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Grooming report for Fort Custer:

Dan was there this morning at 4:30am hoping to find some snow to groom. There was barely an inch or so of snow to work with so a decision was made to not perform any grooming operations. Conditions are expected to be rather icy on the groomed course. Riding may be better on the trail sections that are not part of the groomed course, but there have been no reports indicating overall conditions. If anyone gets out there, please report the conditions where you ride!

Thanks,
Dan
FCRA Groomer

P.S. We need snow! ... See more

Congratulations Brian and Angela!

A gorgeous day with a killer turnout for our first ever Party at the Fort! Thanks everyone for coming 🤘

Also, if you missed it, we moved the board member voting online to make it more accessible for everyone. Look for a poll link in your inbox tomorrow if you are a current member ☑️

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Grill is loaded and shopping is done 🤘

We have animal burgers, veggie burgers, buns, some sausages, chips, potato salad, condiments, and plates/silverware. If you want anything else you'll have to bring it yourself 😂

PARTY at the FORT ... See more

Don't forget about our Party at the Fort this Sunday at noon! Yes, it's going to be cold. No, that's not going to stop us from having a good time 🤟

See you at the Eagle Lake Pavilions, don't forget to bring a fat bike! ... See more

Grooming report!

The Fort Custer Groomed Fatbike Course has been initially packed in with the snowmobile. Three passes were made to establish the groomed tread surface. The snow is very granular and did not pack very well. There is approximately 6-8" of snow which when compressed with the snowmobile resulted in a 1-2" base. The snow total and type of snow is not sufficient for dragging the groomer on the course at this point. There is a bit of a warm-up and a rain/snow mix forecasted for Wednesday. Hopefully the warmer temps and potential for rain won't melt too much snow. Grooming operations will start back up Wednesday evening and with colder temperatures ahead, we hope that riding conditions will be improved starting Thursday, January 24th and maintain for several days based on the cold weather ahead. We still need more snow, but hopefully, this is a good start for our groomed trail loop at Fort Custer Rec Area. See the attached Grooming and Trail Conditions Report graphics.

I will try to get the signage up for the course and the directional signage on the roads that identify users where to go for the groomed trails in the next couple of days.
~Dan ... See more

Huge thanks to Fun Promotions LLC for their generous donation funded by the Culver's Frozen Custer Fat Bike Race! This money will go in the grooming fund just in case we ever see snow again 🌨️ 😂 ... See more

Do you want to be more involved with SWMMBA? Do you want to give back to your local MTB community? Well here are some ways.

The big one: Our board elections will be held at our PARTY at the FORT at the end of this month. The Vice President and Secretary positions are up for election and currently, we have no one on the ballot for the VP spot.

Elected positions:
President (3 years) - Dan Warnaar (Not yet up for election)
Vice President (1 Year) - vacant (Up for election)
Treasurer (3 years) - Daryl Hutson (Not yet up for election)
Secretary (1 year) - Angela Bowers (Up for election, Angela will be running again)

We can also use more volunteer help on many different aspects of our organization. Web design, building and organizing new member welcome packets, fundraising, being in charge of a newsletter, etc, etc...

No matter what your skill we can probably find some place to plug you in! ... See more

Everyone,

The Culver's Frozen Custer fatbike race is this Saturday the 15th (Fun Promotions LLC). We need to assemble a group of about 7-8 total volunteers for the race. We are planning on marking the course very early Saturday morning and could use a hand or two for course setup. Then for the race, we will need some marshals out on the course to help direct racers and serve as somewhat of a safety post to help any riders that need it.

Course setup: Sat. 7:30am to 9:30am (2-3 people)
Putting up tape and flags to define the course.
We will have all tape/ flag supplies ready to go.

Course marshals: Sat. 10:00am to around 3:00pm (6 total, probably get done sooner than 3:00pm)
Set at a designated post for the entire race and have a mobile phone on hand for any emergencies

Let us know if you can help by emailing president AT swmmba DOT com 🤟 ... See more

Huge thanks to the team that cleared the trees at Fort Custer this morning. Lots of dead fall on almost every trail section, but we had about a dozen volunteers making short work of it 🤘

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