Happy Spring Time everyone! We at Bragg Creek Trails are certainly excited for the change in seasons and changing out the fat tires for the skinny tires, winter boots for hiking boots, and winter toques for baseball hats. Although April is a slower time of year on the trails due to the spring thaw, there is no shortage of things going on that we want to tell you about.
We are excited to have recently entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with the Government of Alberta with financial support from the Kananaskis Conservation Pass. Love it or hate it, the KCP has had a positive impact on our ability to be good trail stewards in West Bragg Creek. While this is greatly appreciated and helps towards long-term sustainability, it in no way provides sufficient funding for our yearly operations. We still need to raise more than $100,000 annually to meet our goals. This supports things like equipment and tools that support trail maintenance, trail building and trail grooming each year.
Last season our generous supporters provided enough dollars to support the purchase of some new e-bikes that are vital to our ability to get to some of the farther out trails on the network. We are now excited to announce our next fundraising goal for an exciting piece of equipment – an MTT154 (I wish I could insert a video here to show you but you will have to Google it, sorry). This machine will be used both summer and winter and allows us to move tools, dirt, rocks, people and will also be used for grooming fat bike and ski trails in the winter. We need to raise $50,000 for this new technology. Please consider donating today!
We have a number of events coming up this spring so please come out and join us. May 4th we will be hosting a volunteer recruitment evening, in Calgary at the Dorset Pub from 5 to 8 pm in partnership with the Great Dived Trails Association and Friends of Kananaskis. A great opportunity to meet leaders in all three organizations and learn more about how you can volunteer and support all three. May 27th we are partnering with Village Brewery and the Bike Shop for an afternoon of beer, bikes and fundraising at Village Brewery from 2 to 6 pm. There will be bike demos, awesome prizes, raffles, 50/50 and lots of like-minded people to meet and you can check out the newly renovated Village Brewery. June 7th
BCT will be hosting our AGM at the Snowbirds from 5 to 8 pm. Join us in celebrating the last year and finding out what we are up to next.
Last but not least, is a reminder to check out our new swag for the spring summer season. Our swag genius (you know who you are) has designed and ordered some great new additions for your wardrobe! Not only will you up your style game but you are supporting the trails as all the proceeds goes directly back into trails!
That is all for now but as always reach out by emailing info@braggcreektrails.org if you have any questions or check out or website and thank you for your support!
Bragg Creek Trails
www.braggcreektrails.org
