OSSA’s executive director, Spieger has played a leading
role in efforts to keep snowmobiling access open across Or-egon.
She has worked diligently with the U.S. Forest Service
to maintain the rights of snowmobilers to access national
parks such as Crater Lake National Park, the Newberry Na-tional
Volcanic Monument and development of the Kapka
Butte Sno-Park. Spieger works with the Oregon Department
of Transportation to administer and operate Oregon’s 6,410
miles of snowmobile trails. She has played a key role in over-seeing
OSSA’s daily association business, along with coordi-nating
annual snowmobile trail operations. In conjunction
with her oversight of the trail administrations, Spieger has
served as Oregon’s representative to IASA and has played a
key role in every ISC since 1988. She has also regularly partic-ipated
in ACSA meetings and functions since it was created
in 2005. She has been a voice for snowmobiling in Washing-ton,
D.C., by attending ACSA Fly-In meetings every year to
work towards protecting the rights of people who use public
lands respectfully.
Spieger has represented OSSA with a very high level of
honesty and integrity, always keeping a focus on doing what
is best for the sport of snowmobiling.
Special Award Recipients
2020 International Snowmobile Club of the Year
– Sno-Trails Snowmobile Club, Hayward, Wis.
The Sno-Trails Snowmobile Club began in 1969, and is very
active in the Sawyer County Snowmobile/ATV Alliance and
Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs. They main-tain
175 miles of trail and have logged 850 volunteer groom-ing
hours in a single season. They utilize over 1,000 wooden
stakes to mark safe passage across eight lakes and are always
researching new easements for new and improved trail relo-cations.
Sno-Trails consistently rosters over 200 family mem-bers
annually, with 40 percent being local residents and the
remainder of members simply choose to ride the trails and
support the club.
Sno-Trails holds three major fundraising events every year
with proceeds going to county-wide trail maintenance: the
Vintage Ride for American Cancer Society, a Poker Run and a
Spring Bash. Sno-Trails also publishes a monthly newsletter
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