Greensboro's National Trails Day was a great success.

We had a great turn out from all around the triad. We gained new members and friends.

Thanks again for all your help.

Jeff Councilman

GFTS President

Come and Celebrate National Trails Day with GFTS.  Saturday June 7 at Country Park (directions)!

Check the event schedule here, www.greensboro-nc.gov/trailsday

Memebers of GFTS will be leading Beginner and Advanced Mountain bike trail rides. Check the event schedule for times.

Look for our tent at the event. We will be next to the REI and TREK tents. Come and demo a bike and learn some maintenance tips from REI and TREK.

Please stop by to learn what the Greensboro Fat Tire Society is all about and how we work to maintain and build trails in our area. We are recruiting new members so please consider joining our club.

Make sure you plan on hanging around after 1:00 o'clock. We are planning on supplying lunch for our members and new recruits.

Our Volunteering efforts this year as of 5/19/2014

As you can see below we have had some hard working volunteers giving back to the trails.Some of the efforts go to raise money for the trails,Advocating for future growth of our trails and of course a lot of Trail Work.

GFTS Volunteer Hours 01/01/2014 - 05/19/2014

The list below shows 29 hard working volunteers so far this year. Several of the volunteers are new members. We have a total of 97 members in our Chapter. If you are one of the 68 other members not on this list or one of the thousands of trail riders not yet members of GFTS. Please try to plan to volunteer for one of the events coming up on the calendar. We only have one more official trail work day (05/24/14 ) scheduled. The rest of the year we need volunteers to help run fun events.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you volunteers for all your help in supporting our trails. I will see you on the trails.
Jeff Councilman

President

Check out the pictures from the event.

Thank you Volunteers!

If you want to see great trails built and maintained in Greensboro,please join us at a volunteer work day.

Work Day Information

Where: Owls Roost Trail

We will be cutting a new trail loop and rerouting a short section near the new bridge.

The work site is at the far end of the trail at the greenway from Bur-mill park. It's best if you ride your bike from Bur-mill down the greenway to the far end of the trail.   If you are not sure how to get to the work site.Someone will be at the  Bur-mill Club Wildlife Ed. Center at 8:00 am until 8:30 am.

Bring your work gloves.

We will Start at 8:30am until 4:30pm. Feel free to stop by anytime and help.

Use the Contact link  to let use know you are volunteering for this event or have questions.

WE NEED YOU TO ATTEND !

For YEARS we have wanted to have quality trails in the south part of Guilford County!

Right now there is a critical opportunity to make it happen. But we need you to participate or it just won't happen.

There is a public input meeting on new property attached to Hagan Stone Park on this Monday. This meeting is critical! The current "plan" is to give Mt. Biker's access to about 25 acres of scrub pine forest and have the remaining 250 acres be "hiking only" trails.

This property was acquired with open space bond money which at the time stated multi purpose trails would be allowed. I've made several phone calls and will be attending the meeting to provide input on how unacceptable this current plan is to the GFTS. However, we MUST have as many mt. bikers as possible attend or the current plan will become a reality.

Even if you don't care about riding on the south side of town this is a precedent that is very bad for mt. biking in Guilford County.

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO ATTEND AND BE HEARD!

When: Next Monday at 6 PM
Where: Camp Joy Building 5920 Hagan-Stone Park, Pleasant Garden

Meeting flyer

Check out the pictures from the event.

Thank you Volunteers!

89 hours of labor logged.

Make sure to thank the following people the next time you see them on the trail.

Paul Leite

Todd Waltmann

Nick Vazqueztell

Brent Mohl  (new member)

Harrison Mohl  (new member)

Jonathan Mohl  (new member)

Stephen Bateman

Jackson Councilman

Scott Vines and Little boss man Jackson

Jason Webster  (new member)

Betsy Gatehouse

David Garrison (Great building skills and sense of humor).

Frith Construction for the use of the Ditch Witch.

Mike & Brooks Thomas for delivery of the decking.

***And a special thanks to Mark Gatehouse and Matt Schweitzer. The Ditch Witch broke down the evening before and turned into all night repair job. Mark will tell you it turned into a real Witch. ***

Thanks

Jeff Councilman

April 26th

Where: Owls Roost Trail

We will be widening building a bridge and repairing the creek and trail.

We will meet at the Bur-mill Club Wildlife Ed. Center.

Parking Note: The Owls Roost Rumble foot race is happening the same morning. We would encourage you to bring your bike so you can ride to the location from the pool parking lot.

We will Start at 8:30am until 4:30. Feel free to stop by anytime and help.

Use the Contact link  to let use know you are volunteering for this event or have questions.