mbmtnman
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Got to Fernie just in time for a big dump of snow went up monday morning and had the best snow day in Fernie ever. However there is no grooming as of yet so the main trail in is absolutely pounded from coal creek in.
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I'm guessing the SnowCat and mogul master are at the Drag strip getting ready for Saturday's Drags. I will be out Thursday night and get that trail in shape. Sorry for the whoops......
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Spent the day at coal Creek yesterday sunny good snow trail was brutal fernie snowmobile club should really add another day to thevrooming schedule I know for a fact they can afford it
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Sorry for your sore butt but not really.
It isn't a matter of being able to afford it. As I said before, we are building the track for the Drag races and the SnowCat and mogul master are at another location.
If one runs a club as a business there is normally money in the bank. The grooming program/trail pass collection have to balance out at the end of the season. Did you buy a trail pass yesterday or did you ride for free?
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FYI ..FS I think you guys do a fantastic job...volunteer I believe?!? Sometimes a suck it up princess is in order, put a smile on and enjoy that rough bounce, it is WAY better than any day spent at work 
New_M7_Ryder
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always someone. just pin it and it will be over soon. hows the snow conditions up top finally getting a chance to get out tomorrow?
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Another 3" of fresh at the Wrangler's cabin last night on top of the 18" earlier on the weekend. Lots of untracked in the trees as I was grooming. Enjoy.
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Fair enough groomers needed elsewhere but not everywhere I know it takes hard work and dedication but two days a week isn't cutting it look how some of the other clubs are grooming every seventy sleds and no one complains and memberships and revenue are up now that's what we call good bussiness
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Fyi I always pay no exception
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Well what is the excuse for not grooming last saturday night then. When we pulled up sunday morning the groomer was in the lot clearing the snow and the drag was sitting there, but trail had not been groomed, but the lady made sure to collect trail fees from everyone that pulled into the lot at coal creek that morning. Just wondering where the money went, when there had been no grooming done??
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The collected fees go into the grooming account to pay for fuel, operator's wages, trail pass vendor's wages, parts, and maintenance. We groom Friday for the weekend and Monday after the weekend and that normally keeps the trail in decent shape. Are you sure you saw the FSA SnowCat clearing snow? If it was that was because the City of Fernie didn't feel it was a priority to plow the road and the parking lot for the weekend. So the FSA did it.
IMHO, we could/should groom more than twice a week and i have been working on that concept for a couple of years now! But the bottom line is that it has to pay for itself and grooming doesn't come cheap!
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Are you trying to tell me the club can't aford to groom more? With the bank acount this club has you should be grooming by # of sleds up the trail not by days
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That's where a grooming comitee comes in handy all successful clubs have one I know there was one in place for about a day in fernie
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It's a shame that people had to put up with a rough trail for the week due to the snow drags. Were all these trailers coming to town all week carrying highly modded race sleds and getting ready for their few second rush? Or maybe they were paying all this money to enoy the epic snow we had last week in the MOUNTAINS?
In this day and age of stock sleds that can go anywhere I'm sure there are still a few that feel the need to prove themselves or the extent of their wallet on the race track. The drags can be a great ADDITION but should not have taken away from the mountain riding experience that the 99% come here for.
In this day and age of stock sleds that can go anywhere I'm sure there are still a few that feel the need to prove themselves or the extent of their wallet on the race track. The drags can be a great ADDITION but should not have taken away from the mountain riding experience that the 99% come here for.
Hmmm... Sounds to me like some people need to remember what it was like before the groomer!! And when there was no signage or mapping of the area and it was ridden daily on older rougher machines. We all still had fun and were not a bunch of whining brats.
Maybe the club could do more,maybe they cant. I am sure they are doing what they deem best for the club and area and if someone can do better become more involved with the club. If not enjoy it when things are perfect and suck it up and enjoy it when its not.
Keep up with all the good work your doing Doug and FSA.
Maybe the club could do more,maybe they cant. I am sure they are doing what they deem best for the club and area and if someone can do better become more involved with the club. If not enjoy it when things are perfect and suck it up and enjoy it when its not.
Keep up with all the good work your doing Doug and FSA.
snopro
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As usual a bunch of keyboard hero's that didn't have a 100% perfect day. The club does what they feel is in the best interests for the long term viability of the club. Suck it up boys. If you want a perfect trail all the time move down east where some of those clubs have over 5000 members and don't have 2.5 inch tracks tearing up the surface everyday. Great job with the cards your dealt Fernie club!! And thanks Ferniesnow for spending late nights in a hot cab while these other guys can sit in the comfort of there home on there keyboards whining.
struglin
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That's not the point when your charging trail fees and your club has an influx of money and tourists are getting pissed off and not coming back step up your operations the groo.mers are paid
for the work they do fernies club memberships are plumiting fix the proplem now before the clubs abolished
struglin
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I had a great day and I'm hardly a keyboard hero mor a conecerned
sledder if its in the clubs best interest to do the bare miminum and loose memberships as a result then there doing a great job. And you don't have to go out east for nice groomed trails go to sicamous or revy where they groom almost daily to insure people are happy and as a result they're memberships are soaring who wouldve thought...
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