McMurray Sno-Drifters

Help support our local Search and Rescue Society! Only 1 day left to purchase your tickets. Draw will take place on Wednesday, May 5th.

We have a lead in the provincial semi-finals! Click the link below and cast your vote for Alberta - voting ends tomorrow https://snoriderswest.com/sledtown_showdown

Good morning Sno-Drifters, A few weeks ago we announced some exciting news about our raffle that was to begin today. We all know how Covid is impacting the world, but we didn’t expect it to impact our upcoming raffle. ... We’ve been informed that the AGLC is weeks behind on approvals and the best we can do is be patient. We anticipate our license to be approved by June 1st, and we are ready and waiting! We will do our best to keep you all informed as updates become available. As always, please reach out to us via email or fb messenger if you have any questions. We apologize for the inconvenience. Lastly, thank you to our amazing raffle sponsors who continue to support our club each year! 4G Motorsports Fort McMurray, McMurray TV and NAPA Fort McMurray Please support these local businesses and they continue to support us!

Please help Fort McMurray Search & Rescue Society raise funds for a new trailer. This society and their volunteers help our community is more ways then one! Sno-Drifters, let’s show them our support.

We have a lead in the provincial semi-finals! Click the link below and cast your vote for Alberta - voting ends tomorrow https://snoriderswest.com/sledtown_showdown

Volunteers, you’re the backbone of our club. A sincere thank you to everyone who helped open the trails in the early winter, offered to help marshal the parade when we thought we were needed, and all who cut wood throughout the season. Without your help, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. Thank you

The SledTown ShowDown competition hasn’t ended just yet! Round 5, semifinals are underway and we feel this beautiful province of Alberta is worthy of the SledTown ShowDown ‘Champion of Western Canada’ award. Alberta has an abundance of snowmobile trails that take you from North to South and East to West. With the purchase of a ASA membership trail pass, you can tour the province on a groomed trail viewing the breathtaking scenery it has to offer. This trail system was built ...by good people coming together advocating for the sport of snowmobiling in our province. Albertans are known for their provincial pride, and with that we ask... Sno-Drifters are calling on all Alberta snowmobile riders and ASA members to join in the fun! Lets ensure Alberta wins the Western Canadian FINALS. We’re up against Saskatchewan and already have a great lead, lets keep this momentum going - we got this! Click the link to vote: https://snoriderswest.com/sledtown_showdown

Grooming updates, and a few reminders! All trails will be groomed for the weekend. Groomer will be working tomorrow in the Anzac area, ride with caution. Word on the street from one of our members tonight, the trails are awesome. We love the feedback!... HAZARD - Burnt truck at Stoney staging area has been towed this evening. We are working to have the remaining debris removed asap. A lot of unauthorized activity on our trails lately. If you know someone riding an ATV, SXS or even their vehicle on our trails, unfriend them until they stop! Just kidding. Please educate them on the importance of supporting our club by riding a snowmobile only. 50/50 raffle - minimum $2000 cash prize. Click the link below to purchase your tickets. https://www2.rafflebox.ca/raffle/mcmurraysnowdrifters SledTown ShowDown - today, we have 63% of the votes. Click the link below to participate! https://snoriderswest.com/sledtown_showdown/alberta We have some beautiful weather this weekend. Look forward to see everyone out having fun and enjoying the trails!

Friends in Whitecourt share the same struggles, unauthorized OHV’s damaging club trails. Volunteers build trails, volunteers maintain them. Don’t take volunteers for granted. We are better than this!

GROOMING Update: Thickwood trail - grooming was completed Friday evening, ravines are ready for crossing. Hazard - industry is very active in this area. Please be aware of STOP sign along the trail and ride with caution.... Anzac, Connector and Stoney - groomer is working it’s way around Anzac today. ALL trails will be ready for the weekend. Reminders: 50/50 is happening now! Click the link to purchase your tickets. Winner will be announced March 6th. https://rafflebox.ca/raffle/mcmurraysnowdrifters SledTown Showdown is ongoing. Click the link and VOTE https://snoriderswest.com/sledtown_showdown/alberta

Good Morning Sno-Drifters, if you’re enjoying this deep freeze on the trails, post your pics below. A few reminders: 50/50 jackpot is slowly climbing. Remember, winner receives MINIMUM $2000.00.... Click the link to PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS https://rafflebox.ca/raffle/mcmurraysnowdrifters SledTown ShowDown - round 1 is underway. Click the link to VOTE https://snoriderswest.com/sledtown_showdown Lastly, if we haven’t made it clear to the followers of this page, or the general public, we are a snowmobile club. Our trails are accessible by SNOWMOBILE ONLY!! NO ATV’s, NO SXS’s and NO VEHICLES. Yes, we had a jeep on our Thickwood trail yesterday Please help us by sharing with family and friends the uniqueness of our snowmobile club. We are non-profit, local and volunteer based. We’re hoping that with education and communication, our membership will grow and this unnecessary activity on our trail will end.

Cold Lake is ahead of us, we need your votes NOW Click the link below, daily, to cast your vote!

Sno-Drifters, we’re back in action Please ride with caution on our Stony Mountain, Connector and Anzac trails. The groomer is currently working it’s way around Stony Mountain loop and back towards our garage over the next few days An enormous thank you to Leon's Heavy Equipment. Leon went to great lengths to ensure our groomer was repaired efficiently, with minimal down time. We’d also like to extend our appreciation to Shane Antle for helping tow our groomer to safety and Scotia Welding for their expertise with the repair. An outstanding group effort by all!

What can we do in lieu of our annual rally? 50/50 and FOOD Here’s how it works: our rally was scheduled for March 6th. Due to covid-19, we’ve had to cancel BUT we’re inviting all our ‘members’ to stop-by Anzac’s Zee Bar & Grill, March 6th, on snowmobile, between 11-2, and enjoy a take-out burger on us 50/50 went LIVE tonight Winner will be announced on March 6th also. You could win up to $5000.00 Click the link below to purchase your tickets ... If you’re still following along, have you voted yet

Thank you, Stahl Peterbilt Inc for your Silver level sponsorship. Branch Manager, Peter (left) and Heavy Duty technician, Eric (right) are both Sno-Drifters club members. Eric has recently committed to being our Sign Coordinator for the 2021 season. This $1000.00 donation will go directly towards improved signage on our trails. Thank you again, Stahl Peterbilt, for supporting local clubs and ensuring safe riding for our members.

Sno-Drifters, we see your posts, we feel the pressure and we understand the importance of our groomer. Due to the timing of this incident, we have been working against holiday shipping schedules and business hours, which hasn’t been in our favor. We are hoping to be back in action and continue our trail grooming in the next few days. Rest assured, when the groomer hits the trail we will have a celebratory post for you all!! Thank you for your continued patience, Sno-Drifters Executive

Members, our team has been working diligently on several projects this past week. Here’s an update from our club V.P Scott Neale on the Thickwood trail as industry continues to work in the area. -As many are aware, industry has been working around our Thickwood Trail area. From our staging area to 'H' corner was within a pipeline Right Of Way, which is reserved for industry to access their equipment and facilities when required. Normally we can negotiate with industry to mi...nimize impacts to our trails during the winter construction season, but due to the location of our trail and the urgency of the pipeline project, there was not an option to keep the trail intact. The Sno-Drifters are actively working with industry to get a trail built to H corner that we can use for the season. Please note, 'H' has a winter road crossing with signage being placed marking the intersection and making it safe to cross over to the rest of the trail. Lastly, we can finally announce that our Thickwood trail has been cleared of downed trees. A huge thank you to our T.C’s and many dedicated volunteers for your efforts to clear all of the downed trees safely. We’ve had many members step up this year to assist and your efforts do not go unnoticed. We expect all trails to be fully opened early in the New Year for your riding enjoyment! Ride safe this weekend and Happy New Year

Y’all, what a turnout yesterday! Volunteers who took time out of their day to help us, thank you Terry Head (P) Brent Christensen (T.C.)

GROOMER - maintenance update Members, the groomer repair is expected to be completed soon. We are awaiting one additional part which is now scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Our Board Executive, along with Leon's Heavy Equipment understand the urgency for grooming to be completed promptly. We are all riders eagerly awaiting to ride beautiful groomed trails ourselves! Again, we ask for your continued patience as we complete the final stage of this repair. ... In the mean time, please ride slowly and safely until our trails are groomed and announced ‘open’. Thank you, Sno Drifters Executive

TRAIL CLEAN UP, this Saturday! Trail Coordinator Brent Christensen needs help with the Connector trail. Meet him at the Stony Mountain staging area, 9:30am.

Agreed, it’s therapy!

Anzac trail clean up, happening tomorrow. Meet at the Drifter garage for 9:30am. Our Trail Coordinator Brent Christensen will show you the ropes and hand one lucky volunteer this hoodie!

How many people do we having coming out this Saturday?! Comment below.

***UPDATE*** ANZAC TRAIL CLEAN UP Come out this Saturday, November 14th. No chainsaw, no problem! Bring yourself, your snowmobile...and a buddy ... Meet at the Drifter garage for 9:30am. See more

Our Junior Trail Coordinator was hard at work again today! He needs your help though, this Saturday! ***Working Bee coming up, who’s available?*** Thank you Daniel Belanger