We are looking for participants for the Spot A Sponsor Challenge and are putting a call out for all registrations. The last date to enter the challenge is March 30, 2022. Please send the names of the participants and share your pictures by the Sponsor Signs. We will be awarding a prize for the most visits. In the event of a tie, we will make a draw. Lots of amazing prizes from our sponsors! PS: We added the Town of Whitecourt into the challenge as well. We are excited to see those pictures. Thanks to everyone who participated.
That’s a wrap for the Trailblazers this season! With the warm weather and high winds, the trails will be unrideable. Both staging areas are closed and this will be the last trail report for the 2021 and 2022 winter season.
HAZARDS: DO NOT CROSS ANY WATERBODIES. We are mulching from Friday to Sunday on the south side at the Groat Creek Lookout Area and Summit Cabin Area on the Manweiler and Summit Trail. These trails are closed for all travel.
Thank you to all of our sponsors, donators and volunteers — you make it all possible!
Trail Report March 18, 2022 Trails are in excellent shape. Please use our staging areas to trailer to avoid in town trail deterioration. We have had lots of people riding and the trails are super to ride. We have had above 0c temps in the day and below 0c at night. There are icy patches beginning with some bare patches – spring riding. Grooming: We will not be grooming due to warm temperatures. We groomed last week and the trails are holding up well. Hazards: North Side: Reminder of the Golden Triangle Re-route from Carson Cabin to Athabasca to Casino to Manweiler and Virginia Hills trails. Gundy Trail (Golden Triangle Section) to Hwy 32n is closed. South Side: The trail heading to the Airport has been re-routed with ribbon and signs, please slow down as there is active logging in the area. Please use caution around the Carson Cabin as we have a pile of trees to be bucked up for firewood. In addition, please use the existing trail East of the cabin as the new re-routed trail is bare/without snow and will be rough. Be cautious on all waterways- large and small. You are crossing at your own risk and our trail ends at the banks. Staging Areas: Groat Creek Staging and Eagle Staging areas are open Golden Triangle Trail System from Whitecourt to Fox Creek and Swan Hills is in excellent shape!
Wishing you the best of luck in completing the Iron Sledder Challenge.
Golden Triangle Iron Sledder Challenge Congratulations to our Golden Sledder Winners
The 2022 Golden Triangle Iron Sledder Challenge was introduced this winter, which offered bragging rights in the contest to ride 3 of the Golden Triangle Rallies and 1 additional Alberta Snowmobile Rally in 2022. The contest was started with cash prizes and incentives to become the next Iron Sledder. To participate in 4 snowmobile rallies is a great feat in one winter.
Congratulations to the the following riders who registered and have rode in all 3 GT rallies so far. They are Golden Sledders and will have their names in the draw for $250.00 and a “Golden Sledder” medal awarded to them if they do not complete the 4th rally. In addition, if they ride in another ASA Sanctioned Rally, they will be awarded the Iron Sledder Award with a chance to win $1000 and will also receive a medal for their overall accomplishment:Tim Lewis Tina Lewis Cynthia Rougoor Steven Cosnick Kendall Mercer Graham Jensen Clayton Taylor Harold Taylor Dusty Langley Dave McLean Lisa Mclean Dale Tonsi Mel Tonsi We are cheering you all on and hope you are able to complete the 4th Rally this month. Please stay tuned and we will update you at the end of the month on the winner and the status of the group.
(If you have rode in all 3 rallies and you did not register or your name has been missed, please contact us and we will update the list). Please email jcbbrook@gmail.com for more information.
The Golden Triangle donated $250 to each of the rallies on the Golden Triangle and a name was drawn at each rally for this money. Everyone’s name who participated in the rally was added to the draw. The following is a list of winners from each of the rallies:
Fox Creek – Mike Young Whitecourt – Graham Jensen Swan Hills – Nick Hopp
Thank you to everyone who started in the Challenge and for whatever reason was unable to continue, please try again next year! We have had fun sharing this challenge. Best of luck to all the above Golden Sledders.
Trails are in excellent shape. We had fresh snow this past weekend. Hope you are planning on riding this weekend, the trails are epic and unfortunately our winter season is coming to an end soon, with not many riding days left. The trails are not in spring conditions yet, but warmer temperatures are coming.
Grooming: North Side Grooming – This week we groomed Carson Cabin via Athabasca Lookout back through the Carson Lake Trail and over to the staging area and back to the Athabasca Lookout. All the other trails were groomed last week. South Side Grooming – This week’s grooming consists of the Goodwin, Groat Creek, Manweiler and Bessie Trails. All the other trails were groomed last week.
Hazards: North Side: Reminder of the Golden Triangle Re-route from Carson Cabin to Athabasca to Casino to Manweiler and Virginia Hills trails Gundy Trail (Golden Triangle Section) to Hwy 32n is closed. PLEASE NOTE: On March 10 & 11 and March 14 & 15 the trail will be closed at the #9 & #10 area and also the trail off of the Virginia Hills onto the Whitecourt trail system will be closed due to Pipeline Construction. These intersections are being manned with flaggers as they are being open cut. Please watch for signs. South Side: The Airport Logging, adjacent to our trail, has closed down a section just prior to the Airport trail. Please watch for signs and ribbon indicating the re-route (Please note it has been groomed). Silver Triangle connectors on the south and north have been groomed as well. PLEASE NOTE: We are also re-routing a trail adjacent to an ever troubling beaver dam area 2 kms east of the Carson Cabin. The work will be completed on Friday March 10 and Saturday March 11. Please be cautious riding through the area as we will have equipment and there will be a safety person on a sled on site. They will be skidding trees to the Carson Cabin please use caution. Be cautious on all waterways- large and small. You are crossing at your own risk and our trail ends at the banks.
Staging Areas: Groat Creek Staging and Eagle Staging areas are open
Golden Triangle Trail System from Whitecourt to Fox Creek and Swan Hills is in excellent shape!
We have a pretty special trail system that connects 3 communities! If you haven’t rode the whole 350km Golden Triangle, I bet you have rode parts of it at some point. Congratulations to all the Golden Triangle Clubs for hosting rallies despite the COVID regulations. It wasn’t easy organizing the rallies, but we made it happen. We look forward to going back to normal next year with checkpoints, halls and socials. That is why we host rallies to visit and hear all of your sledding stories. See you all next year. Great work to all of the volunteers! Whitecourt TourismWoodlands CountyWhitecourtSwan Hills Snow-GoersBig Lakes CountyMunicipal District of Greenview No. 16Fox Creek Northland Sno-GoersTown of Fox Creek
Thank you to all of our donators and supporters that help make our rallies a success. Congratulations to Swan Hills for hosting the ASA Jamboree this past weekend.
Fox Creek had 185 riders
Whitecourt had 350 riders + 95 kids
Swan Hills had 341 waivers (riders)
Thank you to everyone who came out and rode and we look forward to seeing everyone come back to ride on the Golden Triangle
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